The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser

National Legislature.

IN SENATE, November 6.

Mr. Giles appeared and took his seat.

On motion of Mr. Campbell, the following Resolutions were adopted:

Resolved, That so much of the President's Message as concerns our relations with foreign powers, militia and volunteers;

The Naval Establishment;

To American vessels which have arrived with British manufactures;

To a revision of the militia laws;

Be referred to a committee to report by bill or otherwise.

The several messages from the House were received and referred.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Thursday, November 5.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell, it was ordered that the several standing committees be now appointed.

The following persons were accordingly appointed on these several committees:

Committee of Ways and Means—Messrs. Bibb, Cheves, Pleasants, Roberts, Johnston, Pitkin and Fisk.

Committee of Commerce and Manufactures—Messrs. Newton, Lowndes, Mitchell, M'Kim, Seybert, Champion and W[id]gery.

Committee on the Public Lands—Messrs. Morrow, Blackledge, Lacock, Wilson, Ormsby, Boyd and Bigelow.

Committee of Claims—Messrs. Gholson, Brown, Mosely, Shaw, Sage, Archer and Stanford.

Committee on the Post-Office and Post Roads—Messrs. Rhea, Dinsmoor, Chittenden, King, Bolling, Hall and Shaw.

Committee for the District of Columbia—Messrs. Lewis, Ringgold, Pearson, Bard, Baker, Condict and Kent.

Committee of Elections—Messrs. Findley, Macon, Davenport, Troop, Dawson, Emott and Alston.

Committee of Accounts—Messrs. Turner, Little and Pickens.

Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business—Messrs. Bassett, Ely and Jackson.

Friday, November 6.

The following message was received from the President of the United States by Mr. Coles, his Secretary.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.

The bill entitled "An Act supplementary to the acts heretofore passed on the subject of a uniform rule of naturalization" which passed the two Houses at the last session of Congress, having appeared to me liable to abuse by aliens, having no real purpose of effectuating a naturalization, and therefore not been signed, and having been presented at an hour so near the close of the session to be returned with objections for reconsideration, the bill failed to become a law. I recommend that provision be now made in favour of aliens entitled to the contemplated benefit, under such regulations, as will prevent advantages being taken of it for improper purposes.

JAMES MADISON.

November 5, 1812.

Referred to a select committee of five.

Another Message was received from the President, enclosing copies of Correspondence with the Governours of Massachusetts and Connecticut.—Referred to a committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Cheves, the following resolutions were carried:

Resolved, That so much of the President's Message as relates to Foreign Relations;

To Militia and Volunteers;

To the Naval Establishment;

To Revenue and the Late Importations;

To British Licenses, to cases of corrupt and perfidious intercourse with the enemy not amounting to treason;

Be referred to committees.

Exhortation of Bread Stuffs.

Mr. Harper having stated that he had a motion to make which in his opinion required secrecy, the House was cleared of strangers, and so remained till 3 o'clock, when the House adjourned, and it appeared that the injunction of secrecy on the proceedings had been removed; and that the motion submitted by Mr. Harper was as follows;

Resolved. That the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of prohibiting by law the exportation of flour and other bread stuffs from the United States and the territories thereof, and that they report by bill or otherwise.

The question whether this proposition required secrecy during its discussion was decided.

Yeas 68 Nays 39.

Mr. Newton moved to amend the resolution by striking out all after the word "That." and inserting "the exportation of flour and bread stuffs, from the United States and their territories, ought to be prohibited by law."

This motion was negatived.

The question was then taken on the passage of the resolution, and decided as follows:

Yeas—Messrs. Bard, Bibb, Blackledge, Carr, M. Clay, Crawford, Cutts, Desha, Dinsmoor, Earle, Fisk, Franklin, Green, B. Hall, O. Hall, Harper, Macon, Moore, Mitchill, Newton, Pond, Seaver, Seybert, Strong, Williams, Widgery—26.

Nays 76.

So the motion was negatived by majority.

On motion of Mr. Goldsborough, the injunction of secrecy was removed from these proceedings.—Adjourned to Monday.