Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-02-21
Tie statement was ordered to be

printed. 49,.
Several memorials, for and against
the Tariff, were, by leave, presented
and referred.
The resolution yesterday offered oy
Mr., Tomliason, in relation to the eScu-
ton of resolution Tor erecting tomo
To Gen. Wooster, was taken up, AUD a
The resolution yesterday offered by
Mr. Storrs, calling for information,
relative to the affairs Of the Bank OF
the United States, was taken up and a.
greed to.
Mr.. Whittlesey. respecting The exPen'
diture Of appropriations for procuring
timber for the Navy, was taken up.
In support of THE resolution, Mr..
WLi,tle.ey called the attention Of the
House to the several acts providing tor
| tn. permanent increase Of the Navy
No late report had been made to the
! House Of the amount of expenditures
under these acts, and what he wished
to ascertain was, what portion OF those
appropriations remain unexpended' 10
orderto be able to decide whether
norton of those unexpeDded apProPrl.
atoms. If any, could not Ire diverted to
defray the cost of building the sl0ops
of war. for providing which Oil has
! CONS to this House from the Senate.
The resolution was then agreed to.
Resolped, That the Con ni'tee on the
Judiciary be instructed to inquire into
the expe diency OF providing, by law tor
holding an extra session OF the DISTRICT
and Circuit Courts, in the state OF ONO.
REVISION OF rHE TARIFF.
The house then again went INTO COM
m,,,ee OF the whole, Mr.. CundI.i IN the
chair. ON the bill to amend the several acts
respecting duties on Imports
And after some time spent thereon
the committee rose, and the House ao>
journeo. 90
IN SENATE. February IL.
A communication was received from
the Navy Department. transmitting the
annual statements of expenditures IN
tina. De partment. The communication
was read, and referred to the Commit
tee on Naval Affairs.
MIR. Chandler, from the Com mittee
on the Militia, reported bill tor the
more effectual protection Of the coon'
try by the establishment OF militia
throug Oh out the United States, and tor
the discipline thereof. The bill was
read, and passed to second reading,
The bill to regulate surveys OF Puo'
lilo and private lands in the southern
par. of Alabama, was read the third
time aud passed.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. Ruggle.. directing the Committee
on Finance to inquire into the expeo'
ency of providing, by law, for the pup
licatisn, iu one or more volumes, all the
Annual Reports Of the Treasury De.
par,ment, was again read and agreed
to,
The bill reported by the Committee
on claims. tor the reliefOf Amass Stet'
s,r... - tst-e o.lu,. faa 40 asst> nsfng, o.
Alabama, in the chair. Mr.. Stetsor
was Dr. putty Commisssry General, al
Boston, during the late war. He claim.
to be reimbursed moneys which he al.
vanced, as interest, for the Govern.
ment. for purchases made under posi-.
tive orders; losses which he sustalned
on Treasury notes paid TO him for ad
vances winch he had actually made ia
specie; and for extensive and responsi-
bic services performed, which did mol
come within the requisite duties Of his
office. For all these different items he
claims about $4,000. The committee
report that, in their opinion. Mr.. Stet
son ought to be allowed 'the sum OF
! sc OSl 4e, being for interest paid by
him for money loaned for the Use Of The
Government; and that they believe
that no more than justice will be done
him, by granting him tho pay and Q.
moluments of All issuing commissary,
for three years and three months and
one third OF a month, amounting to
S3,6lS 67.' The bill, therefore, pro.
poses to pay him D5, 700 10.
III. Mills moved to recolnmit the bill,
with instructions to modify 50 10 make
provision for allowing the whole a
mount claimed by the petition: and fol-
lowed his motion with an argument to
shaw the equity and RESPONSIVENESS of
the whole claim OF the petitioner.
This motion gave rise to a debate Of
much length, on the merits of the case;
in which Mr.. Ruggles Chairman Of
the Committee of Claims,) opposed the
motion to reconmit The bill, aud sus-
tanned the report IF the Committee;
aud Messrs. Holmes, of Me and Mills,
maintained the opposite side Of the
j nnestinn and u plnG Id his behalf facls