The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-02-21

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ouoys; relief of distressed sic K. and die,
oieo seamcn; and for supper, OF consul
and commercial agents abroad the ex
Penoitu'e under each head to be state,
separately.
Mr.. Saunders, of n. c. submitted IN,
ioho"ing paper TO the house, and moved
4 hiatt, he Oh the table.
he undersigned, members of the Ia,
OF tne distric, coUr, for the Alabama dis
tric. do certify that they are well &C.
gua'nted with the general charactG Of
Ecwin Lewis; that il is bad. and tina,
they consider him UNIV orthy TO be admit.
ted as a member Of the said bar.
VIM. era WORD, tis,ric, attorney.
HENRY HlTCHC0CK,atry. gen. Alab.
W NJ. Is. PATrEN.
A e. RUFFIN,
"A. v. BAGLEY.
Mobile, Alabama, Jan. 1885,"
ine paper was ordered to lie on the
table.
The house, on motion of Mr.. Black,
\ ledge, OF n T.. took up the report made
by The committee on public buildings.
proposing en- alteration in the hall ofrop4
resehta,ives for the accommodation Of
the next congress and, on the question
TO agree to the resolution appended to the
report, 1t was determined in the affirma
tive.
The eDgrossed bill "makipg app,o
priation for the support of government
Tor the year 1885," the bill .sraking !.
preparations Tor the support of the navy Of
the L. >, were severally read a third
time, PASSED, and sen, to the senate for
its concurrence.
The bill from the senate to extend the
charter ofthe Mechanics bank of Alex.
andrla, was read a third time.
Mr. Butler, Of N. III. requested the
yeas and nays on the question, and. hav-
Ing done so, assigned the reasons why he
should vote against the bill, which were
cons'entaneous with those gwen on the
same side of the question in Yesterdays
discussion.
MIR. Mercer made brief reply: When
ihe question on the passage of the bill
was decided, by yeas and nays, IS follows:
YEAs.-Messrs. Allen of Tenn. Bige-
low. Borlsnd, breckenridge, Brown.
Burrows, Campbell of N. Y. Cannon,
Cassidy, Chambers, Golden, Cushmar,
Cuihbert, Dane. Durfee, Eddy, Fa,relly,
Findlay, F'oyd, Forward, Fuller .Gebhard,
Gurham. Govan Hamilton, Hardin, Har-
rls, Hawks, Hill, HoIcombe, Hooks,
Hubbard, Jackson, Jenn, as, J. L. John.
eson, $. Johnston, Jones of Tenn. Kent,
Keyes, Kirkland, Lincoln, Little. Me-
Carly, McDuffie, NJ, Lane, Mcneil. Nc
5 Sherry, Mallary, Ma,Iack, Maltocks,
Mercer, Mitchell of Penn Moore OF Va.
Moore of Alab NeaIe, Nelson of Nd.
Newton, Patterson of \. e. Patterson of
Penn. Phillips, Poinseit, Reed of MD.
Reid of Geo. Rhea, Rogers, Saunders
Sloane Sterling of N. Y A. Stevenson
J.Stephenson, Fods Tracy, Trimble, Van
Rensselaer,, Whpple, White, Williams
DIVA. Williamson, Woodcock, Wright.
81.
ENAys. Messrs Barber of CT. Blackiedee
Buchanan, Burton Butler, CambreIeng,
Campbell OF Ohio, Carter, Cooke, Con
dict Conner, Gratis, Denison. Edwards of
Conn. Edwards of u &. Garne,t, Gilmer,
Gross, Harvey, ingham, r. Johnson, La.
throp, Leftwich, LitchfieId Mccoy, Nc
Kim, Matson, Nelson of Mass. New,
Pitcher, Plumer of n. ii. Plumer of Pen.
Ronkin, Reed OF Mass. Rich. Rochester,
Rodney, Ross, Ruggles, Russ, Arthur
Smith, w. Smith, Sterling of Conn.
Stoddard, Swan, Taylor, Thompson,
Tomlinson, Udree, Upham, Van Wyck.
Walter, Williams of ~. G. Woodson.--
So. Having passed both houses, it
wants only the appreciation of the presi.
dent to become law.
The house resolved itself into con-
mittee of the whole on the state Of the
union.
MIR. Little then moved that the com
miltee again take up the bill from the
senate to appropriate $4,000 for the
repair and preservation of the Cumber-
land road which motion was agreed to-.
The committee rose and reported the
bill TO the house without amendment.
The house adjourned half an hour be-
fore sunset.
PIRATES.
Capt.. Granger, of New York, from
Nalanzas, informs that two vessels, sup.