Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

CONGRESS.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The House, on motion of Mr. Bayard, again resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill to establish an uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States. Mr. Morris in the chair, when further amendments were made thereto, and the committee ordered to report their agreement to the bill as amended.

The House having taken the amendments into consideration, Mr. Kitchell moved to recommit the bill for the purpose of amending part of the tenth section, which provides that the assignees may, within three months after the knowledge of a fraudulent sale of property by the Bankrupt, upon refunding the consideration money given by the purchaser therefor, be entitled to such property for the use of the creditors. The question was put and negatived.

Messrs. Macon, Gallatin and Nicholas then opposed this part of the section; and Messrs. Bayard, Harper, Otis and Marshall spoke in favor of it. The section was finally agreed to, 60 members rising in the affirmative.

Upon the question shall this bill be engrossed for a third reading, there were Ayes 44, Noes 44; the Speaker declaring himself in the affirmative, it was ordered to be read a third time on Monday next.

On motion of Mr. Bayard, a call of the house was ordered to take place at two o'clock that day; 54 members rising in the affirmative.

A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otis their Secretary, informing the House that the Senate had passed "an act for the relief of the legal representatives of Nathaniel Lapsley, deceased," to which they request their concurrence. The said bill was read a first and second time, and referred to the committee of claims.

Mr. Champlin presented a petition of the corporation of Rhode Island College, praying indemnification for damages sustained by that edifice during the revolutionary war. Referred to the committee of claims.

Mr. Harper said, it would be recollected that the present law offering encouragement to artists for ingenious inventions, provided, that it should not extend to foreigners; and that as the naturalization law fixed the period of residence at fourteen years, previous to being able to obtain the benefit of its provisions, it might operate injuriously, and prevent the migration of many valuable persons of this description, to this country; he therefore laid a resolution on the table to amend the law so as to entitle foreigners to the benefits thereby extended to citizens of the United States.

Mr. Macon called up for consideration the resolution which he some days since laid on the table, for the repeal of the second section of the sedition law—and upon the question will the House now take the resolution into consideration, it passed in the negative.

Mr. M. then gave notice, that he would call it up to-morrow, and every day after until it was disposed of.

Mr. Otis, pursuant to order, reported a bill for the discharge of Robert Sturgeon, from imprisonment, which was read a first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22.

The House went into committee of the whole on the bill to suspend in part, an act intituled, An act to augment the army of the United States, and for other purposes, when it was read in the words following, to wit:

Be it enacted, &c. That all further enlistments under an act intituled "An act to augment the army of the United States, and for other purposes," shall be suspended until the further order of Congress; unless in the recess of Congress war shall break out between the United States and any foreign European power, or imminent danger of invasion of their territory by [any such power] shall, in the opinion of the President of the United States be discovered to exist.

Mr. Gallatin moved to amend the bill by inserting in the sixth line, after the word "Congress," the following—"and during the continuance of the existing differences between the United States and the French Republic."

The question on the amendment was put and carried—Ayes 45; noes 43.

Mr. Otis then moved to amend the bill by striking out the words in italic in the seventh and eighth lines, and inserting "The French Republic," and to strike out the words within crotchets in the ninth line, and insert, "The said Republic," which was agreed to.

Mr. Randolph proposed to add the following new section to the bill:

"Be it further enacted, That the men now enlisted under the said act, shall be formed into as many regiments as they are sufficient to complete, to be officered at the discretion of the President of the United States, out of the officers of the said regiments; and that the supernumerary officers, together with such officers of the general staff, as in his opinion, will not be necessary for the discipline of the said regiments, so to be formed, as aforesaid, shall be discharged, and be entitled to receive, besides the allowance directed by law to be paid at their discharge, each one month's pay."

Messrs. Rutledge, Platt, Hartley, Cooper, Otis, Harper, Bayard, Marshall and Smith, spoke against it—and Messrs. Macon, Claiborne, Nicholas, Gallatin, Randolph, Jones and Smilie, in favor of it.