The following letter was read, which, with a volume of the work therein mentioned, was laid on the table, by Mr. MORRIS:

To the honorable Senators of the United States in Congress assembled.

Thomas Dobson begs leave to present, in succession, as they are published, the volumes of the American edition of the Encyclopædia, which he is now printing and publishing; and, at the same time, to solicit the patronage and encouragement of gentlemen in an undertaking of such magnitude and utility. Philadelphia, 1st May, 1790.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the committee appointed on the bill providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations; whereupon,

Ordered, That this bill be recommitted. A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that they had passed the bill sent from the Senate for giving effect to the act therein mentioned, in respect to the State of North Carolina, and to amend the said act, with amendments; in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.

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claims of Frederick William de Steuben was read the first time.

Ordered, That this bill have the second reading to-morrow.

TUESDAY, May 11.

The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill for finally adjusting and satisfying the claims of Frederick William de Steuben.

Ordered, That it be committed to Messrs. MACLAY, STRONG, IZARD, ELLSWORTH, and JOHNSTON.

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives to the bill for giving effect to the act therein menand to amend the said act. tioned, in respect to the State of North Carolina,

Resolved, That the Senate disagree to the amendment, section 3d, line 8th;

That they disagree to the proposition to strike out the last section" of the bill; but that they agree in the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives, so far as to subjoin these clauses to the bill, to wit:

And be it further enacted, That the stated district court for the district of Pennsylvania shall hereafter solely be held at the city of Philadelphia;

And be it further enacted, That, from and after the first day of January next, there shall be held annually, three sessions of the district of Kentucky, and no more; to commence on the second Mondays in each of the months of April, August, and November; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Ordered, That a message be sent to the House of Representatives accordingly.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the committee appointed the 28th of April to consider what provisions will be proper for Congress to make, in the present session, respecting the State of Rhode Island; whereupon,

Resolved, That all commercial intercourse between the United States and the State of Rhode Island, from and after the first day of July next, the President of the United States be authorized be prohibited, under suitable penalties; and that to demand of the State of Rhode Island

Ordered, That the consideration hereof be postponed until to-morrow.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate, that they have passed a bill for finally adjusting and satisfying the claims of Frederick William de Steuben; to which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill giving effect to the act therein mentioned, in respect to the State of North Carolina, and to amend the said act.

Ordered, That the further consideration hereof be postponed until to-morrow.

The bill for finally adjusting and satisfying the

the above report, prepare and report a bill acOrdered, That the committee who brought in cordingly.

WEDNESDAY, May 12.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate, that they have proceeded to consider such of their amendments to the bill sent from the Senate for giving effect to the act therein mentioned, in respect to the State of North Carolina, and to amend the said act, as were disagreed to by the Senate, and have

Resolved, That a conference be desired with the Senate, on the subject-matter of the said amendments; and that Messrs. WHITE, STEELE,

FOSTER, LIVERMORE, and WILLIAMSON, be appointed managers at the same, on the part of the House of Representatives.

The Senate proceeded to consider the last recited message; and

Resolved, That they concur in the proposed conference; that Messrs. JOHNSTON, LANGDON, HAWKINS, KING, and BUTLER, be managers thereof, on the part of the Senate.

Ordered, That a message be sent to the House of Representatives accordingly.

Mr. REED reported, from the committee appointed May the 4th, on the bill for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, books, and other writings, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned; the consideration of which report was postponed.

THURSDAY, May 13.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the committee on the bill for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, books, and other writings, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned; which report was agreed to as amendments to the bill.

Ordered, That to-morrow be assigned for the third reading of this bill.

Mr. MORRIS, from the committee appointed the 28th of April, to consider what provisions will be proper for Congress to make, in the present session, respecting the State of Rhode Island, reported a bill on that subject, which was read the first time.

Ordered, That this bill have the second reading to-morrow.

Mr. ELLSWORTH reported, from the committee appointed May 3d, to consider and report their opinion on the question, when, according to the Constitution, the terms for which the President, Vice President, Senators, and Representatives, have been respectively chosen, shall be deemed to have commenced; and, also, to consider of, and report their opinion on, such other matters as they shall conceive have relation to this ques

tion.

Ordered, That this report lie for consideration.

FRIDAY, May 14.

Agreeably to the order of the day, the Senate proceeded to the third reading of the bill for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, books, and other writings, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.

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"The committee of the Senate, to join with a committee appointed by the House of Representatives, to consider and report their opinion on the question, when, according to the Constitution, the terms for which the President, Vice President, Senators, and Representa tives, have been respectively chosen, shall be deemed to have commenced; and, also, to consider of, and report their opinion on, such other matters as they should conceive to have relation to this question, re

port, as the opinion of the said joint committee:

"That the terms for which the President, Vice President, Senators, and Representatives, of the United States, were respectively chosen, did, according to the Constitution, commence on the 4th day of March. 1789; and so the Senators of the first class, and the Representatives will not, according to the Constitution, be entitled, by virtue of the same election by which they hold seats in the present Congress, to seats in the next Congress, which will be assembled after the 3d day of March, 1791; and further, that, whenever a vacancy shall happen in the Senate or House of Representatives, and an election to fill such vacancy, the person elected will not, according to the Constitution, be entitled, by virtue of such election, to hold a seat beyond the time for which the Senator or Representa elected, would, if the vacancy had not happened, have tive in whose stead such person shall have been so been entitled to hold a seat.

"That it willbe advisable for the Congress to pass a law or laws for determining, agreeable to the provision in the first section of the second article of the Consti tution, the time when the electors shall, in the year which will terminate on the 3d day of March, 1793, and so in every fourth year thereafter, be chosen, and the day on which they shall give their votes; for de claring what officer shall, in case of vacancy, both in the office of President and Vice President, act as Predent; for assigning a public office where the lists, mentioned in the second paragraph of the first section in the second article of the Constitution, shall, in case of vacancy in the office of President of the Senate, or his absence from the seat of Government, be, in the mean time, deposited; and for directing the mode in which such lists shall be transmitted: Whereupon,

Resolved, That the Senate do agree to this report.

The Senate proceeded to the second reading of the bill to prevent bringing goods, wares, and merchandises, from the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations into the United States, and to authorize a demand of money from the said

State.

And, on the question, to assign a time for the third reading of this bill, the yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present: YEAS-Messrs. Bassett, Carroll, Dalton, Ellsworth, Johnson, Johnston, Izard, King, Langdon, Morris, Read, Schuyler, and Strong—13.

ments.

NAYS-Messrs. Butler, Elmer, Gunn, Henry,
Walker, and Wingate-7.
So it was

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Ordered, That this bill have the third reading

MONDAY, May 17.

The Senate proceeded to the third reading of the bill to prevent bringing goods, wares, and

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On motion,

Ordered, That this bill be recommitted.

TUESDAY, May 18.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate, that they have agreed to all the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, books, and other writings, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned. That they recede from their first amendment to the bill for giving effect to the act therein mentioned, in respect to the State of North Carolina, and to amend the said act; and in lieu thereof propose to strike out, in the last line of the third section, the words, "and Hillsborough alternately, beginning at the first." But they do insist on their second amendment to the said bill.

They also communicate the following resolves of the House of Representatives, in which the concurrence of the Senate is requested:

In the House of Representatives,

May 17, 1790. Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be forthwith transmitted to the Executives of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, a complete list of the officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates, of the lines of those States respectively, who are entitled to receive arrears of pay due for services in the years 1782 and 1783, annexing the particular sum that is due to each individual; with a request to the Executives of the said States, to make known to the claimants, in the most effectual manner, that the said arrears are ready to be discharged on proper application.

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause the Secretary of the Treasury to take the necessary steps for paying, within the said States respectively, the money appropriated by Congress, on the twenty-ninth day of September, 1789, for the discharging the arrears of pay due to the troops of the lines of the said States respectively.

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury, in cases where payment has not been made to the original claimant in person, or to his representative, be directed to take order for making the payment to the original claimant, or to such person or persons only as shall produce a power of attorney, duly attested by two justices of the peace of the county in which such person or persons reside, authorizing him or them to receive a certain specified sum.

Mr. CARROLL, from the committee appointed April the 28th, to consider what provisions will be proper for Congress to make, in the present session, respecting the State of Rhode Island, and to whom it was referred, to bring in a bill on that subject, reported several additional clauses to the bill to prevent bringing goods, wares, and merchandises, from the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations into the United States, and to authorize a demand of money from the said

The Senate proceeded to the third reading of the bill to prevent bringing goods, wares, and merchandises, from the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations into the United States, and to authorize a demand in money from the said State :

And, on the question, "Shall this bill pass?" the yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present, were:

YEAS-Messrs. Bassett, Carroll, Dalton, Ellsworth, Johnson, Johnston, Izard, King, Langdon, Morris, Reed, Schuyler, and Strong-13.

NAYS-Messrs. Butler, Elmer, Hawkins, Henry, Lee, Maclay, Walker, and Wingate-8.

So it was Resolved, That this bill do pass, and that it be carried to the House of Representatives for concurrence therein.

Mr. JOHNSTON reported, from the managers of the conference on the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives to the bill for giving effect to the act therein mentioned, in respect to the State of North Carolina, and to amend the said act, that it is proper the circuit courts in the district of North Carolina be held at Newbern only, and not at Newbern and Hillsborough alternately, as the bill now provides. And that the district court for New Hampshire be held at Portsmouth only, agreeably to the provision made in the bill, as it passed the Senate.

And the report was agreed to.

The Senate proceeded to consider the message from the House of Representatives of this day, communicating their resolve of the 17th of May, on their amendments to the bill for giving effect to the act therein mentioned, in respect to the State of North Carolina, and to amend the said act: whereupon,

Resolved, That the Senate do agree to the first amendment of the House of Representatives on the said bill, by striking out these words, section 3d, line 8th, after the word Newbern, "and Hillsborough alternately, beginning at the first."

Resolved, That the Senate do adhere to their disagreement to the second amendment of the House of Representatives, in which they propose to strike out the last section of the bill.

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolve of the House of Representatives of the 17th of May, "respecting certain arrearages of pay due to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the late Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina lines of the army."

Ordered, That the further consideration hereof be postponed.

WEDNESDAY, May 19.

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the resolve of the House of Representatives of the 17th of May, respecting certain arrearages of pay due to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the late Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina lines of the army.

Ordered, That the resolve be committed to

Messrs. ELLSWORTH, LEE, JOHNSTON, IZARD, and KING.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate, that they have agreed to the report of the joint committee appointed to consider and report their opinion on the question, when, according to the Constitution, the terms for which the President, Vice President, Senators, and Representatives, have been respectively chosen, shall be deemed to have commenced; and have appointed a committee to report a bill pursuant to the last paragraph of the said report.

THURSDAY, May 20.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate, that they adhere to their second amendment to the bill for giving effect to the act therein mentioned, in respect to the State of North Carolina, and to amend the said act.

Mr. ELLSWORTH reported, from the committee appointed the 19th of May, on the resolve of the House of Representatives, respecting certain arrearages of pay due to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the late Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina lines of the army; which being considered,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.

Ordered, That this report lie for consideration until to-morrow.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate, that they have agreed to all the amendments to the resolve respecting certain arrearages of pay due to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the late Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina lines; and that they have passed a bill for giving effect to an act, entitled" An act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States, within the State of North Carolina;" to which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill for giving effect to an act, entitled An act to establish the Judicial Courts of the

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The following resolution was offered: Resolved, That Congress shall meet and hold their next session in the city of Philadelphia. Ordered, That the consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.

TUESDAY, May 25.

Mr. STRONG, from the committee appointed for the purpose, reported a bill providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations, with an amendment, which was agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.

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The Senate proceeded to consider the report the committee on the bill for finally adjusting and satisfying the claims of Frederick de Steuben, which is as follows:

In the second line, strike out from the word "order," inclusive, to the end of the bill, and insert, consideration of the eminent services of the Baron de Steuben, rendered to the United States during the late war, there be paid to him an annuity of one thousand dollars, to commence on the first day of January last, to be paid in quarterly payments at the Treasury of the United States;" and, after debate, the further consideration thereof was postponed until to-morrow.

The following Message from the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES was read: Gentlemen of the Senate:

I nominate the following persons to fill the offices af fixed to their names, viz:

Samuel Jasper, to be Surveyor of the port of Curri tuck Inlet, in the State of North Carolina.

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Nathaniel Wilkins, to be Collecter of the port Cherrystone, in the State of Virginia, in the place of George Savage, who has resigned.

Henry Deering, to be Collector of the port of Sagg Harbor, in the State of New York, in the place of John Gelston, who has resigned.

Thomas Davis Freeman, to be Surveyor of the port of Plymouth, in the State of North Carolina, in the place of Levy Blount, who has resigned.

folk, in the State of Virginia, in the place of Archibald Benjamin Bartlett, to be Surveyor of the port of Suf

Richardson, who has resigned.

GEO. WASHINGTON. UNITED STATES, May 25th, 1790. Ordered, That the Message lie for considera

tion.

WEDNESDAY, May 26.

The Senate proceeded to the third reading of the bill for providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations Resolved, That the Senate concur therein, with an amendment.

the report of the committee on the bill for finally The Senate proceeded to the consideration of adjusting and satisfying the claims of Frederick

And, on the question to agree to the report of

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by one-fifth of the Senators present, were:

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YEAS-Messrs. Ellsworth, Elmer, Few, Hawkins, Johnston, Langdon, Strong, and Wingate-8.

NAYS-Messrs. Bassett, Butler, Carroll, Dalton, Gunn, Henry, Johnson, Izard, King, Lee, Maclay, Morris, Paterson, Read, Schuyler, and Walker-16.

So it passed in the negative.

On motion that the opinion of the Senate be taken, whether two thousand dollars, line 7th, shall stand in the bill; the yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present:

YEAS-Messrs. Bassett, Butler, Carrol, Gunn, Henry, Izard, King, Lee, Morris, Read, Schuyler, and Walker-12.

NAYS-Messrs. Dalton, Ellsworth, Elmer, Few, Hawkins, Johnson, Johnston, Langdon, Maclay, Paterson, Strong, and Wingate-12.

The yeas and nays being equal, the VICE PRESIDENT determined the question in the affirmative. On motion that these words, "the sum of seven thousand dollars, in addition to the moneys already received by him, and also," be stricken out of the bill; the yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present:

YEAS-Messrs. Butler, Dalton, Ellsworth, Elmer, Few, Hawkins, Johnson, Langdon, Maclay, Paterson, [Strong, and Wingate-12.

NAYS.-Messrs. Bassett, Carroll, Gunn, Henry, Johnston, Izard, King, Lee, Morris, Read, Schuyler, and P Walker-12.

The number being equal, the VICE PRESIDENT determined the question in the negative.

Ordered, That to-morrow be assigned for the third reading of this bill.

The Senate proceeded to consider the motion made the 24th of May, to wit: That it be resolved that Congress shall meet and hold their next session in the city of Philadelphia; and after debate,

Ordered, That the further consideration hereof be postponed until Thursday, the 3d of June

FRIDAY, May 28.

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informed the Senate, that they disagree to the A message from the House of Representatives amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations.

Mr. FEw, from the committee appointed May 3d, on the bill supplemental to an act for establishing the salaries of the Executive Officers of Government, with their assistants and clerks, reported: whereupon,

The Senate proceeded to the reading of the bill. Resolved, That this bill do pass.

The Senate proceeded to the third reading of the bill for giving effect to an act, entitled 66 An act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States within the State of North Carolina." Resolved, That this bill do pass.

The motion made the 24th of May, to wit: That Congress shall meet and hold their next session in the city of Philadelphia, was withdrawn.

The Senate proceeded to consider the message from the House of Representatives of this day, with the amendment of the Senate disagreed to on the bill providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations: whereupon,

Resolved, That the Senate do insist on their amendment to the said bill. Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives herewith.

MONDAY, May 31..

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate, that they have agreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill for finally adjusting and satisfying the claims of Frederick William de Steuben; and that they do insist on their disagreement to the amendment of the Senate on the bill providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations.

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the message from the House of Representatives on the bill for providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations, and their amendment disagreed to by the House of Representatives: whereupon,

Resolved, That the Senate do still insist on their amendment, and request a conference with such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives, on the subject-matter of disagreement; and that Messrs. KING, IZARD, and READ, be managers of the conference on the part of the Senate.

Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives herewith, and request their concurrence in the appointment of a committee on their part.

Mr. BUTLER having moved for leave to bring in a bill to determine the permanent seat of Congress and the Government of the United States," leave was accordingly given; and, the bill being presented,