Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-04-02

MIR. Bayly, o. Va, from the commit
tee on ways and means. reported bill
for the support Of the Military Academy
at West Point, which was read twice and
referred.
On mnlien of Mr.. Inge, the rules were
suspended and lhe House resolved itself
into committee 6f'the whole, (Mr. Boyd
in the Chair and resumed the considera-
ton Of the California message and bill.
Mr.. Averea finished his speech against
the admission of !California.
Mr.. Chandler then obtained the floor,
and spoke an hour on the slavery ques.
ton. After he concluded the House ad.
journed.
On Friday the Speaker pro tenn. Mr..
Winthrop announced the business be-
fore the House 10 be the bill applopria.
ting one hundred thousand dollars for the
relief Of the frigate Philadelphia.
Mr.. Thomas said that not a word of ex-
plaualion had been given why the bill
ishouA pass. From all the information
he had, the money was 10 be given as
an actOf gra,uity, an act of gratuity on
the part of the House.
Mr.. Stanton, of Tenn, did not believe
tina, lhsse for whose relief the bill was
! repQr,ed, bed a strict legal claim. Itwa
we'll known that the frgate Philadelphia
was taken BY the Tripolilans, in 1904.
and m0Ored under their castle, So as 10 be
under the fire of great many guns. De-
catur conceived the bold idea of bringing
out the Philadelphia by stratagem.-
However, the commanding officer order
ed the vessel 10 be burnt. 1t was now pro-
posed to give the hundred thousand dol
liars TO the representatives of these gallant
Saen, to which they ~eald be fairly enti-
lied if the vessel had been bTough h, out
1t is a reward for gallantry, stimGlus to
our citizens and soldiers to perform SINH
lar acts of daring when occasion may a.
gain require.
Mr.. Green opposed the bill. The YES
sci was burned in pursuance OF orders,
and the men merely did their duty. 10
allow this claim would be TO censure the
commander Com. Preble.)
Mr.. Sackett and Mr.. Hubbard opposed
this bill, and Mr.. Mclean advocated It.
Finally, by a vote of yeas l0a, nays SO,
it was lad upon the table.
Mr.. Holmes from the select committee
appointed ia pursuance ola resolution OF
the House, to investigate the charges
made by the Hon. Preston King, mem
Der orthe House, against the Hon. Howell
Cobb, the Speaker Of the House, made a
report. The charge was in these words:
Il charge that rhe Journal of the House
has been mutilated by erasing motion
that | did make, and substituting by inter-
linea,ion one that | did not make, on the
Journal of the 18th instant MY motion
was TO close debate on the California bill;
these words are changed, and message
substituted
! The committee state particulars, and
come to the conclusion lat there was "o'
mu,ila,ion of the journal, but proPe.
correction of it, and the Speaker did r.
more than his duty; therefore they unanl-
mously proposed the following resolution
viz: Resolved, that the foregoing report
be adopted by the House, and be entered
on the journal, and that the committee be
discharged from the further consideration
of the subject.
1 The report was unanimously concurred
in, and ordered TO be printed.
And the House adjourned until Monday.