Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-02-25
Was decided by Yeas and Nays, the vote


Stood as follows;
YEAS--Messrs. Avery. Barbour, Bard,
Barnett, Bayiies of Mass. Bigelow, Boyd,
Bradbury, Brigham. Champion. Ciiiey,
Ciopton. Cooper. Crawford, Cuthbnrt, Da.
venport. Deshs. Ely. Eppes, Farrow,
Franklin, Geddes. Glasgow, Goodwin,
Grosvenor, Hale, Hall. Hasbrouck, Halves,
Henderson, Hubert. Jackson Of r. 7 John
son of Ky. Kennedy. Kent of N. Y. King Of
Mass. Law. Lowndes, Macon, MKee,
Moutgomery, Mnse!ev, Markell, Nelson,
Ormsby, Pickering, Pitkin, Potter. ]. Reed,
w Reed. Rpane, Ruggles. Schurenan,
Seybert. SheFsy. Shipherd. Slaymaker.
smith ct Ny. Stanford. Stockton, Stuart
iagsart, Thonpscn. Troup, Vose Ward
OF Mass Warl Of n. j. Wheaton, White,
Wilcox, Williams. wilson OF Mass Win.
| ter Wright--74.
NAYS Messrs. Aston. Anderson, Bav-
iy OF va. Bnes Bowen d eckenrilge Brown
Butler Caperton. Calhoun Cannon, CleH-
denim. Comstcck, Conrad. Cox, Creehton,
Crouch, Cplpeper, Duvall. Earle, Findley.
f'sk OF ". Fisk of ". Y Forney, Torsythe.
castor, Gholson, Gourdin, Griffin, Han
I ION, Hawkins. Hubbard, Hungerford In
gsrsoll, 1nsham, jackson Of Va. Kent of
Nd. Kerr, Kershaw, Kiibourn, LeTerts,
Lewis. Loyett, Lyle, M'Coy, M'Lean,
VI ore, Mnrfree. Newton, Park. Parker,
| Pearson, Pickens. Piper, Peasants, Rea of
| zen. kheao Ten. Rich, Ringgold, Robert
son, Sage, Seller, Sharp, Sherwood, Smith
OF va. Strong, Sturses, Tsnrehill, Tay
lvr. Telfair, Udree, Wilson Of Ten. Wood.
Yancey-73
So. the bill! was indefinitely postponed.
Some tnse vas s7,nt il committee o. the
Whole on the bill prospecting the compensa
ton OF collectors of taxes, & AID some ma
teriai amendments having been move to it's
detail, 1t vas ordered to lie on the table.
| LIE remainder of the day was spent in
commltee ON the bill respecting Post OFF
| Saturday, February rs.
Mr., Breckenridge obtained leave of alb.
sence forthe remainder of the session.
| Mr.. Mkim presented petition of Dea-
mis- Carol OF Baltimore, praying to be al
owed an additional price for a quantity of
beef and pork furnished the Navy in conse.
quence ofthe great advance in the price of
these artic.ts between the date OF the con-
tract and the time of delivery. Referred.
| Mr.. Eppes, from the committee of WAYS
and Means, reported bill for the relief of
| Solomon Frazer and the representatives of
| Charles Eccleston, and bill for the relief
OF William p. Bennett, which were twice
read and committed.
| Mr.. Eppes made unfavorable reports on
! the petitions of Samuel Doak aud Ezekiei
| Thompson the first of which was agreed
to. and the latter ordered to lie on the TIA
| ole
Mr. Nelson, from the committee on the
peution OF WIN. Lambert, made report
| terminating with the following resolution
| "Resofved, That the President of the u
| States be requested TO Cause such further
| observations to be made at the seat of the
national government as may be deemed
most proper to determine the longitude Of
the capitol. in the city of Washington, with
the greatest practicable degree of exact
| ness; and that the data, VITA abstracts OF
the calculations and the results 70 nded
| thereon. be laid before Congress at their
next session."
The report was agreed to.
Mr.. Culpepper submitted for considera-
ton resolution requesting the President to
recommend day of Thanksgiving and re-
ligious solemnity to the people Of the United
States on the present state of the cou .try,
&c. which was twice read and laid on the
table.
The engrossed bill granting donation of
$50 acres Of land to Anthoay Shave, aud the
engrossed bill for the relief of Edward Hal.
lowell, were read third time and passed.
The bill TO grant land to deserters from
ihe enemy, was indefinitely postponed.
The bill to alter and establish certain
post roads, passed through committee of
the whole, and was ordered to be engrossed
for third reading.
The bill tor the relief of Henry Nimmo,
passed through a committee of the whole,
was ordered to third reading, and read
third time and passed accordingly
The remainder of the day was spen. in
the discussion Of the bill declaratory OF the
powers of the legislature of the Indiana ter.
ritory; several propositions to amend and
postpone it were rejected, but, before get
tiEg through the bill. the house adjourned.
Monday. Fe6ruory 20.
MIR. Reed, Mr.. Sherwood, Mr.. Comstock
AID Mr.. Kilbourn. presented petitions from
their respective states, demonstrating a.
gaInst the transportion and opening the
mail on the Sabbath, which, on account of
the recent change in the attitude Of the
country, we're, on motion of Mr.. Reed, a.
gain referred to the Postmaster General:
Mr.. Rich presented the pe,itsn Of Justus
Bellamy: which was referred to the com
mittee of claims.
The Speaker laid before je house the
memorial OF James Lamb, Of Charleston,
praying remission of forfeiture incurred
by him in consequence OF innocent offence