centum on the amount of the annual profit of this bank, deeming the annual profit of an individual banker equivalent, in language and in law, to the annual dividend of a bank established by a corporation or company. That it has been officially declared, however, authorize a composition with an individual banker, because it speaks only of banks and companies, (not of banker and bankers,) and because it speaks only of dividends (not of profits) made to the stockholders; and that hence an individual banker, acting upon a capital that the second section of the act of Congress does not of one million of dollars, and issuing bank notes to the amount of one million of dollars, is subjected to the prompt payment of a duty amounting to $10,000, while an incorporated bank, or even a private company of two or three bankers, acting upon the same amount of capital and issuing the same amount of bank notes, will only be liable, periodically, to the payment of a duty amounting to $1,500, upon the customary annual dividend of ten per cent. That the first section of the act of Congress of the 2d August, 1813, imposes a stamp duty upon any promissory note, or notes, payable either to bearer or order, issued by any banks or companies, or by any banker or bankers; that the eighth section, of the act provided that no banks or companies, which shall not have compounded for the stamp duty, shall issue any bank bill or promissory note, unless upon paper duly stamped and whereon the respective duties shall have been paid; SENATE. sense of Congress of the gallantry and good conduct with which the reputation of the arms of the United States has been sustained by Major General Brown. Major General Scott, and Brigadiers Ripley, Miller, Porter, Gaines, and Macomb," reported that the conferees had agreed to certain modifications of the amendments; and the report was read. Resolved, That the Senate concur therein, and that the resolutions be amended accordingly. FRIDAY, October 28. Whole, the consideration of the bill authorizing The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the the President of the United States to cause to be built or purchased the vessels therein described. On motion, by Mr. FROMENTIN, to insert, sec. 1, line 4, after the word "purchased," "manned, equipped, and officered," and to strike out the residue of the section, after the word "each," in the seventh line, as follows: "and to be manned, equipped, and officered, in the manner which he shall judge most expedient:" The Senate being equally divided, the President determined the question in the affirmative; and the bill having been amended, the President reported it to the House accordingly. On the question to agree to the said amend and the twelfth section of the act declares, that all the paper wanted for the purpose of the stamp duty, excepting paper for bank notes, shall be furnished, at the ex-ment, it was determined in the affirmative-yeas pense of the United States, by the Secretary of the 20, nays 7, as follows: Treasury. That, after the rejection of this offer to enter into a composition for the stamp duty, your memorialist has complied with the directions of the law, and has transmitted to the Commissioner of the Revenue sheets of bank notes in order to be stamped. That, independent of the great hazard and delay to which your memorialist is exposed by these operations, it is obvious, from the texture and quality of bank paper, that the stamp, as at present impressed on bank notes, must disappear in the course of an extensive circulation, producing some uncertainty in the revenue, and probably great injustice to individuals. And your memoralist, having submitted these considerations to the wisdom of Congress, respectfully prays, that the act of Congress may be so amended, as to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into a composition for the stamp duty, in the case of private bankers as well as in the case of corporations and companies, or so as to render the duty equal in its operations upon every denomination of bankers. STEPHEN GIRARD. PHILADELPHIA, October 24, 1814. THURSDAY, October 27. The bill authorizing the President of the United States to cause to be built or purchased the vessels therein described, was read the second time; and, on motion, by Mr. TAIT, was considered as in Committee of the Whole; and, after progress, the further consideration thereof was postponed until to-morrow. Mr. GILES, from the managers on the part of the Senate, at the conference on the amendments of the Senate disagreed to by the House of Representatives, to the resolutions "expressive of the 13th CoN. 3d SESS.-2 YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Brown, Chace, Daggett, Fromentin, Gaillard, German, Giles, Goldsborough, Gore, Horsey, Hunter, Lambert, Mason, Robinson, Smith, Tait, Thompson, Varnum, and Worthington. NAYS-Messrs. Bibb, Bledsoe, Condit, Lacock, Roberts, Turner, and Wharton. On the question, Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time? it was determined in the affirmative. The bill as amended is as follows: Be it enacted, &c., That, in addition to the present Naval Establishment, the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause to be built or purchased, manned, equipped, and officered, any number of vessels, not exceeding his opinion, the public service may require, to carry -, which, in not less than nor more than to be manned, equipped, and officered, in the manner guns each, and which he shall judge most expedient. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the building and purchase and equipping of these vessels, the sum of - dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. MONDAY, October 31. On motion, by Mr. SMITH, the petition of David M. Clarkson, and others, citizens of New York, praying the establishment of a National Bank, presented the 30th ultimo, was referred to the select committee, to consist of five members, to consider and report thereon by bill or otherwise; and Messrs. KING, SMITH, TAYLOR, BIBB, and MASON, were appointed the committee. A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a bill, entitled "An act to authorize a loan for a sum not exceeding three millions of dollars," in which bill they request the concurrence of the Senate. The bill last mentioned was read, and passed to the second reading. The bill authorizing the President of the United States to cause to be built or purchased the vessels herein described having been reported by the committee correctly engrossed, was read a third time; and the blanks were filled; first with twenty," second, with "eight," third, with "fourteen," fourth, with "six hundred thousand." Resolved, That this bill pass, and that the title thereof be "An act authorizing the President of the United States to cause to be built or purchased the vessels therein described." TUESDAY, November 1. The bill, entitled "An act to authorize a loan for a sum not exceeding three millions of dollars." was read the second time, and referred to a select committee to consider and report thereon; and Messrs. GORE, BIBB, and SMITH, were appointed the committee. A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a resolution requesting the President of the United States to recommend a day of public humiliation, fasting, and prayer, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate. The resolution last mentioned was read, and passed to the second reading. Mr. LACOCK submitted the following motion: Resolved, That the Committee of Accounts be authorized to audit and control the accounts for the funeral expenses of Samuel A. Otis, Esquire, late Secretary of the Senate, and for a monument erected to his memory; and that the expenses be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate. And the resolution was read. Ordered, That it pass to the second reading. WEDNESDAY, November 2. SAMUEL W. DANA, from the State of Connecticut, took his seat in the Senate. Mr. ROBERTS presented the memorial of Oliver Evans, praying a general extension of the patent term, or a renewal of his patent for his improvements in steam engines; for reasons stated at large in the memorial; which was read, and referred to a select committee, to consist of five members, to consider and report thereon by bill or otherwise; and Messrs. ROBERTS, SMITH, DANA, ANDERSON, and VARNUM, were appointed the committee. The resolution authorizing the Committee of Accounts to audit and control the accounts for the funeral expenses of Samuel A. Otis, Esquire, - late Secretary of the Senate, was read the second time. The resolution requesting the President of the United States to recommend a day of public humiliation, fasting, and prayer, was read the second time. NOVEMBER, 1814. A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the petty officers and seamen under the command of Captain Joshua Barney," in which bill they request the concurrence of the Senate. The bill last mentioned was read, and passed to the second reading. THURSDAY, November 3. Mr. ROBERTS, from the committee, to whom was referred the petition of Stephen Girard, reported a bill supplementary to an act laying duties on notes of banks, bankers, and certain companies; on notes, bonds, and obligations, discounted by banks, bankers, and certain companies; and on bills of exchange of certain descriptions; and the bill was read, and passed to the second reading.. Mr. BLEDSOE Submitted the following motion: Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing, by law, an additional number of military acad emies. The bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the petty officers and seamen under the command of Captain Joshua Barney," was read the second time, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, to consider and report thereon. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the resolution authorizing the Committee of Accounts to audit and control the accounts for the funeral expenses of Samuel A. Otis, Esquire, late Secretary of the Senate; and, no amendment having been proposed, the President reported it to the House accordingly; and the resolution was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the resolution requesting the President of the United States to recommend a day of public humiliation, fasting, and prayer; and, no amendment having been proposed, it was ordered to a third reading. unanimous consent, and passed. The resolution was then read a third time by referred the bill, entitled "An act to authorize a Mr. GORE, from the committee, to whom was loan for a sum not exceeding three millions of dollars," reported it without amendment; and the bill was considered as in Committee of the Whole. On motion, by Mr. GORE, to strike out, of section 5, after the word "thereof," in the 20th line, to the end of the section, and insert, between sections 5 and 6, the following: "SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, in addition to the annual sum of eight millions of dollars, annual sum, to be provided by permanent funds, and heretofore appropriated to the Sinking Fund, a further which shall be equal to the interest payable upon the stock created by virtue of this act, together with a sum that shall be equal to one per centum upon the whole principal of said stock, shall, during the present session of Congress, be appropriated to the said Sinking Fund, and vested in the commissioners thereof, in trust, to be by them applied to pay the interest and to reimburse the principal of the said stock created by this act;" And, after debate, the further consideration thereof was postponed until to-morrow. FRIDAY, November 4. Mr. GOLDSBOROUGH, from the committee to whom was referred the memorial of Bowie and Kurtz, and others, made a report; which was read. He also reported a bill for the relief of Bowie and Kurtz, and others, and the bill was read, and passed to the second reading. Mr. TAIT, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the petty officers and seamen under the command of Captain Joshua Barney," reported it without amendment. The Senate resumed the motion made yesterday, instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of establishing by law an additional number of military academies, and agreed thereto. The bill supplementary to an act laying duties on notes of banks, bankers, and certain companies; on notes, bonds, and obligations, discounted by banks, bankers, and certain companies; and on bills of exchange of certain descriptions, was read the second time. The resolution authorizing the Committee of Accounts to audit and control the accounts for the funeral expenses of Samuel A. Otis, Esquire, late Secretary of the Senate, was read a third time. Resolved, unanimously, That this resolution pass, as follows: "That the Committee of Accounts be authorized to audit and control the accounts for the funeral expenses of Samuel A. Otis, Esquire, late Secretary of the Senate, and for a monument erected to his memory; and that the expenses be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate." The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill, entitled "An act to authorize a loan for a sum not exceeding three millions of dollars," together with the amendments proposed thereto by Mr. GORE; and having agreed to the amendments, the President reported the bill to the House accordingly. On the question, Shall the amendments be engrossed and the bill read a third time as amended? it was determined in the affirmative. SATURDAY, November 5. Mr. ANDERSON presented the petition of Edward Barry, sailingmaster, and George Hodge, boatswain, in the navy yard of the United States, at Washington, praying indemnification for the loss of household furniture, books, and instruments of navigation, destroyed by the fire, as is stated in the petition; which was read, and referred to a select committee, to consider and report thereon by bill or otherwise; and Messrs. ANDER SENATE. SON, DANA, and TAIT, were appointed the com mittee. Mr. DANA submitted the following motions: Resolved, That the committee to whom was referred so much of the President's Message as relates to naval affairs, be instructed to inquire what provision should be made for the appointment of officers above the grade of captain, in the Navy of the United States. Resolved, That the same committee be instructed to inquire what provision should be made for conferring naval rank, by brevet, in consideration of meritorious service. Mr. GILES, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported, in part, a bill making further provision for filling the ranks of the Army of the United States; and the bill was read, and passed to the second reading. [The 1st section of this bill provides that recruiting the United States any free, effective, able-bodied man officers shall be authorized to enlist into the Army of between the ages of eighteen and fifty years. The 2d section repeals so much of former acts as requires the consent in writing of the parent, master or guardian, to authorize the enlistment of persons under 21 years of age, provided masters of apprentices who enlist shall receive a certain portion of the bounty money, &c. The 3d section allows to future recruits three hundred and twenty acres of land, in lieu of the land bounty now allowed by law. The 4th section provides "that any person subject to militia duty, who shall, according to law, furnish a recruit for the Army, at his own expense, to serve during the war, shall thereafter be exempt from militia duty during the war," &c.] Mr. GILES also reported, in part, a bill to authorize the President of the United States to call upon the several States and Territories thereof for their respective quotas of thousand militia, for the defence of the frontiers of the United States; which was read, and passed to the second reading. The bill for the relief of Bowie and Kurtz, and others, was read the second time. The bill, entitled "An act to authorize a loan for a sum not exceeding three millions of dollars," was read a third time as amended, and passed, with amendments. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill, entitled "An act for the relief of the petty officers and seamen under the command of Captain Joshua Barney;" and the bill having been amended, the President reported it to the House accordingly; and, On the question, to agree to the amendment, made in Committee of the Whole, to strike out, of lines 6 and 7, "and losses;" it was determined in the negative. On motion, by Mr. BROWN, the further consideration thereof was postponed until Monday next. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill supplementary to an act laying duties on notes of banks, bankers, and certain companies; on notes, bonds, and obligations, discounted by banks, bankers, and certain companies; and on bills of exchange of SENATE. Uniform Militia. NOVEMBER, 1814, certain descriptions; and, after debate, the further the Committee on Naval Affairs, to consider and consideration thereof was postponed until Mon-report thereon by bill or otherwise. day next. MONDAY, November 7. On motion, by Mr. GILES, Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate cause to be procured and delivered to each member of the Senate a copy of the military laws and rules and regulations for the Army of the United States. The bill making further provision for filling the ranks of the Army of the United States, was read the second time, and the further consideration thereof postponed to, and made the special order of the day for to-morrow. The bill to authorize the President of the United States to call upon the several States and Territories thereof, for their respective quotas of thousand militia, for the defence of the frontiers of the United States, was read the second time. The Senate resumed the consideration of the motions made the 5th instant, by Mr. DANA, for instructing the Committee on Naval Affairs relative to the appointment of naval officers above the grade of captain, and for conferring naval rank by brevet, in consideration of meritorious service; and agreed thereto. Mr. FROMENTIN submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be directed to inquire into the causes which may have prevented, till now, a compliance with the following resolutions, passed by the Senate on the 18th March, 1814: "Resolved, That it be the duty of the Secretary of the Navy to devise and digest a system for the better organization of the Department of the Navy of the United States, and to report the same to the Senate at the commencement of their next session." "Resolved, That it be the duty of the Secretary of the Navy to digest, or cause to be digested, all the laws now in force relative to the naval establishment and marine corps, and to report the same to the Senate at the commencement of their next session." Mr. MASON Submitted the following motion: Resolved, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, requested to cause to be laid before the Senate a statement of the number of privates and non-commissioned officers enlisted within each State or Territory for the Army of the United States, since the commencement of the present war; specifying the year of their enlistments, and the term of time for which they were enlisted; and, also, the number of commissioned officers of each rank in the Army of the United States, specifying the number, with their respective ranks, belonging to each State or Territory. Mr. SMITH presented the petition of George P. Stevenson and others, merchants and shipowners of the city of Baltimore, praying that the owners of private armed vessels may receive an adequate compensation for every ton of shipping belonging to the enemy, which they shall burn, sink, or destroy, on the high seas; for reasons stated at large in the petition; which was read, and referred to TUESDAY, November 8. The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion made yesterday, by Mr. FROMENTIN, in relation to the non-compliance with the resolutions passed by the Senate on the 18th of March, 1814; and on motion by Mr. TAIT, the further consideration thereof was postponed until Monday next. The Senate resumed the motion made yesterday, by Mr. MASON, requesting a statement of enlistments within each State or Territory for the Army of the United States since the commencement of the present war; and, on motion, the further consideration thereof was postponed. A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have appointed a committee on their part, jointly with the committee to be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United States and request him to recommend a day of public humiliation, fasting, and prayer, in pursuance of the joint resolution passed for that purpose. UNIFORM MILITIA. the Militia of the United States, reported, in part, Mr. WORTHINGTON, from the Committee on a bill further in addition to an act, entitled "An act more effectually to provide for the national defence by establishing a uniform militia throughout the United States;" and the bill was read, and passed to the second reading. The bill is as follows: A bill further in addition to the act, entitled an act more effectually to provide for the national defence by establishing a uniform militia throughout the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in addition to the citizens directed to be enrolled by the first section of an act, entitled "An act more effectually to provide for the national defence by establishing a uniform militia throughout the United States," each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the United States and Territories thereof, who is or shall be between the ages of sixteen and eighteen years, shall severally and respectively be immediately enrolled in the militia, by the Captain or commanding officer of the company within whose bounds such citizen shall reside, and, when enrolled and notified according to law, shall be holden to arm and equip himself, and to do and perform all the duties, and be subject to all the penalties in cases of neglect, as now are, or shall hereafter be, provided for by law for the government of the militia of the United States, except that such citizen shall not be subject to be draughted into the actual service of the United States while he remains under the age of eighteen years. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the United States and Territories thereof, of the age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years, who, by the laws of the United States, or any other State or Territory thereof, have been exempted from common trainings for the purpose of discipline, or from militia duty generally, with every free able-bodied white male citizen of the age of forty-five years, and under the age of fifty years, except ministers of the gospel, shall be immediately enrolled in the militia, by the Captain or commanding officer of the company within whose bounds such citizen shall reside, and, when so enrolled and notified according to law, such citizen shall be holden to arm and equip himself, and to do and perform all the duties, and be subject to all the penalties, in case of neglect, as now are, or shall hereafter be, provided for by law for the government of the militia of the United States, except that such citizen shall not be subject to attend the trainings of militia for discipline. ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill making further provision for filling the ranks of the Army of the United States. On motion, by Mr. MASON, to strike out the third section of the bill amended, as follows: "SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in lieu of the bounty of one hundred end sixty acres of land, now allowed by law, there shall be allowed to each noncommissioned officer and soldier hereafter enlisted, when discharged from service, who shall have obtained from the commanding officer of his company, battalion, or regiment, a certificate that he had faithfully performed his duty whilst in service, three hundred and twenty acres of land, to be surveyed, laid off, and granted, under the same regulations, and in every respect in the manner, now prescribed by law; and the widow and children, and, if there be no widow nor child, the parents, of every non-commissioned officer and soldier enlisted according to law, who may be killed or die in the service of the United States, shall be entitled to receive the three hundred and twenty acres of land as aforesaid; but the same shall not pass to collateral relations; any law heretofore passed to the contrary notwithstanding." It was determined in the negative-yeas 6, nays 22, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Daggett, Goldsborough, Horsey, Mason, Smith, and Thompson. NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Bibb, Bledsoe, Brent, Brown, Chace, Condit, Dana, Fromentin, Gaillard, German, Giles, Lacock, Lambert, Morrow, Roberts, Robinson, Tait, Taylor, Turner, Varnum, and Whea ton. On motion, by Mr. GERMAN, to strike out, section one, line seven, after the word "years," the residue of the section, as follows: "which enlistment shall be absolute and binding upon all persons under the age of twenty-one years, as well as upon all persons of full age, such recruiting officer having complied with all the requisitions of the laws regulating the recruiting service :" it was determined in the negative-yeas 9, nays 19, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Daggett, Dana, German, Goldsborough, Hunter, King, Lambert, Mason, and Thomp SENATE. WEDNESDAY, November 9. Resolved, That a committee be appointed on the part of the Senate, jointly with the committee appointed by the House of Representatives, to wait on the President of the United States and request him to recommend a day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer, in pursuance of the joint resolution passed for that purpose. Ordered, That Mr. ROBINSON be the committee on the part of the Senate. Mr. ROBERTS, from the committee_to whom was referred the memorial of Oliver Evans, reported a bill to extend the time of Oliver Evans's patent for his improvement on steam engines; and the bill was read, and passed to the second reading. The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion made the 7th instant, by Mr. MASON, which was amended and agreed to, as follows: "Resolved, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, requested to cause to be laid before the Senate a statement, as far as practicable, of the number of privates and non-commissioned officers enlisted within each State or Territory for the Army of the United States, since the commencement of the present war; specifying the year of their enlistments, and the term of time for which they were enlisted; and also the number of commissioned officers of each rank, in the Army of the United States, specifying the number, with their respective ranks, belonging to each State or Territory." The bill further in addition to an act, entitled "An act more effectually to provide for the national defence by establishing a uniform militia throughout the United States," was read the sec ond time. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill making furof the United States. ther provision for filling the ranks of the Army On motion, by Mr. DANA, to strike out, section two, line one, after the word "that," so much of the fifth section of the act passed the 25th day of January, 1813, entitled "An act supplementary to the act, entitled 'An act for the more perfect organization of the Army of the United States, as requires the consent in writing of the parent, guardian, or master, to authorize the enlistment of persons under the age of twenty-one years shall be and the same is hereby repealed." On motion, it was agreed to take the question by yeas and nays. After debate, on motion by Mr. HORSEY, the further consideration thereof was postponed until to-morrow. A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed the bill which originated in the Senate, entitled "An act authorizing the President of the United States to cause to be built or purchased the vessels therein described," with an amendment, in NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Bibb, Bledsoe, Brown, which they request the concurrence of the SenChace, Condit, Fromentin, Gaillard, Giles, Lacock, ate. They have also passed a bill, entitled "An Morrow, Roberts, Smith, Tait, Taylor, Turner, Var-act for the relief of John Castille, of the city of num, Wharton, and Worthington. New Orleans;" in which they request the con son. |