Virginia Argus

Congress.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

FRIDAY, March 18.

The bill for raising an additional military force was reported with amendments, and committed to a committee of the whole.

Mr. Livermore after a lengthy prefatory address (which will be given in our next) moved the following resolution, which the house refused to consider by yeas and nays, 84 to 24.

Resolved, That the public good requires that the several laws laying an embargo on all ships and vessels of the United States should be repealed, and that a committee be appointed to bring in a bill for that purpose; and that the said committee be instructed to enquire into the expediency of permitting the merchant vessels of the United States to arm for their defence against certain cruisers, and of associating for the purpose of convoy; and to enquire into the expediency of suspending commercial intercourse with France, and the nations under the control of the Emperor of the French, and to report by bill or otherwise.

A committee was appointed on motion of Mr. Nelson to enquire into the propriety of erecting an INVALID CORPS.

A Message was received from the President of the United States, in relation to the Military Academy, which was referred to a select committee.

The contested election of Philip Barton Key, having gone through the committee of the whole, was at length decided on, and Mr. Key confirmed in his seat 57 to 52.

SATURDAY, March 19.

The whole of this day was spent on the bill for raising an additional military force. It went through the committee of the whole, and was reported to the House. Considerable progress was made in the details of the bill; but they were not perfected, when the house adjourned, it being then near four o'clock.