Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-01-27

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Brown, of Washington County in the State
of New-York who was wounded in the reyo-
lutionary service in l776, and owing to the
death of his colonel and his captain shortly
after, he was unable to procure the necessary
testimony to be placed on the pension list un-
til 1898, and then only as quarter rate pen
sioner: he prays fol. an increase of pension, or
to be allowed his pension from the year
l776 TO 1898. Referred to the committee Of
claims.
Mr.. I.acock presented the petition of sun
dry Inhabitants of the western parts of Penn
sylvania, complaining of the opening of the
mail on the Sabbath. Referred.
Mr.. Gholson, from the committee of Claims,
reported bill for the relief of Col. Jonathan
Williams, which was twice read & commit
ted.
Mr. Newton from the committee of Com
merce and Manufactures, to whom was COM
mitted the bill authorising the Secretary OF
the Treasury TO decide on the case OF the
Elza-Ann, with the amendments from the
Senate, reported the bill and recommended
the adoption of the Senate's amendments
The House went into committee on this
bill, Mr. Desha in the chair and having "a
greed to ii, and reported their agreement to
the House, the House took up the bill and
agreed to it as amended. The title Of the
bill is amended, by adding the words, :" and
the case Of The SHIP Mary and Francis, BE-
logging to Nathaniel Goddard"
Mr. Tracy obtained leave of absence for
the remainder Of the session fsr his colleague,
Mr.. Avery.
The house again resolved itself into COM
mittee OF the whole, Mr.. Nelson in the chair,
on the bill concerning the Naval Establish
ment anc after long speech from Mr.. Gold
in flavor of the bill, the blank in the section
for providing q Dock Yard, was filled with
one hundred thousand dollars.
Ma. Rhea moved so to amend the bill, as to
fix the dock-yard in the navy-yard at Wash
iugton city; but this motion was negatived by
large majority.
On motion of Mr.. Cheves, the words i" CEN
tral ana,'' were struck out, so as to leave the
scite of the dock-yard to be determined by the
executive.
The committee having gone through the
bill, rose and reported it to the house with the
amendments. The house took UP the bill
and on the question Of filling up the blank
for repairing the vessels on hand with four
hundred end eighty Thousand dollars, it was
carried by yeas and nays. Yeas 90 Nays %
The question was next put upon agreeing
to the report Of the committee to strike oul
the second section of the bill, which contemp.
lated the building of new frigates; when Mr.
D, +. Williams spoke at length against the
bill, and was replied to by Mr. Cheyes. The
house adjourned without takingthe question
SATURDAr, January Is.
After disposing of some unimportant pri-
vate business the house took up the un6nish-
ed business of yesterday, (the Navy Bill.)-
The question before the house was the amend
ment reported by the COMMITTEES of the whole
| to strike out the second section OF the bill
which provides for the building Of - fri.
gates.
Mr.. Wright & Mr. Qaincy spoke at length
against agreeing to the report of the commit
ties Of the whole and In favor of retaining the
section.
Mr.. Fisk and Mr. Nj Kee spoke in favor OF
agreeing with the report ofthe Committee Of
the whole.
Adjourned quarter mast 8 o'clock