Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-09

TIN. session, = we'll as thosc a. ""
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The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. smith, OF Md. from the com
mitlee Of Ways and Means, t" "i'o'n
was referred an enquiry into the ex
pc,li.,,cy Of repeating the duty Oh
i imported salt. made report adverse
to the expc,:icn'y OF repeating thcI
duty on ia.ported salt, ,na,le report
ad,ersed TO the exprdicoey Of they
.holn 'on OF the duty, which Was com
mitted To "a committee oi the who"' |
Mr.. Williams. Of N. L. from ths
comnittee uf claims. matte unfatOrt.-
HE reports on the petitions OF john
Grimes, Of 'Ihos. Chapman. OF. Jnsper
Parish. wllirh were severally read d
onrurred in.
! Mr.. Johnson, Of Ky. from the CON
mittee on military atfilirs. reported
bin authorizing the establishment OF
a national armory CD the western
E. waters.
The Speaker laid before the House
la communication from the Secretary
of the Treasury, transmitting al es-
Inmate Of the apyropri 'ti"us proposed
for the service Of the year 1919
(which was referred to the committee
Of ways and means.
;, Mr.. Harrison. Of Ohio, offered the
IS following resolution
Resolved, That the committee on
;, the public lands be instructed to en-
= qulre into the expedienry Of continu-
!. ing the n t PASSED AT the last srss'Ol,
!. entitled " AN act to suspend for " linn
e li,r. time, the sale Or forfeiture OF
' lands fur failure in completing the
payments thereon = and also to en-
e quire what further relief it may be
d |proper to give To the persons who are
iin,ebicd To the United States for the
purchase Of lands.
In support Of the enquiry. Mr.. II.
briefly referred 10 the 'Iiiiianity whiri
, at present exiated in Ohio in making
r pa, ;Nputs for land in the kind Of mo.
j lucy 'e!u,rr,! i'y lie lrca,s'rt Depart
i. l'ucEt, "hi"h. sron the suspension u!
At lspceie payments by the hanks oi Ohio
:, was now vtry limited, the notes Of al
Il u IA banks being refused, and tht
81 ousrrueni nscrssity oi eXtendiDs tit
II hdul srucc mentioned in HIS resolution
J. The nn,ion was asreed TO.
- Mr.. BRYAN, Of n. Carolina, asket
:, and ol,taineh rerm;ssi OF the leas.
y 90 be EXCUSED from serving on tti,
r"mn.i,lrt appointed to enquire init
i. he rOntihrt OF the Bank OF the U. s
iul Air. u. stalled, that, in asking Til
idul.; ence. III was not az tuatra ny
desire to shrink from The i.nporian
iiuty ASST ,:neh him. hut that he Was
u. s,Ur khoider OF thr institution, and, u
,u Ii. conceived that deiirary for',a'
his being ore OF those appointed T.
o.;ike the investigation ordered by
the huusc-an investigation, upon tn
result Of which the future ,liar,. L.
aud prospects o; the Institution woui
mainly depend.
On motion Of Mr.. Tallmadse,
vas
Resolved, That the committee OF
! on Naval Affairs lie directed 10 en-
). quire into the expectancy Of inrreas
~ ing tbr amount of the security to h
> hereafter required from Navy Agent
- and also Of recurring security to
= greater amount from those now in I'll.
office.
~ The amendment Of the Senate 1
the Resolution au'horising the trans
;" mission Of certain do ument free O
v postage, was taken up and agreed to
= The House then again resolved i,se,
: '.to committee Of the whole, M
omilh. Of Md. in the chair, on IN
nil Tor the relief Of the heirs Of Caro-
- ie Beaumarchais.
:" MIR. Hopkinson occupied the Goo
= in "A speech Of about an hour, in 90
>" position to tie claim OF the petition
= Frs and
u Mr.. Erwin, Of South Carolina. fol
lowed at some length in support 0
!, the claim /; when
The committee rose, on tht. motto
4" Df Mr.. Holmes, obt4ihed leave to 81
Iagain and
" The House adjourned.