Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-02-28

ot oeorSia and South Carolina.
On motion of Me-. Easton.
Res0tscd, That the committee on the Judiciary
he instructed to enquire if any, what alterations
the government of the territory of Missouri pas
sed June 4, 1872.
On motion OF Mr. Creirit,r
hes'fuee5 That the committee on the public
ianus be instructed to enquire into the exned Ell.
cy OF prpvdln. by law FOR the sale of the reserva.
ton OF the twelve miles square, at the foot of the
Rapids OF the Miami Of lake Erie, the reservati.
oa OF two miles square at the Lower Rapids of
S'ilaasky river, IN the state of Ohio.
Oamotion of Mr.. Melon of Va. E
Res|ued, That the committee on ,he ;ud;cia
ry be instructed to enquire into The expedency
o' extending some aid Or encouragement to the
publication ct Mr.. Crancil's Reports of the cases
decided in the Supreme Court of the United
States during the last folro five years.
On motion of Mr. .Sdrsea,.,
Nesof1~o; nat the committee ON the judiciary
DC instructed to enquire and report If any, and
wha' s',erahons are necessary i'll hejudiclal sys.
TEN OF the U. STATES.
The engrossed bill to compensate certain Can
| adam volunteers, was read the third time. and
| pu. on It's passage.
| Mr.. HIhcns stated succinc,iy why he had vot
Ell against ae indiscrininate bounty to our own
d.soaaded officers, and why he should likewise
topPoos ule present DIE.
| Mt. .7fsrdnder stated why he should give o
reluctant vote against bill whose object he s..
| heartily approved but bis objections were insu
perabic to the shape it had now assumed.
Mr.. Castor made few remarks on the ;rnnro.
prlety OF opposing measure because it did not
exactly coincide with all our views after which
tne quest on was taken on passing the bill and
decided in the affirmative by yeas and nays, as
YEAs-Messrs. Adgate, Archer, Barbour
8asse,t, Bennett, Belts. Birdsall, Blount, Brooks
| brown, Bryan, burnside, Cady, Calhoun. Chan.
peli, Clarke, II. G.. Clark, Nv. Cfendinnen. Corn.
STOCK, Condict Crawford, Creighton, CuIpepper
Cuthbert, Darlington, Hes.ia, Edwards, Forney
Forsyth, CASTOR, Gold, Goodwin, Griffin, Grosye
nor, Hahn. Hammond, HAYES, Hester, Herbert.
HuSer, Hungertord. lnghani, Jackson, Jewe,t,
Maclay, Mayran,, M'Coy, M'Lean, X. MKean.
o. Newton, ormsby, Paris, Piper, Peasants,
rover, Robertson, Root, Sergeant. Savage
! acienck, Sharpe, Smith, Nd Smtn Va. South.
| I'd, Sturges, Taylor, N Y Tailor S. c. TeIfair
townsend, Tucker, Wallace, Ward ~ j. Wend
over, Whiteside, Wide, Wilkm, Winoughby
mos, Wilson. VIM. Wilson, Woodward, Wright
Yancey, Yates-8o
| NAYS-Messrs. Alexander, Baer. Baker. Raw.
lies, Boss, Bradbury, breckenridge, BurwsiI
Cannon, Champion, Clayton, Cooper, Davenpor,e.
Goidsborough, Hale, Hall, Henderson. Hopkin,
son, Hubert, King, Ms. Langdon, Law. Lewis
Lovett, Lumpkin, Lyon, Mason, nIcKee. Milg
hoseley, Nelson, Ms. Nelson, Va Moves. Pick.
ems, Pickering, Pitk.n, Reed, Rec. Kosne. quo.
sies, snetGy, Stanford, stearns, Strong, Talimae
| Tate, Taul, Thomas. Vose, Ward KS W.
Ny Wheaton, W.:cox, Williams-54'
The amendments ofthe Senate TO tic hin e,-
the reilet of John RtdTnsn Coke, were t.se un
agreed to Up
The bills from the Senate for the relief of
Is. T.. Verjon and the bill for tie relief of col
VIM. Lawrence, and The garrison of fort Bo,vvrr
were severally twice read and referred the tor
'her 10 select committee, and the latter 10
committee of the whole
The house then proceeded to the order of the
DAY, beng the Report of the committee of fhe
whoie house on the bill making further provision
Tor military services during the late rar--fhp
question on concurrihg with the Senate in striL.
ING out the Sd section of the bill (which nrovid
ed bounty IN land for the disbanded oif;cer, of
'he late army beng still under cons deration.
lie question was taken without filrthe, de.
bate, and decided in tie affirmative bv yeas s,d
nays, as follows:
fEAS-Mes srs. Adgate, Archer. Artba,ton
liaer' Bayiies, Belts, Boss, Bradbury, Brecken.
ridSe, Brown Burwell, cady, Cannon, Champion.
Chley, Clayton, Comstock, Cooper. Cr,wfnrd
CuipePpeF, Davenport, Edwards, Gold. Coldsbo'
rough, Hahn, Hale, Hall, Hammond, He;ster
ehusrSon, Herbert, Jewett, Kent, King, Mas
Langdcn, Law, Lewis, Lovett, Lumpl.in. I.von
MASON, Mkee, M'Lean X. Mills, Minor Nelson
Ms Noye', Pickering, Pitkn, Powell Rel
nlee' hoane, Ruggles, Savage, Sheffey, Smith
e'in' oniih, Va. Southland, Stanford. stesrnes
strong, Sturges, Taggart, Tallmage, Tate. Tsv'
,or' N T. Thomas, Townsend, Vose, Ward. NJ.
aIns--77. N' "lii'
NJ, NntSoMessrs Alexander, Baker, Barbour,
t 1aSsett, Behn2't Bndsali, Brooks, Burnside.
olct' creighton, Cuthbert, Darlington. FORSYTH
Goodwin, Griffin, Grosyenor. Ha,vs, u,;,.a .'
Huber, iIungerford, Inghaul, jackson. Johneon'
Ky Kerr, Va. King, N. G. Maclay. Msyr,nt AZ"
Coy, Vulcan O.Aioore, Nelson Va Orfnsb,, T,,r
rls' ficKens, Piper, Peasants, l.obertson Roo,
achenck' sharp, Smith I'D. TAYLOR, G. reIs,;s
tucker, Wallace, Ward, NJ ]. yvendovc,
' Wniteslde, Wilde, WiikiR, Wiiloual,by. Cboq
"ison' VIM Wilson, Wood ward, Y.nceV-5o
80 the uouse cpncurred with the con,oiitee of
tie "hole' ID striking out the Sd section and
suCCeSsiVeiy adopted the remainder of tb. amen1
mems reported by tue committee.
"ious n'otlons were subsequently made ~
amend me oil, The mos. important ofwh;cb ,y,s
oy Sir' Wide, to add a section. a,,tbor,s;,,cr >
oou,,y IN land, according to rank. In such 4,s
banded officers as had served one gear ana n,i,,
hao been wounded, brsyeed or d,st,nernisbeJ ~,
any approving vote OF Congress &c.
'he words one ycar were afterwards stpcts,,
Du,sni motions excessively made To- MI tbe Mani
"ilhlo years. 5years, 4 years, years 2 years p
hoo inoh'h' but all in VAN. MIR w. tl,en v,,ns
Grew DIS amendment, VITA the view. as he saiJ.
VI pring'hS inc subject before tae House IN a
iOt l,,,t uu &c with the present bill