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-4' w' 'X tH '( fc. hif refuiqiMea claim, -f ir. Giles gave nolitv row ask leave to bring in a of the next meeting of Congress. The bill from the. House, entitled act respecting the ships or vessels A of the Dumber employ eel in ftchlal service, the time they have been employed "and their expense while in actual service.

This motion, after some conversation be- citizens or subjects of foreign natiopTyJ which commercial intercourse is was, by unanimous consent, read three Oo the suggestion of Mr. Cfculflcr, with the consent of Mr. Randolph, the nibtida was ordered to tie on thetaUle Ayes lOIi TOREfGN RELATIONS fcr; J. Go Jackson from the committee on our foreign relations, reported a bill to repta the act laying an embargo on all ships and yes sels in the ports and harbors of the Uttttci States, and the several acts 'supplementary thereto' and to revive and amend the act' entitled an act interdicting commercial intercourse with Great Britain and France- and their dependencies. Twice read and made the order of the day for Friday next.

American; seamen. Mr. Dana said that he rose for the purpose IO me committee of claims. Mr-moved to refer the periuon, opher which he conceived to be iiroiUr, to a uuci committee. Oo this motion a debate ofnear two hours, upon the subject of daims gtoer iv' took place, in which Meaart.

Ghohoo, Gold, Macon, Southard, Lyon, Nelson, Quincy, SmUie, ier Randolph partook. The pet111? eventually referred to the committee of claims by a small majority. al times, and passed. Tuesday May 30. Mr.

Pope qffcrc(j a. following resolution 7 -7. Resolved; That a committee be appofotJ to enquire whether it be'expedieat at thbtr to a law for taking the census of habitants of the U. S. and territories The Senate resumed the consideration I the letter from Mr.

Smith of Marry! Letter from the Secretary Navy Department, May 24. of calling the attention of the House to a. sub AM 1 nrA Ritr Lis a vs I fr ffk which could but be interesting, to Sin I have the honor of troncmitoug to mouicted yesterday. u- Kfnre the house of On motion by Mr. house to be laid before by Mr.

"W1 marked Giles Ordered, That; the further thereof be postponed to the 5th June next. Massachusetts Legislature. if 1 1 IN SENATE, June The usual vote of thanks to tfie Rev. Of Osgood, who delivered the Election Sermoa was made, and wis opposed. -Air.

DiiJ called for the Yeas and Nays, which were. Yeas 20, Nays 16. i- ADDRESSto PRESIDENTMADISOX Saturday, JuneS. The Hon.Mr. DaV.

offered a resolution for an Address to the Pmi. dent of the U. S. on the happy termination our foreign relations and after reading id hh place a portion of one he had prepared, President of the board declared it Was not is order, and that a motion containing an fqjiW Address could not be received by the Whereupon Mr. Dana changed the (oral rf his motion, and moved that a committee he appointed to prepare a respectful Address the President of the United States, 1 the coaiid.

erationuf which was assigned for Tuesday next, to-morrow. tween Messrs. Dawson, Dana, Pitkin, Lyon, Bacon, and W. Alston, was agreed to feithout a division. VOTE OF APPROBATION.

-Mr. Randolph after some prefatory remarks, which shall appear in coarse, offered the following resolution Resolved, That the promptitude anu frankness with which the President of the United States has met the overtures of the govern- tnent of Great Britain towards a restoration of harmony and free commercial intercourse, between the tvfro nations meets the approbation Of the House. The House agreed to consider the motion. Mr. Bacon moved to amend it by adding at the end Of it the words and furnishes an ad 44 ditional proof of the spirit of accommodation 0)1 the part of the Lnited States which has at no time been Mr.

Bacon then moyed that the resolution lad amendment be referred to a committee of the Mr. y. G. Jackson made a motion which superseded Mr. Bacon's, to postpone it indefinitely.

To this motion Mr. Randolph objected at Considerable length, and Messrs. J. G. Jackson, and Findley replied.

When, after a debate of three hours or upwards, a motion was made to adjourn and carried, May 27. On motion of Mr. Basset a committee was appointed to act with such committee as may be appointed by the Senate on their part to enquire and report business Was necessary to be done before close of the present session. On motion ot Mr. Burwell, Resolved That the President of the United be requested to cause the Secretary of to lay before the House an estimate of the sum necessary to complete the fortifications commenced and contemplated and also the amount of deficiency of appropriations fore made for this object.

On motion of Mr. Newton with the consent of Mr. Randolph the unfinished business of yesterday (the resolution on the subject of the late negotiation) was ordered to lie on the "table and The House resolved itself into a committee of the'-whole, Mr. Macon in the chair, on the bill respecting the ships and vessels of subjects of foreign nations with whom commit-cial intercourse is permitted which having Jpme thro tbecommittee of the whole was or-ccrcd to be engrossed for a third reading and afterwards passed without objection. Mr.

Randolph called for the consideration Of the unfinished business of yesterday and on the question, will the House resuhie the Consideration of the subject, die House divid- cd 54 tp 54 and the Speaker voting in the negative, the motion was lost. Mr. Randolph subsequently gave notice that he should calf it Up every day during the.session if he had an opportunity, and require the yeas and nays -each time, 'unless the House should agree to take.it up. ject not councils ol the nation. It related to Ameri cau seamen.

He wished to propose a resolution, the object of which vyas to dcp'gnate A-merican seamen, and to ensure to them the benefits properly appertaining to that character It was a proposition which could not impede any object which the administration could have in view, or embarrass any negociation with foreign powers. He was the more desirous to bring up this subject, because it was extremely difficult to ascertain the number of foreign seamen in the United States. In answer an enquiry, made at the last session with view to ascertain the number of foreign seamen who had been naturalized, an answer hac been received, which, although he knew much deception had been practised, astonished him. He said it might be presumed that there were on board American shipping between ten anc twenty thousand seamen, who were not natives of In the course of twelve years, the whole number of persons Natural ized according to the laws of the 'United States, and Registered as seamen, did not a mount to four hundred and fifty I It might be set down for fact, Mr. Dana said, that under our existing laws not less than 10, 000 certificates of protection are annually afloat, which are obtained by false swearing.

To this fraud he wished to put an end. At present, vessels might claim the privilege of carrying the A merican flag, without a single American mariner on board, a permission contrary the usage of all civilized nations. For the security and encouragement of our seamen therefore, he proposed the following resolution Resolved, That for the benefit of the seamen of the United States, it is proper to make provision that registered ships or vessels shall not be entitled to the privilege of ships or vessels of the Uoited States, unless a certain proportion of mariners on board the same 'shall be mariners of the United States. On the suggestion of Mr, Burwell, with the consent of Mr. Dana, the resolution was ordered to lie on the table.

you herewith, representatives, the enclosed paper which will afford a general view of the state and disposition at this time, of the vessels belonging to the navy of the U. States, and of the gun boats. It appears proper here to observe, for we information of the house of representatives, that die frigates Constitution and Chesapeake, the ship Wasp, the brigs Hornet and Argus, and the schooners Revenge and Enterprize, were in commission prior to the passage of the act, entitled 44 An act authorising the employment of an additional naval force, passed -3 1st January, ,1809 and that the frigates President, United States and Essex, the corvette John Adams, the brigs Siren, Vixen and Nautilus, and the cutter Ferret, have been putin commission since the passing of that law, agreeably to its provisions that the frigates United States, Nand Essex, and the corvette John Adams, have had such thorough repair and improvements, that practical gentlemen pronounce them to be at this time, better and more efficient vessels thao they were when originally launched and that the' frigate President is now undergoing a thorough which is nearly completed, and beings repaired Under the advantages afforded by extensive experience, she will be in all respects superior to what she was wheu first launched. Respectfully submitted. PAUL HA MILTON.

The hon. Jos. B. Vamumt Speaker of the House of Representatives. Af Exhibit, shewing the state and disposition at this time, of the vessels belonging to the navy of the United States, and of the gun boats.

I Frigates Constitution, fat Ncw-York United States at Norfolk Chesapeake at Boston Essex at Norfolk officered, manned, victualled, and in other respects prepared for service. Corvette John Adams at Baltimore officered, and nearly manned and prepared. Frigate President at Washington officered, and nearly manned will be readv for service in July. Ship Wasp at Philadelphia brigs Hornet at Norfolk Argus at New York Siren gooe to France Vixen ar Charleston schooner Revenge at New York In all respects prepared lor service. i Schr.

Enterprize at Norfolk officered, victualled, and completely repaired, and nearly manned. Brig Nautilus and cutter Ferret at Wash- HOUSE OF RE PRESEN TA TJVES. Thursday, June 1. Remonstrances froi nearly a dozen towns," (of which was one from a number of persons in Boston) against the election of Representatives, were read, and committed to the Committee of Elections. A joint committee was appointed to report what provision it is necessary to make by lair for remedying the evils arising from the banking system.

tfc Cc 1 I 1 4 mgton preparing for service, but recruiting orders not issued. Friday, June 2. MrMorton moved for information of the Legislatures to which, flic Resolutions adopted the last session, had bets The motion wasas follows In the House of Representatives, June 2d, 1805. Whereas at the last session of the last 6cs- eral Court, several Resolutions, were passed by both branches of the ss report- ed by the committee, to whom was referred the petitions of sundry towns in this Common- wealth, on the subject of the embargo the last of which resolutions was in the words fd lowing: viz. 't Resolved, That the Hon.

the President of the Senate, and the Hon. the Speaker 4 of ths House of Representatives be requested transmit a copy of this report, and the resolutions thereon, to the Legislatures of such of our sister States, as manitest a disposition ti concur with us in measures to rescue our common country from impending ruin, addtoprc' serve inviolate the Union of the States, i Therefore, Ordered, That the said President of the Senate and Speaker of the House 1 of Representatives be directed to lay before the two branches of the Legislature a report their proceedings by virtue of committed to them by the said and therein particularly to name the States to which they have transmitted ipiesof said rcpprt, and the resolutions thereon, together with any communication transmitted froco. or received by them, on the subject of said resolves. On motion from the federal side of the House, Thursday next, 10 oclock, js for taking the above Into The public have assuredly a right to th correspondence demanded by ttc above orden Perhaps it is not uncandid to presume disappointed projectors of the Northern Conjw eracy may choose to suppress the docusKiitt relative to their declining empire. A The usual standing committees wr pointed on the part of the House.

The House 'made choice the' Rcv.Ht John Lothrop, as ChapUin. ARMED TRADE. Mr. Dana said he wished to propose anoth er resolution, the object of which contemplated a provision for arming the commerce of the United States, not as against any particular power, but it was an attempt to draw a line of discrimination between armaments for defence and armaments for attack, between the principle of resistance to aggression of foreign nations and the principle of reprisal in fact, an Attempt at experiment, whether we could not transfer to the water that system which exists on the land, for a practical demonstration of which he would refer to gentlemen from the western couotiy, where he understood that the citizens individually or combined, armed for their defence against predatory incursions or attack. This was a species of arming distinct from arming for attack or plunder.

The resolution which he held in bisnand wai similar to one proposed at a late day last session it was however directed against one principle, and that was the principle of blockade by proclamation. It completely contravened the principle of the French decrees as to British ports, and the principle of the British orders in council. The resolution was as follows Resolved That it is expedient to make provision, by law, to allow merchant resell of the United States to be armed forcu. fo voyages to ports of Europe, the WesV Indies, and Atlantic coast of America, and, accordingly, to furnish the documentary evidence which may be proper in any such case to manifest the defensive character of the armament allowed and at the same time by law to require securities the vessels respectively, that they will not proceed to any port known to be actually blockaded, nor cany articles contraband of war to the dominions of a belligerent power, nor violate the laws or treaties, of.the Frigates Congress, Constellation, New York, Adams, and Boston, at the navy yard, Washington require repairs. Boats.

24 gun boats at New Orleans orders given to reduce their crews' to the number required for thetr navigation safety. 13 guo boats at Charleston, 21 at Norfolk, 10 at Baltimore. 20 at Philadelphia, 52 at New-York, 2 at Westerly, R. I. 2 at Norwich; Ct.

4 at Wilmington, N. C. 1 at Bos-ton, 9 at Pordand, (Maine) 1 on Lake Ontario, 2 on Lake Champlain' In ordinary. 9 gun boats at Washington in the yard without expence. SENATE.

Thursday, May Mr. Pope presented a resolution of the legislature of Kentucky, expressive of their opinion that strong garril sons at Mithilimacjrinac, St. Louis, and near the mouth of Ohio, would be of great public utility, and particularly aid in the protection of the frontiers i which was referred to the committee appointed yesterday on so much of the Presidents message as relates to the defence of our sea-port towns and harbors to consider and report thereon. 1 THIRD CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES. Tuesday May 30.

-Mr. Randolph said that it was now precisely ten years since he had the honor of being a member of this house. The first session of the sixth Congress was held at in December 99 and at that session a law was passed for taking the second census of the inhabitants of thfe U. States. It had been then allowed on all hands that the law was delayed so long, that the marshals had not time to make the proper enumeration In as accurate and faithful a manner as it ought to have been done.

Oa the third census of the people of the U. States would depend not merely the gross numbers of' this house, but the relative weight of the Southern and Western, and, in (act, of the middle and Eastern States, for perhaps none were increasing with greater rapidity than the two great 'middle states of New-York and Pennsylvania. He thought' it proper that provision should be made at this session for taking the third census. Such a provision could not accelerate the time, but would enable the officers of the U. States to take proper means to ensure the excellence 'of the work He-therefore moved I- rhat provision ought to be made by law for taking the thud census of the inhabitants of the U.

States. MtC IV. Alston conceived that it was necessary that the census should be taken in every part tof the Union as nearly at the same time as possible. Were the law now to be passed it might be taken in some parts of the United States between now and January next, and in other parts in not less than 3 years lie hoped, he that the House would not be thus i troubled with unnecessary busioess. lf the passage of the law were deferred for a session, the differeny parts would be more equally represented though immediate census might be favorable.

to his part, of the pountry, because he was convinced that it was losing ground in the general scale of population or the U. S. United States or the rules of pubBnTawijjy Monday, May 29. The President laid, be. InfVS ftelrilfttfrlan K-S 1 .4.

I A them but will acknowledged, observer instructions which may be' given by President of the United States, for preventing all such violations and that due satisfaction shall be made for all damages "end, injuries tf, any should be committed in contravention thereof. referred to a committee cf the whole, on motion of Mr. Mr. Gold presented the petition of Mia. Hamilton, widow of the late Gen.

Alexander Hamilton of New-York, stating that her. husband was Colonel during the Revolutionary fore the Senate a letter from Mr. Smith, Senator from the state of Maryland, stating that he was appointed by the Executive of that state' a Senator In coolormity with the constitution! -until the next meeting of the legislature that this meeting will take place on the 5th of June and requesting the determination of the Sch-atc aa to the quesnon, whether ah appointment under the Executive of Maryland, to represent hat state in Senate of the U. States, wiff or wiU not cease on the first day of the meeting of the legislature thereof. Saturday, June 3.

The Senators bled together agreeably i to assign tnept, His Excellency Christopher Gore Eq- HU Honor David Cobb, Esq- Governor tnd Lt. Governor Elect, came iu, and took subscribed the Oaths and declarations necessary by the Constitution of th is Com; Wealth to qualify them for exercising the 0 ces to which they have been elected. His cellency and His Honor then withdrew. "Agreeably ter tbd conveofl0 then proceeded by ballot to the choice of Counsellors to advise the Governor lathe E' cutive part of Government, and the failosrWi Gentlemen were chosen, viz-The Hoo. knd as such entitled to half-pay but that' Ordered, that the consideration thereof bo member of Con-1 postponed till to-morrow.

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