Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-02-28
CONGRESS.
HOUSE oFREPREsEs'TaTIVEs.
Sxt,,rdag, Feb. 25.

After the reception and reference OF
tSundrY petitions
air. Rencey, from the committee OF
Iclaims. made unfavorable reports on the
foetitions of VIM. p. Lawrence and
Isienry Dwight, which we're concurred
lin; and reported bill for the relief Of
lEphrain Skaler, which was twice read
Iandcemmitsed. On motion of MIR. Van.
lcey the committee of claims was dis
charged from the further consideration
lof the petitions Of Samuel chimney and
VIM. Snodgrass.
The committee of ways and means, on
tmotion of MIR. Lowndes, was discharged
|from the further consideration OF the
tpetition Of Nathan Gerrin Smith, and
the same was referred to the secretary
Iof the Treasury.
Mr.. Lowafes from The committee Of
ways and means, made uniavorabie re.
PORTS on the petitions of + A. Spoore,
Ia. M.Grew, Elisha Talbot, Stanley and
ISmith, Saunders and judah, Jacob Dayy
Thomas Cowan and others, II. Teralin.
son ard Ninsiow Tucker I; the two first
Iof which were concurred in by the house,
land the remaining seven were referred
Ito a committee of the whole house.
Mr. Contssock. from the committee or
Revolutionary claims, reported bill foi
the relief of Elizabeth Hamilton, widow
| of the late gen. alexander Hamiiton
which was twice read aud committed.
Mr.. Heasante, from TIE committee OF
naval affairs, reported a bill for the ga
dual increase Of the navy which was
Twice read and committed.
On notion of Mr.. Tucker,
Resolved, That the committee on the
Judiciary be Instructed TO enquire into
the expediency Of allowing appeals from
the circuit ccnat Of the territories, to The
supreme court Of the United States.
On molten Of ar. iieore,
Resolved, That the committee on pen.
tsions ADD revolutionary claims be in.
Istructed to enquire iato the eypediency
OF INCREASING the pension allowed by the
United States to Joseph Kerr, soldier
|of TIE revolutionary army.
On motion of Mr. Forsyth, the house
proceeded to consider the report of the
managers on the part Of this house, in
the conference on the disagreeing votes
of the two houses, ON the bill TO carry
into effect the Convention OF comn:erce
with Great Britain-the question being
whether the house will recede from their
10 the Bill sent to this house
by the senate, and agree Is the moditica-
ton recommended by the conferees.
The question was decided without de-
bate. by yeas and nays, as fol!cws:
YEAS--N.cssrs. Aityande9, Archer.
Atherton, Baker, Barbour, Rassett. Ben
nett, Baieman, Baylies, Birdsall, Birds.
|eyc, Blount, Boss, Bradbury, Brecken-
ridge, Brown, Burnside Cannon, Gil
ley, Champion, Ciopeon, ComstocI!, Con
dict. Conner, Creighton, Cuthbert, Oar
|!ingtou, Davenport, Forsyth, Glasgow,
|Goldsborough, Goodwyn. Griffin, Hahn,
HAYES. Henderson, Herbert, Hop!.in-
SON. Ingham, Irving, n. York, Jackson,
Tewett, johnson, Ky. Kent, Kerr, Va.
Lansdon, Law, Lewis Lovett, Lowndes,
Lumpkin, Lyle, Maclay, Mayrant, NJ
Coy, Nike, M'LeaR. K. M'hean, Q.
Middleton, Mi!nor, Mose!y, Nelson.
Va. Newton, Paris, Pickens, Pitkin,
Peasants, Powell, Reed, Reynolds, Ro-
ane, Sergeant, Scheuck, Smith, Penn.
Smith, Md. Smith, Va. Southland, Stan
ford, stearn, Strong, Stuart. Surge
faggart, Tallmadge, Taylor, n. Y. Iay
lor, S. c. I'eIiair, Townsend, fucker
.Vose, Wallace, Ward, Ms. WendOver
Wheaton, Wilcox, Wilde, Williams,
WA!oushby, Tb6s. Wilson, Yates-1oC
NAYS--Messrs. Iaer, Cady, Cal
houn, Cbappeil, Cla,k, Kentucky, Coo
er, CraW ford, uesha, Edwards, Fornes.
CASTOR, Hammond, Iieister, huger,
Hubert. King, Ms. Lyon. Mills, Moore.
Nelson, Ms. Ormsby, Pickering, Ran
delphi, Robertson, Root, She9ey. Tho
mas, Ward, n. Y. Whiteside, Wilkin.
Wnl. WiIson, Woodward, Wright, Yam
cey--5J.
The house then, on motion of Mr..
johnson, of Kentucky. took up the bill
making further provision tor niiitar,
services during the late war; which oc-
CAPPED the sitting.
Several amendments were successive
" offered to the bill, most of them YER
BAL, and involving no principle--some
of which we're agreed to, and others re-
jected. Among the former was an a
mendment adopted, on motion CT MIR.
1,onaa,, IL include ths caSes of those