Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-03-12
CONG r ES S.
IN SENATE, Afarch 2.

Jan. as amended.
Mr.. Anderson moved to refer it to Sc
| lect committee. Motion lost, Yeas ID, Nays
IA.
The motion was further amended, to read
as follows:
| Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be directed to lay before this House
a statement, SO far as the same may be prac-
| ticable, exhibiting the number of ships and
vessels, and the amount of tonnage, and the
| several kinds and amount of merchandise, be-
ing of the growth, produce or manufacture
of the United States, or territories thereof,
and of colonial produce, exported from
thence to any port or place in France, sub
lse1uent to the period at which the repeal of
the Berlin and Milan DEGREES was to have ia
ken place; tating distinctly the duties paw
able in the ports Of France on each article
before andsince that PERIOD
And the question on its final passage was
decided as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Bradley, Brent,
Campbell of Ohio, Crawford, Cults, Ger
bert. Leib, Lloyd, Pope, Reed, Smith of Md.
liz
| NAYS-Messrs. Anderson, Campbell of
Ten. Condit, Franklin, Gaillard, Howell,
Robinson, Smith of n. Y. TAFT, Turner, Var
mum, and Worthington-12.
Mr.. Lloyd reported, onthe petition Of Ma
ry Nicholson, " that in the opinion of the
committee it is ineXpedient to make provision
for individual cases of the description of that
OF the petitioner;" and the report was con
Cured in.
MIR. Brent presented the petition of Robert
Young and others, inhabitants of the town of
Alexandria, praying charter for a bank.
under the title f"The Mechanics Benk of
| Alexandria Referred to Messrs. Brent,
! Campbell of Ten. and Taylor.
Mr. Lloyd presented the petition of John
Parker of Boston, praying indemnihcation
for vessel bound to St. Petersburg, and
captured Sd May, 1911, by French priva-
teer, and carried into Dantzic. The petition
was ordered to be printed.
March s.
Mr.. Lloyd laid before the Senate resolu-
ton of the Legislature of Massachusetts,,
stating the perfect ability and disposition of
the government of the Commonwealth to
make the most prompt provisions for the i'm
| mediate supply of such blankets and clothing
as the general government may wish to con-
tract with the citizens of the commonwealth
for, sufficient to meet any contingency which
may occur, and to request information of a
ny other articles which are or may be want
ed for supplying the Indians, as there can be
no doubt of the ability of the Commonwealth
to supply by contract any such articles, most
ly, if not altogether, from their own manu-
features.
The bill authorisinga subscription to the
laws Of the u. S. was, on motion of Mr.. Leib,
postponed to the first Monday of April next !;
the bill to incorporate certain persons into
Lead company in Louisiana, was re-commit-
ted to Messrs. Bradley, Lloyd, Gregg, Cuts,
and Leib.
Mr.. Smith (of Md submitted the follow
ing motion for consideration:
RESOLVED, That the President be request
ed to cause to be laid before the House such
information as he may representative to cap
lures made by the belligerents since the Esd
day Of June 1911, of vessels of the u. States
bound to or from the Baltic or within that
sea; particularising the nation of the cap
| tors, the cause assigned for detention, the
names of the vessels, masters and owners,
and the portsto which the vessels so detain-
ed belonged
On motion of Mr.. Bayard, the further con-
sideration of the bill supplementary TO the
act entitled An act to regulate the Collec-
ton Of duties on imports and tonnage" was
| postponed 10 the LIST Monday in December
next.
1.-THE bill went to allow an additional per
centage to certain collectors.1
The billsA addition to the act entitled " An
| act supplementary to the act entitled an act
concerning the commercial intercourse be-
| tween the u. S and G.. B. and France" was
committed. Messrs Taylor, Crawford,
! Lloyd, Reed and Smith (of MIDI composed
| the committee.
The bill making further appropriations
for the accommodation Of the Patent Office,
&c. was read third time and passed
| Mr.. Pope communicated aresOlution of the
Legislature Of Kentucky, recommending an
Improvement of the u. States militia sys-
tenn; a resolution requesting their Senators
and Representatives in Congress, to endea-
vor to procure the establishment of certain
roads or highways therein mentioned, UNI
der the authority of the general government.
March H.
The bill to alter the time of holding the
circuit courts Of the u. S. at Knoxville, East
Tennessee, with the amendments, was or
dered to third reading.
| The bill giving further time for registering
claims TO lands in the western district Of the
territory of Orleans, was also ordered 70 a
third reading.
The senate resumed the consideration Of
Tic motion made yesterday by Mr.. Smith of
! Md. and the motion was amended and agreed
70 as follows:
| RcsotVed, That the President be re-
lquested to cause 60 be laid before this House
such information as he may possess relative
to captures made by the bilicerents since
The first day of May 1911, Of vessels Of the
! y. States bound to or from the Baltic, or
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