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.

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 command of Major Thomas Johnson, in 1794, each with amendment.

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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 invasion.

The motion was negatived-yeas 38, nays 41.
The section was then agreed to.

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.

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, Jackson, James Jones, Aaron Kitchell, Matthew Lyon, John A. Hanna, Joseph Heister, David Holmes, George 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. Bay

[By this bill no person indebted to the United States can be discharged from prison, unless heard, Jonathan Brace, John Brown, William Cooper, shall have suffered two years imprisonment.]

ELECTIONS OF PRESIDENT.

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

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 BaiMr. HARPER, in pursuance of his motion refer- ley, Bailey Bartlett, Jonathan Brace, John Brown, Gared to this Committee, moved an additional sec-briel Christie, William Charles Cole Claiborne, Wiltion, authorizing the President, whenever in his opinion the negotiations with France will warrant the measure, to discharge the additional army, ex

liam 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 two Houses to the bill respecting the Mint the Senate, on the subject of the disagreement of 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 determined to adhere, 35 to 22. A message was afterwards received from the Senate, notifying the

NAYS-Robert Brown, Matthew Clay, John Condit, Thomas T. Davis, Albert Gallatin, Andrew Gregg, John 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

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,

also concurred.

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.

Mississippi Territory, moved the following resolution, with a recital, viz:

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enacted, that the Governor be authorized to declare, by ferries shall be established, and by whom to be kept; proclamation or otherwise, from time to time, what shall keep a ferry, he shall forfeit, to the use of the and that if any person, without authority as aforesaid, country, the sum of fifty dollars.

That, by one of the aforesaid laws, entitled "a law authorizing the Governor to establish public ferries," Whereas, the extensive Territories of the United after declaring in the preamble of the same, that no States, exclusive of the particular States, have render-law concerning ferries can be found for adoption, it is ed subordinate governments indispensable for local and temporary objects, and a system of this nature, calculated for the Northwest Territory, has been applied to that of the Mississippi, and now pervades the whole by separate jurisdictions, the number of which it is proposed to increase; and in each a Governor, appointed by the General Government, and removed from office at the pleasure of the President of the United States, is made the first and most important official character; whence it is of high concern to the internal quiet and prosperity of the people in those Territories, as well as of much moment to the political interests of the United States, and to the confidence reposed in the President, to continue in office such Governors only as shall have conducted themselves with propriety, and especially within the limits of legal authority; since the experience of all times, and the evidence of all history, prove that Governors, responsible only to those at a distance, are prone to disregard the good of the governed; to usurp authority, and to abuse the trust confided to them, and that connivance and impurity forever become the prolific parents of crime and oppression.

And whereas it is in particular represented to Congress, by the people of the Mississippi Territory, that Winthrop Sargent, the present Governor thereof, has acted under the influence of a faction, and pursued the principles of despotism, by excluding from his confidence a majority of the well-disposed citizens; by indulging an unwarrantable distrust of the great body of the people; and by appointing to offices, civil and military, over them, many persons who were obnoxious for their intrigues and foreign connexions.

That he has practised an avarice hateful to a liberal people, and an extortion odious and oppressive to free citizens, by exacting and receiving fees for passports, and for marriage licenses; and that he has, with others, exercised the most dangerous assumption of power, by enacting new laws for the Territory, instead of adopting laws from the original States, and by annexing to a breach of them the most rigorous penalties of forfeiture and confiscation.

That by another of the aforesaid laws entitled "A law respecting crimes and punishments," it is enacted "that any person or persons guilty of treason, shall, upon conviction thereof, suffer the pains of death, and shall moreover forfeit all his, her, or their estate real and of the United States declares "that no attainder of treapersonal to the Territory," although the Constitution during the life of the person attainted." son shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture except

and Judges, entitled "A law to regulate taverns," it That by another law passed by the said Governor is enacted that the Governor should have and receive for every license by him granted pursuant to this law, to sell wine and other liquors, the sum of eight dollars; although the Governor receives, as such, the sum of $2,000 per annum from the United States.

And that by another law thus passed by the Governor and Judges, entitled "A law establishing and regulating fees," &c., it is enacted "that the Judges of the Supreme Court shall be entitled to receive fees for allowing writs of errors and supersedeas, &c., for taking bail, filing bail, &c., for the first motion in every civil cause, taxing bills of costs, signing judgment," and for a variety of other services, particularly enumerated in the aforesaid law, although each of the said Judges receive as such a salary of $800 per annum from the United States.

From whence it is evident, that the said Winthrop Sargent, being, in conjunction with the Judges, entrusted with the important power of adopting for the Territory such laws of the individual States as might be suited to the circumstances of the said Territory, has, in conjunction with the Judges, abused the power thus delegated, by usurping an authority of making new laws, not to be found amongst the laws of the individual States, by prescribing penalties inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, and by combining with the said Judges in enacting laws for the purpose of exacting sums of money from the inhabitants of said Territory, for his and the said Judges' private use and emolument: Therefore

And whereas it appears to this House, that the said Winthrop Sargent did acknowledge that he had deviated from the ordinance for the government of the Territories, whereby it is enacted, "that the Governor and Judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district, such laws of the original States, crimiResolved, That the laws passed by the Governor and nal and civil, as may be necessary, and best suited to the Judges of the Mississippi Territory, and the petition of circumstances of the district," inasmuch as, in his let-Cato West and others, together with all the documents ter of the 5th of October, 1799, directed by him and relative thereto, be transmitted to the President of the two of the Judges to a committee of the inhabitants of United States." the Territory, he declares, "that there are few laws of Upon the question, Will the House now take this Territory, either of a civil or a criminal nature, but the preceding resolution into consideration? a what are derived from some one of the State codes, and very warm debate ensued; it was finally deterwhere we have ventured to depart from them, it has been mined in the negative-only 21 members voting in favor of our citizens, by lessening of fines and penal-in favor of it; and it was ordered to lie on the ties; but when it has so happened that evils actually existed among us, for the remedy of which no provision could be found in the laws to which we had access, we have not so far distrusted our authority, as not to take immediate steps to prevent their growth and continuance."

That, by the authenticated transcript of the laws thus enacted, which have been officially transmitted to Congress, it does not appear whether the said laws have been taken from the code of laws of any of the States.

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CANADIAN REFUGEES.

A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed the bill regulating the grants of land to the Canada and Nova Scotia refugees, with amendments.

The amendments were taken into consideration, and opposed by Mr. GALLATIN, who said the ob

The amendments were unanimously rejected. A message having been sent to the Senate to A message from the Senate informed the House inform them this House was ready to adjourn. that they adhered to the amendment; whereupon, after a few minutes a motion was made for that Mr. GALLATIN moved that the further considera-purpose, and carried; when tion of the bill be postponed till the third Monday in November next; which was carried.

After receiving several messages from the President, notifying the signing of various bills, there appearing no further business before the House, on motion of Mr. C. GOODRICH, a resolution for

The SPEAKER, after taking an affectionate farewell of the members, and expressing his wish for their safe return and happiness, during the recess, adjourned the House till the third Monday in November next, to meet in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia.