Daily National Intelligencer

CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, JULY 30.
Mr. Troup reported a bill authorising the appointment of certain officers of the army by the President of the U. States during the recess of Congress (viz. the officers of the five regiments changed by an act of the present session from twelve months' to five years' men) and the bill was twice read and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, and was subsequently read a third time and passed.

EXPORTATION OF PROVISIONS
Mr. Newton rose to offer a resolution on the subject of prohibiting the exportation of provisions and naval stores. He was constrained to introduce it at this late period of the session from a conviction of its importance and necessity. The proposition for a general embargo had been rejected, and the bill prohibiting the use of licences had had the effect hermetically to seal our ports against the egress of our own vessels. The consequence would be, that British vessels would assume the neutral character, and a fraudulent intercourse would be carried on with the enemy, to favor which Porto Rico and Guadaloupe had been recently ceded to Sweden, to make them entrepots for this commerce with the enemy carried on under the disguise of the neutral flag. Mr. N. wished to prevent the enemy now hovering on our coast from receiving supplies in this collusive manner, and, by making the war more decisive in its character, to bring it to an earlier termination. With these views he moved the adoption of the following resolution:
"Resolved, That the committee of foreign relations be instructed to enquire into the expediency of prohibiting the exportation of provisions and naval stores in foreign bottoms, and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise"
The house agreed, by Yeas & Nays, to consider the resolution.
On suggestion of Mr. Grundy, seconded by Mr. Calhoun, the resolution was so amended as to refer the subject thereof to the committee of commerce and manufactures instead of the committee of foreign relations.
Mr. Wright and Mr. Bigelow opposed the object of the motion with some warmth.
A motion was made to postpone indefinitely the further consideration of the resolve; and the question thereon having been taken by Yeas and Nays, was decided as follows:
For indefinite postponement 59
Against it 53
So the resolution was indefinitely postponed, in other words rejected.

Mr. Fisk, from the committee of elections made a report according to instruction on the petition of Burwell Bassett, contesting the election of Thomas M. Bayly. The report pronounces that the election in Accomac county in Virginia was illegally held and therefore ought to be set aside.

Mr. Benson moved that the consideration of the report be postponed to the first Monday in December next, and the said motion was decided in the affirmative.

A message was received from the Senate announcing that they had passed the resolution for adjournment, with an amendment fixing on Monday next, as the day for adjournment.

Mr. M'Kim moved that the amendment lie on the table. After some conversation the motion was negatived 63 to 41.

The amendment of the Senate was agreed to by a large majority.

Mr. Bibb, from the committee of conference on the Direct Tax bill, made a report, which was read and concurred in by the Senate.

The difference between the houses on the other tax bills have also been compromised.

A message was received from the Senate, stating their passage of the Loan bill, with a small amendment, which was read and concurred in.

Mr. Elmes submitted for consideration the following resolutions:

"1. Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this House at the commencement of the next session of Congress, copies of the accounts of the different Ministers Plenipotentiary, Envoys Extraordinary, & Consuls appointed under the authority of the U. States from the commencement of the present government, with a statement of the sums allowed to each under the different items of out-fit-salary and contingencies, including the items of the contingent expences and any other information tending to shew the principles on which such accounts have been adjusted and settled."

"2. Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this House at the commencement of the next session of Congress, a detailed account of the expences incurred in the Treaty with Algiers, including the several sums paid to the Dey of Algiers, and the items of the contingent expences attending the same."

"3. Resolved, That the Secretary at War be instructed to prepare and lay before this House, at the commencement of the next session of Congress, a general view of the unsettled accounts in the offices of Paymaster & Accountant of the War Department--distinguishing the amount of such accounts, the period at which they have been presented for settlement, and to suggest any measures which he may consider necessary to secure the accountability of public agents and prevent the future accumulation of unsettled accounts in the offices of the Paymaster General or accountant of the War Department:"

"4. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be instructed to prepare and lay before this House at the commencement of the next session of Congress, a general view of the unsettled accounts in the office of accountant of the Navy Department--distinguishing the amount of such accounts and the period at which they have been presented, and to suggest such measures as he may consider necessary to secure the accountability of public agents, and prevent the future accumulation of unsettled accounts in that office."

"5. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be instructed to prepare and report to this House at the commencement of the next session of Congress a general view of the unsettled accounts in the office of the Auditor of the U. States, distinguishing the amount of such accounts, the period at which they have been presented, and to suggest such measures as he may consider necessary to prevent the future accumulation of unsettled accounts in that office."

On motion of Mr. Wright, the first resolution was amended by adding the words "Secretaries of Legation" after the words "Envoys Extraordinary."

On motion of Mr. Pickering the second resolution was amended by adding to the end thereof the following: "and all other expenditures in relation to the barbary powers, including those occasioned by the war with Tripoli and the making of a peace with that regency."

And the resolutions as amended were agreed to:

The report of the committee of Ways and Means on the petition of John Dorsey was discussed in committee, and the following resolution ultimately adopted and referred to a committee to bring in a bill:

"Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought to be granted."

SATURDAY, JULY 31.

Mr. M'Kim reported a bill for the relief of Joshua Dorsey; which was read three times and passed.