American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-12-27
Nineteenth Congress--1st Session.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 81.
The Senate did not sit to day.

The Senate did not sit to day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. .1lcLane, from the Committee of WAYS and
Means reported bill making appropriation for
certain Notifications of the United States, for the
year 1896 - which was twice read and committed
and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. DWight, OF Mass. offered the following for
consideration
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be
directed to inform this House whether any ex,raor
binary losses have recently occurred in the collection
OF the customs; and If so, to state the circumstances
attending thereon, SO far as they may be within his
knowledge.
On motion Of Mr.. Lincoln, the memorial of sun
dry unpensioned Revolutionary soldiers, Of The
State OF Massachusetts, on the subject OF RevoTu
tioDary claims, with the accompanying documents,
was referred to the COMMITTEE on Military AZ
fairs.
On motion Of Mr.. Strong, OF N. Y. il was
Resolved, That the Committee The Public
Lands be instructed TO inquire into the exPedncy
Of appropriating portion OF the nett aonual pro.
ceeds Of the sales and entries of the public lands,
exclusively for the support OF common schools;
and oil apporiionng the same among the several
States. in proportion to the representation oil each
in the House OF Representatives.
On motion of Mr.. McDubip, it was
Resotued, That Select Commiltee be appointed,
with instructions to inquire into The practcabIi'y0f
making such alterations in this Hall as will Tender
il more suitable for the purposes Of deliberavs as:
seInbiy.
Mr.. .ucDa6ie, in presenting this resolution, ssid,
he had but single remark TO offer, which was, that
for the last two or three days he had endeavoredlo
possess himself Of the arguments used in the discus
sions of the several topics which had been before
fIS n.,t in m ,ph adIa RI AL
together Several propositions had been discussed
between the members on the front seats, OF great
importance, oil which he had not been able to un'
derstand one word He believed that important d.
terstions might be made in the structure or arrange
mcnt OF the Hall, by which these incoDverehee'
would be remedied. He would mention Du one
He was OF opinion, then, that ACKNOWLEDGES cur
tan extended over the caps oil the pillars across lne
Hall, would materially improve its adaptation 10 'ae
business OF legislation. Al present, the voice o. a
person speaking in The Hall was absolutely ossih
the dome.
The resolution was agreed to.
On motion OF Mr.. NC Lane, of Del. the Home
went into Committee OF the Whole, MIR. .h0rhDS
oil Penn. in The Chair, on the bill making aPpU,,
prialion for the paymen, oil the Revolutionary anu
other Pensioners Of The United States" Mr.'M.
Lane stated Tor the information Of the House we,
this bill has been reported by the Commune ~
Ways and Means, in anticipation oil The Ieeo'a'n G
nual appropriation bill, with view to ooyia'e e'
Guilty which had heretofore occurred on inns suOl'.
The money to be provided by this bill, turn'Sheu,
the House no doubt were aware, the only i''ea"'
aubsis,enceto these pensioners Their annus ~
pend had hitherto been paid them on the 81 Oh -Nat t
but the appropriation bill did not usually pass n,
House before that day; and the delay was a''epu''
with consequences which, to these dependeh. pe'
sons, were very serious. Various expedlen's 10.
been tried to remedy the evil, but it was ieuoo 's'
there was no other tffsc.ual means OF ooyaVps ~
than passing the bill for these pensions at an saI"s
period in the session. The present bill had ps."
drawn in conformity with estimates furnished py;"
Treasury Department, in answer to an apP'''a'''
from the Committee Of Ways and Means. u.
Mr.. .hcLdne then moved thai the blanR !" w.
bill, which provides for the pensions to the he emd
tonaiy Pensioners of the United States, DC h",
with the Of 81 s52,79O that the second 0 p.n.
which provides for the Invalid and Hall pay ~
sioners, in addition 10 an unexpended oaa" s,.,r
Sl50oo0, be filled with the OF S67 500; sau r..
the hanl. in the fourteenth line. which .r,h
pensions TO the widows and orphans, I've h''eu ..,lv
the sum of Sl2 OOo--which sums were SEVEN ,b.n
agreed to by the Committee. The III wa' ' "
reported to the House, and ordered TO DC e"s'''
Tor third reading tomorrow.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22'
IN SENATE. -,
The following select committee was apnoo'''
as having been appointed BY the CHAIR: on..vs..
On the petition of the Revolutionary Gg.a