Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-09

from the Secretary Of The Treasury, transmitting
a report of he additions which have been made
SINCE September last, to tie funded and finat;nr
lebts of,he U. States
Mr.. Wright, from the committee sppo;nted
m that subject. reported bill for the payment
" the militia in the case therein mentioned.
United A''' So'''-
On motion Of Mr.. nan.
| hesofOea, That the committee on the National
currency be instructed to enqure into the expe.
dlency OF compelling the Banks in the different
states, afer The FIRST OF November next. % re-
sumo specie payments, by increasing the duty on
1 stamps. or IN any other manner which NAV be
oes. calculated to produce the desired effect.
Inc House hen proceeded to the report of the
!, ,Ioni'.ee OF ihe whole, on the bull in addition
'oe ACT regulating the post-piice establishment
l-the report beng gone through, many amend
menus were successfully offered to the bill. which
produced much discussion.
Inc bill having been amended on motion NJ
Nir. Wright so as to allow TO the Members n,
Congress, the privilege of ranking letters during
ene recess. the same power was attempted TO be
.'' 'or the Chaplain; which motion was
supposed by MI. Pick ring, and then negatyed
yeas S.
MT Iaaradge then moved to amend the bill
oy Inserting a section to prohibit the transDorta.
'ioh or opening the mails on Sunday. which mo-
l''n was supported at some length by the mover /.
ana gave rise TO debate of considerable ex,en,
'oNns ue arguments pro and con with which
.is Is ZANZIBAR Ii was opposed by Mr..
| ingham, Chairman ofthe postofice commits. :
because the subject of the motion was specialize
reierreo 10 mat committee, on which they would
very soon make report, when the proprietv az
uie measure might be argued-The motion w,s
also opposed by Messrs PICKERING. Mills of
Ntsss' jackson, Hall, and Wright, for this and
other reasons. a'N
me motion was finally decided in the mega.
tive, by yeas and nays, 100 votes 70 IS.
| fEAS-Messrs. BayIles, Brown. Cbamp;on.
Coms'oek, CulPepper, Davenport, Hubert. Jew.
/ e.'' Ken, LanSdon, Law, Lovett Iyle LYON Ma
clay, Marsh. Nj lnor, Nelson Ms. Nelson Va
Noyes' PItkin, Reed r. e, Sou hard. stearns.
9.tong, S'urgs, Tagglrt, Tallmadge, Vose,
SE VS. "hlteside, Wilcox. Wilkln, Wright
| NAYS--Messrs. Adga,e e, Alexander. Archer Ra.
Eer' Barbour. Bassett, Bateman, Birdsall. BIonnt
/ n'Ss' breckenridge, Brooks, Burnside, CLAW. Cal.
noun, Can on Chappell, Cilley, Clarke N q Clay.
ton, Gle denim, Condlct, Conner, Cooper. Craw.
tord, Gre gh On, Ca,hbert, Darlngt N, Desha Ed.
wares Forney, Forsyth, CASTOR, Goldsborourb.
ooouwyn' @r.ihn, Grosvenor, Hale, Hall, II IN
,,o"oi iiNhsoh' Hardin, Halves, Henderson, Her.
| ner'' hnPkinson, Htlngerford, Ingham. Jackson.
Johuson va. Johnson k Kerr Va. K,ng n. C.
Lowndes, Lumpkn Mason, Mayrant. Meow
m'hee Ml1aE X M'Lean o. Middleton. MN.
aoore, Newton, Ormsby, Paris, ckens. Picker
lnS' piPer, Powell, IA dolph, Reynolds Rober,
\ son, Root, Sergeant, Savage Schenck. Sharpe.
SheHey, smith Pa. Smith Md. Smth Va. stan.
rrLu, ,a,,i Taylor TaslorS c.. Telfair.
nonias, Ihroop, Tucker, Wallace. Ward N. Y
Ward j Wide, Williams Thomas Wilson.
| woodward, Yancey Ya,es-I0O
Inc Noise then, OH mot on Of Mr. Hail for
reasons winch he stated, agreed to re.cons,de,.
t.ie amendment which gives to tire members Of
congress The privilege Of franking during the re-
! In the debate which ensuel on tins subject,
the privilege of frankI4g during the recess wa
I advocated by Mr. Randolph, Sir Wright. Mr.
urosvenor, and Mr. Culpepper, and opposed b.
W.T. Iiail, Mr Comstock, and Nj Pcker,n,
me deoa was of a mn, cellaneous charac, er. de
'ul'ory out rather nte restng The prlncipa;
a.suinent against granting the privilege was, tia
SEATED at her homes, in private life, an -
nous ana UNJUST stlnctlon from other crtzen,
IN FAVOUR u members of Congress To thai I
was replied, besides the Arguments tina, this DR.
Viese was not comparable III magnitude to 1ha,
oi exemption from militia service already exist,
| ing by law, ana which no one would propose 10
abrogate, &c.
The amendment going to allow this privilege
% Members OF Cong ess, was at length agreed i,
by Yeas AMI NAYS, "a 20 90.
| Amer ONE further discussion, the bill was or.
dered TO be engrossed al late hour; and the
house adjou ned.
MONDAY, March q,
| hi'er the presentation and reference of nu
me us petitions
| MI johnson Ky. moved the following resoIn-
$40 which, after debate TO be noticed in onr
hex was agreed to, viz:
heS'fued That committee be appointed TO
inquire INTO the expediency of changing the pre-
'ent mode of compensation to the members of
congress into gross sum for each session and
report such other provisions as NAV have
endency to the despaIch of public business. and
to compel the PunctIal attendance of member,
d Congress during the session.
An unImportant amendment made bv the 60
rare to the Direct Tax bill, was taken up and n.
greed TO- after an unsuccessful motion TO post
Pone the bill indefnitely-so that it now wants
only the signature Of the President to become a
| law.
| The house then went into committee of tine
whole on the National Bank bill and made con.
siderable progress therein. When arrived at the
prev sion which gives to the President and Sen
ave the power OF appointing FIVE of the Du ectors
motion was made to strike out that feature /:
on which DEBATE ensued that had not ended
when the House ad journed.
The proceedings in detail on the Direct tar
Dill and ON the Bank bill, cannot be inserted here
Tor want OF room--they shall appear tomorrow
CHARIpsToN March o