THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES; WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING IMPORTANT STATE PAPERS AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, AND ALL THE LAWS OF A PUBLIC NATURE; WITH A COPIOUS INDEX. NINTH CONGRESS. COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 2, 1805, TO MARCH 3, 1807, COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC MATERIALS. WASHINGTON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GALES AND SEATON. 1852. PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE NINTH CONGRESS, BEGUN AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1805. MONDAY, December 2, 1805. The first session of the Ninth Congress, conformably to the Constitution of the United States, commenced this day, at the City of Washington, and the Senate assembled. PRESENT: WILLIAM PLUMER and NICHOLAS GILMAN, from JAMES HILLHOUSE, and URIAH TRACY, from of March last; of AARON KITCHEL, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, to serve during the term limited by the Constitution; of TIMOTHY PICKERING, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, for the term of six years, to commence on the 4th day of March last; of DANIEL SMITH, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, for the term of six years, from the 3d of March last; and of BUCKNER THRUSTON, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Kentucky. The oath was administered by the President to the following Senators, as the law prescribes: STEPHEN R. BRADLEY and ISRAEL SMITH, from Mr. BALDWIN, Mr. FENNER, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. Vermont. JOHN CONDIT and AARON KITCHEL, from New KITCHEL, Mr. PICKERING, and Mr. SMITH, of Tennessee; also, to Mr. SUMTER, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of South Carolina, for the term of six years, commencing on the 4th day of March last. SAMUEL L. MITCHILL, from New York. Jersey. GEORGE LOGAN and SAMUEL MACLAY, from Pennsylvania. SAMUEL WHITE, from Delaware. DAVID STONE, from North Carolina. Ordered, That the Secretary wait on the President of the United States, and acquaint him that a quorum of the Senate is assembled, and that, in the absence of the Vice President, they have South Carolina. ABRAHAM BALDWIN, from Georgia. DAVID SMITH, from Tennessee. THOMAS SUMTER and JOHN GAILLARD, from elected the honorable SAMUEL SMITH President THOMAS WORTHINGTON, from Ohio. The VICE PRESIDENT being absent, the Senate proceeded to the election of a President pro tem., as the Constitution provides, and the honorable SAMUEL SMITH was appointed. The credentials of the following Senators were read, viz: Of ABRAHAM BALDWIN, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Georgia, for the term of six years, from the 3d day of March last; of JAMES A. BAYARD, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Delaware, for the term of six years, from the 3d day of March last; of JAMES FENNER, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Rhode Island, for the term of six years, from the 3d day of March of the Senate pro tempore. Ordered, That the Secretary make a like communication to the House of Representatives. Ordered, That Messrs. SUMTER and MITCHILL be a committee, on the part of the Senate, with such committee as the House of Representatives may appoint on their part, to wait on the President of the United States and notify him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled, and ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make to them. Resolved, That each Senator be supplied during the present session with three such newspapers, printed in any of the States, as he may choose, provided that the same be furnished at the usual rate for the annual charge of such papers. Resolved, That JAMES MATHERS, Sergeant-atArms and Doorkeeper to the Senate, be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ one assistant and last; of NICHOLAS GILMAN, appointed a Senator two horses, for the purpose of performing such by the Legislature of the State of New Hamp- services as are usually required by the Doorkeeper shire, for the term of six years, from the 3d day to the Senate; and that the sum of twenty-eight |