Mr. LLOYD presented the petition of Erving and Smith, and others; and, on his motion, it was referred to the committee who had under consideration, on the 18th instant, the bill directing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit certain fines, penalties, and forfeitures, to consider and report thereon.

The bill concerning seamen and shipping of the United States, was reported by the committee correctly engrossed, and read a third time, and passed.

The amendment to the bill, entitled "An act authorizing the issuing of Treasury notes for the service of the year 1813," was reported by the committee correctly engrossed, and the bill was read a third time as amended.

On the question, Shall this bill pass as amended? it was determined in the affirmative-yeas 18, nays 9, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Bibb, Brent, Brown, Campbell of Ohio, Campbell of Tennessee, Crawford, Cutts, Franklin, Gaillard, Gregg, Howell, Robinson, Smith of New York, Tait, Taylor, Turner, Varnum, and Worthington.

NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Bradley, Giles, Gilman, Goodrich, Hunter, Lambert, Lloyd, and Reed.

So, it was Resolved, That this bill pass with

amendment.

Mr. BAYARD, from the committee to whom was referred the memorial of John Worthington, and others, and of Oliver Evans, made report; which

SENATE.

The signal display of both, by Captain Bainbridge, his officers, and crew, command the highest praise.

This being a second instance in which the condition of the captured ship, by rendering it impossible to get her into port, has barred a contemplated reward of successful valor, I recommend to the consideration of Congress the equity and propriety of a general provision, allowing, in such cases, both past and future, a fair proportion of the value which would accrue to the captors, on the safe arrival and sale of the prize. JAMES MADISON.

FEBRUARY 22, 1813.

The Message and accompanying documents were read, and referred to the committee appointed the 9th of November, who have under consideration the naval affairs of the United States, to consider and report thereon.

TUESDAY, February 23.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion made on the 18th instant, by Mr. BAYARD, for printing the laws; and the motion was adopted.

The bill supplementary to an act, entitled "An act to authorize the making a turnpike road from Mason's causeway to the town of Alexandria,”

I was read the second time.

The bill, entitled “An act to encourage vaccination," was read the second time, and referred to a select committee, to consider and report thereon; and Messrs. SMITH of Maryland, LEIB, On request, Mr. BRENT was excused from serv-and CAMPBELL of Ohio, were appointed the coming on the committee to whom was referred the petition of James Jay.

was read.

On motion, by Mr. LEIB, the committee were discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Margaret Arundell.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill, entitled "An act making provision for an additional number of general officers."

Mr. GREGG was requested to take the Chair; and, no amendment having been agreed to, the President resumed the Chair; and the bill was ordered to a third reading.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill directing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit certain fines, penalties, and forfeitures; and Mr. VARNUM was requested to take the Chair; and, the bill having been amended, the President resumed the Chair; and, on the question, Shall this bill be engrossed, and read a third time as amended? it was determined in the affirmative.

The following Message was received from the
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
To the Senate and House of

mittee.

Mr. SMITH, of Maryland, from the committee to whom the subject was referred, reported a bill providing compensation to the officers and crews of the Constitution and Wasp, for capturing and destroying the British frigates Guerriere and Java, and sloop of war Frolic; and the bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. LLOYD, from the committee to whom the subject was referred, reported a bill authorizing the remission of fines, penalties, and forfeitures, in certain cases, by a judge of the district court of the United States; and the bill was twice read, by unanimous consent, and made the order of the day for Thursday next.

Mr. LEIB presented the memorial of a number of inhabitants of the city and liberties of Philadelphia, stating that they are natives of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and citizens of the United States by adoption; and that, by a late proclamation, issued by the Prince Regent of said Kingdom, the penalty of death is denounced against such of the natural born subjects thereof as shall adhere or give aid to the United States, thereby subjecting them to the punishment for treason against said Kingdom Representatives of the United States: I lay before Congress a letter, with accompanying whenever the United States shall call upon them, documents, from Captain Bainbridge, now command- to take pert in the existing war, and praying such ing the United States' frigate, the Constitution, report-provision for their protection as the wisdom of ing his capture and destruction of the British frigate, Congress may dictate; and the memorial was the Java. The circumstances and the issue of this read. combat, afford another example of the professional skill The bill, entitled "An act to release the claims and heroic spirit which prevail in our naval service. I of the United States in certain goods, wares, and 12th CoN. 2d SESS.-4

merchandise, captured by private armed vessels," was read the second time.

FEBRUARY, 1813.

bail in certain cases ;" a bill, entitled "An act to continue in force, for a limited time, the first secThe bill, entitled "An act regulating foreign tion of the act, entitled 'An act further to procoins, and for other purposes," was read the sec-tect the commerce and seamen of the United ond time, and referred to a select committee, to States against the Barbary Powers;" a bill, enticonsider and report thereon; and Messrs. GILES, tled "An act supplementary to the acts heretoLLOYD, and BAYARD, were appointed the com- fore passed on the subject of a uniform rule of mittee. naturalization;" also, a bill, entitled "An act forbidding the restoration of goods, wares, and merchandise, seized or libelled under any law prohibiting the importation thereof, laying an additional duty on foreign tonnage, and providing for the unlading of articles on which no duty is imposed, under the inspection of an officer of the customs;" in which bills they request the concurrence of the Senate.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the report of the committee to whom were referred the memorials of John Worthington, and others, and Oliver Evans, and agreed thereto, as follows: "That the subject of the memorials is of considerable interest and importance to the community, and involves difficulties which would require more time and patient investigation fully to understand than can be bestowed upon it during the remnant of the present session.

"The committee confine themselves to stating that the grievance complained of by the memorialists first mentioned proceeds from an act of Congress, passed the 21st day of January, in the year 1808, whereby a patent, which had before that time been granted to Oliver Evans for fourteen years, for certain mill machinery, and which had expired by its own limitation, was renewed and continued for fourteen years from the date of the act. It appears that, in the interval between the expiration and renewal of the patent, several grist mills were erected, into which the use of Mr. Evans's machinery was introduced.

"By a judicial construction of the act of Congress, it is held to prohibit the use of the machinery after the passing of the act, without the license of the patentee, although the mill and machinery were constructed when no patent or exclusive right existed.

"It also appears that the price at which Mr. Evans rated his licenses before the act of 1808, for one water wheel, was from thirty to forty dollars.

The three bills first mentioned in the message and brought up for concurrence this day were read, and passed to the second reading.

The bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Susannah Wiley," was read the second time, and referred to a select committee, to consider and report thereon; and Messrs. GREGG, GOODRICH, and VARNUM, were appointed the committee.

The bill, entitled "A act allowing further time for delivering the evidence in support of claims to land in the Territory of Missouri, and for regulating the donation grants therein," was read the second time, and referred to the committee appointed the 2d of December last, on the subject of the public lands, to consider and report thereon.

The bill, entitled "An act making provision for an additional number of general officers," was read a third time, and passed.

The bill directing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit.certain fines, penalties, and forfeit"Since that act, his prices have been gradually augures, therein mentioned, was read a third time, mented, and he now requires from three to four hundred dollars for the machinery used in the manufacture of flour by each pair of stones of six feet diam

eter.

"The committee are not prepared to recommend any specific relief in the case; and, conceiving that it deserves more attention than it can receive during the present session, consider that it would be advisable to abstain from acting upon the subject at this time, and to leave it to the maturer consideration of the ensuing Congress. The following resolution is submitted:

Resolved, That the committee to whom were referred the memorials of John Worthington, and others, and of Oliver Evans, be discharged from the further consideration of the subject of the said memorials."

and passed.

Sim Lee and others, citizens of Georgetown, in Mr. BAYARD presented the petition of Thomas the District of Columbia, stating that they are proprietors of more than six parts out of seven of the property contained in "Deakins, Lee, and Casanave's," addition to Georgetown, and that considerable inconvenience and obstruction result to them in their improvements, from the present plan or plat thereof; and praying relief.-Referred to a select committee, to consider and report thereon by bill or otherwise; and Messrs. BAYARD, BRENT, and HUNTER, were appointed the committee.

On motion, by Mr. LEIB, the further consideration of the bill, entitled "An act to incorporate a fire insurance company in the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia," was postponed to the first Monday in June next.

Mr. VARNUM. from the committee to whom was referred the report of the commissioners appointed to survey the boundary of the Virginia military reservation, reported that the further consideration thereof be postponed to the first Mon

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a bill, entitled "An act to alter the times of hold-day in December next. ing the district court for the district of New York and Virginia, and to authorize the district judges to appoint commissioners to take affidavits and

The Senate concurred in the report, and the committee were discharged.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the

The bill, entitled "An act supplementary to the acts heretofore passed on the subject of an uniform rule of naturalization," was read the second On the question, Shall this bill be read a third time, and referred to a select committee, to contime as amended? it was determined in the af-sider and report thereon; and Messrs. BAYARD, firmative. GOODRICH, and GILES, were appointed the com

Mr. CAMPBELL, of Tennessee, from the Committee. mittee on Foreign Relations, reported, in part, a bill the better to provide for the supplies of the Army of the United States, and for the accountability of persons intrusted with the same; and the bill was read, and passed to a second reading. Mr. SMITH, of Maryland, from the committee to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act to encourage vaccination," reported it without amendment.

Mr. WORTHINGTON, from the committee to whom were referred the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill, entitled "An act for giving further time for registering claims to lands in the eastern district of the Territory of Orleans, now State of Louisiana," reported them with amendments; which were read, and

Resolved, That the Senate concur in the amendments of the House of Representatives with amendments.

The PRESIDENT communicated the remon

destruction of armed vessels of the enemy entering the ports and harbors of the United States; and the bill having been amended, the PRESIDENT reported it to the House accordingly.

On the question, Shall this bill be engrossed, and read a third time? it was determined in the affirmative.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill for the relief of the representatives of Samuel Lapsley, deceased.

On the question, Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time? it was determined in the affirmative-yeas 16, nays 8, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Bibb, German, Giles, Gilman, Goodrich, Hunter, Lambert, Leib, Lloyd, Pope, Reed, Smith of Maryland, Tait, Taylor, and Worthington.

NAYS-Messrs. Bradley, Crawford, Franklin, Gaillard, Gregg, Howell, Turner, and Varnum.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a bill, entitled "An act rewarding the officers and crew of the frigate Constitution," in which bill they request the concurrence of the Senate.

FEBRUARY, 1813.

to the line thereof; and Mr. VARNUM was requested to take the Chair; and, the bill having been amended, the PRESIDENT resumed the Chair; and, on the question, Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time as amended? it was determined in the affirmative.

On motion, by Mr. DANA.

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be directed to give to the Senate information of the districts of the customs, for which the collectors, respectively, during the years 1811 and 1812, (according to the statements before the Senate,) have not made to the Secretary of State, once in three months, returns of the seamen registered under the act of 28th of May, 1796, entitled "An act for the relief and protection of American seamen," and that the information be laid before the Senate within ten days from the commencement of the next session of Congress.

Mr. BRADLEY presented the petition of Sylvester Day, a surgeon's mate, who was stationed at Fort Michilimackinac, and, by capitulation of that place, was made a prisoner of war; and praying to be compensated for property lost, by burning of the brig Detroit, captured by LieutenThe bill last mentioned in the message was ant Elliott, as stated in the petition; which was read twice by consent, and considered as in Com-read, and referred to the committee appointed, mittee of the Whole; and Mr. VARNUM was requested to take the Chair; and the bill having been amended, the PRESIDENT resumed the Chair; and, on the question, Shall this bill be read a third time as amended? it was determined in the affirmative.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill, entitled "An act authorizing the appointment of additional of ficers in the respective Territories of the United States;" and

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.. On motion, by Mr. VARNUM, the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Samuel Ellis," was referred to a select committee. to consider and report thereon; and Messrs. VARNUM, FRANKLIN, and TAYLOR, were appointed the committee.

the 9th November last, on Foreign Relations, to consider and report thereon, by bill or otherwise.

Mr. CAMPBELL. of Tennessee, further reported, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, a bill for the better organization of the general staff of the Army of the United States; and the bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. WORTHINGTON, from the committee to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act allowing further time for delivering the evidence in support of claims to land in the Territory of Missouri, and regulating the donation grants therein," reported it without amendment.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill to establish certain post roads in the State of Louisiana; and on the question, Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time? it was determined in the affirmative.

Mr. GREGG, from the committee to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of The bill, which originated in the Senate, proSusannah Wiley," reported it with amendment. viding compensation to the officers and crews of The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the the Constitution and Wasp, for capturing and Whole, the bill for the relief of Nathaniel G. In-destroying the British frigates Guerriere and Jagraham, Alexander Phoenix, and William Nexsen, va, and sloop of war Frolic, was read the second junior. time.

On the question, Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time? it was determined in the affirmative.

On motion, the further consideration of the bill, entitled "An act for the regulation of seamen on board of public ships and in the merchant service of the United States," was postponed to, and made the order of the day for, to-morrow.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill to authorize and empower the President and Managers of the Washington Turnpike Company, of the State of Maryland, when organized, to extend and make their turnpike road to or from Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, through the said District,

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill supplementary to an act, entitled "An act to authorize the making a turnpike road from Mason's causeway to the town of Alexandria; and on the question, Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time? it was determined in the affirmative.

Mr. BAYARD, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Sim Lee, and others, reported a bill concerning certain streets in Georgetown; and the bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

The bill the better to provide for the supplies of the Army of the United States, and for the accountability of persons intrusted with the same,

The following Message was received from the informed the Senate that the House have passed PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: