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oefiicut were not difpofcd to make very much noiie about it while piole» utiom were depend, ing, was, ihat the Rate was noi a large one ; that it cou'd nor be fuppokd 10 be in great favor it the palace. It was luppofed fir, (whether conedly or not ! will not undertake 10 fay, but l rather incline to the opinion chat it was an erroneous fuppo fition) considering the maimer in which appointments were made m that state, and undo the belief that tt was through the means of cettain influential cha racters that the difttid attorney did inflttutc thole profecuiion; with the approbation of the ad ininifl ration of the U. S. '1 his was an opinion in the (late ; Sc supposing the influence of the Executive to be excited, tlity felt that it would be in vain to make much clamour, and rather chose to contend alone aganfl it' As the prosecutions ate now at an end, i think it very deli rable that the iubjed (hould be investigated- As refpeds die diflrid attorney’s not being re. moved, 1 do not think that he is much to be confuted in this Case. lam not certain that he ■6led altogether on his own opi. nion. 1 rather suppose he was impelled by the influence of certain persons who are general, ly supposed to have the chief weight in appointments under the United States in that llate, •nd who are therefore by feme called the council of appointment , •nd 1 suppose that the diitrid attorney could scarcely oppole the will and pleafurc of these gentlemen. I very much quell lion, thcrefoic, whether any pe' culiar degree of fault is to be attributed to him, except his putting the United State* to lo much expence without ever bringing the question to a de cision. This, fir, is about the general A tie of the bufinels. As it cannot be said that the court has in fafl, entertained the pro. fccuttons dc lome of thetr have been dilmiffed, the fublfirutton of the word imtituie inlead of entertained, may accomplilh the gentleman’* wiflies. Mr. Randolph conlemed lo the amendment. Mr. Randolph’s resolution having been agteed to without oppofttion, lie laid on the table the following : “ Revived, That proviflon ought to be made by law to ie. cute the right to an impartial jury, in all cases, civil and cri minal, maintained in the courts of the United Stales.” SENATE, i/ay si. The following i, the hill submit, ted bv Mr. Giles utiie Senate on Monday. A BILL To amend and continue in force tha ac«, tMHitied “ An act to in. trrdict * lie commercial inter, course between the Uuited States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, a id tor other purpose*.** l> i. H enact- dby the iate ami I’mjse i>l \ x p.> Csctr.utive# the U. nitidM e.» u) i\mcMC t:n assembl'd, That the act laying an eftib i'go on ad ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the U. liited States a;.d the erferal acts supplementary thereto, and the act to cuiOicc and make more dice, tual, an act entitled an act laying an cm 1 argo on «ll ships and ves sels in <he ports and tiaib >rs of the United States ; and also llic thir teenth, fifteenth and sixteenth see (ions of the .si to utdefdtci tint commercial intercourse between tire Honed States and Great Bn tain and France and their depen dences, and tor other purposes, oc and me same are hcreOv fepcaieu ; Provided houcoer, That alt penal ties and t drier, arcs, whiv.ii bare been incurred ua account of any lull action oi auj ot Wre said acts of •ecuuus, snail ac nwovcrcvi aud distributed in like manner as if the said act & sections had continu ed in full force and virtue. Sec. 2. And be it further enac ■ ted , That to much of the act to interdict the commercial inter course between the United States and G. 13. it France & their depen dencies, and for other purposes a* is not repealed by this act, shall continue in force until ilia end ot the next session of Congress ; Pro tided , 1 Inf nothing therein con tained shall be construed to prohi bit any trade or commercial in tercoursa which has been or may be permitted in conformity with tire provisions of the eleventh sec. tion of the said act. Sec. 3. .Jnd be it further enact rd, That tiunug the continuance of thi* act, no ships or vessels shall be permitted to depait for any foreign port or place with aliich commercial iutcicourse has not been or may not bo permitted by virtue of the last mentioned act.* Aod no ship or vcsstl, bouud to a foreign port or place with which commercial intercourse has been or may be permitted by rir. tue of the said net, shall be allowed to depart, uulesa the owner or owners consignee or factor of such ship or vessel shall, with the iraster have given bond with oue or more sureties to the U. S. in a sum double the value of the vessel aud cargo that the vessel giiall not pro ceed to any port >place with which commercial intercourse is not permitted by virtue of the said act, not be directly or indir ectly engaged, during the voy age, in any trade with «uch port or place, nor shall put any articl* s on board any other vessel destined for such port or place- And ii any ehip or vessel shall, coutiaty to the provision* of this section, proceed to any such prohibited port or place or be directly or indirectly e n 6 a g t( l in any trade with such port or place, or shall depart from any port of the United States with out clearance, or without having given bond in the manner above mentioned ; such ship or vessel, together with her cargo, shall be wholly forfeited, and the owner or owners agent, freighter or factors, ) master or commander of such ship ! or veest*l, shall moreover several !v forfeit and pay a sum equal to the value of the ahip or v« k s c l >n d of the cargo put on board the same. Provided ahvay*, Tlmi the provisions of the eleventh sec- I tion of the last mentioned, act, J shall extend to the prohibitions ' imposed by this section ; which prohibition shall cease to operate in the manner A under the limita tions prescribed by the eleventh section aforesaid in relation to a ny nation with which commercial intercourse may hereafter be per milted in conformity with the provi sion of the eleventh Suction afore said. Src 4. And be it further enacted, , That all penalties and forfeiture: arising under, or incuircd hv vir tue of this act, shall be recovered Ik distributed, and may be remitted or mitigated in the manner i re scribed by the act, to interdict the commercial intercom »e between the United States- and Great Bri tain and Francs and their tlepeii denotes and forotl,<.r purposes. -Sec. i . And be it jut ther enacted, That alt the vessels which may j have arrived at any port or place , within the United States, from G. Biitain, her colonies or dependen t civs since the twentieth day oi May one thousand eight hundred and nine, or which m.y arrive before the tenth of June next, shall be exempted front all the forfeitures and penalties im urted in conse quer.ee of any violation oi any of the prot isions of said act to inter, diet the commercial intercour-e between the United States and G. Britain and France and their de pendencies. House of Representatives. f Wednesday, May 3t. Mr. M'Ktm presented a petition from the A.nencans concerned in Mnanda’s expedition, now confin ed iu jail in South Aineiica, praying teitel. Referred to Messrs. M‘knn, Say> Emoti, Roane, and Cochran. A»i, Southard, from the commit tee ut revtsai and unfinished bust, ness, made a report in part. Qr otreu to lie on the table. Ou mutton ot Mr. Ly<m t the pc- ' tition of Thomas Raine, prCKMff a? the laxt ies*ion, was referred tc the committee of damn. On motion «»f Mr. Merion, r committre was appointed to en quire into th*-expediency ot rev! ving »he act giving the consent ol the United States to the act of tlie Legislature of South Carolina giv. ii'jr power to the City Council ol Charleston to impose duties on th»- tonnage of vessels from loreigu ports. Mr. Ncrsten reported a bill au thorising the accounting officers of i!te Treasurv Department to give credit to certain collectors of the cus'onis for allowances made by them to the owners #f fishing ves sels— twice read and referred. MILITARY aCADKMY. Mr. Lewi* offered the following resolution, “Be solved, That a committee be appointed to vnqiiire into the ex* pediency of removing from Wcat Point the corps of engineers con* slituting the Military Academy, to the city of Washington ; and that they have leave to report thcreoa by bill #r otherwise.'’ On the question 44 Will the House agree to consider the resol* ution ?” there were for consider ing it, 47—*g*inst it, 51. DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES. Mr. Bacon laid on the table the following resolution. Resolved, That the secretary of rhe treasury be directed to pre pare and report to this House, at their next session, a plan for the application of such means as are within the powerof congress for purpose of protecting and foster ing the manufactures of the United States together with a statement of the several ataufacturing esta blishments which have been com* menced, the progress which has beeu made in them, and the suc cess with which they have been attended aud such other inforroa. tion as in the opinions of the se cretary, shall be material iu exhi biting a general view of the manu- Uctunt of the U. States. A motion having been made to print the resolution. Mr. Loyn opposed the printing of it. He said that something should be done at (his session for the benefit of manufactures. It was cold cnmlort to them to tell them that they should have a re port on the subject at the next ses sion. He would not postpone a conaidcrtion of the subject, from the fear of giving offence to the British government by manufac. luring for ourselves. He wouta proclaim to the world our intention to encourage manfacturua. Mr. Bacon concurred heartily in the patriotic views of the gen tleman from Kentucky in encour ageing the manufactures of our couuiry. Hr had no idea by this motion of inteifering with any particular measure which the gen. Reman wished to adopt ui iciauou io manufactures ; he merely lock ed lor ward te the establishment cl soma practical system fur the en courage incut ol manufactures. It was ordered to be priuted. PROCESS AGAIN jT M YRsHALS. Mr. Ixando'phy after making a number ot renraiks on the subject of the present session, in favor of doing the ordinary business of the aonua! session at this time, and hei rafter holding the annual ses sions in the spring instead of the winter, stated that he should pro ceed to the ordinary business of an annual session, until the House should come to some definite t;on cfusion as to what time they would adjourn* He then stated that by a letter which he had receiv ed from the Marshal of the dis. trict of Virginia, aud which from its being printed he believed to be a circular, he learnt that (here was no provision by ibe laws of •be United States for a summary process tor the purpose of recov. cring from marshals and their de. puties monies paid to them, aud by i hem detained from those to whom it was due. It appeared that lire judges had decided that' ihe> were bouud in tneir proceed. iug» by r.o state laws in the respcc* live states, except such as were m i force wbeu tbe U. States courts j were lust orgauued, (hose laws tncu in existence iu the several I states having beeu adopted by Coogrcs*. it this was the case, uj na* certainly ac asu* otnissus, and ! -iae to which ih. .ttemion or Con *rese ought to be turned. e hervfore moved, “ That a commHtre b- apppom •rd to euquire whether any and what provision ought to be made bylaw for enforcing a summary mode of proceeding against mar ihals and tlwir deputies who have received monev b* virtue of exe canons issned from the courts oi the U. States. After some observations from Mr. Basset on the probability of a -hort session, k from Mr. Liver more going to shew that the re solution was supererogatory, it was agreed to without a division, and Mcssvrs, Randolph, Sand lord Livermore, Kmckerbacker and Lysle appointed the commit" tee. AMERICAN SEAMEN. Mr. Dana's resolution of yes terday, was taken up, and refer, red to i committee consisting of Mc»s. D .na, Burwell, Cook, Cobb, and N. K. Moore* EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONIES. The resolution for appointing a committee to rr.quire into the ap plication of public monies, here* • tofore agreed to by the house, but ; re-considered for the purpose of I amendment, was amended so as to limit the duties ot the commit, tee to an investigation of the mo ney transactions of the Lst eight y*ars, and passed ; and Messrs. Randolph, Macon, Suiilie, J. C. Chamber! a, leaver, Howard and Southard were appointed the com j mi ace. | VOTE OF APPROBATION. The House then resumed the unfinished business of yester day. J/r. Boas spoke in favor of the resolution and against indefinate j postponement; and Mr. Fisk at ' considerable length in favor of indefinite postponement. When Mr. F. concluded (4 o’clock) the House adjourned. 7 hursday June I. Much business was don# this day, of which the following notice is nil that vre have room to take. Mr. Lyon offered the following resolution : Btsolved , That for the protec tion of those who have commen ced, and ih c encouragement of ihasc who may be disposed to <vtt on foot, manufactures within the U State* °f the articles here after enumerated, as well aa for the encouragement of the cultiva te# of the productions necessary for such manufactures, provi sion ought forth with to be made by law to subject to addi tional duties on their importation into the United States all articles of which leather is the material of chief value—-hemp and cotton and all articles of which they or ether of them are the material of chiof value—Woollen cloths whose invoice prices shall ex. cicd six shillings sterling per square yard, Woolen hosiery win dow glass, silver & plated wares, papers of every description, nails, spikes and tacks, hats, cloathing ready made, milinary of ail kinds, beer, ale and porter. This resolution was after de. bate, refused a reference to the committee oi commerce and man ufactures, 55 to 49, and ordered to lie one the table, yeas 75. The following resolution, of fered by Mr, l *in Hot ne was refu sed consideration, 58 to 42 : 7t eivhcdj shat a committee be appointed to enquire into the pro priety of modifying or repealing the laws relative to drawback, and that they have leave to re j port by bill or otherwise. Mr. Randolph’s resolution de clarmg that provision ought to be n.adc by law for taking the thud census of the innab.tanu ol the Uuited States, was taken I up, passed without opposition, I aud inferred to a committee to } bi mg m a bill. j Mr. Randolph’s resolution de_ daring that prowbtoa ought to be made by law lor securing an im partial trial by jury, &c. was taken up, *x alter debate passed without opposition. The house took up the unfin ished business of yeaterda. (the resolution approving the °1 the Executive.) Messrs. Rhea and M‘Kev apok &vor of ; n , 5 lj finite poatponeroei A and >I r ■ denier against ibe i l(Vl J adjourned at half past five o’cluri] without taking a question. ' \ m f r mjt G AN ACT I Refpttting the ihips or veflj owned by citizens or fufft] of foreign nation* With wr.; c ] commercial inter courle is p>] mined. 9 BE it enacted by the 13 Houjcof keprejcnuuivts o/ifM United States of America i?u o ] grejs oJJemMcd , That from an l alter the passing of this act, ] (trips or vessels owned by c ) t ] zens or fubjccts of any foiei] nation with which comrnerc] intercourse is permitted by t |] act, intituled, “ An act to j n l terdict the commercial j mer l courle between the U. States G. Britain and France, Sc th c J dependencies and for other p ur l polej,” be permitted to take oil board cargoes of domestic ol foreign produce, and to deparl with the fame for any forer] port or place with which fuel intercourse is or shall, at dl lime of their departure refpecJ lively, be thus permitted, m thj fame manner, and on the f am J conditions, as is provided by thl ad.aloiclaid for vessels ownel by citizens of the United States] any thing in the laid act, or J the act laying an embargo 0 J all ships and vessels in the port] and harbors of the U. States] or in any ol the several acts fupl [ plementary thereto, to the coni trary notwithHanding. I J. B, VAKN UM, Speaker ol the H oufe cfßeprejcntativt\ GEO. CLINTON, Vice /W| dtnt of the United State arm Pesident of the Senate. May the Zotb 180.1 i Approved—JAajES MADISON. The following Meffagt was received by both Houses oj Con, grejs on Saturday lajl. To the H oufe of Represents tives. 1 now lay before Congress the report of the Secretary of War, (hewing the progress made in carrying into effect the att of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, for railing an addi ional military force, and the dupolition of the troops. jAMES MADISON. May 26, 1809. WAR DEPARTMENT, May 26, 180a. SIR, Agreeably to your inftruc lions, I have the honor here with to tranlmit to you a general return of the army, made from the latcll reports which have been received, And am, with perfect respect, Your moll obedient ser vant, WILLIAM EUSTIS. The Vrcfidcnt of the U. States A General return of the troop* of the United States compo* ftng the %i Military peace eftabliffiment,” shewing the strength of each regiment and corps, including re cruits. General Sc subordinate ftaff officers, 33 Corps of engineers, 43 Regiment of artilleries, 1,390 f irft tegimem of infantry, 595 Second regt. of infantry, 676 I ota! “ military peace ef tabliffiment,” *?9®9 A General return of the troop* of the United Slates compo* ling the “ additional rnihta#' force,” (hewing the strength of each regiment, including recruits.