Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-12-21


MERCHANTS BONDS.
The House resumed the consideration Of
Che bill directing The Secretary ofthe rrea
sury to remit fines aud penalties in certain
cases.
iae Speaker declared the motion ycster-
d,, made by Alr. Gholsoa to DC out Of or
der.
Thc question REQUIRED on indcfni'e host
hopenieni of the bin which after a few re-
marks from Mr.. Rhea IN favor OF the mo.
q, tioh, was decided as follows.
YEAS.-Mossrs Anderson, Archer, Ave
~, Bard, Barnett, Basse;t, Bibb. Black
ledge, Boyd, Brown, Butler, Clay, Cochran,
Ciopton, Coadit, Crawford, Davis, Dawson,
Desha. Dinsmoor, Earle, Findey, Fisk.
Franklin, Gholson, Goodwin, Grundy, b.
Hall, o. Hall, Harper, Halves, Hyneman,
Johnson, Lacock, Little, Lyle, Maxwell,
Moore, M'Coy, M'kee, Metealf, Morgan,
Morrow, New, Newton, Pickens, Pond,
Rhes, Roane, Roberts, Sage. Sawyer, Sea-
yer, Shaw, c. Smith. ]. Smith. Strong, Tall
aferro. Troup, Whitehill, Winn-6l.
NAYS.-Messrs. Bacon, Baker, Bigelow,
Blocker, Breckenridge, Brigham, Burwell,
Calhoun, Carr, Champion, Cheves, Chitten-
den, Cooke, Davenport, Ely, Emott, Fitch,
Gold, Gollsborough, Gray, Green. Hufty,
Jackson. Kent, King, Law, Lewis, L.nwndes,
Macon, M'Bryde, M'Kim, Milnor, Mtchil,
Mosely, Nelson, Newbold, Pearson, Pitkin,
Plesants, Potter. Quincy. Reed, Richard
son, Ridgely, Rodman, Sammons, Sewer,
Seybert, Smile, Stanford, Stuart, STOW,
= Sturges, Taggart, Tailmadge, Tracy, J'ur-
ner, Wan CorSlandt, Wheaton, White, VIII
liams, Widgery, Wilson--63.
So it was determined that the bill should
not be indefinitely postponed.
1t was then moved by Mr.. Roberts, that
ihe bill be referred to the committee OF
Ways and Means, u consider thereon.
q motion to refer the bill to the commit
tee of the whole superseded that motion.
The motion to refer the bill to the com
mttec Of the whole was negatiyed, 81 to 50
and
The bill was then referred TO the com:nit
eeof WAYS and Means.
NAVY OF THE y. STATES.
On motion Of Mr.. Bassett, Che House re-
solved itself into a committee Of the whole
MIR. Macon in the chair, on the following bill
from the Senate, which had been previous
iy twice read in the House
a bill to increase the navy OF the y. States.
he IL enacted, tic. That the President Of
the u. States shall be, and he hereby is au-
thoriscd forthwith to cause to DC built, equ p
ped and employed four SHIPS to rate not
less than seventy four guns, and SIX ships to
iStG fOtty-iocf Guns each
Sec. .. Ind be IL further enacted, That
there shall be employed OH board Of each of
the said ships of seventy four guns each, one
captain siX, l.sutenants, ore captain. one
first lieutenant and one second Gsutenant of
marines. one surgeon, one chaplain, orc lIur
ser and three surgeons mates.
Sec. 8 ind be IL further enacted, That
there shall be employed in each Of the said
ships, carrying seventy-four guns, the fol
lowing warrant officers, who sh-l be APP
pointed by the President of the u. States !:
une master, one second master, three mas
tcr's mates, one boatswain, one gunner,
one Carpenter, one sail-ntker and twenty
n,idshipmen; aad the following petty Off
GERS, who shall be appointed by the captains
of the ships respectively in which they are
to be employed, viz one armorer, six boat
svain's nrtes, three gunner's mates, two
carpenters mates, one sail makers mate,
rue cooper, one steward, one master at
sriJ,S, one cook, one C)XSw;tin, one boat
swain's vcoman. one gnnner's yeoman, one
carpenters yecman, ten quarter gunners,
e,.iit quarter masters, and one clerk and
one schoolm4Ster, also to be appointed by
the CAPTAIN
Sec. 4. md bet further enacted, That the
crews of each Of the said slips of sc 'enty-
four guns sha' consist Of wohundred able
bows, three sergeants, three corporals, one
drummer one iiter and sixty marines.
Sec. 5. I'm 1 be il further eHGcted, That the
paw 0fthe school master shall be twenty-five
dollars per nIcnth and two ratiCns.
Sec. 6. md he H. furIher enacted, That the
sum Of two millions five hundred thousand
dollars be, and tic same is hereby appro-
Uriated, out of any monies in the Treasury
not otherwise Appropriated, for The building
ard equipping Of the aforesaid ships oi
war.
Mr. SAWYER moved to amend the first sec
ton b, adding "teen," TO the word " four, y
so AS 10 make "fouriSen" 74's. His object
appeared to be, should the Navy be increas-
cd to have il Increased in such manner as
TO M kc it competent to cope with any enc
Gy at
Mr.. Scybert WAS opposed to building 74's
As supporter OF the wir, he said he was
wiling 10 increase our forces on the sen r.
any extent within the resources q the ma
Ion nut the proposition now before them
went beyond it, and would DC Of little or nc
use unless greater number was built. HC
was H. favor Of building some other vessels
bit they should be frigatss Of the largest
class.
Mr.. M'Kee next spoke against an in
crease ofthe Navy ia any manner, on gene
raj principle. IL it mast be increased h'
was in fav ter augmentation.
Mr.. Mi 49, or Of the bill
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but againl
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