Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-01-13
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the pension committee. = -
i Mr.. Ormsby ofKy. presented a petit;on os
James Patton, praying to be relieved from
.ne payment ct a Judgment obtained aeaiust
7 nun ny ths ". States as surety on certain re-
venue bonds--Referred. $500 -
IN morton OF Mr.. Mcclellan of Ohio, the
pension committee. 80 r $40
On motion Of Mr.. baltimore. the petik;on
on bsnJam'n Farrar was agaia referred to
the committee of claims. 20, - -,
! ne engrossed bill to amend tha 7tb .e,-.
ton o, The Direct Tax Law, " as a Fad a third
time and passed. = ' '''',a
fAr, A,leoarn of Ohio. presented the mo
mortal OF sundry citizens Of Franklin co,,ott
M chios and of two other districts. exp,es,
sus ,he,r aPprooation Of the plan devised Ia
III. 10" r was asst session before this
| rouse, Tor tue more effectual and ecnno1u;.
cal protection Of the North .yrstern Fran.
.ier, and praying that such a Lil,Imav MN.
.i.o q law. keisrredto the comm.tiee ha,r
| ing .nat subject under cons:derat..,S. z
= ~ sAr. lngsrssoll ut Pen fren. The. sors.,,;A
we .se 10 whom was referred the rne,nAriaj ,,f
| Oi.ef Evans and of others CRESTED No ~
suoieo, OF patent terms in general, and Hr.
.-sans map os emen,s in milling particulaf.v
an, report III part, on the pc itions Of the
49,, a''" .ers against Diver Evans'
a ,,,.,; concluding with a resolution that
.,neir pctition ought not to be granted. %,
ms report was, OH motion Of Mr.. F;.t e
~. referred to committee 81, the Who'll
~. ingsrsoli stated also, for public ipfnr.
a'eiioh, mat IN relation TO the subiect ar s.
~ Se ~ sne extension Of patent term ven.
S,ahy' was the commit,ee's ippress;on
ina. x wouldhe inexpedient eeneraliv tn ee-
= -iu .ne testnssof patent rights. thosyh An
e..se''s'on might be due to MIR. Evans inn
mn RfffH ~ . "a
c'iiele OF the steam engine. A decision
." uis questic!l, however, had been defer
rcd by t.l committee. with view m 80,
an c2i,ortaiii,y to persons cfai. ,inr likr n.
gress >'on-
IN :, notion Ok Mr.. Jennings of Ind.
-eSo.Vea, nat tie Committees on Mil;ts.
~ Ili,a;fs DC Instructed to enqalrc into ,b,.
e g diency oil compromising Can't yV,tl;.m,
liarsroVe and the officers and private. nm.
qGr ms Command for services rendered ~.
w, n,..tea os-stcs "a mounted rangers of the
LIEUTENANT GENERAL PRopos.
ED.
Mr. Murirec of N. c. offered for consider.
AsSotyrc, Tliet "a. COMA, Tee On Mir
tary Affairs be Instructed To enquire iniothe
expedlency ot empowering by law the Pre- :
sident OF the United st ates by ard wi Ii the
ADVICE ard Consent OF the Senate, to APP
point one Lieutenant General 10 command
the armies 1T he United States, with sch
powers and sinolumcllts as III ny be deem med
exi,ecient.
MIR. Murffse said in his opinion the result
OF the las! campaign had dsappoI ed tie
expectations of every ono. That op,nan
mad pseu decidedly EXPRESSED BY this House
n its recent vote for eisqniry into ths, c..u-
ses which led TO the failure of jur arm. How
yer general might be the o2iaion in ,his
Rouse, 1t Nas.s Ill more 20 IN the nation He
hoped and trusted the e. quirv embraced in
the rcso;ulonj ast aiiude ~ would De 80 pro-
secutei as to shew "heretnc bSame really
rests; that. II misconduct has taken place.
IL may De iaid at the dor OF tic person by
whom It was committed==foi,, as the matter
now stands, no two persons in the n use
wtu'u agree on tlie Causes. whsnce this un-
expected result has proce ded. But the en-.
quay, desirable as 1t is, IN " h il may point
GU. the cause OF recept failures, caHuot IN
crate any beneficial effect Oh the next cam
paiSn lie time, Mr.. NJ said, was fast 40.
preaching when taat Campaign ough, 70
commence and, as far as he had seen, no
measure tile tendency IT which was to zen.
Der the ensuing Campaign more successful
than the last, had been adopted. H. eyery
age, and under every government il had
appointed who should be responsible for tee
conduct OF the army, that u ,hould NOT
require AN investigation of two or three years
to ascertain who was to blame for any par
tcuiar error or misconduct. Previous totie
war with France in 1898, II was thought NJ.
ccssary To have person Of that charac1 r.
AT that period, Mr.. NJ. sad. there were a
great niany'incre of the officers of our revo,
iUtonafy army living than there are row
many OF when held seats in Congress. He
should be justified in saying there vas at
least as much military talent in he nation
az that time as there is now {: and If it was
at that day cxpedient, ON q mere prospect
ct war, to appoint Lieutenant G neral. he
could not Tor ms own part conceive that tie
sane sep was not equally necessary at this
| day whSn war actual exist IL must ip-
dcer be admitted on AL DaE1s. to be n ore
necessary now thlil it was then. Itwa, a
fact, he SAID, OF which go gentleman ia lie
House could be ignorant, that the Secretary
| OF WAR had been ABS ut fr,nl the seat Of go.
| verbment tor some u. onths, for the purpose.
as report said, of gi.inb ect to tie opera
tons OF the Campaign. If such was his OBJ
JecE, what was that but assuming upon hjmr
sell the cfhce of Commander in Chieff If
| u was necessary such an Office should exist.
he Conceived At highly prop that ano, ner
oihcer should be appointed to execute lts
duues, AID that they should no devof e ON
the Secretary ofWAr, Ia addition to the inn