the first section of the bill above mentioned, and do agree to the said amendment, with an amendment. Resolved, That this House do recede from their disagreement to the amendment of the Senate to the ninth section of the said bill; and do agree to the amendment of the Senate to the first amendment of this House to the tenth section, proposed to be inserted by the Senate.

Mr. RUTLEDGE laid on the table the following resolution:

States."

MAY, 1800.

of the United States to the Choctaw nation of Indians, at the treaty of Hopewell, authorized by the old Confederation.

The section, after some debate, was agreed to. The Committee then rose, the House concurred. and the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.

MEMORY OF WASHINGTON.

Mr. H. LEE from the select committee appointed to consider what measures it would be proper for Congress to adopt for paying suitable respect

“Resolved, That_a_committee be appointed to inquire and report, whether any and what additional allowances ought to be made to the salaries of the dis-to the memory of the man first in peace, first in trict Judges of the several district Courts of the United War, and first in the hearts of his countrymenthe deceased General WASHINGTON-made a reThe bill to permit, in certain cases, the bring-resolutions: port, recommending the adoption of the following ing of slaves into the Mississippi Territory, was taken up in Committee, agreed to without amend the year 1783, respecting an equestrian statue of Gen"Resolved, That the resolution of Congress passed in ment, and ordered to be read a third time to-eral WASHINGTON, be carried into immediate execution, to be formed in front of the Capitol. and that the statue be placed in the centre of an area

morrow.

Mr. CLAIBORNE, from the committee to whom was referred the laws passed by the Governor "Resolved, That a marble monument be erected by and Judges of the Mississippi Territory, made a the United States in the Capitol at the city of Washingreport, recommending the adoption of a joint res-ton, in honor of General WASHINGTON to commemorate olution for repealing two of said laws-the one his services, and to express the regrets of the American relating to granting licenses to tavern keepers, people for their irreparable loss. the other fixing the fees to be exacted in certain cases by the Judges of that Territory.

The resolution was read a first and second time, and ordered to a third reading to-morrow.

The House went into Committee of the Whole on the bill relative to making provision for allowing rations to Indians on visiting the seat of Government; when the bill was agreed to without amendment, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.

"Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to give such directions as may appear to him proper to carry the preceding resolutions into effect; and that for the present the sum of $100,000 be appropriated for these purposes."

The resolutions were referred to a Committee of the whole House, and immediately taken into consideration; when

Mr. HARPER moved to amend the first resolution, by inserting that a mausoleum be erected for General WASHINGTON, in the city of Washington, inthe other resolutions were negatived, of course. stead of the statue proposed, which was carried;

The Committee then rose, and the resolution, House, and a bill ordered to be brought in pursuas amended by Mr. HARPER, was agreed to by the ant thereto.

ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the bill making certain additional appropriations for the year 1800; when the resolution referred to this Committee, making certain additional appropriations for fortifications, was agreed to, and a section for that purpose added to the bill. By this bill $32,000 are appropriated for deCOMPENSATION OF COLLECTORS. fraying the expenses incurred by both Houses in A message was received from the Senate. indoing honor to the memory of General Wash-forming the House that they have passed the bill ington; to the Choctaw nation of Indians, $2,000; supplementary to the act entitled an act to estabfor the reimbursement of moneys advanced by lish the compensation of the officers employed in Consuls of the United States in defending capthe collection of duties on imports and tonnage, tured property of citizens of the United States in with amendments. foreign countries, $5,000; for defraying costs of The Senate proposed to add a new section maprosecution before the Court of Appeals in Eng-king it the duty of the collectors of the respective land, $44,000; for expenses of Indians visiting the ports of Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York. Bosseat of Government. $7.500; additional compen-ton, and Charleston, to deposit in the Bank of the sation to officers of both Houses of Congress, $1,500; for expenses incidentt o the establishment of the general stamp office, and salary of superintendent, &c., $400; for expenses incident to the establishment of the Indiana Territory, including salary of Governor, Judges, &c., thereof, $4,000; for exploring copper mines on Lake Superior, $1,500; and for fortifications, $100,000.

Mr. CLAIBORNE moved a new section to the bill, authorizing the grant of $1,925 to John Pitchyn, as compensation as interpreter on the part

United States, or one of the banks of deposit, all
bonds by them received, for payment of duties;
which bonds are to be collected by and at the risk
of said banks, with the usual per centage.
This was agreed to.

FRIDAY, May 9.

The following engrossed bills were read and passed, viz:

An act to make provision relative to rations for Indians and their visits to the seat of Government;

An act to permit, in certain cases. the bringing of slaves into the Mississippi Territory;

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votes in the election of President and Vice President of the United States.

An act to authorize certain expenditures, and to One of the amendments to the bill respecting make certain appropriations for the year 1800. the election of President, was, instead of the word A resolution yesterday reported, by Mr. CLAI-rejecting" (in the bill) any vote or votes by a BORNE, from a select committee, respecting so much concurrent vote of the two Houses, the word of the laws passed by the Governor and the two "admitting" was proposed by the Senate. Judges of the Mississippi Territory as granted Mr. HARPER and Mr. BAYARD hoped the House eight dollars for every tavern license to the Gov- would not concur. as this amendment very mateernor; and so much of the laws of the said Terri-rially changed the principle of the bill, inasmuch tory as gave to the Judges certain fees in the Courts as it would put it in the power of one or two memthereof, was taken up. The resolution was to re-bers of either House to require the majority of peal and nullify the aforesaid laws. The House unanimously concurred.

both Houses to admit a vote or votes; in default of which, the whole votes of a State might be The amendments to the act respecting survey- totally rejected. This was contrary to the former ors, were agreed to, except one, which was nega-will of the House, after a mature deliberation. tived. The amendments to the other bills were concurred in.

The House went into Committee on the bill to revive and continue in force an act entitled "An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes."

This bill was ordered for a third reading which it subsequently had, and was passed.

THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

The yeas and nays were called by Mr. NICHOLAS, on the question "Shall the amendments of the Senate be concurred in?" and decided in the negative-yeas 15, nays 73, as follows:

YEAS-John Brown, Samuel W. Dana, Franklin Davenport, Dwight Foster, Chauncey Goodrich, Roger Griswold, James H. Imlay, Samuel Lyman, Jonas Platt, James Sheafe, William Shepard, George Thatcher, Robert Waln, Lemuel Williams, and Henry Woods.

NAYS-Willis Alston, George Baer, Theodorus Bai

The House went into a Committee on the act ley, Bailey Bartlett, James A. Bayard, Phanuel Bishop, supplementary to the act entitled "An act to es- Jonathan Brace, Robert Brown, Samuel J. Cabell, Gatablish the Treasury Department." briel Christie, Matthew Clay, William C. C. Claiborne, The Committee rose and reported the bill-John Condit, William Cooper, William Craik, John which provided that the Secretary of the Treasury Davenport, Thomas T. Davis, John Dawson, George should lay before Congress, at the commencement Dent, Joseph Dickson, Joseph Eggleston, Lucas Elof every session, a report on the subject of finance, mendorf, Thomas Evans, Abiel Foster, John Fowler, together with such plans for improving the revenue Jonathan Freeman, Albert Gallatin, Henry Glen, Elizur as may occur to him. Goodrich, Edwin Gray, Andrew Gregg, John A. Hanna, Robert Goodloe Harper, Thomas Hartley, Joseph Heister, William H. Hill, David Holmes, George Jackson, James Jones, Aaron Kitchell, John Wilkes Kittera, Michael Leib, Matthew Lyon, James Linn, Edward Livingston, Nathaniel Macon, Peter Muhlenberg, Anthony New, John Nicholas, Abraham Nott, Robert Page, Thomas Pinckney, Leven Powell, John Ran

Mr. GALLATIN and Mr. NICHOLAS opposed the passing of the bill, on Constitutional principles. They observed, that as all money bills were to originate in the House of Representatives, the Senate had no right to propose any bill by which that provision was changed; nor could the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the same ground, propose anything that should originate any money bill. Heretofore, it had been usual, when information was wanting by the House, to call for it from that Department, and the same could be done again. It was contended by Mr. GRISWOLD and Mr. HARPER, that it was not a power to report a bill, but merely the state of our finances, which, for want of due notice, had heretofore been delayed, so as to throw all the most important business upon the close of the session, whereas, by a leisurely and mature examination, the Secretary of Treasury would be enabled to make a timely and complete report.

The bill passed to its third reading-43 to 39.

AMENDMENTS TO BILLS. Amendments were proposed by the Senate to the following bills:

An act to ascertain the compensation to public Ministers;

An act to enlarge the powers of Surveyors of the Revenue;

An act making appropriations for the Navy of the United States during the year 1800;

dolph, John Reed, John Rutledge, jun., Samuel Sewall, John Smilie, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Richard Stanford, David Stone, Thomas Sumter, John Chew Thomas, Richard Thomas, John Thompson, Abram Trigg, John Trigg, Philip Van Cortlandt, Joseph B. Varnum, Peleg Wadsworth, and Robert Williams.

SALT SPRINGS.

The House went into Committee on the bill to

authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to lease certain salt springs, the property of the United States, in the Territory Northwest of the Ohio.

Mr. HARRISON moved to strike out the whole

bill, for the purpose of inserting another.

The SPEAKER moved that, for the true understanding of a bill, new in its principles, the Committee rise, which was accordingly done. Leave was refused to sit again, when Mr. CLAIBORNE moved that the bill be postponed till the first Monday in December next. This was carried.

CANADIAN REFUGEES.

Mr. GALLATIN, from the committee to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of War

An act prescribing the mode of counting the land the Secretary and Comptroller of the Treasu

Mr. GALLATIN moved to strike out the twelfth section of the bill. and insert that the Mint shall be continued at Philadelphia until 5th March, 1801. This would leave it in the power of Congress to take the subject into mature consideration next

session.

The motion was carried, yeas 40, noes 31; the Committee rose, and the House concurred.

The bill was then ordered to be read a third time; and having received its third reading, was passed as amended.

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cept the engineers, raised in pursuance of the act to which this is a supplement.

Mr. S. SMITH thought the measure warrantable at present, and moved to strike out the responsibility imposed on the President of waiting till the preliminaries of peace were signed.

Mr. RUTLEDGE opposed this motion, as did Mr. H. LEE, and Mr. SEDGWICK.

Mr. S. SMITH Spoke in reply, and said he had been the original mover of this army, had voted for retaining it; but was now of opinion it was totally unnecessary, and was sorry it was ever adopted; he thought it of no use, whether this country accommodated her differences or not with the French Republic, so little was the danger of The motion was negatived-yeas 38, nays 41. The section was then agreed to.

A message from the Senate informed the House that they disagreed to this amendment; also, also, that they have passed the bill authorizing the issuing of certain patents, and a bill directing the payment of a detachment of militia under the com-invasion. mand of Major Thomas Johnson, in 1794, each with amendment.

Also, that they disagree to the amendment pro- Mr. SEWALL moved a new section, for allowing posed by this House to their amendment to the bill, one month's pay, in addition to the allowance now entitled "An act to enlarge the powers of Survey-made by law, as a compensation for their services, ors of the Revenue." and expenses in returning home; which was adopted—yeas 42, nays 27. The Committee then rose, and

The House proceeded to consider the latter bill,

and

Resolved, That a conference be requested with Mr. S. SMITH renewed his motion for striking the Senate on the subject-matter of the said amend-out part of the new section added on motion of ment disagreed to by the Senate; and that Mr. Mr. HARPER, and called the yeas and nays upon GRISWOLD, Mr. HARPER, and Mr. NOTT, be ap- it, which were taken and stood-yeas 38, nays 42, pointed managers at the same, on the part of this as follows: House.

[Subsequently the Senate agreed to the conference proposed.]

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.

The bill making further provision for the relief of persons imprisoned for debts due the United States, was taken up in Committee, agreed to, and upon the question shall the bill be engrossed for a third reading, it passed in the affirmative-yeas 36, nays 25. The bill was subsequently read the third time and passed-yeas 39, nays 27.

[By this bill no person indebted to the United States can be discharged from prison, unless shall have suffered two years imprisonment.] ELECTIONS OF PRESIDENT.

YEAS-Willis Alston, Theodorus Bailey, Robert Brown, Gabriel Christie, Matthew Clay, William C. C. Claiborne, John Condit, Thomas T. Davis, John Dawson, John Fowler, Albert Gallatin, Andrew Gregg, John A. Hanna, Joseph Heister, David Holmes, George Jackson, James Jones, Aaron Kitchell, Matthew Lyon, James Linn, Edward Livingston, Nathaniel Macon, Peter Muhlenberg, Anthony New, John Nicholas, Abraham Nott, John Randolph, John Smilie, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Richard Stanford, David Stone, Thomas Sumter, John Thompson, Abram Trigg, John Trigg, Joseph B. Varnum, and Robert Williams.

NAYS-George Baer, Bailey Bartlett, James A. Bayheard, Jonathan Brace, John Brown, William Cooper, William Craik, John Davenport, Franklin Davenport, George Dent, Thomas Evans, Abiel Foster, Dwight Foster, Henry Glen, Chauncey Goodrich, Elizur GoodA message was received from the Senate inform-rich, Edwin Gray, Roger Griswold, William Barry ing the House that the Senate adhere to their disagreement to the amendments to the bill prescribing the mode of deciding disputed elections of President and Vice President of the United States, made by this House, and subsequently insisted on Whereupon,

Mr. HARPER moved that this House do also adhere to their disagreement to recede; which was carried, and the bill, consequently, is lost.

SUPPLEMENTARY ARMY BILL.

The House went into the Committee of the Whole on the bill from the Senate supplementary to the act to augment the Army of the United States; when

Mr. HARPER, in pursuance of his motion referred to this Committee, moved an additional section, authorizing the President, whenever in his opinion the negotiations with France will warrant the measure, to discharge the additional army, ex

Grove, Robert Goodloe Harper, William H. Hill, Benjamin Huger, James H. Imlay, John Wilkes Kittera, Silas Lee, Lewis R. Morris, Robert Page, Thomas Pinckney, Jonas Platt, Levin Powell, John Reed, John Rutledge, jr., Samuel Sewall, James Sheafe, William Shepard, George Thatcher, John Chew Thomas, Richard Thomas, Peleg Wadsworth, Robert Waln, Lemuel Williams, and Henry Woods.

On the question for concurring with the Committee in adding the new section proposed by Mr. SEWALL, Mr. RANDOLPH spoke at considerable length against it, and called the yeas and nays upon it; which were taken and the section adopted, yeas 47, nays 27, as follows.

YEAS-Willis Alston, George Baer, Theodorus Bailey, Bailey Bartlett, Jonathan Brace, John Brown, Gabriel Christie, William Charles Cole Claiborne, William Cooper, William Craik, Samuel W, Dana, John Davenport, Franklin Davenport, George Dent, Thomas Evans, Abiel Foster, Dwight Foster, John Fowler,

Henry Glen, Chauncey Goodrich, Elizur Goodrich, Roger Griswold, William B. Grove, Robert Goodloe Harper, Wm. H. Hill, Benjamin Huger, James H. Imlay, John Wilkes Kittera, Silas Lee, Lewis R. Morris, Peter Muhlenberg, Abraham Nott, Robert Page, Jonas Platt, Leven Powell, John Reed, John Rutledge, jr., Samuel Sewall, James Sheafe, William Shepard, George Thatcher, John Chew Thomas, Richard Thomas, Joseph B. Varnum, Peleg Wadsworth, Robert Waln, and Lem

uel Williams.

TUESDAY, May 13.

MAY, 1800.

Mr. C. GOODRICH, from the managers on the part of this House to confer with the conferees of the Senate, on the subject of the disagreement of the two Houses to the bill respecting the Mint Establishment reported their opinion, that it would be proper for this House to recede from their amendment to the said bill, which he moved; but, on the question being taken, it was deterNAYS-Robert Brown, Matthew Clay, John Condit, mined to adhere, 35 to 22. A message was afThomas T. Davis, Albert Gallatin, Andrew Gregg, John terwards received from the Senate, notifying the A. Hanna, Joseph Heister, David Holmes, George Jack-House that they recede from their opposition to son, James Jones, Aaron Kitchell, Matthew Lyon, Jas. Linn, Edward Livingston, Nathaniel Macon, Anthony New, John Nicholas, John Randolph, John Smilie, John Smith, Richard Stanford, David Stone, Thomas Sumter, John Thompson, Abram Trigg. and John Trigg, The bill was then read the third time and passed.

MONDAY, May 12.

On motion of Mr. NICHOLAS, the House rescinded a resolution to adjourn the two Houses this day, and a resolution was adopted that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House should adjrurn both Houses to-morrow. The Senate amended it by proposing Wednesday. On the question of concurrence, it was carried, 40 to 24. The House resolved itself into Committee on the bill from the Senate, to amend an act entitled an act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States.

This bill provides that jurors in the Courts of the United States shall be designated by lot, or otherwise, according to the mode now practised in the highest courts of the several States.

The bill was agreed to, read a third time and passed.

Mr. GRISWOLD. from the managers of the conference on the disagreeing votes to the bill to enlarge the powers of surveyors of the revenue, made a report, to which the House agreed. The Senate

also concurred.

the same; so that the bill passed with the amendment of the House, which was that the Mint should remain at Philadelphia, upon the present plan, till 4th of March, 1801.

A message was received from the Senate informing the House that they had agreed to the following bills with sundry amendments, to which they desired the concurrence of the House: An act to authorize certain expenditures, and to make certain additional appropriations for the year 1800; An act authorizing the payment of a certain sum of money for holding a treaty or treaties with the Indians; An act to make further provision for the orphan children of Colonel John Harding and Major Alexander Trueman, deceased.

The House concurred in the amendments to the

same.

On motion of Mr. DENT, it was

Resolved, That the third engrossing clerk in the office of the Clerk of the House, be kept in the service of the House during the recess, on account of the removal of the office to the future seat of Government.

WEDNESDAY, May 14.

A message was received from the Senate informing the House that the Senate have resolved that the resolution for repealing two of the laws passed by the Governor and Judges of the Mississippi Territory, be postponed till next session of The Senate's amendments to the bill authoriz-ments of this House to the bill supplementary to Congress; that the Senate concur in the amending the payment of a detachment of militia, under the act to augment the Army of the United States, the command of Thomas Johnson, and to the bill to authorize the issuing of certain patents, were taken up and concurred in.

A joint committee of conference was appointed on the bill respecting the Mint establishment. The House proceeded to consider the amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act authorizing the issuing certain patents." Whereupon,

Resolved, That this House doth agree to the

said amendment.

A message from the Senate, informed the House that the Senate agree to the resolution for postponing the time of adjournment of the two Houses, with an amendment; to which they desire the concurrence of this House.

The House proceeded to consider the amendment proposed by the Senate to the resolution for postponing the time of adjournment: Whereupon, Resolved, That this House doth agree to the

said amendment.

with amendments.

The amendments having been taken into condisbanding the army on or before the 15th June sideration, the first, which was to fix the day of

next, was concurred in.

The second amendment, which was to insert a

proviso, that nothing in the act contained should be construed to authorize a deduction of the first gineers, and two companies of light dragoons, or four regiments of infantry, two regiments of enof the general and other officers of the staff, appertaining thereto, was also agreed to.

The third amendment was to allow three months additional pay, instead of two, as proposed by this House; which was carried-yeas 35.

MISSISSIPPI LAWS.

Mr. Davis, after observing that the Senate had postponed, till the next session of Congress, the resolution unanimously adopted by this, for the repeal of two laws obnoxious to the people of the