The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-01-03

tea TO inquire INTO the expectancy of providing by law for the
sale OF all real property acquired by the United States pay
ment of debts due to the Government
! WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 81.
| in SENATE.
The following resolutions submitted for consideration
by Mr. Chandler and lie the table until tomorrow:
Res0ued That the Committee Military Affairs be in
strncted inquire into the popey expedency of abo
shng the Office of Major General the Army of the United
States
Resolued That the Committee ON Military Affairs be in
structed to inquire into the expedency changing The law
on the subject of Breve Commissions in the Army of the
United States.
Mr. Smith, Of Maryland moved that, when the Senate
adonns it will adjourn Friday; which agreed
The bill to extend the time in which merchandise NAV be
exported with the benefit of drawback read the third
time, and passed, amended.
message shortly after received from the House of
Representatives. notifying that they had concurred the
amendments.
The bill for the continuation the Cumberland Road, was
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MFR film, of Mass. presented petition of inhabitants of
Amherst, Massachusetts, against Sunday mails.
Mr. Hodges presented memorial of inhabitants of New
Bedford, Massachusetts for duty sales at auction
On motion of Mr. Bartlett, it was
ResolDed, Tnat the Committee Naval Affairs be in
seed to inquire into the eSpediency Of providing by law
that other article instead of distilled spts shall be-
supplied he ratIons allowed Mdshpmen the Navy of
the United States.
Ga motion of Mr. Yance, it was
ReS0yed That the Committee Military Affairs drec-.
ted inquire into the expedency of aboshng the office of
Major General; and of providing for three Brgader Gene
rails who shall be respectively Bgader General of Engneers
Brlgader General of Artillery, and Brgadier of Infantry
and of aboishng the power of confemg bevet rank ex-
cept in time of actual
On motion of MFR Hamiltcn
ReS0tDed That the report of the select Committee mo.
$3.50 entitled report Retrenchment, made the last
session, be committed to Select Committee, with insruc-
ons to report by bill otherwise, touching the several sub
jects submitted by that Committee to the House.
III Offering this resolve
Mr. Hamilton said, that he felt it his duty to remind the
House that report had been made at the last of Con-
by the Committee of Retrenchment That report had
had had such of investigation before it, be per-
cctly overwhelmed by labo In presenting that report
he had stated the House that the Committee had
cent time left prepare the various bills which would be
the legitimate consequence of the investigation they had
made; but he had farther stated that motion would be
made. early in the present session. ecommt the report
with view that the necessary bills might be prepared in
conformity to it, He of the shorness of the
present session. but would the House that the requisite
bills should be prepared with all possible expedition II was
not, however, the intention of the Committee press these
bills with any improper importantly The House could take
up such of them it might deem valuable, and would, in
this respect act its pleasure. The Committee had conceived
proper that the accounts of the printers this House, for
eight years past should be investigated had been sup
posed by that the terms of the under which
the printing performed had not been strictly complied
with nasmuch the size of the page had been somewhat
curtaed 1t however, due to the printers TO state that
they commended that this alteration in the dimensions of the
page had been made much from regard the
and advantage of the House their own and that the
slight difference which occasoned had been abundantly
made up the public by the in which other parts of
the contract had performed Under these circumstan-
ces, he had at the last session. offered resolution that this
should be fully investigators and he believed that