Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-04-15

IN SENATE April IL, 1925.


mep.~and, With q view 70 bring the
subject before the Senate, he offered
Joint resolution, authorizing the Pest.
dent If the Senate, and the Speaker
of the House Of Representatives, TO sd.
iourn the present session of Congress,
ON the fourth DAY Of May next The
resolution was read, and laid over for
consideration.
Mr.. II. Johnson, of Laufsiana, from
the committee on Indian aff,irs, report
ed the bill from the other House, pro.
viding for the appointment of an indI-
an Agent for the Usage Indians, west
ofthe State Of Missouri and Territory
ofArksnsss, and for other purposes
without amendment.
MIR. Lloyd, Of Mass. sumbitted the
tollowiog resolution, which was read,
and laid over for considerations
"Resolusd, That the President ofthe
United States be requested to cause 10
be communicated to the Senate, so
mu:h of the correspondence Of the mi
mis-, or of the Uni5ed ) ates, at the Court
of Lisbon, with the government OF Por
tuysl, as has refe,ence to the CONNER.
cial relation. be;w een the two ccun-
tries ,ogs'hsr with such other IN oTns
ton connected theretsith, as may DE IN
pos.ession of tae government. and
wbi ch, In mis- Opinion, may, without IN
Jury 10 the public 'oteres,, DO made
known"
The dill reported by the committee
on the judiciary. "in addition to an act
regulating the election of Pres. en-, and
Vice President Of the United States
was then taken up for cons,dera ION.
Mr. Van Buren, submitted some addi-
tional sections. as amendments to the
bill they were ordered to be printed,
and the bili was then ostponsd to. and
made the order Of the day for tosmor-
row.
A message was received from the
President Of the United States, in rela-
ton to the claim of the State of Virgi.
MIA for interest Oh moneys advanced Tor
m litia services, during the late war
The message Was ordered to lie on the
tab q.
The bill reported by the committee
on the District Of Columbia, for the
relief Of Hezskiah Langly and BENZ.
min N. Belt" was taken up in com.
m,ttes of the whole. This bill provides
paymen, of certain repairs, made IN the
Circus Court Room, in the City of
Washington. Mr. Eaton moved al q.
amendment to the bill, to provide pay.
ment for some further items connected
with those repairs. Mr.. Chandler
made some remarks, in relation to the
expenditure of money, IN such cases,
wi'hoat appropriations by Congress-
Messrs. Eaton, Holmes Of Maine, Bar
Dor. Noble, L,wrie, Laoman, Smith,
and Mills. spoke upon this subject.-
The amendment was rejected. The
bill was reported % the Senate, and
was refused third reading.
Mr.. Van Buren presented a state-
men, from the architect employed to
prepare an sllegorIcal design for clock
for the Seuate she wing the insu' fieIsn-
cy of the appropriation made for that
purpose at the last session. The g ATE
ment was referred to the committee 90
Finance
Ine dill extending the beneti Of
copy rights to the authors Of paintings
and drawings" was taken up IN com
mittee of the whole 1t was reported
to the Senate without amendment. Mr..
Mile stated some difficulties which he
thought would attend the passage Of
this bill. Mr.. LOwrie said, he had been
indnced TO introduce the bill, by the
remark of Mr. Pesle, in relation to his
Por, RAFT Of Wsshiugton--he was ap-
piled to for the purchase ofthe painting,
but said he should be unwilling to sell
il, &c he could not nsve the same prlvi-
Jege Of profising by his work, IS writer's
of Books nave. 10 theirs. Mr.. l.. did
not know Why he should not have that
privilege. Mr.. Mills replied, that, had
such an act az this been In existence
before Mr. Peale executed HE Patnting,
he could not have completed it. as
Stuart had previously executed Por-
trait of Washington, from which
this, Of Mr.. Peale's, was but a copy,
with some little embsllishmsnt.--
He thought such an act Of Congress
would have great tendency to rstsrd
the progress of the Art Of Paintings
il would do away the right eliminating,
and attempting to excel, paintings al.
ready in existence.
Mr.. Lanman, Holmes, Of Maine,
Lowrie, and Talbot, made some re-
marks on tie subject, Mr.. Lowrie
observed, that the arguments Of the
gentleman from Massachusetts, tNIr.
Miil.) would apply equally to all the