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' ' ' i' MONDAY APRIL 8.-.- f ' .thlttee op the Jtidiciary', wIjo wefc k Jnsfructed",t6mak enquiry into, the ' official conduct of judge Tallnjadge . concluding withv a resolution to ask i " life 'ntt'6tfn0r4, ja member of the Senatetbjappear b$ fore the committee lo, give; evidence ;'; in ti'e xase f 'hicha The en grossed ilf to regulate jthe ' dujties on imports arid 'tonnagei iris read the third' time ; and the ques ;tion stated 4 shall the bill pass rH. Randolph moved that' the, bill, , be posto'ned to DeCnesttv In,inai- tuts liiviiwiit i2aiuiie was,, v not actuated by the usuil motives "r , ; similar motions.. ' jit rtceieJfroRt a belief that the-subject had not beeii properly ; nd maturely prepared ' 6 r. the Secretary ofth'e Treasury vished the subject possponecl ttb the nextsession, that the system might be printed collaterally yith? the prcsen duties, that evef-y member might take it hQme 8c consult his constituents I those whose opinions he ought to res pect. The bill, mr-R.said, had beeii precipitated through the House, k the discussion on it sheved a strange and myste.ious conneclion between thi measure and : one (the Bank bill) 'which had just passed,5 and was now, beyondthe control of this house. An! other reasqh for referring the subjec ; to the next sessionvwas, he said, th material injury it would produce or the revenue, it adopted now ; and .ai thw time the Secretary of the Trea4 surjrouht strictly to guard againstj any deficit in the revenue. Hd thought the reasons for postpone-! ment were imperious. 1 mr. Smith of md, opposed the mo-j . tion for postponement. Amongst o4 ther arguments, in reply to mr. Ran-! dolph, he said it was extremely ne-j cessary to adopt at once some per- manent system on which commercl-! al men, as well as others, ' might! rely with confidence. If the tanff were not passed, the commercial! community would have to look to tHel -next session,, without knowing howj to shape their conduct, or Tom (heir raln,i .inn. o,;;r;F :-.A calculations, uncertain of the policy which might be then adopted. mr. Lowndes also offered some re - , i 5 marks in reply to mr. Randolph, and ' agamst postponinjr the bill. He - denied the charge of precipitation in I iae secretary ol the 1 reasury in mak f ing his report ; and referred to the circular letters, long since sent to Various quarters in search of informa tion, to shew that the Secretary had I . not , acted premittureiy, and that measures were longipgo taken to gain I , an ussiuir. ugni on .me suoject, Ml". L.. admitted" that there were parti cular features in the bill about ;the passage of which he wsis not anxious ; but in a system so extensive there must be particular parts on which ; members could not atrce As a whole, howevery he had no doubt it would be beneficial to ihe revenue. &c. and to the general interests of the country. - , . mr. Calhoun had no . intention of entering in a discussion ol the motion I but wished merely o reply to the in t siriuation of a mysterious connection ; between this bill and that to establish the bank. He denied any impioper i -Of unfair understanding, and could challenge the House to support the the charge. , In fact, mi. C . said, the most zealous friends oi the bank Were generally unfriendly to this ta riff ; Sc the warmest friends of either i could not be found on the same side 1 he motion was-negatived 95 to i 47. . ' .. ) r The question then recurred on the passage of the bill ; when. Air Randolph rose Sc spoke nearly . three hours in opposition to the bill, and generally against the policy of encouraging rnanufacturihg establish merits at all especially against the j propriety of affording a high bounty, J by taxing the community, &c. I- The question on the passage of the bill, was taken and carried 88 to 45. It is a little remarkable that none ! ; of the members from this State, vot v cd for the passage of this bill. On motion of mr. Tohnson of Kv. v ! the House then took. ip the resolution I ! xixing the period ot adjournment. After some conversation on the nrbnrietvof various da vs, which were ? , ' i, u ' f . named, and ttic inexpediency of fix: .hk timWtf W ine: at this time ori" any day for ad journment a motion to postpone the resolution nnui monday next, was vmade and carried. ! i '' TP ESD AT, APRIL 9. After the: reference of several peti- iar.Robertson) from the committee of Public . Lnds reposed V bill "au thorising' the survey, of two millions of acrs of rnjblic land in Ueupr tfiai q'uanfitJieretbfor; authprisedVin the tetritorjrVor, Mcbigani as J military' bounty laodt ; whidhwas vrlct read and committed. ' . : f ?rf Hokin.sonVm -the- joint cdm "I6800,1 tne subject oi gulating theprbceedings of Congress, reported two. resolutions, providing that the business of all kinds Which may remain unfinished at the close of the present session, shall be taken '"Ptthe nextsession at t he precise point to wnicn it shall have progress eoTduHrig the present session which resolutions were laid on the table. The following bills passed through ;a committee of the whole, were re ported to thc House and severally ordered; to be engrossed for a third riadinSrtowit. The bill to fix the commissions of the collectors of th direct tax and internal duties, &c. a J Kill .- - 1 v V tin-rcac uie compensation now allowed to' guagers, weighers, inspectors, &c. employetl in customs ; a 4)iN declaring the consent of Con gress to an act of the state of South Caroirh'a, authorising the city of Charleston to, lay a certain duty on vessels from foreign ports ; and a bill for the relief of the widow and chil dren of captain Z Morgan. A.numberof private bills passed through committees of the whole and were ordered to be engiossed for a third reading. Mr. Gaston having announced the decease of the Hon. Richared Stan ford, a Member of this House from North-Carolina The usual orders on such occasions were adopted and it was voted to attend the Funeral to morrow at 12 o,clock ; in which the Senate concur red. Both Houses from respect to the memory of the deceased member of the House of Representatives, ad journed to Thursday. THUttSDAT APRIL 11. After the reception and reference of petitions. Mr. Newton, from the committee of Commerce and Aanufuctures re port ed; a bill making appropriations for re-building light-houses, arid for completing the plan of lighting them on the plan of Winslow Lewis, for 7; i r m,e Gu-'l Island, and for s . -vevincr piacint; teacons, &c. the coast of the United Sutes, which was twice read and committed. Mr, Wilcox from the committee of pensions, &c. reported a bill con cerning invalid pensioners ; which was twice readand committed. The bill which were on Tuesday ordered to be enRro?sed for a 3d reading were severally read the third time and passed accovdir,v;iy . The bill to reward with 1CO,000 dollars the captors of certain Al gerine vessels, w 3 railed up by Mr Forsyth, on w!:- motion it was a mended,by trik.a,- out the vords" in consideration of th- valor and promp titude witn whir.h the capture was efTc-cred," and the nili was then or- j 'det cd t0 bo n-voscd for a third read ing. The bill reported by the currency committee to compel specie pay ments was on motion of Mr. Calhoun re-committed tor the purpose of making some amendment in its de taiis. In moving the rc commitment, Mr. Calhoun remarked, that the mo--dification intended, was to expunge a featuie.the high duties in the bill, which it' retaiued would probably re quire more discussion than, at this late period the House would be w il ling to devote to it, and that it woutd perhaps be belter not to agitate the question during the present session. The bill respecting the Xuvy Pen sionfund, passed through a commit tee ot the wio!e h(ue, and was read a third time and passed. Several private bills passed through committees of the whole house and were ordered to -be en grossed for a third reading to-morrow, v The House, in the course of the day, refused, on the call of Mr.a Hug er. to take up the report of the ioint committee on the subject of the re-j mainsotven. Washington ayes 43, noes 51. A joint resolution, requiring the Secretary of State; ence in every two years, to compile and print a register of all officers and agents, civil, military and naval in the ser vice o1 the U. Statesr was read the tt.tij . - - . , uuru ume anu passed, r. -r, u ; The House went into committee of the whole, on the till making an appropriation for the improvement of the Capital Squarel The blank was filled, on motionof mr. Tucker, with the sum of 30000 dollars ; and mr. K.Iay mode a few remarks in support of the object of the bill; -11. .1. J ' ' T- . . whthe commtltee sported thc( 1 ... bill antl amendments to ttc Hopse.'i L" t vi he )mcodraent and the bill it self ;iprt opposed' by mr. . Wright "apd mtrVNelaonthe' former of whom move id tplay it on the table ; and werfe-' ad vn'e'ated h v m r. f Tclerv "Calhoun; Jatksoof- and was riearivJ , & he then demand ed theyeas and oavs on the auea- tion of 'rngrdssinghe bill, which i a iuusca oy tne House ; and the bill was finally ordered to be en grossed for a third reading to-morrow. The following Message was re ceived from the President of the U. State's : To the Striate and Home of Refirctc. ' tarive of the U. States. With a view to the more convc niemoagementof the important and growing business connected with the grant of exclusive rights to Inventors and Authors, I rtcom mend the establishment of a clia. Ltinct office, within the Department oi atate, connected therewith under a Director, with a salary adequate to his services, and with the pri vilege of franking communications br mail from and to the office. I recommend also, that further re straints be imposed on the issue of patents to wrongful claimants, and further guards provided against fraudulent exactions of fees by per sons possessed of patents. J AS. MADISON. April n, 1816. . The message was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Friday atril 12. Wright from ihe committee on the judiciary, reported a bill for the relief of the privateer Koger ; which was tw'ue read and com mitted. M r. Calhoun from the commit tee on an uniform national curren cy, reported in a modified shape, the bill to provide for the collecting the public revenue in the legal cur rency. The amendment made by the committee, to the bill, consists in striking out the 3d section which imposed a stamp duty of 10 per ccot. on the notes of those banks which shall not pay specie on the 3lst of December next leaving only the provision which excludes such notes from being received in payment of debts due my uuucii oiaies. i ne mil was committed to whole house a committee of th , On motion of Mr. Ciosvenor, a committee was appointed to cn quire into the expediency of pro hibiting by law, the exportation of bullion and specie from ihe U. States, for a limited time. '1 he biiis which were ordered yesterday to be engrossed for a third reading, were severally read the third time and passed, with the exception which follows : The engrossed bill makinr an upp'oprMtion for graduating, en clr.sing and improving the :CapUol Square, was read the third time, and the question cn its passage stated. This question gave rise to a short debate, in which Messrs. Smith ot Kd. Tucker, Reynolds and Cuthbert advocated the bill ; & Messrs. Rout. Hardin, Wright, Pickering and Webster opposed it The last ramed gentleman mov ed to lay the bid on the table, which motion finally prevailed ayes 65, noes 51 ; and the bill lies on the table accordingly. I he House then went into com mittee of the whole on the amend ments of the Senate, (increasing in a graduated amount trom 10 to 2 per cent, the salaries 6f the clerks of the departments) to the general appropriation bill. On motion of jr. Clay, the clerks of congress were included in the amendment ; after which the committee rose, and 'reported their Concurrence in the amendment. and their own amendment thereto. The House atrreedto the amend ment t)f the committee ; and on the question of concurring with the Senate in their amendment as modified ; . - r. Yancey opposed the concur rence, and Mr. Lowvdes and Kr. Colpepper supported it ; alter wliich the question of concurrence with' the Senate was decided in (he negative, 63 to 5 1.. . The House then proceeded to the orders of the day. On calling the bill to authorize the appoint ment of-Admirals in the naval service. Mr. Pleasants moved that the House go into committee of the whole on tha.biU; h,ch mo. tion was negatire-yes 38, noes 54 . .'!. V -t T r bJli t6 ,clabrisha National University- was .also called up by Mr. Wilde, but the House refused to consider it; by:alarg majority. Seyerai. private , bills passed through committees of the whole House, and were subsequently or dered to a third reading. Saturday, April 13. Mr. M'Lean, of Ohio, presented the petition of sundry inhabitants of Cincinnati and its vicinity, praying that some provision might be made for the support of Col. Zcbulon Pike, father of the late Gen.' Pike, whom the petitioners represent to be in re duced and neeJy circumstances ; was referred to the committee of Pensions. The Speaker laid before the house a letter addiesscd to him from Col. James-Thomas, respecting his ac counts and the charges exhibited a gainst him as Quarter-Mastei in the army ; which was referred to the select committee on hi accounts. Mr. Calhoun, from the committee on the National Currency, who were instructed to enquire into the expedi ency of prohibiting for a limited time, the exportation oi bullion and specie, reported a resolution that it is ex pedient at the present time to make the prohibition ; rhich vras read and ordered to lie on the tsblc. Mr. Forsyth, from the committee of foreign relations, reported, with out amendment, the bill from the Senate to establish a s s!em or naviga tion for the United States; nod the said bill was then committed to a committee of the whole house. The Speaker laid before the house a letter from the Secietary of the Treasury enclosing a statement of the loans made to government by the several binks within the U. States since March 1,1312; vhich was or dered to lie on the table. The bill to improve the Capitol square, was recommitted t a com mittee of the w hole house. The engrossed bills yesterday or dered to a third rcidinj; were this day sevcially read a third time, pass cdnd sent to the !- :nate. The following bi!Is passed through a committee of the whole, and were ordered to be cn-rossed for a third reading, to wit : ; bill supp!emnt..ry to the bill to regulate trade and in tercourse with the Indian Tiibc ; and a bill to authorise the sale ol certain lands in OHlo. formerlv m. ervea ior certain Nova Scotia rc iu?ees. The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill providing for the gradual increase of the navy of the United States. Some discussion took place on the details of this bill. It was reported to the house with an amendment, and order ed to be engrossed for a third lead ing without a duiciui.is voice ; and The House adjourned. The House in committee of the whole, on the bill providing for the gradual increase of the Navy. Mr. Pleasants (Chairman of the Naval coinmi'tee) entered into a de tailed itMcment of the considemuou on which the committee had formed thcbilJ, and their icason for dewat from a precise adherence to the Secretary' recommendation. Jt was, he said, within the recollection of the committee, that in a report made the Senate in the earlier pan of the session of Congress, the Se cretary of the Navy recommended an annual addition to the nrtsfi-t vy of one ship of 74 guns, io of 44, and two sloop oi war of the heaviest class. The committee, Mr. Plea sanu said, had bestowed much conii deration on the subiect. and ufir.i.. taining all the information they could, .wui me souices calculated in their judgments to furnish the best, they had determined to recommend to the House the pioisions contained in the present bill. There would have been icme difficulty in framing a law in such a way as to have provid ed for a certain annual addition to the navy. The timbers and other necessary materials could not have been procured in such a way as to en sure a punctual compliance wuh the lawThe committee, therefore, de tcrmincd to recommend an annual appropriaiion of one million of dol Jars for eight years ; this would make an addition to their present naval force of sine 74 gun ships, 12 0f 44 gun, and three steam batteries ; tw o of the latter to be applied to i.iC de fence of the waters of the Chesa peake, and one to the defence of New-Orleans. The Secretary Vpbt, ofsddtng one 74 two 44's, and two sloops, annually, would have required an appropriation for that term up wards of a million of Hollars. Mr Pleafants observed that it wa t!. I niTiIcIcc's tl "t'our h.l pinien of the best informed of cur .7.1 ter be eppiied toward! procuring bras Tr shins irnmffTt3fi Tf of wal, though of great use in time' of war, roiftht easily be procured in cry snort time by the Eovernment. either by having them btjilt at our own yards orby contract. Jndeed, it was the opinion of cneatieast, s very intclhnt officer, lhat.iloopi of war ought not to form a permanent part ol our navy at all ; but when it was found necessary to use them an time or war, they should be sold on the return of peace. According to an estimate, said Mr. 1. made in the beginning of the session to the Sen ate by the Secretary of th Nary, and which is on the len of this House, it will be seen that to build k equip a 74 gun ship, will cost g334, 862 this sum, multiplied by, nine, the number of 74 proposed to be built incight years, will mike g3, 468,758. The building aitd enquip pmg a 44 gun frigate si ill uoti 2 68,400 dollarswhich sum, multiplied by twelve, the number of fvigaics pro posed to be built in eight cr,iil make the sum 3,220,600 dollars The three steam battctics they had allowed to tcke one million of dol lars rnoie. Thus the whole sum es timated by the committee, for Luild ine the Dronosed ih!n r f iu i l liiic ..v-.7 uivcj jnu sieam batteries, is 7,684,558 dollars. The committee took some pins to ascertain as far as such a tiling could be ascerteincl with any thinft like certainty, the ca pacity of the United Sutc to man a fleet of such a description as the pro posed addition will Kive u ; from inlorrnation received from the tnest intelligent sources, they hate no doubt that such a fiect may be eisily manned. The present number of eamen belonging to the U Stales, is not ascertained with precision, but it is probable little or nothing short of 70, perhaps 80 thousand. Uuc founli of this number may be calcuiitcd on ftr publice service. Ihe number of prime seamen allowed to a 71. is oo;j rmlin. seamen and boss, JX)t 12 74 tricn require 2,400 prime, ZS OO iu the whole and so in proportion 'or frigate;, sleeps nf war, fie It was well known aUo, that ol the ordinary stamen and boys, landi Titn .nay make op n parr,' mm who can be ttugjit to handle the (;uu.. Ihe whole txcnce of LfcpVqa 74inserirc fur one ear, isesti- watcd at dollars of a 44 135,210 dollars. 'I he estimate h.rc rtfcrrcil to, said Mr. Mca. vann, arc taken from the report u( the Secretary of the Kavy, bcor- rcferred to ; made out in dialled and minute stattn.tnts. by the as- sistancc of the Commi'ittirrs vf the Navy,andmny, it i Uh.ve.i, be confidently rd:rd cn. It v; as a remarkable tact, said Mr. I thai from the comrrcncemcnt cf our rr. vulutionarv vrar, thii rtivn i..,d never been cngagrd in a war, L : a navy had been popular. Ih-n- voluticnarv Conrcss, al a Wfv early period of the war, authoris. cd U building, equipping and cm missioning of 12 shl v - 1' - . - 7,;,UU ricts. 1 ins, for limitted tnraus, tvas a grrt Mr. I'lTerton. in hi V,. tht jr deal. V'iritiK, vtrit'en durir- t!.c u .11 1. f 1 . s i.n 1 . ucucvea tnMifc! not puh. liliedlill seme tixe :-cr,vwih i.ll experience cJ .the intOicr.je ciifaii. van-ei to which we wcie Mjhjrcicil 'n a conifst with a na:i,;n puAst!., r.5 3 maritime super n.rirv, 11 . r i j-j r.ia mm on nn -- ... ouKnt to bri.d her exertions u:di cnuinninr a iiM.l f,. to- forcr J I1C amount of that tnrr- now particularly rcrollectrd, ti passage in the Notts nolhasiry, Wen l.tclv read ; but it uasLc hcved that the amouut rccommcn tiedbjr him. vould hae test iht tatc of Virginia . much at that time, as her proportion of the pro P'jscl increase now. Uol silLl Mr. P. if anv evidence were wan: mcto convince this nation ol th great importance ol a navy h u partof hernational defensive mean, that evidence has been amply fur. Dished by the events of lhe atc war evects, thanks to tl.c gjjan. try of those who atchieved them, whnh have made an impression on the public mind so deep, ,ta' he hoped they vould rc cr tc era, cd. Sir, said Mr. nu ikxt 70 or &0tCf.O seamen ; unhnuu have heavy ship;., th.s Itrcr, cc.-. :stinot aome ol the n-oM c-il lant men in the orld, is lost tc 'he public drfence- they cie r.o on your militia roltfthcy viil nr : enlist in cur nrmU. . .1 be engrged in a predatory warfare asprivateersmen: Lur 1,., ao part of your defensive force nthou: heavy hir9f thrv are jcsf
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