Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-01-18
HOUSE OF RErersrx.r

W 'ue committee III
Pensions and Revolutionary Cl ,j q
mace untaaorable reports On tb' "'af
tons OF Ba'nabas Quiylcy, Of .i I,u'
MGR erfau. and of John CRANE wh Ga,'
we're scverally read; the two fret " o
Cured IN, aud the last laid on the ta .U'-
MIR. K. from she same commit s''le'
ported a bill for the relief of samnsI ~ .
Beail. Nhich was twice read ma ID.
mi'ted. 'N 'o'n-
Mr.. williamson n. c. from tho ,.
hllttee of Claims. made unfayorahls o.,'
ports on the petitions of Richard W ~
Esscsfyn, John Caldwell, yosenb q g
Dutton. John b. Smith, John Pe ~ 81
Samuel Walker. John Martin. samr,oII
Peterson. Hannah Peterson. and Ha",
Cain, which we're all. on motion or NJ:
v. ordered to lie on the table. eycen,
that ON the petition Of Henry Coirr
which was, on motion of Mr.. liz ,esn
(who, at Sumo length, conlroyerted I'll,
report.) committed to comn,;ttso ' g
the whole. VI
Mr.. Campbell. from the committee nm
Private Land Claims, made a ren. ".
favorable to the petition of James Mac
kay, OF Missouri, accompanied h~
bill for his relief, which was twice rs.a
and committed.
Mr.. c. also, reported bill sunni.
mentary to an act providing for Cases rr
oflost mil tary land warrants and Dis
charges for faithful services which WAC
also twice read and committed.
MIR. Anderson, from the committee
on the public lands, made report nm
the petition of sundry inhabitants of
Illinois, accompanied by bill for the
relief OF certain settlers in the Illinois,
territory, residing in the Vincenne,|
District; which was twice read and
committed.
Mr.. Sergeant, from the committee on
the judiciary, reported a bill to aIter|
the terms Of the Western Court of Vir.
GINA, which vas twice read and order.
ed to be cngrossed for third read.
ing.
Mr.. Bloomfield, from the committee
on Revolutionary Pensions, made an
unfavorab'e report on the application Of
The following persons for pensions, viz
Samuel Gage, Elisha Cotton, Lemuel
Tomllnson, Caleb Johnson, Victor Put.
nam, Gafret Putnam. Jesse Foot, Isaac
Bemis, David Franklin, Stephen Tho.
mas, Thomas Camp, Abel BIatchIey,
Samuel Black, 'Fhos. Pierpoint, Ma
thaniel Edwards, Edward Conner,
Telas A. Fonda, Christopher Peck,
David Van SiCkler. VIM. Van Arnum,
John Watson, John Bishop, jacob
freak, John Binney, James Cannon,
Bazaleel Beebec, Alb. Lawrence, Luke
Johnson, Solomon Griswold, Elias
Buell., and Nathaniel Cousins, all of
which lad been referred to the Secrcta-
ry OF War, and reported against by him.
which report was read, and ordered toP
lie on the table.
The peaker laid before the House a
report of the Department of State, uH.
favorable TO the petition of Jacob ANDY
Henry Schieffelin, which was reterrtdf
to the committee of Claims.
Mr.. Strother moved tie adoption Of
the following resolutions F.:
!. ResolDed, That the Secretary Of thea
Treasury be directed to report, without ds7
lay, to this House, the actual balance in me
Treasury and in the hand, of the TREASURED,
as agent of the Navy Department and Waf
Department, and the amount, il any, IN 'hs
Treasury, subject to The control CT the com
missioners of the sinking fund, the Isl JAM
1920.
2. RESOLVED, That the Secretary oil me
Treasury be directed without delay 10 report
to this House upon what principles he has es-
timated the receipts into the Treasury , llol,il
the sales of public lands, for the year i0zV'
3. Resolved, That the Secretary OF Inc
Treasury be directed, without delty, 10 r.
port to this House what amount OF the puDiC
debt will be redeemable, according 10 o tpe
terms of the contract, in the years 1871, l0zl
1922, l825, and 1924, and what amour
would be left of the sinking fund IN eac1
year respectively, after the payment OF ID
interest of the public debt, and the Por',y
of the principal which may be redeemaO
within the year.
4. Resolved, That the Secretary OF
Treasury be directed. without delay, to
port to this House the present price OF
stocks, and whether. in his opinion, IT
price is above par, it will probably cont'n
until the period at which the stock lssueu
the late war shall become redeemable .
If in his opiniun. such should probably