Gazette Of The United States & Evening Advertiser

CONGRESS.
House of Representatives.
Wednesday, March 19.

Mr. New, from the joint committee for enrolled bills, reported the following enrolled bills, to wit: "An act authorizing a loan of one million of dollars."
"An act to provide for the defence of certain ports and harbours in the United States" an act making further provision for the expenses attending the intercourse of the United States with foreign nations; and further, to continue in force the act, entitled, an act "providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations." and an enrolled resolve, authorizing the President of the United States, to employ as dispatch boats, such of the revenue cutters of the United States, as the public exigencies may require.

A committee was appointed to enquire, whether any, and what alterations, are necessary to be made in the act entitled "An act to enable the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on the continental establishment, to obtain titles to certain lands, lying North-West of the river Ohio, between the little Miami and Sciota."

This committee consists of Mr. Heath, Mr. Neville. and Mr. Orr.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary, informed the house that the Senate have passed a bill entitled "An act, making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States" also, the bill entitled "An act to prohibit the carrying on the slave-trade from the United States to any foreign place or country" also the bill entitled "An act to provide a naval armament," with several amendments, to which they desire the concurrence of the house.

The amendments were agreed to. The House then went into committee of the whole House on the state of the Union, when the Gallery was shut.