-sttl Trr-Tr-Tr- -ZT-ir xv r FIT VK ax r A Tl 71 NKF'17 : Published weekly by JllmAkd Hall, at ThreDjillars a Yiar. THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1S03. . Vol. 7, No. 323. ( '-'' . ' . 7 f A t r, 0 F AY ' f WW. -.: H Fl ,m W H II I ovl II tt II U II il M if i I , ' ,i ' i him mmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmtmmmmmammmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmni i i i '" i j " , ' . r , ' , 1 . . . "W CO N G RES S f jut Unitkd Spates, House of. Representatives '. , Wednesday, Feb.' 16. The house resolved itself into a tqoinmittce of the whole on the bill to prevent the importation of certain person into certai n states where by tits.. (U a uiwi vviuiwll MltllllOlsJil prohibited. , Mr. Hastings moved to amend the till so as to prohibit the ' importation only1 of French, negroes and persons of colour. 'This motion was opposed by Messrs. Hill and j5iccn, and lust without a. di vision. Mr. S. Smith, moved to exempt from the operation, of the bill seamen, I natives oi countries beyond the Cape of Good Hope. The motion was supported by Mr. ! Hill, and opposed by Messrs. Newton, Western Territory' as a state'into the union, Sec. Referred tc a committee of the whole to-morrow. The amendments of the Senate to bill to amend an act fixing the mili tary peace establishment, were read Referred to a' select committee of three. ... " " ." N Ths amendments of. the senate to the act supplementary to the act res pecting consuls and vice-consuls, and for the protection of American sea men, were taken up, and concurred in. .; . . Mr. Nicholson from the committee appointed on the message of the Pre I sident of the United States, inclosing sUriAf d0cum--,ntsj respecting John Pickering, district judge for New ; Hampshire, made a report. ' , The .committee report that John .Pickerim has been guilty . of ileferred to a commhfes'of . U.V wold, and opposed bV Messrs. Uril 6n Tuesday next. , , . i !; son, Nicholson and S. SnVith. ' Mr. Nicholson,1 chairman of the !; Lost. Aves 33. Nocs49. . committee who reported the above;' The house went into a committee bills, stated that the claimants ot the I of the whole Mr. Varnum in the lands of the United States, lytng south of Tenncssee'had applied to the chair-on the amendments of these- nate to the bill providing an additional w Faoa the. Aurora - FROM WASHINGTON, SENATE OF THE U. STATESi committee to be heard before them by i artnament for the protection of the Counsel.. The. committee .-'.being of commerce and seamen of the United opinion that time would bej gained by States.. . hearing the counsel beforcS the house, The senate proposed anew section, submitted a resolution that Counsel j; authorising the President to. build ai should be heard at the barcf the ! number of gunboats not excecdim! house on Tuesday. i ., j fifteen, and appropriating 50,000 dol- that the i exordium of his speech con- On taking up the resolution, a dc , lars therefor. , ' sisted of professions of a. desire to bate ensued. Messrs.-Nolson, Ba- jj Mr. Griswold moved the recom- promote harmony'. and concord of o- yard, bacon, Gnswold, and K. V il-. mitment ot the mil to a select commit-, bedience to the law which had alolish- liams, suptiortccl, and' JMr. Kancioipn i tee. Thursday, Feb. 3. Debate on the report of the tommittee 'in the pttitiou of the eleven dismissed When we entered the house. Mn G.,Morris had been some minutes' on his legs but we have since understood, Lowndes and Mott, and lost. ' .... ;.; .crimes and misdemeanors ; they there- . The bill, after undergoing somi; fore offer a resolution that j. nek- j slight amendments,-. was reported to the house, and -ordered to be engross ed for a third reading. . ) ; The house went into a committee of the whole on the bill to amerid an act to amend the judicial system of the United States. . - The4jillisas lollows: Sec. 1. " That the circuit court of the second circuit shall consist of the justice of the supreme court, residing within the" third circuit, and the district-where such court shall be hol deli.' -"- ' . . 4 .. " In the third circuit, the said cir cuit court shall consist of the justice of the supreme court, residing with in the fourth circuit, and the district judge of thedistrict where such Court : shall be holden. " " (j - - " In. the fourth circuit, the said cir- i ctiit court shall consist of the senior . Associate Justice of the supreme court: tesidine within the fifth circuit, and!) ering, district judge for New-Hampshire, has been guilty of. high crimes and misdemeanors, and that he, be impeached therefor. Referred toa committee of the whole on Wednesday,- and the documents' ordered to" be printed. ,' Miv Newton called for the order of , the day on the report of a select com- J mittee, recommending the adoption of a resolution, that it is not expedient ; to repeal the Bankrupt Law. j Mr. Griswold moved to postpone ; ; the consideration of the report till the ;j first Tuesday in November next. 1 his produced a spirited debate which continued beyond.the usuaf hour of adjournment. ' "H r . On the incidental question of post- ponement, the main principle of re-1 peal was discussed ; those in favour j of the postponement being against the j repeal. " Messrs. Griswold, S. Smith, God-. i pppo&ecljakjrtcr it into consideration wht'tl "it Was carried without a" 'di i vision. .-. . , . j I The resolution offered by Mr. Ni- ; high cholsnh then passed. Ayes 47.' Alter discussion, the bill making an apiiroprialicn for the Navy for the . year 1803, in committee -oi'lhe. whole, i was ordered to be engiWd for a ! third reading on Monday.'' . The bill concerning the insuring, of buildings, goods and furniture,, in the countv of Alexandria, in the ter ritory of Columbia, was ordered to a it thousand dollars for completing th Eosti Ayes if. - : - The amendment of the senate was then agreed to. The house went into a committee of the whole on the bill making an ap propriation for-the support of govern ment fur the yeal lfc03. -' The several blanks were filled, and the bill reported, agreed to in the house, and ordered to a third reading to-morrow." , Among the appropriations of the bill is one between three or four third reading en Monday. Mr. Eeib called for the hill to a mend the naturalization act ; on which the house went into a committee of the whole Mr. Yamum in the e hair. The bill exempts those aliens who came into the U. .States between Jur.e, 1798, and April, 1802, from the ob ligation of declaring their intention to become citizens. Mr. Bayard spoke against and Mr. S. Smith in favor. ofllieJilU- Mr. Goddard being VdverbC to the bill, moved that the committee should rise, in order to dismiss t lit in from j thedistrict judge of the district where ! dart!, Thatcher, Bayard, Gregg, Eu such court shall be holden. . , stis, Dana, and Mitchell, supported,!; ? Sec 2. That the senior associate j and Messrs. Newton, Varnum, Hast-!1 justice, ' resident in the fifth circuit, (, jr5t anc Bacon, opposed the post- , shall attend at tbc city of Washington, .: punenicnt. wnen tlie qUCSi0h was j on me nr, lonfiny jn aupusi, in :l tuken Ky Yea and Nav. and-carned. "each a" wvery yearTviTO shall y-os sess the same. powers, and perform the same duties as are prescribed in the second section of the act, cnti-.; tied An act to amend the judicial system of the United States." . Mr. Elmer mo7?1to strike out the lirst secuon, wmcn was carncu iu 36. i The second section was agreed to, when the committee rose, and report ed. - The house concurred with the committee in their disagreement to the first section :. When Mr." Bayard moved to postpone the further conside ration on Monday. Mr. Randolph reported a bill mak ing appropri -it ions lor the support of government for th-; y ear 13C0. Com muted. 1 ' " Mr. Wwton called for the order of the day on the report of a stlcct com-1 m'utett remectinsr the reneal of the; Rau';mpt 'Law. Mr. S.' Smith moved to postpone the Mibjcct to the 1st Monday in No Miuljcr. This motion wns support ct! by Messrs. S. Smith, Mitchell, Bayard, G.Mldard, .Grisw'M and Thatcher i .A oppoiwd ly McHrs. Eustis, Nww jto'i. Varut'i.ii'uEn-tiiig. The v and iuy ere taken on lbs potnoMcnicnt, and were yeas 3?, v.iyi 3). The Speaker declaring in' the negative, the nucstiou was hi. fhc spf akex !iiJ before tht: house a r-p:rl of the coiwsimj'ionm tinder the act for ail amicable sctkmcnt of limit w'.th Georgia, &c Rcferrwd. Thurby, I ch. 17. .. The LpcakcrUU before the lumsc a - .s rey iroi.rtlic Secretary oi me i rca t iry i:.tloVtng an annual return of the 'U'ricl fmn.t e of the United Ststci Mr. S. Stn'ih vr;s?:itd a p.-lUini f.nm ctruirr ai'unsgf B-lumorcRc-ferrrJ. " ' Mr. Jibn V., "Smith, from the com- tec ofrlai.n. rvpirtid air.t the I,ir. of Tobias Lctr. , JUfcrrvd Vt a committee of tlc a! ole to-morrow. Jblll to recite V tcrti- in f.rce so act to establUh trading ',-ei w'liS the Iiidjnn trilK, , a t!.'.:-J time and pmM'd. bill on the .im? vibjcet re- i'tl fnrnlhs Senrite, and rtferrryl '.4 cvmuit'.'.vc cf the whole to-mor- i 50, Navs 39T Mr. Nicholson reported a bill to re duce the marine corps of the United States. . . 'Referred to a committee of the whole on Monday next. 1 Mr. Varnum reported that it was expedient to agree to the amendments , cf the Senate to the bill to amend the ' act rcspesting a military peace estabi lishmcjit. Mr. Griswold moved instructions to the committee on the Bankrupt Act, H to report by bill or otherwise, such a- 1 mend merits, if any, as they may deem , necessary tolnatacl. Mr. Alston moved a postpqnc mcnt ' of the motion till the fu st Tue'sday of November. He thought they had heard enough about the Bankrupt Act ' this session, and he hoped thev should for the remainder of the session hear no more about ir. J Mr. Griswold v. id vl.cthcr the house did or did not ret urvm the a i Jail in the city of Washington. J The house went in a committee of ' the whole on a bill in addition to and modification of the propositions con tained in an art admitting the No: th Western Territory into the union. i he commiUei? rose and reported the bill without amendment. , "The house t,ok up the report of the committee, concurred, and . ordered the bill to a third reading to-morrow. . -The house- to; -into consideration the bill extending the time for the' lo cution ol nidilary land warrants, nc. - Mr. Dawson one red a iiew section any further consideration of it. j: authorising the secretary-of war to Tftts motion. i'as supported by: issue warrants to major general Fayette Messrs. Bayar ,tnd Thatcher, and j: to the amount for which a major ge-opposed-by r,rs. S- Smith, Etib, d neral is t ntitled. and Smilie, was lost. Ayes 30, jj Before a dnision was had on this Noes 12. y' I; motion, the house adjeurned. When t- "committee reported thei ' ' Tuesday, Feb. '2. house ordered it -to a l' bllh-arirrho thTi-ttl- 'ing on MoniHyi- . - - i Monday, Feb. 21. i An ..engrossed bill making appro priation for the navy for the year 1803, was read a third time and passed. The bill appropriates the . sum of 1,093,7J7 dollars 42 cents. An engrossed bill concerning the insurance of goods, buildings,1 and furniture in the county of Alexandria, in the territory of Columbia, was read a third time and psssetl. Mr. Ltib presented a petition from Daniel St. Clair, which was referred. The-hid in addition loan t enti tled an act to establish an ifiufoi m rule of naturalization, &c. was read a 3d time. The pics' ion" was put on the pas sage of the bill. Mr. Goddard spoke r.gainst the bill, and concluded bv mot in? the oM- pancincnt of the fulti iion oi rne uiu to tut 1st .voutiay rsoveruber. This motion was supported bv Mesrs. Datia, Davis and GothTard : ments, reported, it v Od be lutttr to have them reiiortt d, thuthe minds of ' members, who held seats in the next . and opposed by Mr. Sniibc. house, might tahc them in'o eonsidc- J The question was t..ke'n by ration, and be prepared to act upon 1 and Xbvs, and lost- Yeas 40 An engru,eJ bill in addition to and modification. of certain - propositi! contained in an act for admitting tlu j.cple of the eastern division of the North Western Tciiitory as a state into the (union, v. as read a third time, , and passed, Yeas 62. Mr. Giv,';g spoke against the bill. Messrs. hrndolph and Baton de fended it. A bill makirg appropriations for the support of povernnitnt for the j year 1803, was read a thirdimc, tnd passed. A letter was received fijun the claimants, and their agerusr of lands ceded by '. Georgia, to the United States, tleclirii gto appar by counsel at the bar of the hou,e ; and offering certain new prepositions ol compro mise with the Uuited States. , Referred to a committee cf the whole i to whcfi w:.s rt fei led a bill for settline Uwr i omidcra ; j claims to lands north t.f Tennessee I st Monday in ; , and onU red to be printed. Tl.e- spei ker I id U "ii-ic the home a report fiom the st cretaries of the treasury and war and theromptroller ed the former judiciary.' law and of -, ; fespect for the government in general . From the concluding sentence of this division of his speech weinfecred that ! he nevertheless considered the repeal . of that law as great an evil as the o : pening of Pandora's box, that it as culculalecl to be tne fruitful .source of disaffection and discord, and that ' iu tendency was to lead us directly to a military government what we heard was as follows. Mr. G. Morris?by stick an innovation on powers coequal with other branches of government, by sub- ' jecting 'that branch of government td the legislature which the constitution I has been most careful in preserving ! independent and superior to power or fear, every temptation is given for in ! roads on the other departments", and , for finally obsoibing the whole in a mi litary despotism if such confusion ii countenanced here, and sanctioned bya solemn decision, our clouded dignity is suspended by a feeble thread indeed j our legislative powers are but the in1 struments ofjuslice,subjecttobe wieldi d by the passions or the. rage of e very ambitious leader: our freedom is but a shadow, the shadow of a shade: ; but be hoped every gentleman in that j house valued freedom too high to I suffer its perversion and consequent destruction. Another corollary presented itselfj upon whkJv the report of tho commit tec was supported. Inasmutlrts the- 42. Yeas Nys Lsetute is an improper body to decide Claims of the memorialistsj . ,H wouiii not have been proper to have j given an t pinion on them j the ques lion belongs in its essence to another tribunal, the courts of justice ; and as it would have been incorrect toanticu pate the merits of the case tf an op:- ; nion, equally imprc jer would it be 6 Viiicussit either in the committee cr ' in that house. It might be said in deed that the house of rcprcsenta-i ; tives had dicusscd the memorial and given a decision ; it would riot be td i him a conclusive argument that be t cause that house may have done w hut I is wrong that we should not-do what is I right. - But even taking it for granted . that they had ached discreetly, if what , they had done srnountcd to any thing j it went to an einion faveroble to the I claims oi ti mTnnrialists. licntlei I men who heard this assertion mte;ht 1 think the assertion itranpes butitvas j nevertheless true upon the record of 1 that house, and he had nonbusiness to seek for rhe-ir opinion but "upon their of the treisury, respecting cl-'ui.s of'1 jourm.!. That record sovs it is true i Sttia refugees. Referred to a tcUet rommittre of thfie. Mr. I'avnrd nr'-rrd rrolntion iln-ln iit the ensuimr seAsinn The motion n postp!re was car- j Mr. Griswuhl moved a recr?ifn to ricd. . Ayes 40, Noc 3U. . ,j recommit the bill to a stlcct tonitr.it- . aluiiiig the period ! the silii..; of U e . Mr. B yard r !vrted a bill mr the ! tee, with inM nations to enquire wl c-, supivms murt from the 1 f t Jv.orVpy relief of Joshua Harvey ni.d others. ther the petitions fn-m icitaiii uliens .. iu Febiuiy to the 1st Monday ol Au-Re-fcrrid to a committee of the , presented on the Uih Ft biuarv, were nust. in Ir. Kan Wp from the committee u' im was referred th? propoMtion :'.-. SUU of )hi.i, Li. reported a .I iii hfy the prvp''riis in the . i" :r.r. ,:: ;tl v prj;.; ol te N'T.b- whoU on Monday next. Mr. R. Williams offered the follow ing as an additional rule iti the stand ins roll's of the house. Resolved, lh:rt all mitior.s respect ing the priority of business, shall be decided without debate. Ordered to lie on the table. Fri lav, Feb. IS. A bill was read appropriating 2,000 1 dolhrs lor the working cf the slt tpring on the Wabash rivers. .Rtfimd to a coour.ittee of the1 thole house o:r Mo:.Uv. Mr. Hoge prrscntrd a j tition from ' a "number of inhbiuhts of PrntHl-l vania respecting l'ie obitnictcd ui- gation of the Missisippu Referred to a ro-nrrtittec of the whrle on the state of the union. Mr. Nicho?vn 'rrjiorted & bill fur' rcsM.Utitv! the grants of bmd, and ( providing for tt disHsal of land' South of TciincMC. lUfrrrd to h coumiltce of the whole on Tiifsdav. Mr. Niche J mn fcSo rrpoiifd A bill j fyr settin g sundry claims to the public lands cf the Uniud Vutcs south cf Ttiincuci'. j in f.ti-t-subscribed by the persons i w.en-,;i iuiihiii Mr. Randolph called for aVtivision of the queslioif. The speaker put the question on the lirst mcmocr oi mc motion, to re comtnit,the bill. . Motion lct Ayes 36 Noes 57. vThc rt.idue of the motion fell of course. Carriei! Avcs 38 Noes Z3. Referred to a select coinnittce. On motion rf Mr. Huger Jfave wns given to a deseription tf el. insants, o t!ier than those who had, previously ; applied, to be heard m Mrrw n or by I; counsel at the bar of the house, this .(day. When Mr. Moultrie retired. i Mr. Nicholson movd the reference The qnes'jon was then taken by of the petition of Alexander Moulitie Ycss and Nays on the passage of the bill Yeas 3a Nays ti. The bill w-ks therefore lost. Mr..B. Williams called up his re- solutiop, rnsking it standing rulfnf the house that all questions respecting priority or business should be decided without deba'e. Carried without a division. Mr. Griswold said he nould sebmit' motion which had grt .n out oLthc ' dehotc on the bill amtndatory oAl.e - .. . . i i. .i . i naturalization n iui mv to the coaimitlce of the whole on the that the prayer of the rtitioncrs ought not to be cranted i i.bis otht r, ,t may iti.ptr i.n i pinion of the incipetimu y i hit m?v" bc"f"m',td tfi"T"m lion v.Tth- (ut a c tisidi ration of their toiislitu tion.il authority cr tie hjrnl right cf the il.'i fins. This is iaferable f rom the proceeding si large, for it i-pcari nut a moiion wasmncinmai iioutc to strike out the words ltc judges," snd this wus earned by a large rna jotity. What elocs this declare? Did tl.ty not tr.ercisc all the fur.tticr.sf nd diiel.arge the duties of judges until the &ct(of Lst session iad ynt intj o; erslion ? Dues not the refusal lo des cribe them as . jt-dqti declare by irrplication they aic yWi still I No thing could be more clear in his con select tommitlte tc spjteintcd to en;jg quire whether certain irtitions fVoin'l . . .i .... above aubjett. ' The house look up ihe till respect ing military land wst rants, "j Mr. Dawson's amendment to allow geLrral I.s l ayette a quantity of land correspondent to his rank, was taken uih and tHcrsome oliiection made, on the score of form, was carried without B c'iiM0Il. On enross'rg ihe till for a third reading, Messrs. Southnid, tt M.tpurd, Ipoke in fovor of, and Mr. arnuni a- trutnsl it. .. . . . . . . . , a . Carried, aiui otdcrcu to a Hutu reaa- simdrv ttbtnt rursciitrd on rhe Ulh int? to-morrow instant, were In fad subscribed ky the ( The Rallerits were cleatcd to tale persons thereij nstned. op two bills oft confJentil nalu.xt The takint? of this motion Into eon-, received fivtn lbs sturte. ii4ertion was supported by Mr. tliU- - ctj.t.on. The cemmittre of this house has I further tacn tl e lilcity to tipress a jhclhf, that a speedy investigation of :thc question inro',viri;J'the duties sui '.rights of the rnrmnrisliMs, would bo highly important, lie 1 ad rr.rned in hts south when br had tuitit'novct volumes of professional kiti!gr that the delay t f iustiee, is a most i'grleyoui punishment. It was frit t , he so in caws between man and man 1 Mow much more imjiortar.t it it U l sn end be put In ll.i qutstit.fi ihvtlv jlngpritste ard public tiuhu. Is it jnot t.f the first importance t j ut lt.4 j question to sleep, that it mfjr nolr'ij tutu our qVicl rrort ( for be our o'e ,ti'n what it may how, it will t pi) ol tin snpen.r Uw of tl. l.rt

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