Lowndes, Aaron Lyle, Nathaniel Macon, Thomas Moore, William McCoy, Samuel McKee, James Mor3 gan, Jeremiah Morrow, Hugh Nelson, Anthony New, Thomas Newbold, Joseph Pearson, Israel Pickens, James Pleasants, jr., Henry H. Ridgely, Samuel Ringgold, John Roane, Ebenezer Sage, Samuel Shaw, George Smith, Richard Stanford, Thomas Wilson, and Robert Wright. NAYS-David Bard, Abijah Bigelow, Harmanus Bleecker, Adam Boyd, Elijah Brigham, Robert Brown, John C. Calhoun, Epaphroditus Champion, Martin Chittenden, John Davenport, jr., Roger Davis, Elias Earle, William Ely, James Emott, William Findley; James Fisk, Asa Fitch, Peterson Goodwyn, Richard Jackson, jr., Joseph Kent, Robert Le Roy Livingston, George C. Maxwell, Alexander McKim, Arunah Metcalf, James Milnor, Jonathan O. Moseley, William Piper, Timothy Pitkin, jr., Benjamin Pond, William Reed, John Rhea, Jonathan Roberts, William Rodman, Ebenezer Seaver, John Sevier, Adam Seybert, John Smilie, William Strong, Lewis B. Sturges, Samuel Taggart, Benjamin Tallmadge, Uri Tracy, Charles Turner, jr., Pierre Van Cortlandt, jr., Laban Wheaton, Leonard White, Robert Whitehill, and Wm. Widgery. THURSDAY, February 20. On motion of Mr. GOLD, the Committee of the Whole were discharged from the consideration of the petition of the Board of Directors of the Oriskany Manufacturing Company, and it was referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures. Mr. McKEE, from the committee appointed on that part of the President's Message which relates to Indian affairs, presented a bill for the relief of the officers and soldiers who served in the late campaign on the Wabash; which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole to-morrow. On motion of Mr. POINDEXTER, Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of confirming all claims to land in the Mississippi Territory, founded on warrants of survey granted by the Spanish Government of Louisiana, and not confirmed by former laws regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States south of the State of Tennessee; provided the grantee, or the legal representative of the grantee, resides at this time in said Territory, and the evidence of the claim has been regularly filed with the Registers of the Land Offices east and west of Pearl river, and reported by them to the Secretary of the Treasury, agreeably to law; and that the committee have leave to report thereon by bill, or otherwise. An engrossed bill to alter the time of holding the Circuit Courts of the United States at Knoxville, in the District of East Tennessee, in the State of Tennessee, was read the third time, and passed. The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, on the bill for incorporating the Trustees of the Georgetown Lancastrian School 1; which was amended, reported to the House, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. H. of R. The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, on the bill giving further time for registering claims to lands in the western district of the Territory of Orleans; which, having been amended, was reported to the House, and ordered to a third reading to-morrow. The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, on the bill concerning the Levy Court of Washington, in the District of Columbia. The bill passed through committee and was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. The House went into a Committee of the Whole, on the bill making a further appropriation for repairing and completing the building purchased for the accommodation of the General Post Office and Patent Office. [The bill proposes an additional appropriation of thirteen thousand and odd dollars for the purpose of fitting up the great hotel in this city for the use of these offices.] After some conversation on the detail of the bill, the Committee rose, and the bill was ordered to be read the third time on Monday next. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. RIDGELY, from the committee to whom were referred the several memorials of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, of the President and Managers of the Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania, and of the Commissioners of the State of New York, respecting a canal from the Great Lakes to the Hudson river, made the following report: That they consider the improvement of the internal navigation of the United States, by means of the canals contemplated by the said companies and the State of New York, of great national importance, and well meriting the patronage and aid of the General Government. That, under this impression, the committee have paid particular attention to the subject-matter of the said memorials, and have felt the strongest disposition to report favorably to the petitioners. The committee, however, lament that the inauspicious situation of the United States, in regard to our foreign relations, renders it, in their opinion, improper, at the present time, to grant that effectual aid to the undertaking to which they are so well entitled. They, therefore, under these circumstances, submit the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That the state of the public finances and country, render it inexpedient for the Congress of the resources, and present embarrassed situation of the United States to make a donation in land or money, at the present time, for the purpose of effecting the objects contemplated in said memorials. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Jan. 6, 1811. SIR: I have the honor to enclose answers to the queries proposed in your letter of the 28th ultimo, and also the copy of a report on the same subject, made on the 4th of April, 1818, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 2d of March, 1807. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, ALBERT GALLATIN. Hon. H. M. RIDGELY, Chairman, &c. Answers to the queries proposed by the committee, to whom were referred the "memorial of the President and Managers of the Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania, praying the aid and patronage of the General Government in accomplishing the extensive and useful works in which they are engaged," &c. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Jan. 6, 1812. 1st Query." Will the state of the finances of the United States admit of the application of public moneys to the improvement of the country by means of canal and inland navigation ?" Answer. The state of the finances of the United States does not, at this time, permit the application of public moneys to any new objects of improvement. The revenue is at present considerably less than the annual public expenses. 2d Query. "If the state of the finances will not admit of pecuniary aid being afforded by the Government, can any other resources be applied to these objects without interfering with the national engagements or the public exigencies? If so, I am desired to request that you will specify them, and the mode of application, so as to promote, in the most effectual manner, these important objects, and to diffuse the benefits arising therefrom as generally as possible among the several States." FEBRUARY, 1812. the means of paying for the lands thus situated. It is not believed that the canal would materially arrest the illicit trade from Canada. 4th Query." What are the ideas of the Secretary of the Treasusy as to a general system of improvement by canals and opening of the rivers, and as to the means of effecting it within the power of the General Government ?" Answer. In a report made on the 4th of April, 1818, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of 2d March, 1807, the Secretary of the Treasury submitted the gen eral outlines of a plan to that effect. To this he begs leave respectfully to refer. Although the details must, in many respects, be incorrect, and several important objects may, for want of information, have been omit ted, his opinion continues the same with respect to the general principles of the plan. It is still believed that a system of improvement, embracing all the important communications pointed out by the great geographical features of the country, and also such other local objects as it may be necessary to include, in order to equalize, as far as practicable, the benefits of the plan, would have a most powerful effect towards promoting the prosperity of the country, and consolidating the interests of the most remote quarters of the Union. The modifications which existing circumstances render necessary, in the manner of applying the resources of the United States to that important object, have ready been suggested in the answer to the second query. Respectfully submitted, ALBERT GALLATIN. Mr. RIDGELY moved that this report be com Answer. A portion of the public lands may be se lected, and its proceeds appropriated to these objects, without causing any sensible diminution of the revenue arising from that source, and, therefore, without interfering with the national engagements and public exigencies. It is only necessary, for that purpose, that the tract or tracts of land thus selected, should be with-mitted, printed, and made the order for Monday. out the boundaries of the land districts already established by law, so that the annual sales in those districts, and the payments into the Treasury, which constitute the existing land revenue, may not, in any degree, be affected by the contemplated appropriation. Mr. BURWELL wished the sense of the House to be now taken upon this report-he disagreed with it entirely. He had always been in favor of a general system of navigation, and thought a portion of the public lands might be well employed in this way. He wished the vote to be taken now, because if the report was disagreed to, the subject might be recommitted and something ef fected during the present session; but if it was put off, the probability was, that nothing would be done on the subject, After a few observations from Mr. GOLD and Mr. RIDGELY, expressing their wish to have the acted upon at an early day, it was com The quantity of land set apart for that purpose should be sufficient to produce, when sold, a sum equal to that which Congress' intends to apply to these objects; and the States, companies, or trustees under whose direction the several works will be executed, should be authorized to sell, from time to time, at the price limited by law, such portions of the land as will be necessary to defray the expenses of the works. The proceeds of the sales might be anticipated by authorizing loans, to an amount not exceeding the value of the lands appro-report priated, and made reimbursable at distant periods; in which case the faith of the United States might also be pledged for the reimbursement of such parts of the principal of such loans as could not be discharged out of the proceeds of the sales of the lands; the residue of the lands then remaining unsold reverting, in that case, to the United States. 3d. Query. "Will the projected canal from the Great Lakes to the tide-waters of the Hudson tend to raise the price of the public lands, facilitate the means of payment for them, and arrest the illicit trade which is now practised with a neighboring nation, and by I which the public revenue is greatly diminished?" Answer. A canal uniting Lake Erie with the tide waters of the Hudson, or any other Atlantic river, cannot fail to enhance the value of all the public lands adjacent to the Great Lakes, or otherwise so situated that their inhabitants may use that navigation for the transportation of produce or merchandise. For the same reason it will be giving access, on cheaper terms, to a better market, and facilitate, to a certain degree, mitted.. ARMING THE MILITIA. The bill for arming the Militia of the United States was read the third time; and the question being put, "Shall the bill pass to its third reading? Mr. CALHOUN expressed himself friendly to the principle of the bill, and, until the amendment had been made placing the distribution of the intended to vote for it; but he thought it better arms in the power of the State Governments, he not to pass the bill at all, than to leave it in the power of the States to lock up these arms in arsenals. Mr. TALLMADGE disliked the bill in many respects. He doubted the Constitutional power of Congress to put arms into the hands of the people of the United States, before they are called into the service of the Union. The militia, he con tended, is the army of the several States, and ne of the United States, and the State Legislature: are the proper judges when they ought to be armed. The United States may furnish the arms, but the States ought to distribute them as they deem proper, and it could not be doubted that in whatever way they might dispose of them it would be the best. He said that the provisions of this bill would conflict with the law of 1792 on this subject, and with the rules and practice of several of the States. He renewed the objections which had before been urged to some details of the bill; expressed doubts whether the arms could be procured, if the bill passed, and objected to the large appropriation of money for this object at this time. Mr. NELSON replied to the objection made by Mr. CALHOUN. He thought gentlemen who were in favor of the principle of the bill, ought not to abandon it, because they could not have all its provisions precisely in the form they wished them. He did not think the amendment which had been agreed to, made any material difference in the bill; the first section provides that the arms shall be distributed-the Legislatures can only direct the manner in which it shall be done, and no one could certainly object to their having this power. He thought it time that arms should be provided for the militia, the Government had been in operation twenty-four years without providing a single musket for the militia, though the Executive had constantly called upon Congress to render the militia effective, from the time of General WASHINGTON to the present day. Mr. MACON said this was an unfortunate bill, for though all appear friendly to the object of it, there were sufficient objections to one part or other of the bill, he feared, to defeat it. He said five millions had been voted for the army and navy, without scruple; but now, when we are about to put arms in the hands of the militia, gentlemen begin to talk about expense. As to the objections which had been made against the details of the bill, they were such as might be made against any bill that could be drawn. The true question is, Will the bill arm the militia better than they are at present? He had no doubt that it would, and he was therefore in favor of it. Mr. RANDOLPH said, the gentleman from Connecticut viewed the deformities of the bill with more pleasure than its beauties; the bill was somewhat objectionable in its details, but principally from its omissions. The fears entertained that the State Legislatures might abuse the power placed in them were certainly groundless. After all the large appropriations made for the army and navy, he said it was strange that objections should be made to this pitiful appropriation for arms for our militia, which will remain when our vessels and gunboats are gone to decay. Mr. WRIGHT spoke at considerable length in favor of the general principle of arming; and of the reasonableness of purchasing arms out of the common funds of the United States, rather than put the rich and poor on the same level, by reequiring each to purchase arms for themselves, which was a provision too unequal and unjust to be countenanced by a free Government. H. or R. After Mr. WRIGHT had concluded his remarks, Mr. LITTLE rose. He said that as nothing which could now be said could affect the sentiments of the members of the House; and as unnecessary debate only served to the waste of time and obstruction of business, he felt compelled to move the previous question. A sufficient number of members rising in favor of the previous question, it was put in the following words, to wit: "Shall the main question be now put?" and negatived-yeas 52, nays, 62, as follows: YEAS-Willis Alston, jun., William Anderson, Stevenson Archer, Ezekiel Bacon, Burwell Bassett, William Blackledge, William A. Burwell, William Butler, Langdon Cheves, Matthew Clay, James Cochran, Lewis Condit, William Crawford, Roger Davis, Joseph Desha, Samuel Dinsmoor, Elias Earle, James Fisk, Meshack Franklin, Thomas Gholson, Peterson Goodwyn, Isaiah L. Green, Bolling Hall, Obed Hall, John A. Harper, Jacob, Hufty, Joseph Kent, William R. King, Peter Little, William Lowndes, George C. Maxwell, Samuel L. Mitchill, James Morgan, Jeremiah Ormsby, Israel Pickens, Benjamin Pond, William M. Morrow, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, Stephen Richardson, Samuel Ringgold, John Roane, William Rodman, Ebenezer Sage, Thomas Sammons, Adam Seybert, Samuel Shaw, John Smilie, George Smith, William Strong, George M. Troup, and Charles Turner, junior. NAYS-John Baker, David Bard, William W. Bibb, Abijah Bigelow, Harmanus Bleecker, Adam Boyd, James Breckenridge, Elijah Brigham, Robert Brown, John C. Calhoun, Epaphroditus Champion, Martin Chittenden, John Davenport, jun., William Ely, Jas. Emott, William Findley, Asa Fitch, Thomas R. Gold, Charles Goldsborough, Edwin Gray, Felix Grundy, Aylett Hawes, Richard Jackson, jun., Abner Lacock, Lyman Law, Joseph Lewis, jun., Robert Le Roy Liv ingston, Aaron Lyle, Nathaniel Macon, Archibald McBryde, William McCoy, Samuel McKee, James Milnor, Jonathan O. Moseley, Hugh Nelson, Thomas Newbold, William Piper, Timothy Pitkin, jr., James Pleasants, jun., Elisha R. Potter, Josiah Quincy, John Randolph, William Reed, Henry M. Ridgely, John Rhea, Jonathan Roberts, John Sevier, John Smith, Richard Stanford, Philip Stuart, Silas Stow, Lewis B. Sturges, Samuel Taggart, Benjamin Tallmadge, Uri Tracy, Pierre Van Cortlandt, jun., Laban Wheaton, Leonard White, Robert Whitehill, William Widgery, Thomas Wilson, and Robert Wright. A gentleman rising further to debate the question, and Mr. PITKIN objecting thereto, it was decided by the SPEAKER, in conformity to precedent, that the decision of the previous question in the negative precludes further consideration of the subject for one day. FRIDAY, February 21. Mr. MORROW, from the Committee on the Publie Lands, to whom was recommitted the bill from the Senate "for the relief of Thomas O'Bannon," reported the same without amendment;" and it was read the third time, and passed. A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed the bill making appropriations for the support of Government, dur H. OF R. Arts and Manufactures—Arming the Militia. ing the year 1812, with amendments; in which they desire the concurrence of this House. The House proceeded to consider the said amendments of the Senate; and the same being read, were, together with the bill, committed to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. WILSON offered a resolution, the object of which was to direct the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures to inquire into the expediency of repealing so much of an act of Congress as establishes ports of entry at Pittsburg, Marietta, Limestone, Cincinnati, and Louisville. Mr. W. stated that no entries were ever made in these ports, and yet revenue officers at these places received annual salaries for services which they never had an opportunity to perform. The reso lution was agreed to. Mr. ORMSBY, after adverting to the difficulty of distributing arms of the United States by land or water carriage in the interior of the Western country, offered the following resolution: "Resolved, That the committee on so much of the Message of the President of the United States as relates to our military affairs, be directed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the establishment of an armory at Louisville, in Kentucky, with leave to report by bill or otherwise." The resolution was agreed to without oppo sition. Mr. BASSETT laid upon the table the following resolution: tion." FEBRUARY, 1812. resolution, if adopted, would bring to light many facts concerning the agriculture and manufac tures of the United States, and other statistical information, connected with the true basis of na tional independence. These objects constitute the permanent sources of the wealth of the nation; they are the real and fixed capital of the country. We shall thereby be enabled to trace our progress from infancy to manhood. By this report we can alone be in a situation to enact a wise, politic, and systematic tariff of duties; it alone can teach us to discriminate the proper objects of protection. I might add much more on the subject; this would be consuming time unnecessarily; I will therefore proceed to read the resolution: "Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress asembled, That, the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to employ a person to digest and reduce to such form as shall be deemed most conducive to the interests of the United States, a statement of the number, nature, extent, situation, and value, of the arts and manufactures of the United States, together with such other details connected with these subjects, as can be made from the abstracts and other documents and returns reported to him by the Marshals and other persons employed to collect information, in conformity to the second section of the act of the 1st of May, 1810, and that he report the same to Congress at their next session." After some observations from Mr. NEWTON, the want of uniformity, connexion, or method, in stating the difficulty of the proposed digest, from the returns, and the probability that the motion might be so amended as better to attain the ob «Resolved, That the standing rules and orders of the House be so amended, that a majority of those present shall be required to admit the previous quesThe bill concerning the Levy Court of theject in view, the resolution was ordered to lie on county of Washington, in the District of Columbia; and the bill giving further time to register claims to lands in the Western district of the Territory of Orleans, were severally read a third time, and passed. ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. Mr. SEYBERT said, after making a very few preliminary remarks, he would offer a resolution for the consideration of the House, connected with a highly important national object. By the Eleventh Congress, he was indulged in a motion to reprint a valuable report of a former Secretary of the Treasury on the manufactures of the United States. To that same Congress, the present Secretary of the Treasury made a report, in part, on the same subject. He said he need not recite to the House its merits; they were generally acknowledged. By the act of May 1, 1810, it was provided that further information be obtained, by the Marshals and their deputies, on the subject of manufactures. The result of their inquiries was a mass of facts which are now buried in the archives of the Treasury, and answer no useful purpose to the nation. His present object, he declared to be, the publication of the facts thus collected. Upwards of thirty thousand dollars had been already appropriated; which, if the matter remained as it now is, would answer no beneficial purposes. His the table. ARMING THE MILITIA. The House resumed the consideration of the bill for arming the militia. After some observations from Messrs. POTTER and WRIGHT, in favor of the bill; and from Messrs. ROBERTS and TALLMADGE, against it. the question was taken on the passage of the bill, and carried in the affirmative by yeas and nays, as follows: YEAS-William Anderson, Stevenson Archer, John Baker, Burwell Bassett, William W. Bibb, William Blackledge, James Breckenridge, William A. Burwell, William Butler, Langdon Cheves, Matthew Clay, James Cochran, Lewis Condit, William Crawford, Joseph Desha, Samuel Dinsmoor, Meshack Franklin, Thomas Gholson, Charles Goldsborough, Edwin Gray, Isaiah L. Green, Felix Grundy, Bolling Hall, Obed Hall, John A. Harper, Aylett Hawes, Jacob Hufty, Richard M. Johnson, Philip B. Key, William R. King, Abner Lacock, Joseph Lefever, Joseph Lewis, junior, Peter Little, William Lowndes, Aaron Lyle, Nathanliam McCoy, Samuel McKee, James Morgan, Jeremiah iel Macon, Thomas Moore, Arshibald McBryde, WilMorrow, Hugh Nelson, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, Stephen Ormsby, Joseph Pearson, Israel Pickens, James Pleasants, junior, Elisha R. Potter, John Randolph, Henry M. Ridgely, Samuel Ringgold, John Roane, Ebenezer Sage, John Sevier, Samuel Shaw, Daniel Sheffey, George Smilie, John Smith, Richard FEBRUARY, 1812. Campaign on the Wabash, &c. H or R. Stanford, Philip Stuart, George M. Troup, Charles Mr. BASSETT called up the resolution which Turner, jr., Thomas Wilson, and Robert Wright-67. he had laid upon the table on Friday last, proposNAYS-Willis Alston, jun., Ezekiel Bacon, David ing an alteration in the rules of the House, requirBard, Abijah Bigelow, Harmanus, Bleecker, Adam ing a majority, instead of one-fifth of the memBoyd, Elijah Brigham, Robert Brown, John C. Cal-bers present, to call for the previous question. houn, Epaphroditus Champion, Martin Chittenden, After a few observations from Mr. B. on the proJohn Davenport, jr., Roger Davis, William Ely, James priety of this alteration of the rules, seconded by Emott, William Findley, James Fisk, Asa Fitch, Thos. Mr. STANFORD, who said it would render the rule R. Gold, Peterson Goodwyn, Richard Jackson, junior, much less obnoxious than heretofore, it was agreed Joseph Kent, Robert Le Roy Livingston, George C. Maxwell, Alexander McKim, Arunah Metcalf, James 10, 51 to 40. Milnor, Samuel L. Mitchill, Jonathan O. Moseley, Thomas Newbold, William Piper, Timothy Pitkin, jr., Benjamin Pond, William Reed, William M. Richard son, John Rhea, Jonathan Roberts, William Rodman, Thomas Sammons, Adam Seybert, John Smilie, William Strong, Lewis B. Sturges, Samuel Taggart, Benjamin Tallmadge, Uri Tracy, Pierre, Van Cortlandt, jun., Laban Wheaton, Leonard White, Robert Whitehill, and William Widgery.-51. CAMPAIGN ON THE WABASH. The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, on the bill for the relief of the officers and soldiers who served in the late campaign on the Wabash. Mr. McKEE stated the provisions of the law to be precisely copied from the existing law, except that its provisions were extended to a species of force (the militia) which, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, did not come within the provisions of the law, which provides for the relief of the widows and orphans of those who fell in the service of their country. Various amendments were made to the details of the bill, and it being reported to the House, there appeared to be no objection to the principle of the bill. Messrs. MCKEE, JENNINGS, WRIGHT, LITTLE, BASSETT, BIBB, BACON, PITKIN, BURWELL, JOHNSON, and TALLMADGE, took part in the desultory debate on the amendments. The bill was then ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. MONDAY, February 24. viz: a bill supplementary to an act providing for The following bills passed their third reading, the accommodation of the General Post Office and Patent Office, and for other purposes; a bill for the relief of the officers and soldiers who served in the late campaign on the Wabash; and a bill to incorporate the Trustees of the Georgetown Lancastrian School Society. On motion of Mr. PORTER, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, on the bill supplementary to the act for raising an additional military force; which, after being amended, was reported to the House, and, on motion of Mr. MACON, ordered to lie on the table. SUPREME COURT. Mr. GOLD said, it was well known, that from the increased business of the Supreme Court, considerable delay and injury was occasioned to suitors by their causes being laid over from one court to another; and the judges, having to attend to their several Circuit Courts, could not devote sufficient time to the business of the Supreme Court. Mr. G. thought it improper that the same judges who preside in the Circuit Courts, should afterwards revise their own judgments, in cases of appeal, in the Supreme Court. He did not believe that this was in conformity to the meaning of the Constitutional provision, that "the judicial powers of the United States shall be vested in ( one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish." He saw no difficulty that would attend the holding of the Circuit Courts by two or more district judges from adjoining districts. In order to bring this subject before the House, Mr. G. offered the following resolution: 6 "Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether any, and if any, what alteration is necessary in the judicial system of the United States, and that they report by bill." Mr. BACON, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred the amendments of the Senate to the bill making appropriations for the support of Government for the year 1812, reported it as the opinion of the committee that the amendments ought to be agreed to. The bill, with the amendments, was committed; and the House afterwards, on motion of Mr. B., went into a committee on the subject, when the amend- The House went into a committee on the subments were agreed to and reported to the Houseject of ways and means, when the bill authorizing and by the House concurred in. Agreed to, and a committee of five appointed. a loan for a sum not exceeding - million of These amendments restored to the clerks in the dollars, was taken up. And the bill having been several Departments the fifteen per cent. which read through, the blank for the amount of the had been struck out of the bill when last before loan was filled up with eleven millions of dollars, the House, and appropriated $100,000 for the con- and the blank for the time after which the Unitingent expenses of foreign intercourse. The yeas ted States shall be at liberty to reimburse the sum and nays were taken upon the additional allow-loaned, was filled with twelve years. The comance to the clerks, and carried, 64 to 40; the allowance for contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, was carried, 83 to 17. mittee then rose and the House concurred in the amendments. On the question, "Shall the bill be engrossed for a third reading?" the yeas and |