motion was supporied by Mr. Yancey and M: ingers: The motion was opposed by Messrs Fisk of N.Y. Fisk of Vt and Riea, on the ground ual the speedy p ssage of the hill Just read was required oy the interest and ho or of the nation, 10 arrest the supplics totbe cacmy. and ths loss of duties on smug eled goods, whic our rey nue offi CLES Low coud not, dare 10ly atteniplio SicCze. The motion, 10 lay the bill on the table prevailed, ayes 83, aud the Louse took up the A . NATION AL BANK*BILL. The ‘engro-sed amendments *o the bill from the scuace » to incorporate tie Dak , of che United States of America,” were Isevery Freeman’s right.’ then read and the question stated—* Shall eee © z z this bili pass as amended?” and the yeas "The national Ba: k bili has passed both aud nays ther con having been required by houses of Congress; and only was the sig- Mr. Sandford nature of the president to become a law. Mr. Fisk of New York rose to assign the reasons whicn now miluenced him 10 voice agar st this bil. His objections were to the reduction of the capital, and to ‘the "on 8s oni woat had been miscalied the ot or cod gan feature of the biliy which he con sidered one of the best. The bill, beiore it was ameudsd, would, he said. have affor- ded woth? government a benefit to the a mount of twenty mililons, bur now would not “ford to it a greater bonus than three mijiogs He objected to the amendments which had taken {rom the bil. the contiol which the government owght to have over it. aud would throw the government and the monied resources of the nation into the rer of ils litical adversaries Theré fat power o is Pe if a ¥ > : 7 here cotimonweaith, Les passed the scnate and ne e 2180 nid catury S Of the bi L110 which been sent to the house of tepresenial ives, “ele Q aol 0 3 > o "gr . 5 ( > «tia 3 00} Cle 3 SO stro REY pon the Wlioi€, Lie bill fir establishing twelithy judicis that he’ would not vote for tae bill {al disteict, bas passed both houses ofthe le Mr. Hanson of Md. expressed his regret 2 3 ; ) »iSiaiure. to see any impediment thrown in the way 5 : ol the bil. sie cipressed all the satisfac In addition to the bill for raising 2 mili- tion ne felt ar being’ able on this occasion Tn a tary force, the house of representatives to redeem bis pledge to co-op ate with have passed a bill for raising 6000 men by the majority. in ary measure which he eniistincnt. A bill to encourage volun- could hope or beiic e woud be beneficial toeritice. will also shortiv be reported ; an tothe sation This bill, in its present the matitin law, Oi last Sesion is undergoing shape, he remarked, was the resuit ofa a careful rev sion iu the senate. We are in compromize produced by muinal and ag- hopes this bill will puss in e very improved 3} S COnSCSsions, and ¢ yeriod like gua . WL EAR oY i aa SH > on Bl ne pe forin. Whether any of the other buds will 1154 1 ; £. Ir ati Dil Ve AAAS . i rts a LT eiliqu LANE pass is very questionabie. ous teficd ting equal honor oy both sides of thie house. Me (Grosvenor of N'Y. assigned. at some lengtl, the teison why he should vere : i agaiss the bill. He expressed. ina feel- lowing resolntions. The frequent question ING MANNEY AIS reyret at bemy compelled % What will the Hartford couvention do? to vote, on this OUCESI0H, a JALSL SO Maly is Low fuily answered, of 1105¢ with whom he had heretofore ace would take thié or no bank. Mr I. madea statcment of the comparative advantages first plan. 120---Nays, 58+ rence oar AMERICAN PA! RIOT. BELLEFONTE, FEsRUARY 65 1815. ——— «To speak op his thoughts—- tee The Banks in the state of Ohio haye sus- peided payments in specie. The frigate president. Com. Decatur; armed brigs Tom" Bowline and Macedoni- a”; aud scur. Hotes and’ oie Uther scur, went to sea from N, York with a fine gale trom N. W. on the {4th uit, ho. The secretary at war, Mr. Monroe, is said to be exiromely indisposed with the prevailing epidemic, ntl X HARRISEURG, Jan. 31! The bill for regulating the militia of this r—Pre— HARTFORD CONVENTION. Nat. Advocate- and disadvantages of the two pians, gis - ve3 } i Ki ng tbe decided superiority in favor of the 'T 38SiSlng the state making such request, ~The question on the final passage of this made or attempt by the pubiic enemy. bill' was then decided as foliows :-~--Yecas, » thereof as may be required and can be spa- red consistently with the safety of the state, to repel any invasion thereof which shall be Resolved, That the "following amend. S50 the bili was passed, and the wmend- ments of the constitution of the United 2 law. ceieNat. Tritel ments sent to the senate for their caucur~ States, be recommended to the states re- one R a ae intel. presented as aforesaid, to be proposed by them for adoption by the state legislatures» and, in such cases as may be deemed expe dient, by a convention chosen by the people of cach state. And itis further recommended, that the said states shall persevere in their efforts to obtain such amendments, untill the same shall be effected. First Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be imcluded within thig uniony according to their respeetive num- bers of {rec persons, including those bound (0 serve for a term of years and including Indians not taxed, and ail other per- 8018, 3 ; Second. No new state shall be admitted {nto the union by congress in virtue of the power granted by the constitution, without the concurrence of two thirds of both Houses. 5 'kird. Congress shall have no power to lay any embargo on the ships or vessels of the citizens of the United States, in the poris or harbors thereof, for more than six- ty days. bob Fourth. Congress shall not have power, without the concurrence oftwo thirds of both Houses, to interdict the commercial intercourse between the U. States and any foreign nation or the dependencies there- of Ffth: Congress shall not make or declare - war or authorise acts of hostility against any foreign nation without the concurrence of the two thirds of both Houses, except Their report concludes with the fol such acts of hostility be in def nce of the territories of the U. States when actually invaded. Sicti No pérsén who shall hercafter be SR MAI ot At A fy + a WS AB pt 00n stare : RE them in the face He denied the operati- and effects of all acts which have been or ou upon himsef of the acgument that this may be passcd by the ebngress of we Uni- wos a lesser evil Anan what might be sub- States, which shail! contain pic. isions, stituted for iit at did not pass ie would : ‘ noi, ie said, erubrace this evil in ordertoa« = ; i void a greatel which mie ut not happen; he forcible drafts, conscripilnons, of APLess- would uever, he said, adopt a principle look- ments, not antherised by the constitution mir towards that wich imports, that the citizens of said states from the operation subjecting the miitia or other citizens (@ ] end may jusiiy the moans. : Mur. Teitaw of (rep. sated the ‘ressons why although he decidedly approved of coinmended to the said legislatures, to su- the bili which bad been first belore the house, he shouid yet vote for this Lili —FHe was seriousiy convinced, he said, that u- dei the present embarrassment of our cir of the United States. Resolved, That it be and hereby is re- thorise an immediate and earnest applica- tion to be made to the government of wie United States, requesting their eo. sent to cniating mediuncand of the fiscal concerns goime arrangement wheoby the ‘said siaics oi the nation, that a benk was indispensibic; and, though the system pow before the Pe house was the detaiss of which he ¢d to assume upon themsciyes the deicnece could not approve, he would vote foritasa of their territory agaist the eueiuy; and a last resorts © He frankly * intimated his hope that the of her house would propose some modifica- tion of the amendments of this house, that respective treasuries (hereof, appropriated would render the compromise of opinion’ (4 the paymeit of the balance due sad more equitable than asit now stood. Mr T wentito a general examination of the ~ Sa : principles and history of banking, principal- I'ne amount pid into the said treasar. ly to shew that banks woundedon the credit jes to be credited, and” the disbursement of governments and on public stocks, had not been as generally unsuccessful as had =~ been contended ; and he then compared the States. present s; stem with that which came from Resolved, That it be and hereby is re- the senate, to the litter of which he gave a (go mended to the legislatures of the afore- decided preference Mur, Ingersol of Pa: believed, believed he LN ; gail. a national bank to be essentially nes already been done) authorising the govern- cessary to give relict to the present embar- ors or commanders in chief of their mil tia rassed state of things. Believing this bill would contribute in some degree to relieve png ; the national wants, it would receive his vote form voluntary corps, as shall be most con- though reluctantly 5 and he wished it tn be venientand conformable to their constitu- distinctly understood. that instead ef its be ing a preferred measure, he considered the il a Tie He ARE firstbili as more efficient, and calculated to €QUiPped and disciplined, and held iu rea- give the government all it wanted The diness for service; and upon the request of vote of the house this day, he said, would bu na test ol the excellence of this system oa: ¢ 21 of the approbation of it by the touse sg=e=-he question being whe her the house reguiac torces may seperately or lnconcery be cmpower- Ol reasonable portion of the taxes collected within the said states, may be paid into the states and to the futere defence of the same. made as atoresaid, to be crarged to the U said “states, to pass laws (where it has not to make detachments from the same, orto tions, and ro cause them to be well armeds the other states, to employ the whole of such detachment or corps, as welias the of the state,or such part - United States. Scventhr. The same person shall not be elected President of tne United States a secoudl time; nor shall the. President be elected from the same state two Lerms in succession. Kesolved, That ifthe application of these states 0 the government of the U. States, feconnnended in a foregoing resolution stiouid he unsuceesstul, and peace shoud wot be conciudedyand the defence of these ~ saics shoud be neglected, asit has been sie€e tae cominencement of tae war, it wikia the Oprnon of this convention be ex- pedient lor the legisiatnre of the scveral s ulus to appoint delegates to anotier con- vention, to meet at Boston, in the state of Massachusetts, on the third Tuesday of Juue nexty with such power and wstiuc- (ous a= the exigency of a crisis SO HOMEnN- tous may require. i & Resolv d, That the hon. Geo. Cabo, the hon. Chauncey Goodrich, and the hon. Daniel Lymiai, or any two of them, be ays thorized to cail another meeting of this con ventiol, to be holden in Boston, at any time before new dehigaies shall be chosen, as re- commended in the above resoiution, if in their judgment the situation of tae country shall urgently require it. Haripurd, Jaa 4th, 1815, by LL TL SS Se Nf Wh NE F i) SALE, THE subscriber informs the pubiic that he tas tor sale a general assortment of FRULT-TREES. As itis one of the best propapations on a farm or Jot, hie hops (0 meet with encour- agement in so useful a business, for which he wiil'thauk those who will favor him with their custom, a d will answer them io their satisfuct.on. 5 39 = JOB PACKER, Baus Eacrs, Jan, 13, 1815, : cesstuli y defended Pol. Reg. LOSS OF THE PRESIDENT. The mais of this morning furnish addie ional particulars of this unhappy event. The letter trom the gallant commodore Decatur, although very short, will be read ~~ ¢ with lively interest. It appears that he Siw lenced the Endymion; and had not Lis ship been injured by geting on the bar in going to sca, he would have escaped from the residue of the squadron. He has lost Lis ship, but the hgh and deserved reputas tion he had acquired ae a naval cominayder previously, is wot only wutarnished, Lut greatly brightened by the cont. st. The article cn this subject, from the N. Loudon Gazete, states that led. this city, and his Station on beard the Pres ident was ocupied by licut. Hamiiton, w uniortunatcly tell in the acuon. 1 Extract of a etter from Com, Decatur, dated, 16th Jan, y “ The night we left the Hook, owing to samc blunder of our pilots we struck on the Bar, and there rernained thumping two hours, until the tide rese ; at day light we feli in with the British squadron, cotisist- ing of the Majestic, Eadyminion, Poniona Teunedos and despatch brig. § “ My ship owing to her getting aground lost her Saigo Ihightened her a8 much as possible, but the enemy gained on us. The Endyminion, mounting 24 pounders on her gun deck, was the leading ship of the enemy. She got close under my quar- ter, and was cutting my rigging, withou, my being able to bring a gun 10 bea: upon her To suffer this was making my cap. ture certain ; and thatteo without injury to -~ the enemy. “I therefore bore up for the Endymi nion and engaged her for two hours; wien we. A lieu: Pewry, brother to com. Perry, was among the Kkils This is incorrect---Lieut Perry in fd ‘consequence of indisposition, remeised in