The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-02-12
WORCESTER,
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY l9, 1923.
CONGRESS-.

~, 10 fftddy, REQ. Z, O0M enctuStoe.
In SESATE.-A Report of the Committee
on Military Affairs, directing Bill to be
brought in, approPriating S 129,375 to dis.
charge the claims of the State of Georgia, for
militia services rendered in the years 1892, 3,
and a, was, after debate, adopted.-The bill,
introduced by MIR. Lloyd, for the erection of a
monument over the tomb of the late Vice
President GERRY, passed, with an appropri-
alton of 5 1000, and was sent to the House.
House OLE REPREsENTADlvEs.--T House,
by Yeas and Nays, Ill to AZ, refused to take
up the bill authorizing the President to Cause
to be made surveys and estimates for certain
roads and canais.-A bill supplementary to
the Revolutionary Pension Act, which Had
been discussed, upon several days, finally
passed. 1t authorizes the Secretary of War
to restore to the pension, list names which
have been once stricken off, where new proof
shall render it proper-the pensions, in such
(and in all other) cases to commence from the
time of completing the testimony necessary
to entitle the applicants to them.
The select Committee on the subject of the
mutilated printed documents made a report
exonerating, as was expected, Messrs Gales
& Seaton, the printers, from all blame; and
stating that there was no evidence " tending
in the slightest degree to show that the sup
preston of the paragraph in question was
caused either by the influence of the Secreta-
ry Of the Treasury, or was done with his
| knowledge )" and that the Committee &C hare
obtained no satisfactory information" as to the
cause Of it. We have read the evidence ac-
campaigning the Report and, were it not for
the testimony Of the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry, the inference might, by some, be drawn
that the suppression Of the paragraph could
| hardly have been occasoned by any other
person than the Secretary himself His testi-
mony, however, appears to be satisfactory.
On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and
Tuesday the "new Tariff Bill'' was discuss
ed in Committee of the whole. The Nation
al lntelligencer says there are three parties on
| this question, " the Jealous on both sides, and
the indifferent" Some of the speakers were
in favour of the bill, generally, provided some
notifications were made.
The House Gas well as the Senate) ad-
journed from Friday to Monday. For a day
or two the House met at II o'clock, but af-
forwards again fixed the time of meeting at
IL. On Monday, Mr.. Chambers, of Ohio,
moved that the hour of meeting be again fixed
at III o'clock. He alluded to the short re.
naming period of the session, and to the i'm
mense mass of business to be disposed of, and
said believe, Sir, that we are too inert
that there is really an indisposition in the
House. to transact much business at the pres
emit session. Such is publick opinion. It is
abroad in your publick Journals--and am
proud when see the independent suggestions
Of these faithful sentinels of the publick
veal" The motion was opposed, and finally
laid on The table, ga to 64-~the question being,
upon MIR. C.'s requisition, decided by Yeas
and Nays. The names of those voting on the
question are not published.
On Wednesday, (Feb. 50 the whole time
of the House was consumed In a discussion
which the Editors of the Intelligencer charac-
terize as one SC Of painful Interest," in which
scarcely any gentleman engaged who was
not more than once interrupted by calls to
order"-a discussion having reference to high
officers of the government and members of
Congress, whose conduct and motives were
arraigned with freedom of which, in our
Legislative annals, examples have been sell
dom SEEN" Our readers will easily coniec-
ture that the subject which could excite so
sudden and fierce fame, is connected with
the Presidential question and indeed we in
fer from all we have heard, that there was lit
tie, If any, care to conceal the feelings which
| that question has excited.
1t will have been seen, above, that the Com
mittee on the subject Of the suppression Of a
paragraph in printing certain documents from
the Treasury department, reported that they
could obtain no satisfactory informationn as
to the cause of it. 1t seemed from the testi-
moDy of Mr.. Cook, of Illinois, the member
who had made the call for the documents,