Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-12-09

states, already, IN relation TO TINS suo'
lee, and tearing that sIore m'ght oo'
cur. nc was desirous vt providing re-
m.dy-with which view, he had pro-
posed this resolution.
The resolve was agreed 10 without
opposition.
Carollna, It was
Resoived. That 3 select committee De
appointed 10 inquire iuto tne exPe-ien-
CIV OF recon- nendins, to the severa:
States, the props'ety OF amending the
Constr utiou OF the United otates, 10
.ueh manner that the mode OF eiect'hS
ne,noer. OF the house OF Representa-
lives, IN congress, may be UNIFORM
mroug hout the United States; a'so' .na'
the mode of choosing Electors tor F'e.
sident ana Wee pre.ident Vi the Oniled
states, may be, IN like manner. an'-
form ana, aiso. that the election OF the
sai oili ers may. 10 no even, oeVo'''
pom the House OF Representatives.
On motion OF Mr. Alckim, OF Mary
laud. II vas
Kss1iced That the Secretary Of STATE
DIR, ,et fu,nsh TO his house
statement o. all sick or dlsabied AWe
ricaD seamen, who may have been sent
to the | ii mary or Hospitals, al the
Port of Liverpool. IN u eat B'hain,
under the direction OF the A'te'lcsh
,onsul a that port as also the amount
of money retained or received oy said
consul, from the master or cons'snee
of every American vessel arriving a.
said ourt, from the ist Of September,
1921, to the LIST Of September, 1928 for
each sick or disabled seaman sent to the
lnfrmary or Hospitals.
Ar. Thompson, of georgia, present.
ed to the House, the following resolu.
ton:
Resolped, That the memorial Of the
Legislature OF Georgia, relative to the
clai ms ut certain attachments Ut Militia
of that State, for services performed IN
the year l7s2, 1898, and 1874, together
with the accompanying documents.
(now on the files of the House) DO re.
ferred to the Co.nmlttee on Military
Affairs, with leave TO report by bill or
otherwise.
The resolution, on motion OF Mr..
Cooke, Of Tennessee, was amended,
thou III tho amend nent was resisted by
the mover, by changing the reference
from a Select Committee to the Com.
mittee on Military affairs. and, being
thus amended, was aduped.
On motion Of Mr.. Jennings, of ledi.
ana, it was
Rssotued That the Committee OF
Nays aud Means be instructed to in.
quire into the sxpedlency Of making a n
app 'opris ion for the purpose o. fleet.
Ing q 5urt rer ex, ingu'shment Of Indian
title TO lands IN she stale Of Indiana.
The following was offered by Mr..
Hamilton. of Souti. Carolina:
ResoLued, Thatthc Naval Committee
be Instructed to inquire into the justice
and sxpsdiency Of allowing Mrs. Sarah
Perry, tho mother of the late Captain
Oliver Hazard Perry, a pension during
her natural life.
MIR. Hamilton mentioned. in Offering
this resolve, that u bill embracing this
object had been reported at the last
session Of Congress. but not acted on
t ON the want of time. His present
object was to revive the bill.
Mr. rrimbIe, OF Kentucky, not
mesning to object to this resolution,
suggested The proprie' y of including in
it The case Of Mrs Lawrence, the WI
dow of the gallant Captain of that
name.
Mr.. Hamil on said. he thought, that
though The cases of the venerable Mrs.
Perry and the widow ct the lanented
Lawrence were in many respects similar,
yet there were some points at difference
IN them which rendered it inexpedient TO
blend them together
M Cambreleng. OF New York, dis.
claiming ali opposition to the object OF
the resolution an objec,.in which he teel.
inglv and fully ,oncurred, was OF opinion
that the ca-es of Mrs. Lawrence and
Mrs Perry might better have separate
consideration The case OF Mrs. Perry
required a distinct act OF Leg'slatIon-that
OF Yrs Lawrence dii not. beng ne OF a
class OF cases heretofore regularly provided
for by law, her husband having fallen IN
battle But it should br remembered
that, through some insdvertence, the act,
provIding pensions for the widows and
orphans ut naval officers killed IN battle,
was omitted to be 'evvei al thu last SEES
sIou OF Congress previous TO which ii had
expired. the 'uBd from wb,ch that re-.
lief was dispensed was sacred one il
had been raised out OF the Navy itself,
and il should ever be held sacred to the
object Tor which II was raised. He in.
tended, on Monday, To move Tor revi-
val OF the act, and II as he trusted, it
shnnlh he revival he cherished a 6 rnny