Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-01-11
Congrrss Of tbe unttfs atates.
HousR or REPRESENTATIVE.
MONDAY. tanuary.7.

Mr.. EiiIot presented petition from Bar.
-nabas Strong, and sundry other inhabi.
tants OF Vermont, praying grant OF
tract OF land six milrs. square, in tfIe
territory of Ina,ana.
Mr.. DIN opposed this application, as be-
ing peculation upon the public property
OF the Un,os, and hoped che: peatton
would be rejected. ,',1'. -
MIR. Elliot did not view the applications
10 the same Ilsb: sun Mr. Ohm, out were
IL the thing suggested. he thought, sirIi IL
night be Suffered to SO 70 aeomlnatsee tor
enquiry. -
On the motion TO relief it to = select
committee, their was tHTty.seSen Yeas,
and thlrt, 1.-TWO Nays. ..~
iEhe Speaker said the votes did nota.
mount to quorum, aud having called IN
the membrrs to their seats, the motion was
put a second tlme,. and there were forty.
one in favor of the reference, and thirty
seven agalns, H.. 1t wasaccordingly refer.
red to select committees et three.
A message was received from the Pre-
sident, informing that he had approved
and signed the act, supplementary, to the
act, for the collection Ut duties ON goods,
vases anl merenaadize imported into
sae, Jaise States. -, 81.
Nj. Thompson reported from the COM,
m,tee, appointed tor the purpose, On the
petition OF William Rolls, praying gtan,
OF land, other than that he had located, and
winch possessed the mill seat he had COM,
tempiated to purchase ofthe>U States.--.,
that he have leave TO withdraw his pe.i-
ton. The report was considered and a.
greed to by the House. :.
MIR. Ohm moved ehe appointment Of
select committee, for the purpose of con-
sldering the proprie,y of INCREASING the al
lawance made to The persons employed in
bringing to the seat Of government, the re.
turps of the election of President and Vice
President of,h, United S,a Is. The al
lo~ance mace b. law beng two dollars and,
tily sen,s for every tweu,. miles travel to-
Washington, anu nothing allowed thsmfur
their return.
On The question TO raise such ermmi,-
tee, the re were fifty SIX me- inbers IN Is ,fa.
vor, and tweny one against 1t. A COM
rnittes OF three was apro mt &.
Mr.. CrownIn.hIsld reported, from ,he
teomtnittes of commsree and manufactures,
on thepetitioa of BenJamin Bailey ard, o.
Tiers, OF New York, ptA, lag remission Of
the bonded duties, uue on >uEdry art s|es.
of msrchaad,ze, consumed In their stores
by the late csnaagration in Pearl, Dock
and Wa'er streets, in that city. The reso-
iution annexed to the report and agreed to
by The House was, that the Peutioners have
leave 70 withdraw therr petition.
A letter and repor from the Post Mas.
ter General, ON the case of NJ Henderson,
a contractor for carrying the mail IN stage
from Cnarlesto., South Carolina, to Fav.
et,evhle. recommending further allow.
ance OF 200 dollars for that service was
received aud referred to committee Of the
whole to. morrow. - - III
Mr.. Findlev laid cpon the table reso.
luton to be added TO the rules of the house,
directing the. Speaksrto csilapon the chair,
men Of committees 20 report ths progress.
they had made IN the several re ms of basi
ness referred to them, every Friday morn.
ing during the esidne ofthe.session.. ="
Mr.. Vanhorne presented a petition from
a number of the inhabi ants Of Bucks coun
.v. Pennsylvania, PRAYING the establish .
men. of new post road through the yves
FERN par, Of the same. This petition was
referred to the committee on post Offices
and pustroad -. :>
: Mr.. Holmes presented petition from
John M'lutirr, stating that an error had
bsen made IN his patent Tor certain lands
purchased at public sale, in Marietta,
and praying tina: the error might be cor.
r-e,ed. Referred TO tae committee Of
,e,,ims. =.
! >ir. Stanford called for tae order OF the
day on the resolutions moved by him IN
Noyember last, relative to. the recession
of the territory Of Calumb,s, excepting
thc City of Wasb.agson, and the house hav-
ing resolved itself into a'c6nmittee Of che
WHOLE, ,,s.s, 500 i :. s.-
Mr. Tenaayin the chair.