grain of any kind, bread and biscuit and flour, pitch,, tar, and turpentine,such articles being of the growth, produce, and manufacture of the said states." Twelfth Congress. IN SENATE. December 13.-The Senate resumed the conside ration, in committee of the whole, of the bill for completing the existing military establishment; and after making some progress in it, the senate ad journed. December 16.-Mr. Seybert, from the committee appointed on that part of the President's message which relates to the manufacture of cannon and small arms and providing munitions of war, made a report, which was read. He also presented a bill from said committee, authorising the purchase of ordnance and stores, camp equipage, &c. which was read and committed to a committee of the whole house on Friday next. A letter from the secretary of the treasury enclosing the annual statement of the district tonnage was laid before the house, and read. December 14.-The senate resumed in committee The Speaker laid before the house a petition of of the whole, the consideration of the bill for com- sundry inhabitants of Orange county, New York, pleting the existing military establishment; which praying the aid of the general government to encouwas reported to the senate by the president with rage the culture of hemp. amendments; and was ordered to be engrossed for The petition of Return J. Meigs and others, prethe third reading. sented some time since, as witnesses in the case of the The bill to raise for a limited time an additional United States vs. Burr, was referred to the commitmilitary force was resumed, as in committee of the tee appointed to provide compensation for witneswhole; and read through by paragraphs, various ses in criminal prosecutions depending in courts of amendments being made to it. The senate adjourn the United States. ed without ordering it to a third reading. On motion of Mr. Morrow, it was resolved, that December 16.-Mr. Worthington from the com the committee on the public lands be instructed to mittee on Indian affairs, reported a bill authorising enquire whether any and what provision ought to the president of the United States to raise certain be made to prevent the sale of land at private sale companies of spies or rangers for the protection of (in case of reversion) for a less price than the land the frontier of the United States, which was read, had been sold for at the public sales, and that they and ordered to pass to the second reading. have leave to report by bill or otherwise. FOREIGN RELATIONS. The bill for completing the existing military establishment was read the third time. The house then resumed the consideration of the unfinished business, being the report of the committee of foreign relations. Mr. Randolph spoke for three hours in opposition to the second resolution. Mr. Anderson moved to re commit the bill to a select committee to consider further and report thereon, which was determined in the negative; and On the motion, "Shall this bill pass?" it was de termined unanimously in the affirmative, twenty- The question was then taken on concurring with the committee of the whole in their agreement to eight gentlemen being present, viz. the second resolution, which is in the following words: thousand regular troops ought to be immediately raised to serve for three years; and that a bounty in lands ought to be given to encourage enlistment." Messrs. Anderson, Bibb, Brent, Campbell of Ohio, Campbell of Ten. Condit, Crawford, Cutts, Dani, Frank'in, Gaillard, German, Giles, Gilman, Goodrich, Gregg, Lambert, Leib, Lloyd, Pope, Reed, Robinson, Smith of Md. Smith of N. Y. Tait, Taylor, Turner, Varnum. The senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. December 13.-Mr. Blackledge, after stating the difficulties frequently experienced by the militia in the course of their training, moved the following resolution: Resolved, That the president of the United States be requested to cause to be prepared and laid before this house, a digest of the system of rules and re gulations by which the regular troops of the United States are trained and disciplined, An ineffectual attempt was made by Mr. Randolph to take up the report of the committee of conference, and the message from the senate on the census bill. FOREIGN RELATIONS. The house resumed the consideration of the re port of the committee of foreign relations. Mr. Boyd, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Find ley, Mr. King, Mr. M Kee and Mr. Lacock spoke in support of the report, and Mr. Stanford against it. Mr. Nelson did not consider himself committed by this vote as to ulterior measures. Two or three unsuccessful motions were made to /adjourn. Mr. Randolph stated his intention to make some further remarks against the report, which might occupy two or three hours of the time of the house. He then renewed the motion to adjourn, which was carried. And the house adjourned to Monday. "That an additional force of And decided as follows: YEAS.-Messrs. Alston, Anderson, Archer, Avery, Bacon, Baker, Bard, Bartlett, Bassett, Bibb, B'ackledge, Blecker, Blount, Boyd, Breckenridge, Brown, Burwell, Butler, Calhoun, Cheves, Cochan, Clopton, Cooke, Condit, Crawford, Davis, Dawson, Desha, Dinsmoor, Earle, Emott, Findley, Fisk, Fitch, Franklin, Gholson, Gold, Goldsbo rough, Goodwyn, Green, Grundy, B. Hall, O. Hall, Harper, Hawes, Hufty, Hyneman, Johnson, Kent, Key, King, Lacock, Lefever, Little, Livingston, Lowndes, Lyle, Macon, Maxwell, Moore, M-Bryde, McKee, M Coy, M'Kim, Metcalf, Milnor, Mitchill, Morgan, Morrow, Nelson, New, Newbold, Newton, Ormsby, Paulding, Pickens, Piper, Pond, Porter, Quincy, Reed, Ridgely, Ringgold, Rhea, Roane, Roberts, Rodman, Sage, Sammons, Seaver, Sevier, Seybert, Shaw, Smilie, G. Smith, J. Smith, Stow, Strong, Sullivan, Tallman, Tracy, Troup, Turner, Van Cortlandt, Whitehill, Williams, Widgery, Wilson, Winn, Wright.--109. NAYS-Messrs. Bigelow Brigham, Champion, Chittenden, Davenport, Ely, Gray, Jackson, Law, Lewis, Mosely, Pearson, Pitkin, Potter, Randolph, Sheffey, Stanford, Sturges, Taggart, Tallmadge, Wheaton, White.-22. The question was then taken on the 3d resolu tion, in the following words: That it is expedient to authorise the president, under proper regulations, to accept the service of any number of volunteers, not exceeding fifty lin, Gholson, Gold, Goldsborough, Goodwyn, Newton, Newbold, Ormsby, Paulding, Pearson, The question was put from the chair on the 6th NAYS. Messrs. Bigelow, Brigham, Champion, Davenport, Ely, Gray, Jackson, Law, Lewis, Pot ter, Randolph, J. Smith, Stanford, Sturges, Tag. gart, Wheaton.-16. The question was next taken on the fourth reso lution, in the following words: "That the president be authorised to order out from time to time, such detachments of the militia, as in his opinion the public service may require." And decided as follows: When the resolution was, on motion, ordered to lie on the table. The three first resolutions for filling up the present establishment, for raising an additional number of regulars, and authorising the acceptance of volunteers services, were referred to the committee who reported them, with instructions to bring in bills in pursuance thereof. And then the house adjourned. MARITIME DEFENCE. YEAS. Messrs. Alston, Anderson, Archer, Mr. Cheves, from the committee appointed on Avery, Bacon, Baker, Bard, Bartlett, Bassett, that part of the president's message which relates Bibb, Blackledge, Blecker, Blount, Boyd, Breck to the naval force of the United States and to the deenridge, Brown, Burwell, Butler, Calhoun, Cheves, fence of our maritime frontier, made the following Chittenden, Cochran, Clopton, Cooke, Condit, report in part: Crawfnd, Davis, Dawson, Desha, Dinsmoor, "The committee to whom was referred so much Earle, Emott, Findley, Fisk, Fitch, Franklin, of the president's message of the 5th of November, Gholson, Gold, Goldsborough, Goodwyn, Gray, 1811, as relates to the defence of our maritime fronGreen, Grundy, B. Hall, O. Hall, Harper, Hawes, tier, report in part, that two communications from Hufty, Hyneman, Johnson, Kent, King, Lacock, the secretary at war, which accompany this report, Lefever, Lewis, Little, Livingston, Lowndes, which were made in reply to queries propounded Lyle, Macon, Maxwell, Moore, M'Bryde, M'Coy, by the committtee, contain the best information on M'Kee, M'Kim, Metcalf, Milnor, Mitchill, Mor the subject which they have been able to collect. gan, Morrow, Mosely, Nelson, Newbold, Newton, That one of them contains an enumeration of the Ormsby, Paulding, Pearson, Pickens, Piper, Pit permanent fortifications which have been completed kin, Pond, Porter, Potter, Quincy, Randolph, or commenced, with remarks on the troops necesReed, Ridgely, Ringgold, Rhea, Roane, Roberts,sary to garrison them. That for the completion of Rodman, Sage, Sammons, Seaver, Sevier, Sey works already commenced, no further appropriabert, Shaw, Sheffey, Smilie, G. Smith, J. Smith, tion is requisite. But that some additional works Stanford, Strong, Sullivan, Talmadge, Tallman, are deemed necessary, the precise extent of which Tracy, Troup, Turner, Van Cortlandt, Wheaton, cannot at present be determined; for which, and for White, Whitehill, Williams, Widgery, Wilson, contingent objects of defence on our maritime fronWinn, Wright.-120. NAYS. Messrs. Bigelow, Brigham, Champion, Davenport, Jackson, Law, Sturges, Taggart.-8. The question was then taken on the fifth resolution, in the words following: That all the vessels not now in service belong ing to the navy and worthy of repair be immediately fitted up and put in commission." tier, in the event of hostilities, the committee recommend an appropriation of one million of dollars; and the committee for that purpose beg leave to report a bill, entitled “a bill making a further appropriation for the defence of our maritime frontier." Mr. Cheves then presented a bill making a forther appropriation for the defence of our maritime frontier; which was twice read and committed. Mr. Cheves, from the same committee also made YEAS.-Messrs. Alston, Anderson, Archer, Ave a detailed report on the subject of our naval estabry, Bacon, Baker, Bard, Bartlett, Bassett, Bige-lishment. And carried as follows: low, Blackledge, Blecker, Blount, Breckenridge,| Mr. Cheves, from the same committee presented Brigham, Burwell, Butler, Calhoun, Champion, a bill concerning the naval establishment; which Cheves, Chittenden, Cochran, Clopton, Cooke, was twice read and committed. Condit, Crawford, Davis, Dawson, Desha, Dins. Mr. Williams from the committee appointed on moor, Earle, Ely, Emott, Findley, Fitch, Frank that part of the president's message which relates to filling the ranks and prolonging the enlistments of Mr. Findley moved to postpone the further conthe regular troops, and to an auxiliary force, to the sideration of the resolution and amendment to the acceptance of volunteer corps, to detachments of 1st Monday in March next. militia, and to such a preparation of the great body After debate on these motions the house adjourn. of militia, as will proportion its usefulness to its ined without coming to a decision on either trinsic capacity, asked and obtained leave to lay on Mr. Porter from the committee of foreign rela the table all the documents obtained by the commit- tions, to whom was committed the bill from the setee from the war department on the subjects sub-nate "completing the existing military establishmitted to their consideration. Referred to the comment," reported the same without amendment.mittee of foreign relations. Referred to a committee of the whole. Mr. Newton reported a bill to deprive in certain cases ships or vessels of their American character, and to prevent under certain disabilities any citizen of the United States from taking a licence from any foreign power to navigate the ocean or trade with any other foreign power. Twice read and committed. BATTLE ON THE WABASH. Mr. Ormsby moved the following resolution: Resolved, that a committee be appointed to enquire whether any, and if any, what provision ought to be made by law, for paying the officers and soldiers of the militia who served under governor Harrison in the late expedition against the Indians Mr. Newton also reported a bill to prevent the on the Wabash, to compensate them for the loss of exportation from the United States or territories horses, and for the relief of widows and orphans of thereof of any goods, wares or merchandize under those who fell in the action of the 7th November the authority of permits or licences derived from last. any foreign power: which was twice read and committed. Mr. Poindexter reported a bill to enable the peo ple of the the Mississippi territory to form a constitution and state government and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states; which was twice read and committed. The bill from the senate for completing the ex isting military establishment was twice read and committed. The house then proceeded on motion of Mr. Blackledge to consider the resolution submitted by him on the 13th, which was modified so as to read as follows: "Resolved, That the president of the United States be requested to cause to be prepared and laid before the house a system of rules and regulations The resolution was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. McKee offered the following resolution for consideration: Resolved that the president of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this house such information as may be in the possession of the government and proper to be communicated on the following points: 1st. Any evidence leading to shew whether any and what agency the subjects either public or prithe Indians on the western frontier to hostility vate of any foreign power may have had in exciting against the United States. 2. The evidence of hostility towards the United adherents, anterior to the commencement of the States on the part of the Shawnese prophet and his late campaign against them under governor Harri son. proper to be adopted for training and disciplining 3. The orders and authority vested in governor the regular troops and militia of the United States." Harrison by the United States under which the late The resolution was agreed to, and Messrs. Black-expedition against the Indians was carried on, and ledge and Livingston appointed a committee to pre-such other information relating to the subject as in sent the same to the president. the opinion of the President may be proper to be communicated to this House. The house proceeded to consider the report of the committee of conference on the apportionment bill; when, on motion of Mr. Randolph, the further con sideration thereof was postponed till to-morrow. FOREIGN RELATIONS. The house resumed the consideration of the unfinished business. The fifth resolution yesterday adopted, respecting the navy, was referred to the committee of the whole to whom was this day committed the bill con cerning the naval establishment; and the fourth, respecting authorising the executive to call out de tachments of militia, was referred to the committee of foreign relations to report a bill. The house then proceeded to consider the sixth and last resolution reported by the committee, in the following words: 6. That it is expedient to permit our merchant vessels owned exclusively by resident citizens, and commanded and navigated solely by citizens, to arm under proper regulations to be prescribed by law; in self defence, against all unlawful proceed. ings towards them on the high seas. Mr. Wright moved to amend the resolution by adding thereto the following: YEAS. Messrs. Anderson, Archer, Avery, Bacon, Bartlett, Bibb, Bigelow, Bleecker, Boyd, "And that if attacked by any British_ship_or ves-Brigham, Champion, Chittenden, Coke, Davensel, it shall be lawful to capture and bring such hip or port, Davis, Dinsmoor, Ely, Emott, Findley, vessel into any port of the United States for adjudica Fisk, Fitch, Gold, Goldsborough, Green, B. Hall, 10. Hall, Harper, Hyneman, Jackson, Kent, Key, tion. Law, Little, Livingston, Lyle, McKim, Metcalf,, Freneda on the 22nd October The exportation of Milnor, Mitchill, Moseley, Paulding, Piper, Pit-specie from Spain is prohibited by the cortes. Tarkin, Pond, Porter, Potter, Quincy, Reed, Ridgely, ragona is said to have been retaken by the SpaRinggold, Rodman, Sage, Sammons, Seaver, Seyniards, by which the French lost between 4 and 5000 bert, Shaw, Smilie, G. Smith, Stow, Strong, men Sturges, Sullivan, Taggart, Talmadge, Tallman, The Buenos Ayreans(republicans) are still carrying So the house agreed to recede from their disagreement to the senate's amendment, which of course prevails, and the ratio is fixed at 35,000. The house adjourned at 4 o'clock. Thursday, Dec. 19.-A message from the president was received laying before congress two letters from governor Harrison explaining in detail the affair on the Wabash. [Which shall be laid before our readers when the copies are received.] The house then proceeded to consider the sixth resolution attached to the report of the committee of foreign relations, and the motion of Mr. Wright to amend the same (as noted in the preceding minutes) being before the house After some remarks, the proposed amendment was withdrawn, and the resolve, as originally re ported, adopted-97 to 22-and referred to the committee of foreign relations to report a bill. The proceedings shall be noticed more in detail in our next. The Chronicle. The law passed by the house of delegates of this state "for the relief of the offieers and soldiers of the Maryland line," noticed in our last,has been rejected by the senate. It will be seen in our congressional proceedings that the house of representatives has receded from its opposition to the amendment of the senate, respecting the apportionment bill. The ratio is fixed at 35,000 and wants only the signature of the presi dent to make it a law-by referring to the table, (No. 13, page 237) the number of representatives that each state is entitled to, will appear. The Editor's Department. Until we made an examination of the official co py of the documents accompanying the president's message, we thought they were concluded with Mr. Erving's correspondence, which is terminated in the supplement to No. 15, issued with the present num ber. We find, however, that the official statement BALTIMORE, Dec. 21, 1811. made by the officers of the Little Belt has been omitThe report of the promotion of captain Bingham, ted-It shall promptly appear. Whatever may be for his attack on the President, is contradicted in our private opinions, we never will make ourselves the London papers. The British king was living liable to the charge of suppressing, or neglecting on the 8th November, but seems to be gradually to insert, any official paper belonging to any series declining in strength. The last accounts from the of them laid off for the Register. "All or none," is Mediterranean state there are 17,000 British troops our motto. in Sicily-an alarming scarcity of grain is said to The speeches of the governors of the several exist in the countries situated on this sea. Bonaparte states-generally affording us an epitome of their was expected to return to Paris early in November, history, and unfolding much interesting matter refrom his late tour. The Pacific, from New York, garding their polity and resources, as also enabling arrived at Liverpool in 19 days-being only sixteen us frequently to draw very important political confrom land to land. Many valuable captures have clusions, shall all have a place in this paper-in the been made since the last notice of them, by the order received. British, of American vessels to and from France. The current of political matter-much of it highly The emperor of France has rendered Antwerp interesting-still overwhelms us. We have many one of the strongest places, and best naval stations articles on manufactures, and of a miscellaneous in the world. The works are prodigious; the dock nature, that we are very desirous of inserting. Two yards extensive and convenient without example. orthree weeks more, we expect, will relieve us from Twenty three vessels of war, of which eight are three the pressure. The proceedings of congress, at this deckers, are on the stocks. The bason will hold important period, we shall carefully detail-and fifty ships of the line. give some of the speeches, when, from the chief The bank of England has declared a half yearly part of them being before us, we shall be the better dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, the able to judge which of them may be most useful to coinage of small change by the bank is continued. our readers, or honorable to the members, to reThe armies in Spain and Portugal remain inac cord, publishing those on opposite sides. tive. Both parties seem to have adopted a Fabian examining the yeas and nays in congress, a reference system of war, as if striving to weary each other to the list of members, (No. 13, p. 232) will be saout by delays. Spirited rencontres of small parties tisfactory. As our work grows older, its importance frequently take place, of which the success is varias a BOOK OF REFERENCE, will become the more Lord Wellington's head quarters were at manifest.. ous. - In VOL. I. BALTIMORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1811. Printed and published by H. NILES, Water-street, near the Merchants' Co.lee-House, at $5 per annum. Virginia Legislature. HOUSE OF DELEGATES. Tuesday, December 17, 1811.-A motion was made by Mr. Robertson that the house adopt the Following preamble and resolutions : mate measures which may be adopted in vindication cred honor." Kentucky Legislature. sa Whereas this assembly is deeply impressed with the importance of the present crisis touching our foreign relations, and sensible of the encroachments In the house of representatives, December, 1811. which the great belligerent powers of Europe have Impressed with the belief that national feeling been gradually and regularly making upon the rights of the people of the United States, until their and gratitude are the best security to the endurpersons and their property have been swept from ance of our republic, and giving life and energy to the ocean, which, we believe, to have been made the body politic, renders us firm in our union and by the God of nature for the free and common use formidable to our enemies-That it is a country's of all nations, who might be pursuing a lawful trade: gratitude that compensates the soldier for his scars, and whereas most of these injuries have been pro- perpetuates grateful recollection of his services, and duced by the operation of the orders in council, induces the living to emulate the heroic deeds of the adopted by the British government, and attempted dead-That it is a country's gratitude that softens to be justified upon principles not less vicious, than the rugged pangs of those left to mourn husbands, in their consequences they are injurious and op fathers and friends lost in avenging a country's pressive; and whereas the forbearance which has wrongs; with a view to the proper expression of this been manifested by the general government, arising gratitudefrom an earnest desire to preserve to our country the Resolved, by the general assembly of Kentucky-blessings of peace, has been mistakingly construed That the brave deeds of our officers and soldiers in into a want of spirit and firmness in both the go-the late battle on the Wabash, deserve not encomi vernment and the people; and whereas all hopes of ums only, but unfading fame in the hearts of their obtaining from Great Britain, by honorable nego. countrymen. Resolved, That the members of this body and ciation, redress for past, or security against future wrongs, ought now to be abandoned, and other their officers, will, for the space ofthirty days, wear means resorted to, for the purpose of securing to crape on their left arms, in testimony of their deep the United States the just and natural rights regret for the loss of the brave and meritorious cols. which belong to them by the well established prin Daviess and Owen, and the other volunteers from And as a further tribute to their memory, Reciples of national law, and which peaceable and Kentucky, who fell in the battle. repeated remonstrances have hitherto failed to en sure; and whereas the congress of the United States solved-that Messrs. J H. Hawkins, Moore, and by certain resolutions recently reported to the house D. Trimble be, and they are hereby appointed a of representatives, by their committee on foreign committee to wait on JoHN Rowan, Esq. and solirelations, seems about to assume an attitude, which cit his attendance at the capitol on some day which in the opinion of this assembly, calls for an expres be shall appoint for the purpose of delivering a sion of sentiment by the people, whose representa- funeral oration on the death of the late colonels tives we are, and on whom the burdens and blood-DAVIESS and OWEN, and the other heroes who fell in the late battle on the Wabash. Extract, &c. Att. shed of war must fall-Therefore, Resolved, That this Assembly, speaking, as they believe they do, the voice of the people of this commonwealth, have viewed with approbation, the uni form zeal, and just remonstrances, pursued and adopted by the general government for the purpose) of obtaining from Great Britain by honorable ne gociation, a redress of the many wrongs inflicted upon us by her orders in council, and other mea sures equally hostile to the interests of the United States. THOMAS DOUGHERTY, C H. R. Legislature of Pennsylvania. LANCASTER, DEC. 5, 1811. This day Mr. Gremmil, the newly elected sena tor from the district of Chester and Delaware, occupied the floor for a short time, while making some very excellent observations on a preamble and reso Mr. Gremmil was heard with that lations which he has submitted to the consideration of the senate. attention and respect to which both his matter and his manner entitled him. His talents and principles make him an acquisition to the legislative councils Believing that even an outline of his Resolved, That this Assembly will support the of the state. general government in all constitutional and legiti-speech would be acceptable to your readers; toge Resolved, As the opinion of this Assembly, that however highly we value the blessings of peace, and however we may deprecate the evils of war, the period has now arrived when peace, as we now have it, is disgraceful, and war is honorable. X |