The Committee now rose, reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again.

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John Habersham; and, after some time spent therein, the Committee rose and reported two amendments thereto; which were severally twice read, and agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, be engrossed, and read the third time to

morrow.

Mr. NICHOLSON said it had been for some time in contemplation to establish a branch bank at New Orleans. The business had been before the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, who were of opinion that they were not authorized to establish the branch. He therefore The House resolved itself into a Committee of moved that the Committee of Ways and Means the Whole on the bill for the relief of the legal be instructed to prepare and report a bill author- representatives of David Valenzin, deceased, and izing the President and Directors of the Bank of for other purposes; and, after some time spent the United States to establish offices of discount therein, the bill was reported with two amendand deposit in any of the territories and depen-ments; which were severally twice read, and dencies of the United States.

Ordered, That the said Message, together wiih the enrolled bill, be referred to the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, with instruction to correct the variance between the engrossed bill, with the amendments thereto, as passed by both Houses, and the enrolment thereof, and report the same to the two Houses.

Mr. ROGER GRISWOLD, from the committee appointed on the twelfth instant, presented, according to order, a bill to authorize the adjournment of district courts by Marshals in certain cases; which was read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to morrow.

Mr. NICHOLSON, from the Committee of Ways and Means, presented a bill supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States;" which was read twice and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow.

agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, be engrossed, and read the third time tomorrow.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the bill in addition to an act, entitled "An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject;" and, after some time spent therein, the bill was reported with an amendment, which was twice read, and agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendment, be engrossed, and read the third time to

morrow.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the bill to amend the act, entitled "An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels;" and, after some time spent therein, the bill was reported with an amendment, and was twice read, and agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendment, do lie on the table.

A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act making an appropriation for defraying the expenses incurred in inquiring into the official conduct of Samuel Chase and Richard Peters, and in conducting the impeachment against John Pickering," with an amendment; to which they desire the concurrence of this House.

GOVERNMENT OF THE ARMY.

The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the bill providing rules for the government of the Army.

The fifth article is in the words following:
"ART. 5. Whatsoever officer or soldier shall pre-

The House proceeded to consider the amend-sume to use traitorous or disrespectful words against ments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act providing for the expenses of the civil government of Louisiana; whereupon,

Resolved, That this House do agree to the said amendments.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the bill concerning the public buildings at the city of Washington; and, after some time spent therein, the bill was reported without amendment, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the bill for the relief of the heirs of

the President of the United States, against the Vice President thereof, against the Congress of the United States, or against the Chief Magistrate, or Legislature of any of the United States, in which he may be quartered, if a commissioned officer, he shall be cashiered or otherwise punished as a Court Martial shall direct; if a non-commissioned officer or soldier, he shall suffer such punishment as shall be inflicted on him by the sentence of a Court Martial."

Mr. NICHOLSON moved to strike out this article. Mr. VARNUM desired, before the question was put, to be indulged with an opportunity of reading the article at present in force, which would

And to insert in lieu of the said fourth section a new section, as follows:

"SEC. 4. The Legislative powers shall be vested in the Governor, and in thirteen of the most fit and discreet persons of the Territory, to be called the Legisla tive Council, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, from among those holding real estate therein, and who shall have resided one year at least in the said Territory, and hold no office of profit under the Territory, or the United States, to serve one year from the time of their appointment: And the said Legislative Council shall, at their first session, lay off or divide the said Territory into convenient counties or districts, and apportion among the said counties, or districts, according to their respective numbers, the thirteen members of the said Legislative Council: the members of the Legislative Council shall, after the exma-piration of one year from the time of the apportionment aforesaid, be chosen annually by all the free white male persons of the age of twenty-one years, who were resident in said Territory on the 30th day of April, one resident therein one whole year next before the electhousand eight hundred and three, and who had been of the election that they have taken an oath of alletion, on their producing satisfactory proof to the officers

The substitute of Mr. EARLY, for the fourth section of the bill, was, with some verbal amend-giance to the United States, agreeably to an act of ments, agreed to.

time to time, report the same to the President of the United States, to be laid before Congress, which, if disapproved by Congress, shall thenceforth be of no force. The Governor or Legislative Council shall have no power over the primary disposal of the soil, nor tax the lands of the United States, nor to interfere with the claims to land within the said Territory. The Governor shall convene and prorogue the Legislative Council whenever he may deem it expedient. It shall be his duty to obtain all the information in his power in relation to the customs, habits, and dispositions, of the inhabitants of the said Territory, and communicate the same, from time to time, to the President of the United States."

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McCreery, Samuel L. Mitchill, Nicholas R. Moore, Jeremiah Morrow, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, jun., Joseph H. Nicholson, Gideon Olin, Beriah Palmer, John Patterson, John Rea of Pennsylvania, John Rhea of Tennessee, Jacob Richards, Erastus Root, Thomas Sammons, Thomas Sandford, Ebenezer Seaver, Tompson J. Skinner, Henry Southard, John Stewart, David Thomas, Philip Van Cortlandt, Isaac Van Horne, Joseph B. Varnum, Richard Winn, and Joseph Winston.

NAYS-John Archer, Simeon Baldwin, David Bard, George Michael Bedinger, Silas Betton, George W. Campbell, William Chamberlin, Martin Chittenden, Clifton Claggett, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, John Dawson, William Dickson, Thomas Dwight, William Eustis, William Findley, Gaylord Griswold, Roger Griswold, Samuel Hammond, Seth Hastings, James Holland, John G. Jackson, Joseph Lewis, jun., Henry W. Livingston, Matthew Lyon, David Meriwether, Thomas Plater, Samuel D. Purviance, Thomas M. Randolph, James Sloan, John Cotton Smith, John Smith of Virginia, Richard Stanford, William Stedman, Samuel Tenney, Samuel Thatcher, Philip R. Thompson, John Trigg, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, and Marmaduke Williams.

The second amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole to the said bill, being twice read, was, on the question put thereon, agreed to by the House.

A division of the question on the said first amendment was called for, and, on the question that the House do agree to strike out the said fourth section of the original bill, it was resolved in the affirmative—yeas 74, nays 23, as follows: YEAS-Willis Alston, jun., Isaac Anderson, John Archer, David Bard, George Michael Bedinger, Walter Bowie, John Boyle, Robert Brown, George W. Campbell, Wiliam Chamberlin, Martin Chittenden, Clifton Claggett, Thomas Claiborne, Joseph Clay, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, Jacob Crowninshield, Richard Cutts, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, Jno. Dawson, William Dickson, Thomas Dwight, Peter Early, James Elliot, Ebenezer Elmer, John Fowler, James Gillespie, Peterson Goodwyn, Andrew Gregg, Thomas Griffin, Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Hammond, The third amendment reported from the ComJohn A. Hanna, Seth Hastings, Joseph Heister, Wil-mittee of the Whole being then read at the Clerk's liam Helms, David Holmes, John G. Jackson, Michael table, and debate arising thereon, an adjournment Leib, Joseph Lewis, jun., Henry W. Livingston, Mat- was called for and carried. thew Lyon, David Meriwether, Andrew Moore, Nichlas R. Moore, Jeremiah Morrow, Anthony New, Thos. Newton, jun., Gideon Olin, Beriah Palmer, Thomas Plater, John Rhea of Tennessee, Jacob Richards, Erastus Root, Thomas Sammons, Thomas Sandford, Ebenezer Seaver, James Sloan, John Cotton Smith, Henry Southard, Richard Stanford, William Stedman, John Stewart, Samuel Thatcher, Philip R. Thompson, John Trigg, Isaac Van Horne, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Joseph B. Varnum, Peleg Wadsworth, Marmaduke Williams, Richard Winn, and Joseph Winston.

FRIDAY, March 16.

The House proceeded to consider the amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act making an appropriation for the expenses incurred in inquiring into the official conduct of Samuel Chase and Richard Peters, and in conducting the impeachment against John Pickering :" Whereupon,

Resolved, That this House do disagree to the said amendment.

NAYS-Silas Betton, William Blackledge, Adam Boyd, John Campbell, Frederick Conrad, John B. A message from the Senate informed the House Earle, William Findley, Josiah Hasbrouck, James Holland, Benjamin Huger, Walter Jones, William that the Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An Kennedy, Andrew McCord, William McCreery, Sam- act supplementary to the act, entitled 'An act reluel L. Mitchill, Joseph H. Nicholson, Samuel D. Pur-ative to the election of a President and Vice Presviance, Thomas M. Randolph, John Rea of Pennsylvania, John Smith of Virginia, Samuel Tenney, David Thomas and Philip Van Cortlandt.

And then the question being taken that the House do agree to the new section proposed to be

inserted in lieu of the said fourth section, it was resolved in the affirmative-yeas 58, nays 42, as follows:

YEAS-Willis Alston, jun., Isaac Anderson, William Blackledge, Walter Bowie, Adam Boyd, John Boyle, Robert Brown, John Campbell, Thos. Claiborne, Joseph Clay, Frederick Conrad, Jacob Crowninshield, Richard Cutts, John B. Earle, Peter Early, Jas. Elliot, Ebenezer Elmer, James Gillespie, Peterson Goodwyn, Andrew Gregg, Thomas Griffin, John A. Hanna, Josiah Hasbrouck, Joseph Heister, William Helms, David Holmes, Benjamin Huger, Walter Jones, Nehemiah Knight, Michael Leib, Andrew McCord, Wm. |

ident of the United States, and declaring the officer who shall act as President, in case of vacancy in the offices both of President and Vice President;" to which they desire the concurrence of this House.

The bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act supplementary to the act, entitled 'An act relative to the election of a President and Vice President

of the United States, and declaring the officer who shall act as President in case of vacancies in the offices both of President and Vice President," was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole to-morrow.

An engrossed bill for the relief of the heirs of John Habersham, was read the third time, and passed.

An engrossed bill for the relief of the legal representatives of David Valenzin, deceased, and for

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Naturalization-Louisiana Territory.

other purposes, was read the third time, and passed.

A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed the bill entitled "An act altering the sessions of the District Courts of the United States for the districts of Virginia and Rhode Island," with several amendments; to which they desire the concurrence of this House. An engrossed bill supplementary to the act in corporating the Bank of the United States, authorizing a branch at New Orleans, was read the third time.

Mr. VARNUM opposed, and Messrs. J. CLAY and S. L. MITCHILL supported it.

The question being taken, it passed-ayes 59. An engrossed bill concerning the public buildings in the City of Washington, was read the third time, and passed-ayes 60.

NATURALIZATION LAW.

MARCH, 1804.

1798, requiring a declaration made in a court of the intention of the alien to become a citizen five years previous to his admission to citizenship.] GOVERNMENT OF LOUISIANA.

The House resumed the consideration of the amendments reported yesterday from the Committee of the whole House to the bill, sent from the Senate, entitled "An act erecting Louisiana into two Territories, and providing for the temporary government thereof:" Whereupon,

The third amendment, offered by Mr. RHEA, being under consideration, to insert after the words, "And be it further enncted," in the first line of the fourteenth section of the original bill, the words following, to wit:

"That all grants for lands within the territories ceded by the French Republic to the United States, by the treaty of the thirtieth of April, in the year one thousand

An engrossed bill in relation to the naturaliza-eight hundred and three, the title whereof was, at the tion law was read the third time; and, on the question, shall the same pass? it was supported by Messrs. LEIB, S. L. MITCHILL, J. CLAY, SMILIE, and FINDLEY, and opposed by Messrs. R. GRISWOLD, DANA, and ALSTON.

The question was then taken by yeas and nays, and the bill was passed-yeas 65, nays 38, as follows:

Government, or nation, of Spain, and every act and date of the Treaty of St. Ildefonso, in the Crown, proceeding subsequent thereto, of whatsoever nature, towards the obtaining any grant, title, or claim to such lands, and under whatsoever authority transacted or pretended, be, and the same are hereby declared to be, and to have been from the beginning, null, void, and of no effect in law or equity; and:"

The question was taken, that the House do agree to the said third amendment, and resolved in the affirmative—yeas 60, nays 42, as follows:

A debate of considerable length ensued, in YEAS Isaac Anderson, John Archer, David Bard, which Messrs. NICHOLSON, J. CLAY, RHEA, of George Michael Bedinger, William Blackledge, Walter Tennessee, GREGG, HOLLAND, SMILIE, and ALSBowie, John Boyle, Robert Brown, George W. Camp-TON, Supported ; and Messrs. LYON, DANA, ELLIOT, bell, Levi Casey, Thomas Claiborne, Joseph Clay, and G. W. CAMPBELL opposed it. John Clopton, Frederick Conrad, John Dawson, James Elliot, William Findley, John Fowler, James Gillespie, Peterson Goodwyn, Andrew Gregg, Samuel Hammond, John A. Hanna, Joseph Heister, James Holland, David Holmes, Walter Jones, William Kennedy, Nehemiah Knight, Michael Leib, Matthew Lyon, Andrew McCord, William McCreery, David Meriwether, Samuel L. Mitchill, Andrew Moore, Nicholas R. Moore, Jeremiah Morrow, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, jun., Joseph H. Nicholson, Gideon Olin, Beriah Palmer, John Patterson, Oliver Phelps, John Rea of Pennsylvania, John Rhea of Tennessee, Jacob Richards, Thomas Sammons, Thomas Sandford, James Sloan, John Smilie, John Smith of Virginia, Henry Southard, Richard Stanford, Joseph Stanton, John Stewart, David Thomas, Philip R. Thompson, Abram Trigg, Isaac Van Horne, Marmaduke Williams, Richard Winn, and Joseph Winston.

NAYS-Willis Alston, jun., Simeon Baldwin, Silas Betton, Adam Boyd, John Campbell, William Chamberlin, Martin Chittenden, Clifton Claggett, Matthew Clay, Jacob Crowninshield, Manasseh Cutler, Richard Cutts, Samuel W. Dana. John Davenport, Thomas Dwight, Peter Early, Ebenezer Elmer, William Eustis, Thomas Griffin, Gaylord Griswold, Roger Griswold, Seth Hastings, Benjamin Huger, Joseph Lewis, jun., Henry W. Livingston, Nahum Mitchell, Thomas Plater, Ebenezer Seaver, Tompson J. Skinner, John Cotton Smith, William Stedman, James Stephenson, Samuel Tenney, Samuel Thatcher, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Joseph B. Varnum, Peleg Wadsworth, and Lemuel Williams.

[The bill exonerates aliens entering the United States between the years 1798 and 1802, from complying with the first provision of the act of

YEAS-Willis Alston, junior, Isaac Anderson, John Archer, David Bard, George Michael Bedinger, Walter Bowie, Adam Boyd, Robert Brown, Levi Casey, Thomas Claiborne, Joseph Clay, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, Frederick Conrad, Jacob Crowninshield, Richard Cutts, John Dawson, William Findley, James Gillespie, Andrew Gregg, Samuel Hammond, John A. Hanna, Josiah Hasbrouck, Joseph Heister, James Holland, David Holmes, Walter Jones, William Kennedy, Nehemiah Knight, Michael Leib, Andrew McCord, Wm. McCreery, Andrew Moore, S. L. Mitchill, N. R. Moore, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, jun., Joseph H. Nicholson, Beriah Palmer, Thomas M. Randolph, John Rea of Pennsylvania, John Rhea of Tennessee, Jacob Richards, Thomas Sammons, Thomas Sandford, Ebenezer Seaver, James Sloan, John Smilie, John Smith of Virginia, Richard Stanford, Joseph Stanton, John Stewart, Philip R. Thompson, John Trigg, Isaac Van Horne, Joseph B. Varnum, Marmaduke Williams, Richard Winn, and Joseph Winston.

NAYS-Simeon Baldwin, Silas Betton, William Blackledge, John Boyle, George W. Campbell, John Campbell, William Chamberlin, Martin Chittenden, Clifton Claggett, Manasseh Cutler, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, William Dickson, Thomas Dwight, Peter Early, James Elliot, Ebenezer Elmer, William Eustis, Thomas Griffin, Roger Griswold, Seth Hastings, Benjamin Huger, Joseph Lewis, jun., Henry W. Livingston, Matthew Lyon, Nahum Mitchell, Jeremiah Morrow, Gideon Olin, John Patterson, Thomas Plater, Samuel D. Purviance, Erastus Root, Tompson J. Skin

ner, John Cotton Smith, Henry Southard, William Stedman, James Stephenson, Samuel Tenney, David Thomas, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Peleg Wadsworth, and Lemuel Williams.

The other amendments, reported from the Committee of the whole House, being twice read, were agreed to by the House.

Another motion was then made further to amend the original bill, by striking out after the words "In all criminal prosecutions," in the seventh line of the fifth section thereof, the words "which are capital;" and also, by striking out, after the word "cases," in the eighth line of the same section, the words "criminal and civil :"

And, on the question that the House do agree to the said amendment, it was resolved in the affirmative-yeas 44, nays 37, as follows:

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grossing clerk in his office, from the first day of the present session until the further order of the House.

On a motion made and seconded that the House do come to the following resolution:

year

Resolved, That it is expedient to provide by law for exhibiting and registering, in proper offices, and in the language used in the United States, and prior to the day of ―, in the all evidences of title and claims for land within the territories ceded by the French Republic to the United States, by the Treaty of the thirtieth of April, in the year 1803, which have originated by virtue of any legal grant made by the French Government, prior to the Treaty of Paris, of the tenth day of February, in the year 1763, or of any legal grant made by the Government of Spain subsequent to the convention made by and between the French Government and the Government of Spain, of the third of NoYEAS-Isaac Anderson, John Archer, George Michael vember, 1762, and prior to the Treaty of St. Ildefonso, Bedinger, William Blackledge, John Boyle, George W. of the first of October, 1800; or of any legal grant made Campbell, Clifton Claggett, Thos. Claiborne, Matthew by the British Government subsequent to the said TreaClay, John Clopton, Jacob Crowninshield, John Daw-ty of Paris, of the tenth of February, in the year 1763, son, James Elliot, Ebenezer Elmer, Samuel Hammond, and prior to the Treaty of Peace, of the third of SepSeth Hastings, James Holland, David Holmes, William tember, 1783. Kennedy, Nehemiah Knight, Henry W. Livingston, Matthew Lyon, David Meriwether, Andrew Moore, Nicholas R. Moore, Jeremiah Morrow, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, junior, Gideon Olin, Beriah Palmer, John Patterson, Erastus Root, Tompson J. Skinner, James Sloan, John Smilie, Richard Stanford, Joseph Stanton, James Stephenson, John Stewart, Philip R. Thompson, John Trigg, Joseph B. Varnum, Marmaduke Williams, and Joseph Winston.

Ordered, That the said motion do lie on the table.

The House proceeded to consider the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act altering the sessions of the District Courts of the United States for the districts of Virginia and Rhode Island:" Whereupon,

Resolved, That this House do agree to the said amendments.

NAYS-Willis Alston, jun., Walter Bowie, Adam Boyd, Robert Brown, Levi Casey, Joseph Clay, Fred- The House proceeded to the farther consideraerick Conrad, Manasseh Cutler, Peter Early, William tion of the bill to amend the act, entitled "An act Eustis, William Findley, Andrew Gregg, Thomas concerning the registering and recording of ships Griffin, John A. Hanna, J. Hasbrouck, J. Heister, and vessels," which was amended and ordered to Benj. Huger, Walter Jones, Michael Leib, Joseph Lewis, lie on the table on the fifteenth instant; and the jr., Andrew McCord, William McCreery, Joseph H. said bill being further amended at the Clerk's taNicholson, Thomas M. Randolph, John Rea of Penn-ble, was, together with the amendments, ordered sylvania, John Rhea of Tennessee, Jacob Richards, to be engrossed, and read the third time on MonThomas Sammons, Thomas Sandford, Ebenezer Seaver, John Cotton Smith, John Smith of Virginia, Henry Southard, Samuel Tenney, Philip Van Cortlandt, Isaac Van Horne, and Richard Winn.

The bill was then further amended at the Clerk's table, and, together with the amendments, ordered to be read the third time to-morrow.

SATURDAY, March 17.

Mr. SAMUEL L. MITCHILL, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, presented a bill relative to the compensation of certain officers of the customs, and to provide for appointing surveyors in the districts therein mentioned; which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole on Monday next.

Mr. GEORGE W. CAMPBELL, from the committee appointed on the twenty-third of January last, presented a bill to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers; which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole on Tuesday

next.

Resolved, That the Clerk of this House be authorized to continue the services of a third en

day next.

GOVERNMENT OF LOUISIANA.

The bill erecting Louisiana into two Territories, and providing for the temporary government thereof, was read the third time.

Mr. DAWSON moved a recommitment of the bill for amendment.

Mr. ALSTON was against a general recommitment of the bill, but friendly to a recommitment for the purpose of limiting its duration.

Messrs. NICHOLSON, SMILIE, EARLY, and S. L. MITCHILL, opposed the recommitment.

Mr. BEDINGER advocated the recommitment. The motion to recommit was then negativedayes 39, noes 43.

Mr. ALSTON said, if there was no objection, he would move the insertion of a clause to limit the period of the bill, on account principally of the great powers conferred on the Executive.

This motion being objected to, by Mr. LYON, was declared out of order.

The question was then put on the passage of the bill.

Messrs. LYON, SLOAN, JACKSON, and BEDINGER opposed, and Mr. SMILIE supported its passage.