on motion, they were ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate.

The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted the 10th instant by Mr. MASON; and on motion, by Mr. ROBINSON, it was agreed to take the question thereon by yeas and nays; and on motion, by Mr. TAYLOR, the further consideration thereof was postponed to Friday next.

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments reported by the committee to the amendments of the House of Representatives, to the bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States of America ;" and on motion, by Mr. MASON, the further consideration thereof was postponed to, and made the order of the day for, to-morrow.

The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted the 27th December last; and on motion, by Mr. KING, the further consideration thereof was postponed to Friday next.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill making ap propriations for repairing or rebuilding the public buildings within the city of Washington; and on motion, by Mr. FROMENTIN, the consideration thereof was further postponed to, and made the order of the day for, Wednesday next.

SATURDAY, January 14.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill giving further time to complete the surveys and obtain the patents for lands located under Virginia resolution warrants; and, no amendment having been proposed, on the question, Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time? it was determined in the affirmative.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the amendments of the House of Representatives to their amendments to the bill, entitled "An act to authorize the President of the United States to accept the services of volunteers who may associate and organize themselves, and offer their services to the Government of the United States." Where

upon,

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Gaillard, German, Gore, Horsey, Hunter, King, Lambert, Mason, Thompson, and Wells.

On the question to agree to the first member of the second proposition of the committee, to amend the amendments of the House of Representatives, to wit: strike out "ten," and insert "fifteen :" it was determined in the affirmative—yeas 17, nays 14, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Barbour, Bibb, Chace, Condit, Giles, Kerr, Lacock, Morrow, Roberts, Smith, Tait, Taylor, Turner, Varnum, Walker, and Wharton. NAYS-Messrs. Brown, Daggett, Dana, Fromentin, Gaillard, German, Gore, Horsey, Hunter, King, Lambert, Mason, Thompson, and Wells.

After further progress, the Senate adjourned.

MONDAY, January 16.

Mr. GORE presented a petition, signed by a number of the inhabitants of the town of Union, in the District of Maine, remonstrating against the transportation and opening of the mail on the Sabbath; and the petition was read, and referred to the committee to whom was referred, on the 26th ultimo, several petitions on the same subject, to consider and report thereon by bill or otherwise.

Mr. FROMENTIN presented the memorial of Edward F. Howell, and others, midshipmen in the Navy of the United States, remonstrating against the practice, which they state has of late obtained, of promoting and commissioning sailing masters to the rank of lieutenants in the Navy; for reasons stated at large in the memorial; which was read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, to consider and report thereon by bill or otherwise.

Mr. GILES, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 2d January instant, reported the following resolution; which was read:

Resolved, That it is inexpedient to pass a bill for calling out the militia upon the principles of the said

resolution.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the amendments reported by the committee to the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States of America."

On the question to agree to the first proposition of the committee, to wit: Add after the word "thirty," as often as it occurs, the word "five" it was determined in the affirmative-yeas 17, nays 14, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Barbour, Bibb, Chace, Condit, Giles, Kerr, Lacock, Morrow, Roberts, Smith, Tait, Taylor, Turner, Varnum, Walker, and Wharton. NAYS.-Messrs. Brown, Daggett, Dana, Fromentin,

elected.

The bill giving further time to complete the surveys and obtain the patents for lands located under Virginia resolution warrants, was read a third time, and passed.

BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. The Senate resumed the consideration of the amendments reported by the committee to the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States of America."

On the question, to agree to the proposition of the committee, in the 60th and 61st lines, to wit: "That the amendments to the 17th and 18th rules be disagreed to:" it was determined in the negative-yeas 15, nays 18, as follows:

SENATE.

WEDNESDAY, January 18.

The bill, entitled "An act to amend the act, entitled 'An act to provide additional revenues for defraying the expenses of Government, and maintaining the public credit, by laying a direct tax upon the United States, and to provide for assessing and collecting the same," and the act entitled "An act to provide additional revenues for defraying the expenses of Government, and maintaining the public credit, by laying duties on household furniture, and on gold and silver watches," was read the second time, and referred to a select committee, to consist of five members, to consider and report thereon; and Messrs. TAYLOR, DAGGETT, BROWN, CHACE, and SMITH, were appointed the committee.

The bill, entitled "An act supplementary to the act, entitled 'An act laying duties on licenses to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors and foreign merchandise, and for other purposes," was read the second time, and referred to the committee last mentioned, to consider and report thereon.

The bill entitled "An act attaching to the Canton district, in the State of Ohio, the tract of land lying between the foot of the rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, and the Connecticut Western Reserve," was read the second time, and referred to the committee to whom was referred, the 21st September, the memorial of the Legislature of the Indiana Territory to consider and report thereon.

The bill, entitled "An act regulating the sale of certain reserved sections of land in the State of Ohio," was read the second time, and referred to the committee last mentioned, to consider and report thereon.

The bill, entitled "An act giving further time to the purchasers of public lands to complete their payments," was read the second time, and referred to the committee last mentioned, to consider and report thereon.

The bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabitants of the late county of New Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, who suffered by earthquakes," was read the second time, and referred to a select committee, to consider and report thereon; and Messrs. FROMENTIN, MORROW, and DAGGETT, were appointed the committee.

The bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the heirs of James Hynum," was read the second time, and referred to the committee last mentioned, to consider and report thereon.

The bill, entitled "An act to authorize the President to raise certain companies of rangers for the defence of the frontiers of the United States, and to repeal certain acts now in force for this purpose," was read the second time, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, to consider and report thereon.

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Mr. ANDERSON, from the committee to whom the subject was referred, reported a bill for the relief of Edward Barry and George Hodges; and the bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution reported the 16th instant, by the Committee on Military Affairs, and on motion, by Mr. TAYLOR, it was recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs, together with the resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, further to consider and report thereon.

On motion, by Mr. GILES, the Committee on Military Affairs were discharged from the further consideration of the resolution last mentioned, and that it be referred to the committee appointed on the 21st September, on so much of the Message of the President of the United States as relates to the militia, to consider and report thereon.

Mr. BIBB, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act to prohibit intercourse with the enemy and for other purposes," reported it with amendments; which were read, and on motion, by Mr. BIBB, the further consideration thereof was postponed to, and made the order of the day for, Friday next.

The Senate resumed the bill making appropriations for repairing or rebuilding the public buildings within the City of Washington, and on motion, by Mr. LACOCK, the consideration thereof was further postponed to, and made the order of the day for, Monday next.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of William Robinson and others;" and, no amendment having been proposed, it was ordered to the third reading.

THURSDAY, January 19.

The bill entitled "An act for the relief of William Robinson and others," was read a third time, and passed.

The bill for the relief of Edward Barry and George Hodges was read the second time.

On motion, by Mr. ROBERTS, the committee to whom was referred the memorial of the Presi dent and Directors of the Washington Bridge Company, were instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by a general law for making compensation to individuals whose property may have been destroyed during the war, by the constituted authorities of the United States, or whose property may have been occupied for, or appropriated to, public purposes.

On motion, by Mr. ROBERTS, the committee to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Jacob Shinnick, and Shoultz and Vogeler, of Christian Chapman, and the legal representative of John Calef, deceased," were discharged from the further consideration thereof.

On motion, by Mr. FROMENTIN, the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the report of the Secretary for the Department of Navy, on the petition of Edward Bland and others, together with the accompanying documents, were

discharged from the further consideration thereof, and they were referred to the said committee, to consider and report thereon by bill or otherwise. Mr. THOMPSON presented several petitions, signed by a number of the inhabitants of the State of New Hampshire, remonstrating against the transportation and opening of the mail on the Sabbath; and the petitions were read, and referred to the committee to whom were referred, the 26th ultimo, several petitions on the same subject, to consider and report thereon by bill or otherwise.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House agree to the conference proposed on the amendments to the bill, entitled "An act to authorize the President of the United States to accept the services of volunteers who may associate and organize themselves, and offer their services to the Government of the United States," and have appointed managers on their part. They have passed the bill entitled "An act supplementary to the act, entitled 'An act providing for the indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi Territory," with amendments, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

They agree to some, and disagree to other amendments of the Senate to their amendments to the bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States of America."

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that they should vote for the indefinite postponement of the bill, under the impression that it would be rather an injury than a benefit to the community to pass it in its present shape.

Messrs. BARBOUR, KING, and GILES, urged the recession of the Senate from these amendments, principally on the ground of necessary concession (although the two latter gentlemen objected to them on principle also)-concessions which it was said the times now more than ever demand. Mr. BARBOUR, particularly, in an eloquent manner enforced the necessity of acting decisively on a subject which had so long been pending between the two Houses, and so greatly interested the feelings of the community, which turned its eyes with ceaseless anxiety on the dilatory proceedings of Congress. Mr. SMITH, in allusion to these remarks, took occasion to absolve the Executive and Senate from the blame of delay and apathy, and by inference to cast it on the shoulders of the House of Representatives.

The question being about to be taken, Mr. ROBERTS moved to postpone the subject till to morrow, with the view of submitting a resolution that Mr. BLEDSOE (the Kentucky Senator) was entitled to a seat in the Senate, inasmuch as the election of his successor, Mr. TALBOT, had not yet been notified to the Senate. This motion was negatived, 25 to 9, by yeas and nays.

The question to insist on the first amendment, as stated above, was then decided as follows:

For insisting-Messrs. Anderson, Bibb, Chace, Con. dit, Howell, Lacock, Morrow, Roberts, Smith, Taylor, Turner, Varnum, and Walker-13.

[The state of this question is so intricately interwoven with matters of form and technicalities, that we shall, in describing the questions which came up to-day, disregard the mere form of them, and endeavor to present the substance.]

The first question was the proposition sent from the Senate, to which the House has disagreed, to increase the capital of the bank five millions, to be subscribable in public stock, created since the

war.

On this proposition, Mr. BIBB proposed to insist. This motion was supported by Mr. BIBB, Mr. SMITH, Mr. ROBERTS, and Mr. TAYLOR, and opposed by Mr. BARBOUR, Mr. KING, and Mr. GILES. The able debate turned principally on the merits of the specie payment suspending section, (to which also the other House had disagreed,) which was considered as intimately connected with the question immediately before the Senate.

The first named gentlemen insisted on the advantages to the Government from the increase of the capital, and also from the proposed power to suspend payment in specie, without which, it was said, the operations of the bank must, for some time at least, be greatly restricted, &c., and wholly useless to the Government. Mr. BIBB, Mr. ROBERTS, and Mr. TAYLOR, intimated, if the Senate should yield these points to the House,

borough, Gore, Horsey, Hunter, Kerr, King, Lambert, Mason, Robinson, Tait, Thompson, Wells, and Wharton-21.

So the Senate refused to insist on this amendment.

Mr. GILES moved to recede from the said amendment.

Mr. ROBERTS then moved to postpone the further consideration of the whole subject to the second Monday in March (equivalent to a motion to reject.) In support of the motion, Mr. RoBERTS spoke at some length.

Mr. BIBB intimated that he should vote against the postponement now, because the amendment respecting which he was most anxious had not been decided (meaning the section respecting specie payments.),

Mr. TAYLOR said he should vote for the postponement, because he perceived the amendment referred to by Mr. BIBB would not be insisted on.

The question on the postponement (or rejection) was then decided as follows:

For the postponement-Messrs. Gaillard, German, Kerr, Lacock, Lambert, Roberts, Taylor, Turner, and Varnum-9.

Against the postponement-Messrs. Anderson, Barbour, Bibb, Brown, Chace, Condit, Daggett, Dana, Fromentin, Giles, Goldsborough, Gore, Horsey, Howell,

Hunter, King, Mason, Morrow, Robinson, Smith, Tait, Thompson, Walker, Wells, and Wharton-25.

The question on Mr. GILES's motion, to recede from the said first amendment, was then decided in the affirmative-ayes 18.

Mr. KING then moved to recede from all the other amendments to which the House had disagreed. The Senate then receded from such of the said remaining amendments, as preceded the following:

The question on receding from the insertion of the section, authorizing the bank under certain circumstances, to suspend payment of their notes in specie, was decided as follows:

For receding-Messrs. Barbour, Brown, Daggett, Dana, Fromentin, Gaillard, German, Giles, Goldsborough, Gore, Horsey, Hunter, Kerr, King, Lambert, Mason, Thompson, and Wells-18.

Against receding-Messrs. Anderson, Bibb, Chace,

Condit, Howell, Lacock, Morrow, Roberts, Robinson, Smith, Tait, Taylor, Turner, Varnum, Walker, and

Wharton-16.

So the Senate virtually disagreed to the insertion of such a section. Whereupon,

Mr. BIBB moved to postpone to the second Monday in March (to reject) the further consideration of this bill.

Mr. SMITH then, expressing a desire to have a night's reflection on this question, moved to adjourn.

There were 19 ayes in favor of the motion; and the Senate adjourned at a late hour.

FRIDAY, January 20.

The PRESIDENT communicated a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, exhibiting the sums respectively paid to each clerk in the several offices of that Department, for services rendered during the year 1814, made in obedience to the provisions of the act of April 21, 1806, to regulate and fix the compensation of clerks; and the report was read.

Mr. VARNUM, from the Militia Committee, to whom the subject was referred the 9th instant, reported a bill concerning field officers and militia; and the bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from the Honorable Mr. BLEDSOE, as follows:

WASHINGTON, January 20, 1815. SIR: Doubts having arisen whether I have a right still to fill my seat in the Senate of the United States, with a view to have the question settled, and a precedent established, and to save my own feelings on a point of duty, I beg leave, through you, to submit the following case for the decision of that honorable body:

Previous to the 24th December last, I forwarded, by mail, my resignation to the Governor of the State of Kentucky, to take place on that day, to be by him communicated to the Legislature of that State, then, and, so far as I am informed, still in session. I was, by a letter from the Governor of that State, advised that he had received my resignation, and would hold it up in the hope of hearing from me, and of a change in my determination on that subject, until about the last

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of that month, when he would communicate it to the Legislature. Newspaper information states that he did so, and that my successor has been appointed; which latter fact is also stated in a letter to a gentleman of the House of Representatives, as I have been informed. This is all the information I have received. Whether, under these circumstances, I am to be conSenate to decide. Wishing it to be understood I have sidered as still a member, will be for the honorable

no other solicitude as to the result than to be informed

of

my duty, which is concerned, in continuing in my place, if I have a right to do so,

I am, with high respect, your most obedient servant, J. BLEDSOE. The Honorable JOHN GAILLARD,

President of the Senate. And the letter was read. Whereupon, Mr. RoвERTS submitted the following motion:

Honorable Jesse Bledsoe, addressed to the President of the Senate, do not vacate his seat in the Senate.

Resolved, That the facts stated in the letter of the

A motion was made, by Mr. KING, to amend the resolution, by striking out therefrom, the word "not" and it was determined in the affirmative-yeas 25, nays 8, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Barbour, Brown, Chace, Daggett, Fromentin, Gaillard, German, Giles, Goldsborough, Gore, Horsey, Howell, Hunter, Kerr, King, Lambert, Mason, Morrow, Robinson, Tait, Taylor, Thompson, Wells, and Wharton.

erts, Smith, Turner, and Varnum. NAYS.-Messrs. Bibb, Condit, Dana, Lacock, Rob

On the question, Shall the resolution pass as amended? it was determined in the affirmative-yeas 27, nays 6, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Barbour, Brown, Chace, Daggett, Fromentin, Gaillard, German, Giles, Goldsborough, Gore, Horsey, Howell, Hunter, Kerr, King, Lacock, Lambert, Mason, Morrow, Robinson, Tait, Taylor, Thompson, Turner, Wells, and Wharton. NATS-Messrs. Bibb, Condit, Dana, Roberts, Smith, and Varnum.

the letter of the Honorable JESSE BLEDSOE, adSo it was, Resolved, That the facts stated in dressed to the President of the Senate, do vacate his seat in the Senate.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Benjamin Wells and others;" a bill, entitled "An act for the relief of James Brahany;" also, a bill, entitled "An act for the better regulation of the ordnance department;" in which bills they request the concurrence of the Senate.

The Senate resumed the consideration of their amendments, disagreed to by the House of Representatives, to the amendments to the bill, entithe Bank of the United States of America." tled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to

On the question, that the said bill, together with the amendments, be postponed to the second Monday in March next, it was determined in the negative-yeas 14, nays 20, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bibb, Condit, Gaillard, Howell, Kerr, Lacock, Morrow, Roberts, Smith, Taylor, Turner, Varnum, and Walker.