Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-04-29
From the National Inteltigencer.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
IN SENATE.

fr9dGy. .dpTtt II.
The President communicated the report
OF the Secretary Of the Treasury on the Pc
tition of John M. Chapron and others French
emigrants, engaged in cultiyating the vine
and olive in Alabama, adverse to any re-
Taxation of the,act authorizing the grant to
them.
Mr.. Horsey presented the memorial OF the
citizens of Alexandria, against any innoya
ton OF the judicial system of the district.
The senate resumed, in committee OF the
whole, the consideration of the bill to APP
propriate room or rooms in the custom
house now erecting at New Orleans, to the
use of the district court of the United States
for the state of Louisiana, and having been
amended and reported to the Senate, some
debate took place on the merits of the bill.
in whichits expediency was opposed by Mr..
Eaton, and was supported by Mr.. Brown !;
after which
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and
read third time.
Mr.. Leake observed that he had vote d
with the majority yesterday on question
which had rejected the bill to grant certain
privileges to the Ocean steam ship company
of New York. tthe time that question was
taken, there was bare quorum of the SEN
ate, and the bill had been lost by but one
vote desiring to give the bill an opportuni-
ty of being decided by fair expression Of
the sense of the senate, as well as because he
was not perfectly satisfied with the vote of
yesterday, he moved the reconsideration
thereof. This motion was agreed to-ayes
23-and then
The question required on ordering the bill
to be engrossed for third reading,
A good deal of debate took place on the
merits of the bill; in which it was opposed
by Messrs. Parrott, Wilson. Dana and Nor
riI, for various reasons--ou account of its
comforting exclusive privileges on particu-
lar company of not combining the company
to American citizens alone; of its interfe-
renee with the coasting navigation of the
country, wi ich ought to be encouraged las the
nursery Of seamen, &c. The bill was adj
vocated by Messrs. Dickerson, Sanford,
King of N. Y. and Otis. on the ground of the
great importance of the experiment which it
to encourage that, if successful,
ii would never be used tor the transportation
OF any thing but passengers to such an ex-
tent as to compete with OF injure the navi-
eating interest of the country that the Ken
dial Goals of England, on the consumption of
which by the steam ships Of the company it
was proposed to allow drawback, was the
only kind which could be used without in
jury TO the metal apparatus of the ships, &c
This last feature, however, Mr.. Otis moved
to strike out, which motion was agreed to-
ayes 10, noes l2; and
The bill, thus amended, was ordered to
be engrossed and read a third tme--ayes 90.
The bill to establish uniform mode of dis
cipline, and field exercise for the militia of
the United States, was received from the
House Of Representatives, twlceread and re-
tered.
The engrossed bill for the relief of Mat
thew M'Nair, and the bill from the other
house, for the relief of Elizabeth Braden
were severally read the third time, passed
and sent TO the other house.
Mr. Williams, of Miss. from the commit
tee on the public lands, reported bill to re-
yiye the powers OF the commissioners for as
pertaining and settling land claims, in the
district of Detroit, at Green Bay, and a.
Praire des Chiens which was rea d
The bill for the relief of Richard Smylh
(fer the settlement OF his accounts as army
paymasterl was taken up, and, after some
discussion of the circumstances of the case,
the bill was ordered to a third reading, by
yeas and nays, % to 10.
The bill for the reliet of Matthew Lyon
was taken up, and, alter some remarks by
Mr.. Barbour OIL the proprety OF general
provision for such cases, as proposed by his
resolutions--the bid was postponed to Mon
day.
The senate next took up the bill frsm the
other house, 9 in addition to the several acts
Tor the establishment and regulation of the
Treasury, War, and Navy Departments, .
respecting transfers of appropriations, and
carrying surplusses of appropriations to the