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Tf.e committee, therefore, sub mit the following resolution : Resolved , That the further con sideration of the message be pod* poned until the next feflion of con . gress. Mr. Bibb, from the fame com mittee, reported a bill further to provide for the colle&ion of the duties on imports and tonnage ; which was read. The committee on military af fairs reported a bill providing— That the Military Peace Eftab lilhment shall consist of such pro portions of Artillery, Infantry, and Riflemen, not exceeding in the whole ten thousand men , as the Pre sident lhall think proper; the troops of Engineers to be retained. The general officers, to consist of two Major Generals and four Brigadier Generals.— The president to cause selections to be made of officers from the existing force, and to cause the Tupernomcrary officers to be dis charged as soon as circumstances fljall permit. House of Representatives. Monday, February 22. Military and Creek Lands. Mr. Harris moved the adoption of the following resolution : Resolved, That the committee on the Pubic Lands be inftru&ed to report a bill with provisions for .having the boundary lines of the lands ceded to the United States by the Creek Treaty recently rati fied run and marked, and having the fame laid off into fe&ions and fe&ions, preparatory to the sale thereof, and for making an appropriation for defraying the ex penses incident thereto. Mr. Humphreys remarked, that there was already in existence a general law authorising the laying off lands, &c. and that so much of this resolve as embraced that ob j;e& was not neceflary ; an appro priation of money only was neces sary to enable the President to cax yy the law into effeft. Tuesday Feb. 28. Mr. Fisk of N. Y. from the com mittee appointed on the fubjeft, reported a bill to alter the time for the next meeting of Congrefs*(fix ing it for the fourth Monday in May next.) The bill was twice read and committed. Mr. Pleasants , from the Naval Committee, reported a bill author izing the Board of Naval Commif iioners to appoint Clerks ; which was twice read and committed. The Speaker laid before the house a letter transmitting an ac count of the receipts and expendi tures of the government for the year 1813. The bill from the Senate to pro vide for exploring Chesapeake Bay and its waters, for the purposes therein mentioned, was twice read and committed. The bill from the Senate to pro vide for afeertaining and surveying the boundary lines fixed by the Treaty with the Creek Indians, & for other purposes, was twice read and committed. - sr.The bill frc*u the Senate to re peal certain acts therein mentioned, was twice read and referred to the commiitee on Foreign relations. The galleries of the house were then cleared, and its doors closed, and remained so for more than 4 hours. When the doors were a sain op^ed* ‘The house resumed the ccni'de ratiort of the bill fixing the Milita ry Peace Establishment. Mr. Cannon withdrew his mo tion which was under consideration when the house yesterday adjourn ed. A motion was made by Mr. Al ston to reconsider the vote for stri king out the donation in land to officers who shall be difeharged from service in consequence of this a (ft, or to the representatives of ! such as have fallen. After debate, the question of re consideration was decided in the af firmative as follows : For consideration 64 Again ft it 50 The question recurring on fin king cut the fame part of the bill— Mr. Gaston moved to amend the said sixth feftion so as to limit the donation to such of the difeharged officers as have by name been thanked by Congress, or have been brevened, or have been wounded during the war.—Negatived. Oil motion of Mr. Macon, the donation to field officers was redu ced, the Major-Generals to 1280, Brig. Generals to 1120, Colonels, to 960, and Majors to 800 acres each. And the question to strike out the donation clause (thus amended) was negatived. The bill was then ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. And the house adjourned at fun down after a session cf more than seven hours. AN ACT For the protection of the commerce of the United States against the Algerine cruisers. Whereas, the Dey cf Algiers on the coast of Barbary has com menced a predatory warfare against the United States— BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cf the Uni ted States in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful, fully to e quip, officer man and employ such of the armed vefiels of the U. States for prote&ing effe&ually the com merce and leatnen thereof on the Atlantic ocean ; the Mediterranean and adjoining seas. § 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawfulfor the Pre sident of the United States,, to in ftrud the commanders of the ref- * peflive public vefiels aforefaid, to subdue, seize, and make prize of all vefiels, goods and efFecis of or belonging to the Dey of Algiers, or to his fubjedts, and to bring or fend the fame into port, to be pro ceeded against and distributed ac cording to law ; and, also, to cause to be done all such other adts of precaution or hostility, as the state of war will juftiry, and may in his opinion require. § 3. And be it further enacted, That on the application of the own ers of private armed vefiels of the United States, the President of the United States may grant them spe cial com millions in the form which he shall diredt under the seal of the United States ; and such private armed veflfels, whenfo commiffiou ed, shall have the like authority for subduing, seizing, taking & bring, ing into port any Algerine vefiel, goods or efiedfs. as the before-men tioned public aimied vefiels may by law have; and shall therein be fub jedt to the inftrudtions which may be given by the President of the i United States for the regulation o( their conduce fznd their commit fions fiiall be revocable at his plea sure. Provided, That before any commifiion shall be granted as a forefaid the owner or owners cf the vefiel for which the fame maybe requested, and the commander thereof for, the time being, shall give bond to the United States, with at ieaft two responsible fure tieis, not interested in such vefiels, in the penal sum of seven thousand dollars, or if such vefiel be provi ded vwtuh more than one hundred and fifty men, in the penal sum of fourteen thousand dollars, with condition for observing the treaties and laws of the United States, and the inftrudtions v/hich may be giv en as aforefaid, and also for fatis fying all damages & injuries which shall be done contrary to the tenor thereof, by such commiflioned ves sel, and for delivering up the com mission when revoked by the Pre sident of the United States. § 4. And be it further enacted, That any Algerine vefiel, goods or efredts which may be so captured and brought into port, by any pri vate armed vefiel of the U. States, duly coiiin.rnioned as aforefaid, may be adjudged good prize, and there upon shall accrue to the owners, and men of the capturing vefiels and shall be distributed according to the agreement which {hall have been made between them, or, in failure of such agreement, accor ding to the diferetion •of the court having cognizance of the capture. 1 Arriva’ of Commodore Deed 's lur. New York, Feb. 25. We announce the return of this naval hero to his country and his family, with do ordinary emotions cf pleasure. He was landed at N. London last Wednesday from the NarciiTus frigate, capt. Gordon, in 14 days from Bermuda. Lieut. Shubrick, Mr. Rohinfon, Midship man Cramer, all late of the U. S. frigate President; and Capt. Wil liams, late of the feftr. Armistice, were landed at the fame time from the Padlolus frigate, and reached town last evening in the eastern stage. On Commodore Decatur’s landing, the populace placed in a carriage and drew him through the principal streets of Nevv-London, amidst the shout of huzzas of thou sands of the citizens of that town and the neighbouring metropolis. On felting him down at Brown’s Hotel, the Commodore attempted to add refs the multitude, but the acclamations were so loud and in ceflant that he could not be heard. In the evening, we understand the : Commodore, together with Ad ■ miral Kotham, and a number of other.officers belonging to the Bri tish squadron off New-London, at tended a splendid ball which was, got up in celebration of peace and the birth day of the father of our country. As the President entered the harbor of Bermuda, and came in view of the immense crowds of fpeefcators assembled at the wharves, they rent the air with their fliouts of joy. February 23. Arrived since our last, the private armed schooner Whig, (noticed in our last,) Joseph Skinner, Esq. commander, from £ cruize pf 23 days, V > ‘ ‘ .s’ with a cargo of 7 5 package*, cf dry goods, supposed to be worth 60 or 70,000 dollars. January 5, had an engage ment with a Tkritish packet for about 2 hours, within musket shot, and had two men slight ly wounded. The packet had 14 guns and 80 men, 8c made her escape. London, Dec, 8. 1 he report now is that Bonaparte is to be removed to the Britifii liL and of St. Helena. Notwithstanding reports to tbs contrary, the duke of Wellington will remain ambassador to Paris. December : 7, The Turks have impaiea 42 Christians in Servia, and had avast number in prison destined for the fame fate. The grand feignor has seized upon the property, (feverai millions) of Solomon Lipman Be gender, a moft benevolent Jew, who fed 8000 of his diftrdfed nation in a time of scarcity. Throughout the Ottoman empire, .the Jews and Christians, forming a very large pouion of the population, are. treat ed with a degree of oppression yond the conception, of those who have not witnefied it. Mahome tan superstition is.a .gradle for the plague, as they scruple apy attempt to it. Tbefe are,. ; £adts worthy the attention of ChfSfleo* dom, its princes and its press. , r 1 n . _ Congress.— Yesterday was the last day of the prefcnt session of Con gress, and we may be thankful to Providence for it.—We have never, witnefied as much weakness in any previous Congress as we were com pelled to fee of the present—it was almost beyond forbearance—So much temporifing, so much talk* and so much money spent, and so little done. Oh fhatne where is thy bluffi—Oh talkers where is your patriotism. Republican Gazette . The Algerines have declared war, it is said aginft Napoleon Bona* parte, and have given strict orders to their cruisers to seize the Ex- E m peror if possible. m: Orders have been Hiked for the difeharge of ail the militia, volun teers and detachments now in few* vice. Preparations are making to di£?. charge, as soon as possible, all foU diers enlisted for during the war. lb. Njew-Orleans, Jan. OnTuefdaywe celebrated, in as splendid a manner as possible, our victory and the defeat of the ene my, by the performance of tha Catholic religious ceremony of Te Deutn, at which Gen. Jackson as sisted ; and a procession of ladies honored him with a triumphal arc It. eredted in the square in front of the church, thro’ which he had to pafa in his way to the city where he was received by the city volunteer corps and t 8 virgins, representing the 18 states, and in passing under the arch he was crowned by two infants representing the goddess of Liberty and Justice. The remain der of the day was spent in hilarity, and in the evening an illumination end public balls took place.