Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-07-04

When the house re suming the consider
alton of the report of the commit ee of the
whole on the contested election of William
Baiies-the resolution that William Bail
lies is not entitled to seat in the house,
was carried 90 to 30, and the resolution
chat Charles Turner is entitled 10 a seat
in the house 90 to ~, wherefore Charles
Turner, Jr. a Representative from Massa-
chusetts, appeared and took his seat.
On motion of Mr.. Marion the house re.
solved itself int committee of the whole,
Mr.. Desha in the chair, on the remission OF
certain fines and penalties.
Mr. Marion, then moved an amend ment to
the bill "to,include slaves owned by persons
expelled the Island of Cuba" for if the
bill passed n its present shape no relief
could be afforded, for it had not appeared on
trial that the slaves were forcibly expel.
led the Island though the owners were.
MIR. Macon then moved 70 add proviso,
and provided also, that such slaves shall
have been brought in, at the same time
with their owners respectively. Agreed to.
After a debate, Mr.. Newton moved to
add new section to the bill for the relief
of Foster and Gerard of New-York, whose
ship had been forfeited under the law. A.
greed to. The bill was then ordered to a
third reading and subsequently passed with
| out opposition.
| The house concurred IN a verbal amend.
! ment of the Senate to the bill to amend
"the act tor the support of public credit
and for the redemption of the public debt"
! Mr.. Jackson moved that the speakers OF
bo'h horses be authorised to adjourn them
on Friday next instead of this day. The
motion was declared out of order, other
motions for the order of the day having
the preference.
|
tee of the whole, MIR Macon in the chair.
on the bill to suspend for u time the re-
cruitiug service. Mr.. Jackson moved to
strike out the clause authorising the Presi-
| dent OF the United STATES to renew it if the
public service shall in his opinion require
1t, carried IS to 90. 1t was then ordered
. to a third reading and subsequently, passed.
! The bill authoris,ag the accounting off,
GERS of the treasury, give credit TO the COL
lectors OF the customs for certain allowan-
ces made by them to the owners of fishing
vessels passed.
The house resolved itself into commits
tee of the whole, Mr.. Macon in the CHI air.
| on the bill from the Senate in addition to
an " act for laying cut road from Cum.
berland Md. TO the state of Ohio" The
bill proposed 10 appropriate $4,000 dollars
towards that object. Mr.. Jackson uudef
the impression that it was impossible to
complete the tuI npike road by the original
act to which this IS supplement under an
expense of million of dollars which might
probably never accure from The friends set
a side for this object therefore moved TO
authorize the President to apply the mo-
MES to Improvement of the roads, as may
be most eXpe6ient without contemplating
the terrible road.
After warm debate i'm which the sup
\ .,f 4 In ian inse 1pd hot tb
ney applicable to the object would never be
competent to the making OF a turnpike
road: that turnpikes made at less expense
than 5000 dollars, n mile were good for
morning, chat they were broken up, each
successive winter, that the house would
pledge themselves by the passage of the
present b IL to complete the turnpike road
whatever might be the expense.
70 this it was replied that Congress
were alredy pledged by law to the state
Mt Ohio to make a turnpike road that it
would be improper in this incidental way
to repeal solemn law, that $4,000 dollars
would complete the way across the noun
tains that the state OF Ohio were willing
TO complete the remainder, that tvrnpike s
b id been made IN Pennsylvania and New
York at ! 600 dollars n mile and that in
4 this direction, materials were cheaper,
The amendment was therefore negatived
without division, and the bin was order.
ed To lie on The table ~ receive motion
o. adjournment till o'clock.
EXPENDITURE or MONIES, sc.
Mr.. Randolph laid on the table a mum
Der Of reports from different committees
OF which he was chairman. as, for taking
the Sd census, for securing an impartial
trial by jury, for enauiring into the insti-
tui1n of suits for liDels at common law
(Which enquiry the committee did not com.
pIete from want of timc) and supple me :
tary report from the committee appointed
70 enquire into the application OF public
monies. he wished the reading OF all
these reports to be dispensed with, except
the last, which he wished read, as going to
eXculpate some persons who might be im-
plIcated in the former report.
None of these reports, however, could be
read, because the time had long ago arriv.
ed for taking up the orders of the day
which had preference.
Several motions we're made for printing
the report on public expenditure, by
Messrs. Montgomery, Randolph, and Ma