Mr. Hillhouse objected to the resolution on the ground of allowing the committee too wide a latitude.
Mr. Adams vindicated the resolution from this objection.
The question was then taken on the resolution offered by Mr. Thruston, and amended by Mr. Jones, and carried without a division; and Messrs. Adams, Maclay, Franklin, S. Smith, Pope, Thruston, and Anderson, were appointed the committee.
Wednesday, December 9.
William H. Crawford, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Georgia, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Abraham Baldwin, attended and produced his credentials, which were read, and the oath prescribed by law was administered to him.
Friday, December 18.
Embargo.
The following Message was received from the President of the United States:
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
The communications now made, showing the great and increasing dangers with which our vessels, our seamen, and merchandise, are threatened on the high seas and elsewhere, from the belligerent powers of Europe, and it being of the greatest importance to keep in safety these essential resources, I deem it my duty to recommend the subject to the consideration of Congress, who will doubtless perceive all the advantages which may be expected from an inhibition of the departure of our vessels from the ports of the United States.