Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-04-29

lere had sustained other losses, at the same
iuncture, of perhaps 100000 dollars, ioI
which he set up no claim, &c. The motion
was not finally decided to-day.
A message was received from the PresI-
dent of the u. States by the hands OF Mr. Da-
MEL Brent Of the Departmental State, trans
hitting from the Secretary Of State, copies OF
the correspondence between the Ministers
or agents of the United States and the Minis
tiers or Government of Sweden, relative to
the seizures, sequestration, or contlscatlon,
Of the ships or other property OF the citizens
of the United States. under the authority Of
Sweden.
The message and documents were order
ed to be printed;
And the. Senate adjourned to Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Saturday, .April 22.
Mr.. Bloomfield, from the committee on
Revolutionary Pensions, made an unfavora-
BILE report on the cases OF Freedom Cham
berlain, Peter Cler. Solomon Thomas, John
Pesit, Ann Smith, Hezekiah Hutchins, Ru-
fus Whipple, Handley Bushnell, Sarah
Crowninshield, Charles Gilman, sJohn Por-
ter, John Simeson, Titus J. Turner, Joshua
Yeoman, Elijah Mann, Andrew Hllyer,
Alexander Destey, Jonathan p and Oliver
Woodwork, Huldah Bliss, Robert Allison,
Mary Shott, James Chapline, John Turner,
Walter AL 'Farland, Sarah Harris, John Oar
lings, Daniel Hosford, Gideon Shurtleaf, E.
leazer Thomas, Ebenezer Hopkins, tand
Roosevelt Hopkins, Joseph Durfee. John
Hunter, Cornelius Roosa, which report was
concurred in by the House also an unfavo-
rable report On the case of John l.. Poerecz-
ky, which was ordered 10 lie on the table.
Mr.. Pinckney offered ajoint resolution d.
recting the Secretary of State to transmit
one copy of the Journal of the Convention,
which formed the Federal Constitution, to
each of the members of that Convention,
who are now living.
Mr.. P.'s reason for offering this resolution
was, that the surviving members of the Con-
venton no doubt desired to have copies of
the Journal, but none were TO be purchased,
and he therefore thought it proper that they
should be furnished from the copies printed
for the public use.
The resolution was twice read, and order
ed to be engrossed for a third reading. mem.
con.
On motion of Mr.. CroweIl, the bill to es-
tablish additional Land Offices in Alabama,
was taken up, and recommitted to the com
mittee on Public Lands.
Mr.. Smith, of Maryland, from the commit
Tee of ways and means, to which was refer
red the bill from the Senate to provide for
the relief of sick and disabled seamen, re.
ported the same with amendments, which
were read, and with the bill ordered to lie
on the table.
The bill for the reIiefof Thomas L. Og-
den and others {; the bill authorizing the
building of a certain number of small vessels
of val the bill for the relief of Thomas
Leiper; the bill for the reliet of Mathew Nc
Mar and the bill approving certain pro-
ceedings OF the inhabitants of the village of
Cahokia in Illinois, in laying out town on
certain public ground we've received from
the Senate, severaly twice read and refer
red.
The bill from the Senate to increase the
allowance Of the judges of the two orphans
courts of the District of Columbia, was read
the third time, passed and returned to the
Senate.
The engrossed bill authorising the sale OF
thirteen sections of lands lying in the land
district OF Canton, in OHIO, was read the
third time, passed, and sent to the Senate
for concurrence.
REVISION OF THE TARIFF.
The House then again resolved itself into
a committee of the whole, on the bill 10 re-
gulate the duties on imports and tonnage.
Mr.. Sampson of Mass. move to amend the
bill by reducing the proposed duty of ten
cents per gallon on molasses to seven cents ;
which motion was negatiyed by large ma
jorlty.
MI. CLARK of New-Y York moved to amend
the bill by inserting duty on butter of nine
cents per pound which motion was agreed