FRIDAY, July 3.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. SMITH, of Maryland, and
Mr. LEIB, a committee appointed for the purpose, notifying the House
that the Senate have rejected the bill, entitled "An act authorizing
the President to take possession of a tract of country lying south of
the Mississippi Territory and of the State of Georgia, and for other
purposes."
MONDAY, July 6.
On motion of Mr. BIBB,
_Resolved_, That the injunction of secrecy, so far as concerns "An
act to enable the President of the United States, under certain
contingencies, to take possession of the country lying east of the
Perdido, and south of the State of Georgia and the Mississippi
Territory, and for other purposes," passed on the twelfth of January,
one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and "A bill authorizing the
President to take possession of a tract of country lying south of
the Mississippi Territory and of the State of Georgia, and for other
purposes;" passed the twenty-fifth of June last, and the proceedings
thereon, respectively, be removed. And, also, so far as relates to
the following letters: two from the Secretary of State to General G.
Matthews, one dated the twenty-sixth of January, one thousand eight
hundred and eleven, and the other the fourth of April, one thousand
eight hundred twelve and two from Mr. Monroe to General D. B. Mitchell,
one dated the tenth of April, the other the twenty-seventh of May, one
thousand eight hundred and twelve.
The doors were then opened.