Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-20
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
FRIDAY, April S.

FRIDAY, April D.
. After the reception and reference of sun
dry petitions,
Mr.. Yancey, from the committee of claims,
made an unfavorable report OIL the petition
OF VIM. Robinson, which was concurred In.
On motion of Mr.. Belts,
RESOLVED, That the committee on the Ju-
dietary be instructed to enquire into the ex-
pediency of establishing an uniform mode
OF trial and punishment for all offences
recognizable by the courts of the United
States.
Mr.. Calhoun moved that the House pro-
coed to consider the amendments of the
Senate to the National Bank Bill. On put
ting the question however, it was found
that quorum of members were not pre-
sent.
MIR. Randolph, with a view of produ-
cling more punctual attendance her eafter,
moved that the House djourn.-Negativ-
ed.
Aquorum soon after appearing, Mr.. Ran
dotph moved that the rule for converting at
I0o'clock, be rescinded, that the hour If l
might be again adopted which was also
disagreed to.-Ayes 40.
The House then, by vote of SIS to AS,
agreed to consider the amendments of the
Senate to the Bank Bill.
Mr.. Minor, because of the thinness OF
the House, and the Importance of the sub
Ject; and further, because he understood
that the committee on the national curren.
cy were on the point of reporting a very i'm
Portant bill which might materially affect
the decision of the Bank question, &c. NOV
ed that the consideration thereof be post
poned to Monday next.
Mr.. Calhoun, hoped the motion would not
prevail. The reasons for it he did not think
sufficient-the House was as full as usual
and the bill alluded to as on the eve of be
ing reported by the committee, pre-suppos-
ed the existance of National Bank, and
the committee had determined not to re
port it pending the passage of the BaLk
Bill.
After some further conversation between
Messrs. Calhoun and IMilnor, in which the
latter gentleman insisted on the propriet>
Of first being in possession of the report re.
ferred to-the motion to postpone the sub
ject to Monday, was negatived-ayes As
noes &c.
After the amendments of the Senate
were read
Mr.. Randolph moved, for the purpose o.
destroying the bill, that the whole subject
be indefinitely postponed.
This motion produced long and warn
debate, which shall be noticed in our mex
paper, and was finally decided in the mega
tive, as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Baker, Barbour Bas
sett, Bennett, BirdsalI breckenridge, Burn
side, Cady, Caldwell, Cilley Clayton, Clop
ton, Cooper, Crawford, Culpepper, Darling
ton, Davenport, Desha, Glasgow, GoIdsbO
rough, Goodwin, Hahn, Hale, Hammond
Hanson. Hardin, Hester, Herbert, Hop
kinson, Johnson, Va. Johnson, KY. Kene
Langdon, Law, Lewis, Lovett, Lyle, Ly
on, Marsh, Mayrant, M'Lean, Ky. Milnor
Newton, NOyes, Pickering, Pitkin, Randolph
Reed, Roane, Root, Ross, RuggIes, Sar
geant, Savage, Shelley. Smith, Pa. Stearns
Strong, Stuart, Smrges, Taggart, vose
Wallace, Ward, Ms. Webster, Whiteside
WilcOx-67.
NAYS-Messrs. Adgate, Alexander, AR
cher, Anterior, Baer, Ba eman, Belts. Boss
Bradbury, Brooks, Brown, Bryan, Calhoun
Cannon, Champion, Chappell, Chapman
Clarke, N G. Clendennin, Comstock Con
dict, Conner, Creighton, Crocheron, Cuth
bert, Edwards, FOrney, Forsyth, CASTOR
GhOlson, Gold, Griffin, Grosvenor, Halves
Henderson, Huger, Hubert, Hungerford
ingham, Irwin, Pa. Jackson, Jewett, Kerr
Va. King, N. c. Love, Lowndes, Lump
kin, Maclay, Mason, M'Coy, M'Kee, Mid
dletOn, Moore, MOseIey, Murfree. Nelson
Ms. Nelson, Va. Ormsby, Paris, Pckens
Piper, Peasants, Powell, Reynolds, Ro
bertsOn, Schenck, Sharpe, Smith, Md
Smith, Va. Southland, Tate, Taul, Taylor
S. c: Telfair, Thomas, ThrOop. Townsend
Tucker, Ward, N. Y. Ward, N. ]. Wen
dover, Wheaton, Wilde, Wilkin, Willough
by, Ihos. Wilson, VIM. Wilson, Wood
ward, Wright, Yancey, Yates.-91.
The amendments of the Senate wer,
then, after some Intellectual attempts {,
amend them, severalIy concurred in ant
The House adjourned.
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