H. OF R. Closing Business. MARCH, 1817. ordered it to be read a third time to-day. It was discharge the Committee of the whole House accordingly read a third time, and passed. from the further consideration of the bill extendThe House took up and proceeded to considering the time for locating Virginia military land the bill from the Senate, entitled "An act for the relief of the heirs of Landon Carter, deceased;" and the same being amended, was, on motion of Mr. TAYLOR, of New York, laid on the table. The House took up and proceeded to consider the bill from the Senate, entitled "An act for the relief of the widow and children of Arnold Henry Dorhman, deceased." Mr. FORSYTH moved to lay the bill on the table; which motion was rejected by the House; and the bill was ordered to be read a third time to-day. It was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. FORSYTH, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was committed the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act more effectually to preserve the neutral relations of the United States," reported the agreement of that Committee to the said amendments: When a motion was made by Mr. BLOUNT that the said bill and amendments lie on the table; which motion was rejected by the House. A motion was then made by Mr. SHARP that the said bill and amendments be postponed indefinitely; and the question being taken thereon, it was determined in the negative-yeas 37, nays 69, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Adgate, Blount, Brooks, Cannon, Carr of Massachusetts, Clark of New York, Clarke of North Carolina, Clendennin, Comstock, Fletcher, Hammond, Harrison, Henderson, Ingham, Johnson of Virginia, Johnson of Kentucky, Kerr of Virginia, Kilbourn, Little, Lyon, William Maclay, Mason, Hugh Nelson, Parris, Piper, Reynolds, Root, Schenck, Sharp, Taul, Wallace, Wendover, Whiteside, Wilkin, Thomas Wilson, and William Wilson. warrants, and for returning the surveys thereon to the General Land Office, and for giving further time to complete the surveys, and to obtain patents for land located under Virginia resolution warrants. And the question being taken thereon, it was determined in the negative. Mr. NELSON then moved that the House go into a Committee of the Whole on the said bill; which motion was rejected by the House. Mr. NELSON then moved that the said Committee of the whole House be discharged, and that the bill be postponed indefinitely. A division of the question on this motion was called for, and being taken on discharging the Committee of the whole House, passed in the affirmative. Mr. NELSON then withdrew that part of his motion for an indefinite postponement of the said bill; and the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time to-day. An engrossed bill, entitled "An act extending the time for locating Virginia military land warrants, and for returning the surveys thereon to the General Land Office, and for giving further time to complete the surveys and obtain patents for land located under Virginia resolution warrants," was read the third time, and passed. The Committee of the whole House, to which is committed the bill from the Senate, entitled "An act to provide for the purchase and distribution of the laws of the United States," were discharged from a further consideration thereof. The question was then taken, "Shall this bill be read a third time?" and determined in the negative. And the said bill was rejected. NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Archer, Atherton, Baker, The Committee on Pensions and RevolutionBarbour, Bassett, Bennett, Betts, Bradbury, Breckenridge, Cady, Calhoun, Champion, Chappell, Creigh-sideration of the several petitions and other matary Claims were discharged from a further conton, Culpeper, Davenport, Dickens, Edwards, Findley, Forsyth, Gaston, Goodwyn, Hahn, Hale, Hall, Her-ters referred to them at the present session, and bert, Hopkinson, Huger, Hungerford, Irving of New upon which they have not reported to the House. York, Jackson, Jewett, King, Langdon, Law, Lewis, The following resolution was submitted by Lovett, Lowndes, Marsh, McCoy, Moseley, Jeremiah Mr. RooT: Nelson, Newton, Noyes, Ormsby, Peter, Pickering, Pitkin, Pleasants, Reed, Roane, Ruggles, Smith of Maryland, Stearns, Strong, Tallmadge, Tate, Taylor of New York, Telfair, Vose, Ward of Massachusetts, Ward of New Jersey, Webster, Wilcox, Wilde, Williams, Yancey, and Yates. The amendments were then concurred in by the House. The following resolution was submitted by Mr. FORSYTH, which was read and ordered to lie on the table: Resolved, That the Clerk of this House inform the Senate that the officers of this House are directed to prepare the Chamber of the House of Representatives in conformity to such directions as may be given by the Senate of the United States, for administering the oath of office to the President of the United States elect, on Tuesday next, at 12 o'clock. Resolved, That the Secretary of State be directed to lay before the House of Representatives, at the next session of Congress, a detailed statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund for foreign intercourse, and for intercourse with the Barbary Powers for the last four years. The said resolution was read, and postponed indefinitely. A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed bills of this House entitled "An_act for the relief of Alexander Holmes and Benjamin Hough;" and an act for the relief of Peter Cazlard; with amendments. They have also passed a bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Isaac Briggs;" in which amendments and bill they ask the concurrence, of this House. The amendments proposed by the Senate to A motion was made by Mr. H. NELSON to the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Alex ander Holmes and Benjamin Hough;" and to the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Peter Cazlard," were read, and severally concurred in by the House. The bill from the Senate, entitled "An act for the relief of Isaac Briggs," was read twice, and ordered to lie on the table. The committee appointed on so much of the President's Message, at the commencement of the session, as relates to the uniformity of weights and measures, were discharged from a further consideration of that subject. On motion of Mr. HUGA NELSON, Resolved, That there be paid out of the contingent fund of this House, to John Oswald Dunn, Elextius Spalding, George N. Thomas, William Pancoast, Samuel Stewart, William Lenman, James Barron, and George Cooper, the extra sum of one hundred dollars, each, as a gratuity for their uniform good conduct in the service of this House. Resolved, That the extra sum of two hundred dollars be paid to James Claxton, out of the contingent fund of this House, for his faithful services in the post office of this House. On motion of Mr. JACKSON. a committee was appointed on the part of this House, jointly with such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United States and notify him of the proposed recess of Congress. And Mr. JACKSON, and Mr. HOPKINSON, were appointed of the committee on the part of this House. Mr. JACKSON, from the joint committee aforesaid, reported that the committee had waited on the President of the United States, and performed the duty delegated by the resolution, and were informed by the President that he had no further communication to make to Congress. Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate to inform them that this House, having completed the business before them, are now ready to adjourn, and that the Clerk go with the said message. H. OF R. GENTLEMEN: Before I perform the last duty of the presiding officer of the House, I will avail myself of the occasion to make my respectful acknowledgments for the flattering expression of favorable opinion which has been recently made, and which was ren-dered more interesting by the quarter from which it proceeded. Next to the approbation of one's own conscience, and one's country, that of the immediate representatives of the people must ever be most acbestowed on me, I am more indebted to the kindness. ceptable. But I feel, that in the instance of that just than to the justice of the House. For I am quite sensible, that in the course of my administration of the duties of the Chair, called upon, as I frequently was, promptly to decide complicated and embarrassing ques tions, as they suddenly arose, I must have committed many errors. And if I have been able, in any degree, to satisfy the just expectations of the House, it is owing to that liberal support which has been, on all sides, generously accorded me. The sec In legislation there are three periods of extraordinary difficulty, and requiring great fortitude. The first is that which immediately precedes a war, and in which preparation is made for the event. ond, that which accompanies the war: and the third that which immediately follows the war. During the always existing, which invigorated the legislative functwo first, however, there were animating circumstances tion. During the last, the stimulus is gone, and being replaced by relaxation, the legislator needs more fortitude. He has to survey the whole fabric of the State; to accommodate it to the new circumstances in which it placed; to provide a revenue for redeeming the debt of the war; to retrench, and, by the reduction of the establishments, to dismiss from the service of the country many of those who have nobly contributed to sustain its glory. It has been your lot, gentleman, to be cast in the last of the three periods mentioned. And I take great pleasure, regardless of the motives which may be ascribed to me, in testifying to the patience, the diligence, and the zeal which you have manifested in the public service. I am greatly deceived if, as the result of your labors, at no distant day, there will not be acknowledged to have been laid by you, the deepest foundations of the national prosperity. That you may long prosperity; and that you may experience, on your I continue to live to witness and to participate in that return to your respective homes, every blessing of which our nature is susceptible, is the ardent wish of one, who, wherever he may be, will never cease to cherish of all of you, the most agreeable and affectionrecollections. The Clerk accordingly went with the said message; and, having returned, a message was received from the Senate informing the House that the Senate, having completed the legislative business before them, are now ready to adjourn. An adjournment being moved and seconded-ate Mr. Speaker CLAY arose and addressed the House as follows: It remains for me only to announce, that this House stands adjourned sine die. APPENDIX TO THE HISTORY OF THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS. [SECOND SESSION.] COMPRISING THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS ORIGINATING DURING THAT CONGRESS, AND THE PUBLIC ACTS PASSED BY IT. In the name of the most Holy and Indivisible Trinity: The United States of America and His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, equally animated with a sincere desire to maintain and confirm the relations of friendship and commerce which have hitherto subsisted between the two States, and being convinced that this object cannot be more effectually accomplished than by establishing, reciprocally, commerce between the two States upon the firm basis of liberal and equitable principles, equally advantageous to both countries, have named to this end Plenipotentiaries, and have furnished them with the necessary full powers to treat, and, in their name, to conclude a treaty, to wit: The President of the United States Jonathan Russell, a citizen of the said United States, and now their Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Stockholm; and His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway His Excellency the Count Laurent d'Engestrom, his Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Chancellor of the University of Lund, knight commander of the orders of the King, knight of the orders of Charles XIII., grand cross of the orders of St. Etienne of Hungary, of the Legion of Honor of France, of the Black Eagle and of the Red Eagle of Prussia; and the Count Adolphe George de Morner, his Counsellor of State, and commander of the order of the Polar Star; and the said Plenipotentiaries, after having produced and exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed on the following articles: ARTICLE 1. There shall be between all the territories under the dominion of the United States of America and of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway a reciprocal liberty of commerce. The inhabitants of either of the two countries shall have liberty, with all security for their persons, vessels, and cargoes, to come freely to all ports, places, and rivers within the territories of the other, into which the vessels of the most favored nations are permitted to enter. They can there remain and reside in any part whatsoever of the said territories; they can there hire and occupy houses and warehouses for their commerce; and, generally, the merchants and traders of each of the two nations shall enjoy in the other the most complete security and protection for the transaction of their business, being bound alone to conform to the laws and statutes of the two countries, respectively. ART. 2. No other or higher duties, imposts, or charges whatsoever shall be imposed on the importation into the territories of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway of the produce or manufactures of the United States, nor on the importation into the United States of the produce or manufactures of territories of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, than those to which the same articles would be subjected in each of the two countries, respectively, if these articles were the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other country. The same principle shall likewise be observed in respect to exportation in such manner, that in each of the two countries, respectively, the articles which shall be exported for the other cannot be charged with any duty, impost, or charge whatsoever, higher or other than those to which the same articles would be subjected if they were exported to any other country whatever. Nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the exportation or importation of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, Treaty with Sweden and Norway. or of the United States, to or from the said territories of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, or to or from the said United States, which shall not equally extend to all other nations. Swedish or Norwegian vessels arriving in ballast, or importing into the United States the produce or manufactures of their country, or exporting from the United States the produce or manufactures of said States, shall not be obliged to pay, either for the vessels or cargoes, any other or higher duties, imposts, or charges whatsoever, than those which the vessels of the United States would pay in the same circumstances; and, vice versa, the vessels of the United States arriving in ballast, or importing into the territories under the dominion of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway the produce or manufactures of the United States, or exporting from the territories under the dominion of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway the produce or manufactures of these territories, shall not pay, either for the vessels or the cargoes, any other or higher duties, imposts, or charges whatsoever, than those which would be paid if these articles were transported by Swedish or Norwegian vessels, respectively. That which is here above stipulated shall also extend to the Swedish colony of St. Bartholomew, as well in what relates to the rights and advantages which the vessels of the United States shall enjoy in its ports, as in relation to those which the vessels of the colony shall enjoy in the ports of the United States; provided the owners are inhabitants of St. Bartholomew, are there established and naturalized, and shall have there caused their vessels to be naturalized. ART. 3. His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway agrees that all articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the West Indies, which are permitted to be imported in Swedish or Norwegian vessels, whether these articles be imported directly or indirectly from the said Indies, may likewise be imported into its territories in vessels of the United States; and there shall not be paid, either for said vessels or the cargoes, any higher or other duties, imposts, or charges whatsoever than those which would be paid by Swedish or Norwegian vessels in the same circumstances, with an addition only of ten per centum on the said duties, imposts, and charges, and no more. In order to avoid misapprehension in this respect, it is expressly declared that the term "West Indies" ought to be taken in its most extensive sense, comprising all that portion of the earth, whether main land or islands, which at any time has been denominated the West Indies, in contradistinction to that other portion of the earth denominated the East Indies. ART. 4. The United States of America, on their part, agree that all articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the countries surrounding the Baltic sea, or bordering thereon, which are permitted to be imported in vessels of the United States, whether these articles be imported directly or indirectly from the Baltic, may likewise be imported into the United States in Swedish or Norwegian vessels; and there shall not then be paid for the said vessels, or for the cargoes, any higher or other duties, imposts, or charges whatsoever, than those which would be paid by vessels of the United States in the same circumstances, with an addition only of ten per centum on the said duties, imposts, and charges, and no more. In order to avoid all uncertainty in respect to the duties, imposts, or charges whatsoever which a vessel belonging to the citizens or subjects of one of the contracting parties ought to pay, on arriving in the ports of the other with a cargo consisting partly of articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the country to which the ves sel belongs, and partly of any other merchandise, which the said vessel is permitted to import by the preceding articles, it is agreed, that in case a cargo should be thus mixed, the vessel shall always pay duties, imposts, and charges, according to the nature of that part of the cargo which is subjected to the highest duties, in the same manner as if the vessel imported this sort of merchandise only. ART. 5. The high contracting parties grant mutually the liberty of having, in the places of commerce and ports of the other, consuls, viceconsuls, or commercial agents, who shall enjoy all the protection and assistance necessary for the due discharge of their functions. But it is here expressly declared that, in case of illegal or improper conduct in respect to the laws or government of the country to which they are sent, the said consul, vice consul, or agent, may be either punished according to law, dismissed, or sent away by the offended Government, that Government assigning to the other the reasons therefor. It is, nevertheless, understood that the archives and documents relative to the affairs of the consulate shall be protected from all examination, and shall be carefully preserved, being placed under the seal of the consul and of the authority of the place where he shall have resided. The consuls or their deputies shall have the right, as such, to act as judges and arbitrators in the differences which may arise between the captains and crews of the vessels of the nation whose affairs are intrusted to their care. The respective Governments shall have no right to interfere in matters of this kind, except the conduct of the captain and crew shall disturb the peace and tranquillity of the country in which the vessel may be, or that the consul of the place shall feel himself obliged to resort to the interposition and support of the executive authority to cause his decision to be respected and maintained; it being, nevertheless, understood that this kind of judgment or award shall not deprive the contending parties of the right which they shall have, on their return, to recur to the judicial authorities of their own country. ART. 6. In order to prevent all dispute and uncertainty in respect to what may be considered as being the growth, produce, and manufacture of the contracting parties, respectively, it is agreed, that whatever the chief or intendant of the customs shall have designated and specified as such, in |