Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-03-10

most prompt proyisionsfot te,inn. ~
ply Of such blankets and clotAire :. :. Sup
raj government may wish to cops,aa, ee gene.
citizens OF the. commonwealth for s., tssn :h
to meet any contingency which MAJ - paelcN
to request information Of airy otbser :. suf
which are or may be wanted for ,rs s,aGrs
the Indians, as there can be no donS,F psEss
ability Of the commonwealth to SUNNI l, y he.
tract any such articles, mostly, if na ! I. Con.
Their, from their own nanufaetures ~ ,"'ose.
Mr.. Smith (of Md submittcd the go,I.
motion for consideration wing
Rescued, That the President he ro,.,
to cause to be laid before the Hous, , inISed
formation as he may possess relative = 10
lures made by the belligerents since wv -.
day of June 1911, Of vessels of the ri.: sN
States bound to or from the Baltic or u ,,:Ht
that sea; particuarising tie nation Of he en 10.
; tors, the cause assigned for detention, zap
names of the vessels, masters and owners ule
the ports to which the vessels SO dcta;ns? 5 INs
longed.
Wednesday, March 4.
The Senate resumed the consideration ,r.
! motion made yesterday by Mr.. Smith Of Mn
/ and the motion was amended and agreed - ~
| follows:
" Resolved, That the President be request,
to cause to be laid before this House sucb;n
formation as he may possess relative ran
lures made by the belligerents since the S,,,
day Of May, 1911, of vessels of the U. S. bound
to or from the Baltic, or within that sea NV
ticularizing the nation of the captors, the cap,c
assigned for detention, the names of the ye,.
sells, masters, and owners, and the port IA
which the vessels $50 detained) belonged"
Thursday, March 5.
Mr.. Anderson reported bill for impro,ir,
the navigation of the river Potomac opposite
the city of Washington.
This bill grants full power to the corpora.
ton of Georgetown to improve the navigation
Of the Potomac from Mason's Island to the
mouth Of Eastern Branch, and for that purpose
to erect four or more wing-dams on the mid.
die ground, sc. so that the wing dams shall
not rise higher than common high-water mark.
Three commissioners are to be appointed by
the President, one from the city, one from
Georgetown, and one from Alexandra, to su.
perintend this business, &c.
Friday, iAerch s.
The Senate resumed the consideration Of
the bill concerning the naval establishment
On the question TO agree to the section pro-
posed by Mr.. Lloyd in the following words:
:" ind be it further enacted, That the President
be, and he hereby is. authorised and empow-
cred to cause to be built on the most impTov-
ed model frigates, to carry not ex-
ceeding thirty-six guns each, and that sum
not exceeding dollars be, and The
| same hereby is, appropriated for bnildlra @'
said fripates." il was determined Ia cue mega
YEAS-Messrs Bayard, Bibb, Brent, Dar,,
German, Giles. Gilman, Goodrich, Howell,
Hunter, Lloyd Reed, Smith of Md
NAYS.-Messrs.A Anderson, Bradley, Camp.
bell of Ohio, Campbell of Tenn Condit, Craw'
ford, Cuts, Franklin, GailIard, Gregg, Lam
bert, Leib, Pope, Robinson, Smith OF n. y
TAFT, Taylor, Turner, Varnum.
The DILL was further amended, by reducing
the appropriation of repairs from 100000 to
100000 dollars, and combining its application to
the repair of the frigates Chesapeake, Conste !
latien, and Adams. The timber to be annual
purchased for three years, is to be such as
suitable for rebuilding the frigates Phiiadel
phia, General Greene, New-York, and DOS
ton"
A new section is also added, requiring tho
advice and consent of the Senate to all nofn', ,
nations to the Office of purser in the navy ana
precluding any one from acting in that caPacl'
ty after certain time who shall not have Oeel'
thus first nominated and appointed; the! arc
also to give bond in an amount not yet INV" "
for the faithful performance of the duties u
purser, sc. 81,
The bill was, as amended, ordered u
third reading.
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