Wednesday, December 21.
Captain Pike's Expedition.
On motion of Mr. J. Montgomery, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, on the bill making compensation to Z. M. Pike and his companions.
[The first section of this bill grants to Captain Pike and his companions a certain quantity of land. The second section allows them double pay during the time they were engaged in exploring the western country.]
Mr. Stanford moved to strike out the first section of the bill; which was negatived—53 to 38.
The second section was stricken out—42 to 35.
A considerable debate took place on this bill, in which Messrs. Montgomery, Lyon and Alexander supported the bill, and Messrs. Macon, Durell, Stanford and Tallmadge opposed it.
The bill being gone through, was reported to the House.