Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-01-10

or in such other form as may be agreed on
between the attorney general and the said a
gents.
After a short discussion, the house refused
TO adopt the resolution.
The bill from the senate, extending the
time OF certain patents granted to Robert Full
ton Steam boatsl was read twice and refer
red to committee Of the whole on Monday.
lNr. Fright called for the consideration of
his resolution offered some days ago, for the
appointment of committee to bring in bill
for the protection, recovery and indemnifica-
ton of American seamen. IL was agreed to,
and referred to a committee of members.
The house resumed the consideration OF
the bill from the senate for raising an addi-
tional military force.
| Mr. BiJ6 proposed another amendment,
leaving it discretionary with the President to
| appoint officers to seven Of the regiments, as
occasion might require. He afterwards with
, drew this amendment
| mr.. Bib subsequently renewed his motion
| for amendment with some alteration. The
| yeas and nays, on motion of Mr.. Gr,ndy,
were called and were: for the amendment 81
! against it 66.
! After a variety of Intellectual attempts at
| further amendment the question was taken by
| ayes and noes on engrossing the bill for a
third reading and was ayes 30, noes So. 1t
was ordered to be read a third time to-mor-
row. Adjourned
January 5.
| Ar. Porter moved that the committee of
the whole be discharged from the further con
sideration of The bill for raising a volunteer
| force of $4,000 men, in order that it might be
recommitted to the committee Of foreign re
| lations, for the purpose of amending it. lit
has been some time before the housed
Mr.. Smile opposed this motion with con-
siderable warmth, in which he applied the
term management as related to this bill. He
was called to order by the Speaker, who de-
clared that such an expression was highly ex-
ceptionable.
Mr.. Calhoun denied that there had been
any man az enaent in the business, further than
a conviction in the minds of some members
of the committee of foreign relations, that the
bill was very defective, and required amend
ment
mr. Porter withdrew his notion but Mr.
Williams renewed it, on the ground that the
bin was very defective, if not unconstitutional
In its present shape The motion was agreed
to.
Mr. Jennings offered the following resolu
ton, which was ordered to lie on the table:
Resolved, That the President of the t. S. be
requested to cause to be laid before this house
statement of the Indian agents and interpre
tiers who now are or have been in Office with
in the limits OF the Indiana and Illinois terri
tories since the first of January 1903, when
and by whom appointed also, statement of
the goods purchased for and furnished to the
Indians under the superintendent of Gov.
Harrison, since that period; from whom pur
chased and to what tribes of Indians they
were furnished.
The engrossed bill for raising an additional
military force was read the third time, and
the question put, Shall the bill pass +?
Mr.. Shelly spoke at considerable length
against the passage of the iBAk<eAs soon as
he concluded, the house ssljenrned Quarter
before a o'clock 80 10y
- January a.
The Speaker laid. before sthe house com
muncations from the Secretary at war, in
closing statement Of the monies drawn from
the treasury by that department during the
last year Also, Statement of the contingent
expenses of the military esta adjustment, and
an account of the expenses of the Intercourse
with the Barbary powers. Referred to the
committee of ways and means
The bill from Hbetsenate for establishing a
quarter-master'S6 was read twice,
and referred to the committee on military af-
fairs
The house resumed the consideration of the
bill for raising an additional military force
the question still depending on the final pas
sage of the bill
Nr Rhea spoke in favor of going to war
with Great Britain, for which, he said, we
had ami - cause in the murder of Pierce, the
atAse<s6n the Chesapeake, the refusal to rati-
| ~ Erskne's arrangement &c lie would
continue the war until Great Britain should
rehnquish her unjust pretensions. Mr.. Il.
was in favor of the bill.