Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-03-27

Inf LOnislaEaa anu kcktAsOs
|sonri !, whiCh were severaiiy twice
read and committed.
Mr.. Robertson from the same
|co,nmittee, reported the bill from
lthe Senate, supplementary to the acl
|proyiding for the indemnitieatlon Of
|rertain claimants in the Mississippi
lterritory : and also the bill from the
.enafe for tile relief of Edward Viii
laon the latter with amendments
land both bills were committed.
Mr.. Jackson, from the committee
lappointed on. that subject. made a
lreDort on the subject of the Cumber
land road; which was read ano OF
ldered to be printed.
/ MIR Forney from the committee
lappointed on that subject, reported
Ia Eli TO increase the compensation
lof the clerk of the House of repre-
|sentatiyes (to 5000 dollars) which
Twas twice read and committed.
Dartm0or Prisoners.
| On motion of Mr.. Peasants.
i The House went into committee
lof the whole, MIR. Jackson IN the
.lchair, on the bill TO place the sur
living sufferers at Dartmoor prison
!, lon the Navy pension list; which was
Il renorted 70 the house with an amend
Iment (makisg the pensions com
Inenee on the 9th Of April 1915. the
|dny on which the Dartmoor nassa-
Icre took plaee) and the bill as a,
Imended, WAS ordered to De engrossed
Iror a third reading.
On motion Of Mr.. MLean OF o.
1.-The committee Of pensiens we're in.
strueted to enquire into the expedien.
Hey Of allowing a pension to Pau
BoBnell who was wounded at Fort
lMeiss.
Il Staff Of the Army.
! The engrossed bill to organize o
''lgenera! staff for the army, was read
1.-THE third time.
4 An enquiry made by MIR. Hardir
,'Iinto the necessity Of one Of the Off
aIcers named in the bill (the commits
lsary general Of purchases) the ma
g!ture OF bis duties, &c. produced
lshort discussions on that point
al MIR. Grosyenor and Mr.. Pickering
Eargued shat the duties of the Com
Of missary General and those OF tn,
ISuper;ptendant General of purcha
. SEES, we're in fact the same ; that on
.,.of the Offices was useless aud ough
TO be abolished, &c.
isl MIR. johnson OF Ky. explained th
various duties of the officers refer
aelred ~. the disainila~ - 'TsPon
- ~ anG the necessity Of boil
Ito fern complete staff. &c.
The yeas and uays being demand
led by Mr.. Davenport, the queslio,
!. lon the passage Of the bill was de
Icided, as follows
Il For the hiIl 90
Against it 90
81 The bill from he Senate TO autl,o
rise subscription to second editief
etof the public documents. and the bill
|ecncerning settlers Oh tie public
Z lands, were severslly read the thirt
time and passed.
+ THE TARIFF.
The house then again resolved it
self into committee Of the whole
MIR. Breckenridge in The ehaic, on
The biz to regulate the tariff Of du-
5 ties.
Mr.. Belts made a motion 10 strike
;lthe words ed raiore,a, in the clause
e fixing the duty On wooilecs aud cot
toss which was negatiyed, ayes 40.
'inoes s..
Ma. Webster submitted a motion
10 alter the tariff proposed en- cot
!, I,onss by laying a maximum duty of
Thirty per cent. for tive years, and
then gradually reducing il to ----
-lper cent. Mr.. w. offered several ar
isuments in support of his motion,
fbat at the suggestion of Mr.. Lown
'Ides, be Withtirts II, Cor the present,
Ito wait some inflammation which
'lwon!d enable the house to act more
luntlerstandingiy on the subject.