Daily National Intelligencer

CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, JULY 13.
Messrs. Ward of Mass. Cooper, Taggart and Clifton, obtained leave of absence for the remainder of the session.
Mr. Kent of Md. presented a petition of Thomas Ewell, of the city of Washington, manufacturer of gun-powder, praying, for reasons set forth in the petition, that the powder which he has delivered and that which he has ready for delivery under a contract with the Navy Department, may be tried by a person of skill and character.—Referred to the Naval Committee
Mr. Fisk of Vt. from the Committee of Elections, made a report on the petition of Benj. B. Blydenburgh & Peter A. Jay, contesting the Election of Ebenezer Sage and John Lefferts, which was read, and the resolution recommended by the committee was concurred in as follows :
"Resolved, That the parties be allowed until the first Wednesday in the next session of Congress, to procure testimony relative to said Election."
Mr. Calhoun, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, made the following REPORT.
The Committee of Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the President's message of the 12th inst. and the accompanying documents, REPORT:
That they have examined the message and documents with all the attention their importance demands. Your committee will not indulge themselves in making the various observations which the interesting subjects brought under their consideration naturally suggest. The delay incident to such a course, connected with the lateness of the session and the advanced season of the year, forbid so wide a range; but they cannot abstain from remarking that, while the message and documents furnish strong additional proof of the justice and necessity of the war, they also present powerful motives for the steady and vigorous prosecution of it, as the surest means of a safe and honorable peace. It can now no longer be doubted, that it was the pressure of our measures, combined with the determination of Congress to redress our wrongs by arms, and not the repeal of the French decrees, that broke down the orders in council of 1807 and 1809; that dangerous system of monopoly by which we were, as to our commerce, in fact recolonised. Let us then persevere, and under a just Providence we doubt not of final success. The reward is worthy of the cost and privation. It is no less than the lasting peace and independence of ourselves and our posterity.
There is another view of the subject which your committee are compelled to present to the House. It is due to justice to consider the message and documents in relation to the conduct of the Executive. They are aware that on ordinary occasions it is not proper for this House to express sentiments of approbation or censure on the conduct of the President, but submit with deference, that as through this body he is responsible to the people for the faithful discharge of his duties, there are cases in which it is not only the right but the duty of this House to express its opinion. Such, in the judgment of your committee, is the present. The language of the resolutions, and the motives avowed by their supporters, leave no alternative. To be silent would be to condemn. Upon a full investigation of the conduct of the Executive in relation to G. B. and France, as disclosed in the message and documents, your committee are of opinion, that a just course has been pursued towards both nations, and in no instance has the dignity, honor or interests of the U. S. been compromitted.
Your committee therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution :
"Resolved, That the conduct of the Executive in relation to the various subjects referred to in the resolutions of the 21st day of June, 1813, meets with the approbation of this House."
The report having been read, a desultory discussion of some length took place on the proper mode of disposing of the same. It was finally referred to a committee of the whole, and made the order of the day for Thursday. Five thousand copies were also ordered to be printed thereof, being the same number as was yesterday ordered to be printed of the message.
Mr. Kilbourn, from the select committee, reported a bill for the more effectual protection of the North-western frontier, by granting donations of land to actual settlers, and for other purposes; which was twice read and committed.
Mr. Goldsborough moved to print 5000 copies of so much of the message of the 3d March last, as does not form a part of the communication of yesterday
Negative, 64 to 63.
The amendments of the Senate to the assessment bill were referred to the committee of Ways and Means.
The House then proceeded to consider the amendments of the committee of the whole to the bill laying a duty on salt.
Mr. Wright moved to postpone indefinitely the further consideration of the bill. The motion was negatived.
For the postponement 56
Against it 88
Considerable discussion and several decisions took place on proposed amendments to the bill; when,
On motion of Mr. Macon, the bill was ordered to lie on the table ; and
The House adjourned.