Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-12-30

Presented 70 congress. 'ehtS
- eWV,zpsnsDAr. Dec. .
Inc following petitions we ~ :.
resented and referred. viz 1e1e this d.
|a,1 ~ a Mr. strong, the petition sfR I,
sion. ease OF his No.
BY Mr.. Yates. the ret;t;o, !,
Van Driesen. Of "a similar nat. q los
BY Mr.. King of Mass. t aa'are.
certain proprietors of Cotton petition
ries at York in Massach assr tss'aoi'ss
Tor |. the imposition Of PROTECTING ! Psll
foreign cottons. autes
BY Mr.. Chapman, the pet;t;o,
II: Peaselee, N. B. Haswell, =, !oh,
sci Jones, praying to be discb,r%a,.ss Rs
confinement to which the, are Ss 81 Fu
ted {, uuder judgments obtained 's p
them by the U. States. aSsaa
BY Mr. Lyle, the petition Of g..
:. King. late Major in the ,',n odnF
~. stating that he is unsb's "a
his accounts at the treasury. bos sett
the loss Of q his vouchers BY ust. @e e
praying that the accounting ofsa,a nd
the treasury may be INSTRUCTED ~
an equitable settlement of he 49,. laas
By Mr.. Desha, the petition ' If Fs'
!. Motho' late an Adjutant 0 MINI n''; y
the service Of the y. s. praying Gonna. y
satlon for his services as such 'Outel-
BY Mr.. T. Wilson, the petition e \
fer Audrain. 'OH"FeI
BY MIR. Ross, the petition f s,,,.
of the county of i. big ,n',,
ing that the taxes on distilleries = ' pa.
shape may be abolished, AMI the d;0..
tax in lieu thereof augmented. NN''
BY Mr.. M'Kee, the petition os II
! praying, for reasons which he ' ....
forth, of disadvantages under which i
had labored. that his lease for the 4 N =
saline near the mouth of the W a, !
'lyer IN illinois territory, may be extend.
Mr.. Peasants, from the naval ,On,
nittee, reported a resolution recue,t Sn,.
ne president of the U. States TO nreso,5
medals to cant. I. B;d,Ne .,I
he other officers of the slooo ofvar He,.
Jet, in testimony Of the sense Of Con.
,ress OF their merits displayed in Tie
:apture OF the British sleop Of war Pen.
JUN /; aid also, bill rewardins the Of.
ers and crew of the sIoop Of Wal Hr.
let, tyr the capture and destrhctiOO Of
he British sloop of war Penguin; which
i'll and resolution were twice read and
ommitted.
On motion of Mr.. Yancey, the tuus.
roceeded to the consideration Of he re.
ort Of the committee of the whole on
re bill for compensating the owners d
l q e during the late war.
The amendments made IN committee
) the wdele, principally verbal and not
fecting the sense, were concurred in.
Mr.. Yancey then moved further to a.
lend the bill, by adding thereto aew
ection, authorising the payment for the
orses belonging to mounted volunteers,
lat were lost In consequence OF ter
wners being dismoubted aud separated
ON them; provided that there be Ge'
acted from the amount of value CT he
orses so lost the amount which eaca
wner would otherwise have received,
ccording to the Law 1885, for the "Uss
nd risk" of the horse so lost, while "
he service of the Z. States.
Mr.. Desha moved to strike out the lat
err clause of this proposed amend"'en'
yl,;cb he considered unjust as vel as %
renerous. He was Supported II '05
notion bv Mr.. Johnson Of KENTUCKY a'l
\.r. Smith of Va. who each PIKE a
enoth. as well as MIR. Desha, in la'rr d
he first part Of the proposed new see'ioD
and against the proyiso. ,od
The motion of Mr.. Desba was oPpes' y
~ Mr.. Yancey, who said. i It ue, e., y
lopted. he should be compelled 10 WV
against his own amendment. I'm
The question on Mr.. Desha's m', 81.
was decided by Yeas and NaysSs y"
lows -
For his amendment o. 81
Against it
So the motion to amend Mr.. ian''
amendment was rejected, ,,.,,,
Mr.. Desha then moved an amen0fe', ~,
limiting the proposed deduction !, o. s, ts'
to the time following tie loss Of tne ". N
50 as to leave the mounted volunteer '1, n i,
benefit of the allowance tor the u a,S 0
was in service previous to the d''
his horse. -
After some warm debate on tn, u,
ton. between MIR. Desha and Mr. !"