Gazette Of The United States

CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, April 7.
A report was made by Mr. Goodhue of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures to whom the resolution offered by Mr. Macon, respecting the distillers of N. Carolina had been referred, this report is in favor of granting the relief proposed by the resolution.
A report of the attorney general on the petition of Peter Perit was read, and agreed to by the house—this report is against the prayer of the petition.
A report on the petition of Tobias Lord and others was called up by Mr. Thatcher, this report is in favor of the petitioners, was agreed to and the committee of commerce and manufactures directed, to bring in a bill accordingly.
In committee of the whole on the President's message of the 30th ult. Mr. Muhlenberg in the Chair. After a few remarks from Mr. Swift taking the importance of dispatch in disposing of the resolutions moved yesterday; the first resolution was put and carried: Also the second.—51 members rising in the affirmative in both instances. The committee then rose and reported the resolutions to the house, which were immediately taken into consideration.
Mr. Sedgwick called for the previous question, also for the ayes and noes.
The previous question was in the following words Shall the main question be now put?
NOES.
Messrs. Ames, Bourne, Bradbury, Buck, Coit, Cooper, Dent, A. Foster, D. Foster, Gilbert, Gilman, Glenn, Goodhue, Goodrich, Griswold, Harper, Hartley, Henderson, Hillhouse, Hindman, Kittera, S. Lyman, Malbone, Murray, Reed, Sedgwick, Jer. Smith, N. Smith, W. Smith. Swift, Thatcher, Thomas, Thompson, Tracy, Van Alen, Wadsworth, Williams—37.
AYES.
Messrs. Bailey, Baird, Baldwin, Benton, Blount, Burr, Bryan, Burgess, Cabell, Christie, Clopton, Coles, Cranch, Dearborn, Earle, Findley, Franklin, Gallatin, Giles, Gregg, Grove, Hampton, Hancock, Harrison, Hathorn, Havens, Heath, Heister, Jackson, Livingston, Locke, Maclay, Macon, Madison, Milledge, Moore, Muhlenberg, Nicholas, Orr, Page, Parker, Patten, Preston, Richards, Rutherford, Sherburne, Isaac Smith, S. Smith, Sprigg, Swanwick, Tatom, Van Cortlandt, Varnum, Venable, Winn—54
The first resolution being read was agreed to.
NOES.
Messrs. Ames, Bourne, Bradbury, Buck, Coit, Cooper, A. Foster, D. Foster, Gilbert, Gilbert, Glenn, Goodhue, Goodrich, Griswold, Harper, Hartley, Henderson, Hillhouse, Hindman, Kittera, S. Lyman, Malbone, Murray, Reed, Sedgwick J. Smith, N. Smith, W. Smith, Swift. Thatcher, Thomas, Thompson, Tracy, V. Allen, Wadsworth Williams—35.
AYES.
Messrs. Bailey, Baird, Bald, Benton, Blount, Byran, Burgess, Cabell, Christie, Clopton, Coles, Crabb, Dearborn, Dent, Earle, Findley, Franklin, Gallatin, Giles, Gilman, Gregg, Grove, Hampton, Hancock, Harrison, Hathorn, Havens, Heath Heister, Jackson, Livingston, Locke, W. Lyman, Maclay, Macon, Madison, Milledge, Moore; Muhlenberg, Nicholas, Orr, Page, Parker, Patten, Preston, Richards, Rutherford, Sherburne, S. Smith, J. Smith, Sprigg, Swanwick, Tatom, Van Cortlandt Venable, Varnum, Winn—57.
The second resolution was then read on which the ayes and noes were the same.
The resolutions being disposed of, Mr. Tracy moved that the house should go into Committee of the whole on the state of the Union.. This motion was succeeded by a motion to refer to the committee of the whole, the President's message conveying sundry estimates relative to appropriations necessary to be made to carry the several treaties with foreign nations into effect. Both these motions were opposed on the ground of their being unexpectedly introduced, and the members not being prepared to discuss the subject. The question being taken on the last motion it was negatived 51 to 37.
The house then on motion of Mr. Parker resolved itself into committee of the whole on the bill received from the Senate respecting the naval armament.
A motion was made by Mr. W. Smith, the object of which was to try the principle whether the whole number of frigates should be built. " He moved an amendment which went to repeal the last section of the first law authorizing a naval equipment. This if agreed to would authorize the President to proceed in finishing the whole number of frigates originally intended ; after a long debate the motion was negatived.
The bill was further altered by striking out the section which authorized the President to cause the other three frigates to be provisionally completed, and substituting a section providing for the sale of such of the articles on hand as are of a perishable nature. The committee rose and reported progress.
On motion the confidential message of the President covering sundry estimates of appropriations necessary to be made to carry the treaties with foreign nations into effect, was referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the Union. . The galleries were cleared.