Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-02-18
CONGRESS
OF THE
UNITED STAT E S.
loF THE
House OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday February is.


lions from the citizens of the town OF Pe-
tersbu-g, in Virginia, relative TO agrees
sions committed by foreign nations evin-
Give of lively indignation, and pledged
their most strenuous support OF measures
for redress.
:. Referred to.a committee OF the wnole on
the state of the union.
"A bill declaring the consent oteCongress
to an act Of the legislature OF pennsylvania,
entitled g An ac,to empower the board of
wardeas for the port OF Philadelphia, to
: collect certain duty on tonnage for the
purposes therein mentioned, was read the
: third time andpassed, ayes SIS, noes ~.
Mr. G. w. Campbell observed that a
law had been passed the last session au-
thorising the President of the U. S, to
cause tine lands in the territory of Orleans,
10 be surveyed. The object of this act
awas to prepare the lands for sale aud set
tlement.
Believing that a ssttlemensoF that terri.
tory would greatly contribute to its secu-
uty and prosperity, his wish was 70 bring
the sGhject directly bsfore the house,
Whatever doub.s might have been enter
tanned of the propriety of encouraging the
settlement of Upper Louisiana he believed
no difference of opinion existed as 20 the
expedicncy of fostering the settlement of
the territory of Orleans by thetinzens of
= the Uuited States, which end would b..
effected by opening land Offices for the sale
of lands therein.
Mr.. Campbell concluded by moving the
following resolution:
Resoi0ed, That Offices b.
established for the sale of the lands belong.
ingto the United States within the terri
tory of Orleans.
The house went into committee Of
the whole;
Mr.. Varnum in the chair.
On bill received from the senate the
object cf which is to authorize the location
of q GGaasity of land in the Indiana terri.
tory by George Rapp, and his associates,
they paying TWO dollars therefor and CIV.
ing them credit without the paymen.
Of interest for six years, when they are
TO pay one fourth of the purchase mo.
ncy, aad the residue In annual payments
on condition that agreeably to presci ,bed
: terms, the vine shall be cultivated.
Mr.. Ely moved commitment of the
bill 10 the committee on public lands.
This motion was supported by Messrs.
Ely, and DIN; and opposed by Messrs.
Gregg, Findlsy, Conard, Holland, Sloan,
Smile, Bedinger, and M'Creery; when
the question was taken and the motion
disagreed to;
Aycs'9.
A debate afterwards arose, which occu.
~Spied several hours, on the expediency of
SO far encouraging the cultivation of the
VINE, or any other agricultural pursuit as
either TO give lands thereforor to sell them
at price below that ordinarily requir-
ed.
Messrs. Findley, Conard, Holland,
Sloan, Smile, M'Creery, Lyon and Nor,
row took the affirmative, and Messrse Ely,
Gregg, Macon, DIN, Bedinger, Jackson,
and Csowninshield the negative side of the
question.
Various motions were made 10 defeat
and afterwards TO modify the bill all of
(which were rejected.
On motion made to strike cot part OF
the FIRST section destructive of the bill, the
committee divided;
Ayes SO, Noes 81.
The committee rose and The house Or.
lered the bill 10 be engrossed for third
reading &C. morrow.
fbe bill making extra compensation 70
the governor, judges aud secretary of the
Indiana territory. allowing each three
hundred dollars for compiling code OF
laws, having passed through commit
,tseof the whole, was ordered to be read
: third time 10. morrow.
The bill from the Senate making in adj
dition 10 the uoeSpended balances of 1900
dollars, an appropriation of 1900 dollars a
wear for FIVE years. was read third time