Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-01-22
thoritv on which their alletiged facts rest
and replied to Messrs. Stockton and Grosye.

| Lne question on Mr. itanSon,s motion was
! decided 10 the negative by yeas and nays, by
a majority of so or 40 votes.
Mr. Castor after expatiating On the value
OF correct information on the subject of this
letter 10 intelligent legislation on foreign af
( fairs, &c moved to amend the motion by
Istriking out the whole, and substituting Their
for a motion to enquire Of the president whe
ther the following letter There insert the
whole of the alledgcd letter, as published in
all the papers last summer1 had been re-
lcsiced BY the government &c.
I Mr.. Pitkin supported this motion, and
warmly entered into a view Of the conduct
! OF government as connected With the con>
tents of that letter, which he considered it
important to- verify ar falsify.
! 6abe question on Mr.. Gaston's motion to
arsrt was decided 81 the negative byyeas
aud nays. M
Fer the amendmen, IS
Against it go
And the original motion of Mr.. Roberts
was agreed toby large majority.
bill from the Senate ITO authorize the
president of the U. S. to cause certain regi-
ments therein mentioned to be. recruited for
FIVE years or during the war" wastwice
read and committed. .flcr. Herald.
THURSDAY, Jan, Is ~
1 Il .
ton of John X. Livingston and others pre
sented on the 2lst February, 1918. was re-
! ferred TO the committee of Commerce aaa
| Manufactures. \
On motion of Mr. Ingersoli of Pen. the pc
tition of Danl. Pe;tibone relating to nipple
ments of war, presented on the 25th June !,
was referred to the committee on Military.
| Affairs. s
On motion of Mr. Nelson of Va. the petit
ton of Jasper Anderson, presented ON the
| 9TH June, 1918, was referred to a select com
mittee.
On motion Of Mr.. Calhoun of 5. c. the
petition of John Motlow. presented on the
18Th Feb. 1907, was referred to the commit
\ tee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.
| MIR. Rhea Of Ten. presented petition of
the messengers attached to the several de-
partments of State. Treasury, War and Ma
| Wy, praying an increase of their respective
compensations Referred to the committee
of Ways and Means.
Mr.. MsKee of KY. from the committee on
Public Lands. made areport against the Pc
tition of sundry inhabitants of Clark and JEFF
ferson counties in the Indiana territory !;
which was adopted.
Mi. M'Kee also made report unfavora-
| bic to the petition OF sundry inhabitants re-
siding on the frouticrS Of the state of Ohio
| (praying grant of land for alleged priva-
tons by war; - Si.sicli was read aud con-
1 CURED in.
| Mr. M'Kee. from the same committe made
| a report uHf.vorable to the petition of sun
| dry inhabitants of Driftwood settlement in
the Indiana territory, praying a grant of
land for a mill seat which was read and or
dered TO lie on the table.
| ENCOURAGE ENT OF ENLIST
II II ~ NJ, II. az
| On motion of Mr.. Troup, the House re-
| solved itself into committee of the whole
| Mr.. Desha in the chair on the following
! bill:
II BILL making further fropision .for
filing Of the ranks Of The regular arniy,
encouraging enlsfDaents, and authorizing
the re ,enfisfmenfS.J for longer fer1ods, Of
| men whose terms Of serDice are about TO
c1hire.
| BEit enacted. &c, That in order to com
| pletc the present Military establishment to
| the full number authorised by law, With the
| greatest possible dispatch, there shall be
paid TO each effective able bodied man, in
lieu of the bounty at present established by
law, who shall be duly enlisted into the SER
vice OF the Y. States, aftey.he day OF
| next to serve for the term OF
I five years or during the war, at his election,
| a bounty of one hundred dollars: twenty
five dollars to be paid on the enlistment OF
| the recruit twenty-five dollars when he
shall be mustered and have joined some mil
itary corps; and fifty dollars on the expira-
ton CT his term Of service, or when he shall
be entitled 10 his discharge. and shall more
| over be entitled to the bounty ofthree hun-
| drea and twenty acres of land, as heretofore
| established by law.
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{, Sec. 2. That every non. commissioned Of.
! hcer, solder or other person who shall re-
cruit an able bodied man for the service
! shall be entitled to receive foy every effec-
tive, able bodied man, recruited by him af.
ter the day of next, for
the term Of FIVE ears, or during the war,
and mustered, and between the ages of eigh-
teen and forty five years, the sum of eight
dollars: Prouided nevertheless, That this
regulation, SO far as respects the age OF
the recruit, shall not extend to musicians, or
} to those soldiers who may re-enlist into the
| service.
Sec. 8. That from and after the
day Of one thousand eight hum
dred and fourteen, the monthly pay Of the
! non-commissioDed officers, musicians, pri.
Yates, drivers, bombardiers, mattresses, sap
pers. miners, artiicers, saddlers, farriers &
blacksHitas, who have enlisted, or shall
| hereafter enlist in the service OF the United
States, shall. during the continuance of the
war between the United States of America
and their territories, and the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland and the
dependencies thereof, be as follows, viz to
each SERGEANT, major and quarter>master's
sergeant, fourteen dollars to each serjeant
and principal musician. thirteen dollars to
each corporal, twelve dollars; to each mu-
sician, eleven dollars to each private, dri
yer, bombardicr, matross, sapper and miner,
l ten dollars 10 each nrtifcer. saddIer far.