Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-04-20
CONGRESS.
IN San d :E....Apr.i Is, 1924.

Mr.. Lloyd, from the com.nit,ee on
naval affairs, to whom was referred q
resoiu.ioo having reference to the ma.
w Hospital Fund, reported bill in
addition 10 the act to establish q Navy
Hospital Fund The bill was read,
and the documents accompanying it
were ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Talbot presented the me m orial
of a committee Of the citizens of Wash.
ington, in the District OF Coiumbia,
praying Congress to establish Nation,
al Currency. Referred to the con. init.
tee on Finance,
10 pursuance of notice given yester.
day, Mr. Barbour asked leave 10 intro.
duce bill 'for the relief of Nimrod
Farrow aud Richard Harris' Leave
was accordingly granted, and the bill
was read.
On motion of Mr.. Lloyd, Of Mass.
the bill from the other House, 'for the
relief Of Barbara Paulus was taken up
for consideration, in committee of the
whole, MIR. King Of Alab. in the chair
Mr.. Lloyd stated the grounds Of the
bill. The petitioner was the mo.
Their of seaman. lost in the sloop Of war
Wasp. An act Of Congress was pass
ed for the relief Of the relsu.e s
OF those who we're lost IN that vessel,
provided application was made for such
relief within two years from the pass.
ing of the act. This petitioner, being
in very humble situation in life, nei.
tber knew of the passage of the act, nor
o! its limitation. She now prays for
the benefit of the act, notwithstanding
the expiration Of the specified time
and the bill proposes to grant her prayer.
The bill was reported to the Senate.
without amendment; and passed to a
third reading.
On motion of Mr.. Lloyd Of Maryland,
the bill reported by the committee on
the District of Columbia, for enclos.
ing the burial ground of Cb,ist Church,
Washington Parish vas taken up for
consideration, in committee of the
whole. This bill grants $4,000. to aid
in the erection of q suitable fence around
the burial ground, in which the mem.
bers ofthe government, who have de-
ceased in the Cityof Washington. have
been buried.
A discussion took place on the pro.
prieiy of making this grant, in the
course Of which Messrs. Lloyd, Of Md.
Barbour, aud Smith, supported the
bill, and Messrs. Macon, Chandler, and
Taylor, of Virginia, opposed it. Mr..
Chandler moved to reduce the appro.
priation to $1,000. This was not q.
greed to. The bill was then reported
to.the Senate. and passed to DO en-.
crossed and read the third time.
The bill reported by the committee
on Finance, 'authorising the sale Of q
public warehouse at the former qusran-
tine ground at the English Turn, and
providing for the erection Of q dwelling
house for the boarding officer at the
mouth of the river Mississippi, and Tor
other purposes was taken up in COM
mlttee of the whole. An amendment,
proposed by Mr.. Eaton. limiting the
expense Of erecting the dwelling house.
10 the amount obtained for the ware
house, was agreed to. The bill was re.
ported to tho Senate. to be engrossed
and read tho third tiue.
On motion Of Mr.. Dickerson, the So.
nate proceeded tothe consideration of
Executive business; and Immediately
thereafter, adjourned ill tomorrow. !.
HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Forsyth, from the select commit.