Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-02-16

| charters Of banks and Insurance companie
in the district of Columbia, having for it's OLD
iect to instruct the Secretary of the Urea
sury to report to the House the number o
Banks in the district of Columbia. the nomi
nal amount It capital. the amount of stock
actually paid III, the amount of notes issued
of specie in their vaults and notes of foreign
banks, Of discounts. deposits. &c and also
like particular account of the Insurance
companies.
After some objections by Mr.. Rhea of Ten.
q Mr.. Roberts. who questioned the prac-
'lcabiiity OF obtaining the required informa-
ton
The House adjourned without deciding
n the motion.
thursday, February 10.
On motion of Mr.. Ciopton of Va.
Resolved. That the committee ON the
Judiciary be instructed TO enquire into the
expediency of altering the times of holding
the district courts of the United States for
the Virginia eli trct, and that they have leave
TO report thereon by bill or otherwise.
The House again resolved itself into a,
committee of the whole. Mr.. Nelson OF Va
IN the chair, OH bill TO authorize loan for
the st rvice of the present year.
The question yet being under debate, to
I'LL the blank with Is. 0OO,O00--
Mr. Pitkin of Cont. in a speech of rather
more than two hours in length, opposed the
motion, HIS speech evinced much industri
Gus research into the finances of the ma ton,
and, from the particularly of his statements
OF figures, is not capable of abbreviation.-
As we shall, at future day, lay his speech
at length before cur readers, the reporter
contents himself for the present, with ste~
fin~ fhof MI. % ,I>sa IL. L.. l.
cause it was to support war for an obiecr
MOTTO be attained, and If attained. not worth
the cost; because it would saddle the nation
with an enormous debt, which must even>
tualy be paid through the agency IF inter-
nal taxes, &c. &c. In tie course of the dis
cus.ion of these points, he took a view of
he present state of the question between,
this country and Britain, which he discussed
ina candid er-disapproving the course
OF the government, and depro eating the pros
pectivc course of this war. &c.
MIR. Shelley of Va. followed Mr.. Pitkin,
and had spoken for an hour in an energetic
and argumentative manner against the bill
when. on the receipt Of message from the
resident---advansage was taken of the
interruption to move that the committee
rise. before Mr.. S. had got more than half
through with his argument which motion
than Mr.. Pitkin in his argument. The loan,
he said, was to an amount, in proporti n to
the resources of tho country, unprecedented
IN the annals Of nations And vet, he un,
dertook to prove, IT was not half enough 10
meet the expenditure of the year. In his
attempt to demonstrate this, he contended
that the expenditures of the last year had
been much greater than they appeared on
paper TO have been. This argument by MIR
Shelley it would be injustice to attempt to
abbresiate, and such abbreviation is the less
| necessary, because we contemplate spread
ing his speech at length IN our columns.
The commit, C having as before stated,
| risen, reported progress, and obtained leave
| 20 sit again
a tn-sssse ,rns received from III. Pre,i..
dent ut che United States by Mr.. Coles his
private Secretary, transmitting to the House
the following report:
SIR,
In conformity with the resolution of
The House OF Representatives Of the so h
! July. 1913, copies have been prepared at
| the Treasury, of the accounts in detail of
the different Ministers Plenipotentiary, En-
voys Elk ia, rdinary and Secretaries of Lee
galion, and Con us appoir ed under the
| authority of the United States from the com
mencen.ent of the present governme Mt al
so accounts Of the expences incurred in the
treaty with AIsiers and the payments which
have been made under that treaty and ac-
counts OF all other expenditures in relation
t" the barbaiy Powers, including those &C.
casioned by the war with Trip0li, and the
| making of peace with that regency.
| Which several accounts / have the hon
or to transmit herewith, for the information
OF the House of Representatives.
have the honor, &c.
! w. JONES,
| Acting Secy. of Treasury.
The President OF the U States.
| The report and voluminous documents