The Enquirer

Mr. Jennings offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the committee to whom were referred petitions of the citizens of Indiana territory, praying for an extension of the right of suffrage, be directed to enquire into the expediency of authorising and directing the executive authorities of the several states and territories of the U. S. respectively to deliver up on demand any person or persons who shall have been charged with any crime or crimes, and who shall have fled from the territory of Indiana, in which they shall have been charged, and who have been found in any of the states, to the Executive of the Indiana territory, to be removed into said territory for trial; and that the said committee have leave to report thereon by bill or otherwise.

On motion of Mr. Rhea the resolution was ordered to lie on the table till Tuesday next.

Mr. Dana, from the committee appointed to present to the President of the U. States the resolution on calling for information, on the subject of detachments of militia, reported that the committee had performed the service assigned them, and that the President was pleased to assure the committee that attention would be paid to the subject.

AMERICAN NAVIGATION ACT.

The House resumed the consideration of the bill concerning commercial intercourse with G. Britain and France, and for other purposes.

Mr. Rhea's motion to strike out the limiting clause yet under consideration.

A debate took place, in which Messrs. Livermore, Sturges, Root, Potter and Sawyer opposed the principle of the bill, & Messrs. Cutts and Macon supported it.

Mr. Key was proceeding to debate the principle of the bill, when Mr. Sheffey, after protesting against the practice prevailing in the House of debating the principle of a bill on a motion to amend, and expressing his regret at being impelled by his duty to attempt to put a stop to it, required the decision of the Speaker on the question whether, on a motion to amend a particular section, it was in order to debate the general provisions of the bill. Mr. S. reduced his particular objection to Mr. Key's argument to writing as follows:

"That he thought the gentleman from Maryland out of order, because he says his object is to show that there are features in the bill which ought not to be adopted, and consequently that the bill ought not to be unlimited, and therefore the amendment ought not to prevail."

The Speaker decided that Mr. Key was out of order.

Mr. Key appealed from this decision, which was confirmed by the House, without debate. Yeas and Nays 68 to 46.

Mr Pitkin spoke against the motion:

The question on Mr. Rhea's motion to strike out the clause of limitation, was decided by Yeas and Nays, as follow:

YEAS—Messrs L. J. Alston, W Alston, Bard, Calhoun Clay, Cobb, Crawford, Dawson, Desha, Eppes. Gardenier, Garland, Gray, Howard. Lyon. McKim. T Moore, Nelson, Rhea (Tenn,) Shaw. Sheffey, Smilie, Southard, Taylor, Weakly and Whitehill—26.

NAYS—Messrs. Anderson, Bacon, Basset. Bibb, Blaisdell, Boyd, Breckenridge, J Brown R. Brown. Burwell, Butler. Campbell, J C. Chamberlain, W. Chamberlin, Champion, Chittenden, Clopton, Cox, Crist. Cutts, Dana, Davenport, Ely. Emott, Findley, Fisk, Gannett, Gardner, Gholson, Goldsborough, Gold, Hale, Haven, Heister, Helms, Holland. Hubbard. Hutt, R. Jackson, Jenkins, Jones, Kenan, Kennedy, Key, Lewis, Livermore, Livingston, Lyle, Macon. Marion. Matthews, Mc Bryde, McKee, Miller, Milnor. Montgomery, R. Moore, Morrow, Moseley, Mumford, Newbold, Newton. Pickman, Pitkin, J. Porter. P B. Porter, Potter, Quincy. Rea, (P.) Richards, Roane, Root, Ross, Sage, Sammons. Sawyer, Seaver, Seybert, Smelt, G. Smith, J. Smith; S. Smith, Stanford, Stanley. Stedman. Stephenson, Sturges, Swoope, Taggart, Talimadge, Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Upham, Van Dyke. Van Horn, Van Rensselaer. Wheaton, Whitman, Wilson, Winn & Witherspoon—102.

Mr. Macon's motion to limit the bill to the end of the present session, by striking out the word 'next' and inserting 'present' now recurred.

Mr. Fisk and Mr. Southard opposed, and Mr. Macon and Mr. Livermore supported the motion, which was decided by yeas and nays as follow:

YEAS—Messrs. Anderson, Bacon, Bard Blaisdell, Breckenridge, Campbell, J C. Chamberlain, Chamberlin, Champion, Chittenden, Clopton, Dana, Davenport, Ely. Emott, Garland, Goldsborough, Gold, Gray. Hale, Haven, Hubbard, R. Jackson, Kennedy, Key. Lewis, Livermore, Livingston, Macon, Matthews, McBryde. Milnor, Moseley, Pickman, Pitkin, J. Porter, Potter, Quincy, Root Ross. Seybert, Stanley, Stedman, Stephenson, Sturges, Swoope, Taggart, Tallmadge, Upham, Van Dyke. Van Horn, Van Rensselaer. Wheaton and Whitman—54.

NAYS—Messrs. J. Alston, W. Alston. Bassett, Bibb, Boyd, J. Brown, Burwell, Butler, Calhoun, Clay, Cobb, Cox, Crawford, Crist, Cutts. Dawson, Desha, Eppes, Findley, Fisk. Gannett, Gardenier. Gardner, Gholson, Heister. Helms, Holland, Howard, Hutty, Jenkins, Jones. Kenan, Lyon, Lyle, Marion. McKee. McKim, Montgomery. N. R. Moore, T. Moore, Morrow, Mumford, Nelson, Newbold, Newton. P. B. Porter, Rea (Penn.) Rhea (Ten) Richards, Roane, Sage, Sammons, Seaver. Shaw, Sheffey. Smelt, Smilie, G. Smith, J. Smith, S. Smith, Southard, Stanford, Taylor, Thompson, Tracy, Troup, Turner, Weakley. Whitehill, Winn and Witherspoon—71.

And then the House adjourned.

SATURDAY, Jan. 20.

AMERICAN NAVIGATION BILL.

The bill concerning commercial intercourse, &c. was further discussed to day.

Mr. Mumford offered the following two sections as an amendment to the bill.

"And be it further enacted. That the President of the United States be and he is hereby authorized to cause the armed vessels of the United States to be held in readiness to protect and defend by convoy, the merchant ships and vessels belonging to the citizens of the United States, and navigated wholly by citizens of the U States, loaded with the articles of the growth, produce and manufacture of the U. S. and territories thereof. (contraband of war excepted) bound to such foreign ports or places as have no decrees violating the lawful commerce of the U. S."

"And be it further enacted. That the citizens of the United States, who shall put their ships or vessels under protection or convoy of the armed vessel or vessels of the U. S. shall be permitted to arm in their defence, and for the better security of the property of the citizens of the United States, it