Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-18

treasury two reports. One was upon the
psitsioa OF inc inspectors Of customs Of
i%'alstaars, PailaieipIia, aud New uk
ana the oiaer, the aiuuuul OF duties GU
goods exported and imported into The II.
states Tor the years 1892, 1908, and 1904.
On a motion bling made TO refer the
rePosF respecting me Inspectors, TO the
cssntantee OF WAYS and peans,
Fr..Daaa rose aad SAID. that he very
mrnes questioned the correctness Of such
refereace. II had been, he observed, the
general practice 10 refer petitions Of this
nature TO the committee OF commerce and
manufactures, and he adduced several pre-
cedenls in support of his observation. 1t
was not material to him which committee
II went TO, but he was 6esilous that, regu-
lagity should be observed
alr. j c. Smith eff. red IN opinion -he
tho''1 thai all pe.il,ops tor compensation of
the nature of the petition in question,
+; shonad5g Sc to the committee OF ways and
, means.
| Il was upon the question being put, re-
! teried to tile committee OF ways and
meaDs.
!; Mr.. Finley brought forward
a BILL
To- incorporate the Presbyterian meetiog
IL George Town. in the district of Colum-
; bia.
Read twice, and referred to a committee
of the whole on Monday nex., and ORDER
ed to be printed.
Mr. sFiul!ey shen presented the petition
/, OF major general Arthur S.. Clair, praying
tobereimbarsed the sum IF 1900 doilars
advanced By him to major Buter, on ac-
couns Of The armyin1h the revolutionary war
/! with Grra, Britain.
Referred 10 a'committee.
Mr.. Al.ton offered, a resolution, that a
committee be appointed upon the expedisn.
cy of passing a law declaring the assent OF
congress to an act of the state of North
Carolina respecting land, in dispute with
the state of Tennessee.
Mr.. Clay, presented the memorial OF
the merchants of Philadelphia, respecting
the aggressions and spoliations committed
upon our commerce.
20 Mr.. Clay observed that the petition was
long and he would therefore have the
3reading dispensed with ; this being agreed
| to it was referred toa committee on the
state of the union.
Ordered to be printed:
Mr.. Morrow presented the petition OF
| Samuel Dick, Mr.. Bruce and S. A.-Mit.
chelI proprietors of land in Cincinnati,
praying thar the same may be secured to
them
n. Varnum presented the petition OF
ZebulDn Rowe, a refugee from Nova SEQ
tia, to the American army during the re.
evolutionary war with Great Britain;
Stating that he left his farm of FIVE ban
dred and twenty FIVE acres with stock, and
persona! properly to the amount OF 1899
| dollars.
Referred 20 The commistee appointed 70
/! act, epon the claims Of refugees.
MFG. w. Campbell, presented the pc.
| tition of William Richard late a captain 10
the army OF. the United States for com.
pensation.
Petition # George Jacob Degan, a
wounded soldier in the same war tor a pen.
! sion.
These retitimns were referred to the
committee of ela,ms.
Petition of Peter Dominique, was re-
ferr ed, TO the committee on public land.
The petition presented yesterday by NJ
| Stanton, which we could not hear, wHs
| d,seoye.ea from the reading OF the @ourHal
70 be from the inhabitants of Stonlpgacn II
| Connections, and ofRhode Island near thai
town, praying that 1t may be 'made.a poF'
Of entsy, and a collector appointed.
About twelve O'Clock Mr.. Bsdweil again
! moved that the galleries snoasd~bs CLEARED
which was done accordingly, and the ,fs'
mainder OF the day was again acetipled II
secret deliberations. except aboupflve hi
J putea when fhey vArr omen. and araiC