Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-05-13

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NINETEENTH o6toREss.
s,atnrday. sO--Yhc Senate did
not sit io-day.
The House WAS primo ipsIly en-
gagged in passing JilIs tirnugp com
niitcc of the whple. A message
from the President was tccsived, con.
yeying a copy oftEc opinion 6f The
Attorney General. (calIed for on mo-
tion Of Mr.. Floyd, iof Virginia, al
to tho right Of a foreign minister to
The outfit granted 10 him by tl,e TX
ccmiye, notwithstanding it may have
been reduced by subsequent yots
Of Congress. ug Z, e,f, sls,.s
Mr.. Newton, from tue committee
on Commerce, reported tho bill from
the Senate 70 authorize the purchase
ofa sit: for the erection tnf ~; Gus
tom House at Newport in Rhode
Island, with an amendment. and it
was committed and made the order
of tho day for Monday! 80
.Ionauy, Nan l.. III ihc Senate;
Mr.. Haync spoke two hours IN sup
! port of The Bankrupt Bill.
The only business Of interest III
! the House. VAS the subject Of Rcyo-
Iu,ionary Claims. The till being
taken UP, thc question was on the
motion of Mr., Burgess, substituting
the amendment proposed by him oli
Thursday. as given in our last.--|
This subtitute VAS adapted 81 to|
I 40. Mr.. Burgess then moved to FIJI
the blank with the sum ofSl.200,GC0|
Which was agreed TO. (the Sptakri1
deciding the motion TO be in crder,)|
70 to AZ. Mr.. Burgess also moved
10 fll another blank with l8 montbsd
the time limited for applications t'1
be made. which Was agreed to.
I Tuesday, 2.--ln The senate tbd
Panama appropriation was discuss
cd. Mr.. Berrin and Mr.. Randolph
spoke in favor Of the amendment. y
Mr., Holmes against il, When it wa1
rejected. Ayes 10, Nays "a. Thd
(bill was then ordered to be engrossct|
for IFS third reading. ts.
In the House, the revolutionary
bin being under consideration. "a mol
& tioa was made to recolnlnit it TO obi
tain further information.
Mr.. Burgess. ur u. /. opposed tLi|
motion. He said that nothing would
: be obtained by postponcmcDt wlicl|
could add to our present knoWlcdse|
He stated that the Committee had
displayed great activity and indus
try in collecting facts, and hc re-
: stcttcd that gentlemen who had on
~ glanced at the bill, should call il1
. pr0visious crude and unsatisfactory
: He stated, that the number Shd
would I'artakc ofihc Sl.e00.000 wal
Gale alated at S or 5000. before tIld
!, |, widows were added, and they woul1
make an ad diiion in the proport:c1
OF l tn 8. The proportion of bcne1
fit being about Sl75 t0 tho soldier|
a and $500 to tho oilierr. We knovI
$ as much of these veterans NOW, al
. we shall ever knew. As to tho mil
v yIlitia, we believed the nation would
4 revolt from any sprdvision includina
! them. They are always paid By
; States, they were never enrolled u
the service OF tho Unite dStates' g"'|
: lcrnmont their names had ne'e|
!, been returned to the War Office
$ they had never been included IN an1
e pemsinn bill. Tie militia Of Rhod'|
II Island and other States. had foaSl|
. as bravcly as any soldiers, yet gov
i c,nme,it could not make a pr0visi'
Ior a body. out Of which s5o,0o|
men may be of the class which ha'
served six or nine months. To pro-
e vide for these, would cost the gov
J. crnmcnt 60 millions. ii we give q
r. milfiuns to TIE militia, what will u
!, left for thc regular army 7? II w|
" do any thing let us, do it now Iu|
< ting il of another year takes ava
N opc-sixth Of their lives. :,
j. The motion TO rccomnit fina''
ii pre-, allied. 80 to IS.
!. The bill may be considered
= lost, al least for the present scssIo
W Wednesday. 8. In the Senate
v Bill making appropriations Tor
NJ Panama Mission passed BY aNo"
:, 23 to 10. Tie amendments '9
Judiciary hill was adhered 10 D..