Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

In the House of Representatives Yesterday (the House having again formed itself into a Committee of the whole on the Answer Reported to the President's speech, and Mr. Nicholas's amendment being under consideration) Mr. Harper resumed his observations against the amendment, which he delivered at great length. Mr. Gallatin followed him, on the contrary side, and having noticed some remarks which fell from Mr. Harper, that gentleman rose to explain. The call for the "Committee to rise," and for the "Question," from different parts of the House became very loud; when Mr Giles rose and said the gentleman last up had thrown out insinuations of misconduct against (he supposed) one of our late public functionaries in France. Insinuations of a similar kind he had frequently heard out of doors, but he thought them unworthy of notice; but as the gentleman had thought proper to introduce the calumny in that House, & as he was a friend of his, and not here to answer for himself, he wished to know of the gentleman, whether it was to him he alluded, and if it were, he called upon him for proof of his assertions. Mr. Harper replied, that he did allude to that gentleman, and would, at a proper time, produce evidence of what he had said. The Chairman reminded the gentlemen that this conversation was out of order. The confused call of the "Committee to rise" and the "Question," was again revived; when the motion for the committee to rise, was put and negatived, there being only Thirty in favor of it. The question on Mr. Nicholas's amendment was then put and negatived, there being 48 votes for it, and 52 against it. Mr. New moved that the House meet in future at ten in the morning, the motion was negatived, there being only 36 in favor of it.