Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-11-28
House OF Representatives.

House vi Representatives.
~. III. Nelson. from the ruminit |
IT, IN the Juhlriars, reported bii'l
concerning the western Dsst'i"tl
Coarl Of Pennsylvania ; wiiich was
tw,.e read aus, con ;s.tltd.
Mr.. FL. Nelson, froiu the san.cl
cc,p,atlee. to whom YVES referred ,heI
u,eu,eriai Of Matinee Lyon, prasmsI
reimbursement Of the eAperrrs IN
curreu Is, the prosecution un;ier TIL
az, Of Congress frum the state OF
Vcrnlunt----ii.ade a report thereon.
th at the piaserof the petitioner ought
not to De s,iAnsen.
Mr.. N. saii, he felt himself cen
strained TO state tn the House, That,
On this question, he had heen IN y
minority in the committee, afd s'si'e''
,i,e subject 10 he fully laid brioie
the HOUSE. lie therefore ii,osed tiai
the sport be referred Tor consider,
tiun 10 COMMITTEE OF the whele
house.
The motion was agreed TO.
Mr.. i;,.;;...a.it,son, under tn inslra .
to- .. the Judiciary eonMltt'e. &C.
~ I'D nil to establish an nnisnaH'
s,s,cn. d Bahkruptc. throughout w,
u. States.
Il. lntloducing this bill. Mr. Ii. re
marhu,, that tie Till was III torIn Tic
same which be had the Ii'nor u Ut
t,oGn,e IL ,uc consideration @. t"h
spses L ,i,ei. last session. III was not
Ma intention, he said, TO fatigue th'
House 10y long argument 1T preset:
but he had thought it his duty 'c
brn, the subject once E1"rt Det"f'
Congress, and have a vote faken on II
--hecausp The necessities d sit
ne ole deiaii,ied il, and h the hoIt
til Il. during the recess OF Congress
ID, SUMMONS Of sonr gentIe.nen tuigh
have changed, from retietiiali. o.
from information 'icri,ed from us''er
of the pressing occasion for s,r'h
law Mr.. ii. ho;nd that gentien'el
would not larn from this qarstlo
viii. Harm, hut that there would b
a tair expression Of The opinion .
Congress en he subject.
The bill was read and committed
Mr.. Harrison, from the conimi;te
to whom the SUBJECT was referred
rcportr.i IA slii TO ~, rease the nsh
her OF Clerks in the Department I
war; which was twice read and co.i
milted.
On motion Of Mr.. Holmes. Of Ma
saebusetts, another member was ol
deretl to he appointed for the commit
lee OF Foreign Relations, in the pia'
OF Mr.. Forsyth. resigned.
The Speaker laid before the Hou'
a letter from Rirl,ard Bland Le
late Commissioner Of Claims, enrio
ing letter from Jacob box, OF Ne
York, requesting compensation OIL u
government, for services rendered
Commissioner under the Claim
Referred.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
The House then proceeded to Il
Orders Of the Day, lying over fro
ihe last season., which, by rule
the iiouse, are revived in, state gu
at the expiration Of the first week
the present session.
The House first resolved itself iT
committee of the whole, MIR. L
kin in the chair, on the report OF I
committee Of ways and means ia
vorablc TO the petition Of Daniel NJ.
" ard Aaron Walker. MIR. Nhitr
moved to reverse the report; on VIII
motion a debate cnsued. wherein \
Whitney supported. and MIR. Trim
and MIR. Smith Of Md. opposed
,no,ion--whieh was finally negati
by large majority, and the rep
adopted. In which the liouae g
cured. on the Speakers taking
chair.
Mr.. Ballard Smith moved to am
the bill SO as TO substitute the Il
Of Iewisburg, in GreeBhriar cou'
I.r sthe court house, proposes
the bill, rs one Of the two phases,
holding alternately the eonrts OF
new district, ard supported bis mo