Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-04-17

and decidedly in favor of the bill
Mr.. Neale. also spoke at large in
port Of it.
Mr.. Culbreth assigned the rea,
why he should vote for the pos,n
ment of the bill not that he was o.s
sed to the principle of the bill, bu,
canse he had never heard that the 4.
lection of the judgment was prom
to be enforced on Gen. Wilkinson: II
the passage of the bill therefore app,,b
ed to him to be unnecessary. i
The question had been for some i'll
loudly called for; and was at len,I
taken, on the postponement, and d.
ded in the negative, Sc to SIS. And, /
Tie bill was then ordered to be !
crossed for third reading.
Mr.. Liyermore moved to discba,E
the committee Of the whole from 4
further consideration of the bill, forSL
alteration of the present tariff of N
ties on goods imported, with view
| its postponement. But the motion v
declared not TO be in order before d
reading of the following bill:
Thereupon Mr.. Barbour moved 1
lay that bill on the table , which moli
was negatived.
I he bill from the Senate, sunni,
mentary to the act, concerning navi|
CATION" was twice read, and was n
motion of MIR. Hill, referred to M
committee on commerce.
Mr.. Williams of N. C.. then move
to postpone until tomorrow the othcy
orders Of the day preceding that refer,
red to by Mr.. Liyermore, with a view
to then moving to postpone that bill,
until the next session of Congress.
In support of this motion Mr.. "
said the subject was one of great in.
portance; that a proper consideration
of it would occupy the attention of ID.
House exclusively, for at least a mont
and would for so long protract Ii,
session beyond the time necessarily b
be devoted to the consideration ofOda
subjects. The question ought thereto
to be now determined, whether q
House would or would not act upon Ii!
subject at the present session.
Mr.. Lowndes said, he concurred 81
fully in the views of the gentIema
from N. Carolina, that if he now per
severed in his motion, he should Gel
taiuly vote for it. But, as the decisio
of the question, would in fact be de
cision on the main question of the bi
for the present session, he wished til
motion could be deferred until to moi
row, that the members of the Hous
might be all aware of its agitation. Nj
l. said he did believe, that unless it W.
passed without debate, the bill in que
ton could not pc acted on at the PR
sent session.
Mr.. Williams, asserting to the Wis
of Mr., Lowndes, withdrew his motion
with the intimation, that if no one els
moved it, he should himself renew til
motion to morrow.
REvoLUTIoNARY OFFICER;
The house then resolved into a com
mittee of the whole, Mr.. Hill in th
chair on the following bill
BE it enacted by the Senate and Hoa'
Of Representatives IF the United States
.4merica in Congress assembled, Tha
the accounting officers of the Treasur
Department be, and they hereby arr
directed and required to adjust and set
tie the claim of each and every surylV
ing officer of the Revolution; who b
the several resolves of Congress, mad
on or before the 2lst of Oct. 1880, wa
entitled TO half pay for life, and VII
shall apply for such settlement with
months from the date of this ac'
by deducting from the arrearages 0
such half pay, computed from the re
duction of the army, FIVE years full pay
and the balance of such arrearases b
ing thus ascertained, a certificate slia
issue for the same, bearing interest
the rate of six per cent. per annum, re
dcemable at the pleasure of the govern
ment: Provided, That if the whole
mount of the balances so 10 be asceI
tanned shall exceed one million of dol
lars. they shall be respectively an
rateably reduced, SO that the aggrega'
of the certificates to be issued shall nc
be more than the said sum of one MI
lion of dollars.
Coz, 6.,I L. s,ortpl