The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser

CONGRESS.

The Senate did not sit on Friday last, having adjourned over from Thursday to Monday, as is usual at the beginning of a session. In the House of Representatives, on Friday, the Committee of the whole House, was discharged from the further consideration of the bill, reported at the last session, for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, and it was re-committed to the Committee on Commerce. It was resolved that the subject of Revolutionary Pensions be referred to a select committee. The House adjourned to Monday.

The following committees have been appointed in addition to those already published:

On the Suppression of the Slave Trade—Mr. Gorham, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Govan, Mr. Borland, Mr. Jones, of Virginia, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Herrick.

On the Militia—Mr. Cannon, Mr. McCarty, Mr. Findlay, Mr. A. Smyth, Mr. J. T. Johnson, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Reed, of Massachusetts.

On the Cumberland Road—Mr. Hemphill, Mr. Pitcher, Mr. Rose, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Loon, Mr. Cushman, Mr. Stewart.

On Beaumarchais' Claim—Mr. A. Stevenson, Mr. Cambreleng, Mr. F. Johnson, Mr. Dwight, and Mr. Holcomb.