Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-12-28

1 it shall be given thereon, and less guam
tity may be purchased, and at less price
than is authorized by the existing laws.
| On motionof Mr.. Woodbridge, II was
Resolved, That the committee on Public
Lands be instructed to enquire into the
expectancy of providing by law Tor the
final adjustment OF the ancient titles to land
within the Territory Of Michigan.
Mr.. Warfield offered for consideration
the following resolves:
| Resotved, That the committee on the
Judiciary be instructed TO enquire into
the expediency Of increasing the pay oil
jurors for the Circuit Courts OF the United
States for the District of Maryland.
The resolution having been amended
by extending it to the District Courts, ana
by striking out the concluding words in
ltalic, so as to make the enquiry general,
was agreed 10.
MONDAY, Dec. 90.
| Numerous petitions were presented, and
referred in course; among them were
several from different northern towns,
lprayiag additional encouragement and pro-
lection for domestic manufactures, one OF
which, that from the convention Of the
friends of national industry, assembled at
| Newly ork,' was ordered to be printed.
There were several from commercial sec.
tons Of the country, praying the enact
ment Of general system OF bankruptcy.
The committee Of ways and means re-
ported bills making appropriations for the
support Of the army aud navy.
Mr.. Sergeant, from the committee on the
Judiciary, to whom was referred an inqui-
ry into the expediency Of increasing the
pay oil jurors in the Circuit and District
courts, reported that an increase was moi
necessary. The report was agreed TO.
Mr. Sergeant, from the select commit
tee appointed on the memorial of the SUR
viving officers of the revolutionary army ,
made report thereon, favourable TO the
prayer Of the petitioners, accompanied by
bill for their relief; which bill was
twice read and committed.
A message was received from the Presi-
dent relative to the trne intent and mean
ing OF the act Of the last session, entitled
an act 10 addition TO the acts prohibiting
the slave trade, as to the duties of the
agents TO be appointed on the coast of AZ
RIGA. The President states tina, no seiz-
ures Of slave vessels have yet been made
by cur cruizers; that it had been decided
to send public ship TO the coast Of Afri-
ca, with two agents, who will take with
them tools and other implements necessa-
~ to form colony on the coast of Africa,
for the purpose of ameliorating the condi-
ton of the blacks, and where slaves may
be sent who may be found on board Of
American ships violating the laws Of the
country.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONS.
Mr.. Jones, Of Tennessee, offered for
consideration the following resolution
Resolved, That the Secretary Of War
be requested to state to this house whetb-
er, in pursuance Of the law Of 9th March,
1918, any pensions have been granted,
which, for reasons which he viii state,
ought not to have been granted, aud what
course has been pursued in relation to
such pensions, or those to whom they may
have been granted.
Mr.. J. said he was induced to offer the
resolution to obtain information on sub
iect which had excited much interest.
The revolutionary officers and soldiers,
or some Of them, were charged with the
commission of frauds in obtaining pensions
under The law of 1918 If this was true,
the nature Of the frauds should be known,
and remedy should be applied. On
examining the law upon the subject, he
said he was disposed to think there was
no power TO prevent their receiving the
pensions thus Illegally obtained. If the
law was defective, il ought TO be amended.
This motion and those incidentally
made relative to it produced some dis
cussion, and some amendments to it previ.
GUS to It's adoption.
A writer in the ST. Louis Enquirer, under