Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-01-15
Eighteenth Congress.
IN SENATE...Jsnuary IL.

Mc. Smith, from the Committee on
Fiussee, reported bill from the other
House, for the relief Of certain Distil.
lers Of the county of Berks, in the state
Of Pennsylvania, without amendment.
Mr.. Smith presented the memorable of
the Chamber Of Commerce Of the city
Of Baltimore, praying the adoption of
an uniform system of Bankruptcy
Referred to the Committee on the Ju.
dietary.
A CON munication from the Postmas.
ter General, relating to the state of the
national road, commencingat Madison
vile, in Loulsiapa, and terminating at
Florence, in Alabama, was received,
read. and ordered to be printed.
Nr. Lanmap, from the Committee
Oh the Post Office and Post Roads, re-
ported bill to authorize tho Postmas-
ter General to discontinue any post
route. the proceeds Of which do. not exc
coed - per centum of the expenses
thereof The bill was read and passed
TO second reading.
MI. Findlay presented the petition
of certain persons concerned in the ma
uufacture of iron, praying an increase
of the duties on imported iron. Refer
red TO the Committee of Commerceand
Manufactures
M. Barbour presented the petition
of certain citizens Of the State Of Vir-
ginia, praying an increase Of the duties
on imported iron. Referred to the
90 me committee.
Nj, Barbour, also, presented the pc.
tition Of persons claiming indemnifca.
ton. Tor property captured by ths
F-odcn, previous to the year 1900. their
claim having been abandoned by this
government in the Convention with
France:
Mr.. Smith presented . petition Of q
similar nature; and moved their refe.
renee to Select Committee of the So.
nate. This motion gave rise to some
debate, as to the propriety of raising
Select Committee, or referring them
to the Committee on Foreign Rsla-
tons, 1.-THE latter course being suggest
ed by Mr.. King, of n. " in which
Me,srs. Smith, Barbour, King, Of N.
Y. Lanmsn, Lowrie, Lloyd, of Md and
Lloyd, Of Massachusetts, engaged
The great amount of these claims, and
the general importance of the subject,
was urged a. a reason for raising
Special Committee The motion, how.
ever, was lost; and tho petitions were
referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations. Messrs. Lloyd, of Mass.
Lanman, Van Buren,, Knight, Holmes,
of Maine, Edwards, Of Conn. present.
ed petitions of similar nature; which
were similarly referred.
Mr.. Dickerson presented several pc.
titiobs praying an increase of the du-
ties on imported iron; which were re.
ferred to the Committee on Commerce
and Manufactures.
Mr.. Jackson, from tho Committee on
Military Affairs, reported a bill expla-
nstory OF an act, entitled an act for the
reliefpf the officers, volunteers. and o.
Their psrsons engaged in the late cam.
paign sgainst the Seminole Indians; &C.
companied by detailed report on the
subject; which report was ordered to be
printed. and the bill twice read.
Mr.. King, oil Alabama, from the Com.
mittee on Public Lands, reported a bill
granting to the state Of Alabama the right
OF pre- emption to certain quarter sections
Of land, which was read, and passed to
second reading.
The bills which originated in the Senate
for the relief Of Josiah Hook, jr. and for
the relief OF the legal representatives Of
Joseph. Boyd. were -severally read the
third time, and passed.
The bills from the other. House, for the
reliet If Jacob Rabbit, for the relief OF
Brintoall Robbins, and for the relief Of
William Kendall. were severally read the
third time aud passed.
On motion OF Mr. Ruggles, the Senate
proceeded TO consider the report Of the
Committee on Claims, unisvorable to the
petition OF Charles B Davis This peti.
tioner-viaims remuneration for the loss of
furniture destroyed by the enemy at Wash.
ington. He states that be was messen.
ger in he service OF The Treasury Depart.
men, that cart and wagon bad been
prepared for the removal Of his furniture
bot ihat they we're impressed into the pub.
lie service, and his property thereby des.
troYed. Me.srs. Eaton, Johnson, Of Ken
tscky, end Lanman, opposed The report,
aud Messrs RuggIes and Chandler sup
ported Il. A motion, by Mr.. Eaton, to re-. !