Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

The Gazette.

:CONGRESS:.

Yesterday the House of Representatives of the United States passed the bill for raising a Provisional Army of ten thousand men, and for authorizing the President to accept of the services of the Volunteer Corps, and to commission their officers, 51 votes to 40. A motion was passed, without debate (laid upon the table yesterday by Mr. SITGREAVES) for restricting members, during the remainder of the session, from speaking more than once on any question, either in the House or in Committee of the whole. The resolution for instructing the committee for the protection of Commerce and the Defence of the Country, to report what measures are proper to be taken for securing, removing, or otherwise restricting seditious or disaffected Aliens, or others, was agreed to without a division or debate. The house went into a committee of the whole on a bill to amend the present Militia Law. It consisted of nine sections. The two first went to make uniform exemptions from service throughout the United States, taking from the Individual States the power which they now possess of making their own exemptions. The six next sections proposed fines on officers and men neglecting duty, and other regulations respecting mustering. The ninth section provided for the purchase of a quantity of arms to be distributed amongst the Militia of the several States. All the sections, except the last, were struck out, and it was recommitted to the Select Committee to undergo some alterations. A motion was made to adjourn till Monday, but negatived 37 to 36. The house accordingly meets to day.

FROM NEW-YORK.