Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-01-14
ALEXANDRIA.
TUESDAY, JANrARy IA,
FROM CUR CORRESPONDENT
AT WASHINGTON.
January III.

reasonably be supposed to interest the
Community 10 which your paper circn
hates, the transactions Of the House OF Re-
representatives. this day offered me searee'
any intormatios worth your acceptance
The committee of cleo IONS made re-
rort Yesterday, in consequence OF TIE
commitment uf their former report
waich YOU may remember took place on
t,a motion oil Air. Webster. and this iaN
that second report VAS brought andsr theI
confederation Of the house ard vas found
TO conclude with resolve, that the con-
mittee Of elections should he schaged
y from re further investigation Of the mat
ter which resolve seems 10 have besn
a founded on the fact. that ia evidence haH
been submitted bv either party ensolnel
Il The committee to investigate the quahh !
ss,ions of the electors. On the report
,iag read, various suggestions were
"A started in relation ~ the course thatl
su.ht to be taken. Mr.. +, Al Nelson of
ycur state. though, tina, the election Oussh'
t. he declared Illegal and void. Mr.
Ta,!or. vi New-York, that The sitting
dclega,c should he dccla:cd rot entitled
10 IN, seat. and hat the Speaker Shauld
samrsunicate that resolution to TIE goYcr-
srr If he Missouri Territory; While Mr..
Randolph preferred thc fnrmcr OF those
3 courses 10 the latter, still hooeye7 ADLER
ir- to the opi"ioa lie had expressed on a.
,gSorrer Gay. that the hsuse had nothing
4 more 20 DO than tn see Mhethe the dele
8 gate had b cvsht With him the credentials
prescg;5cd OF the la", ;he Speaker.
however EXPRESSED trcieI opinion ;hat
ire .itting delegate had been un'a"tu!ly
returned BY the g0vernaT, and that iae
petitioner, Rufus Easton, was entitled 10
the seat; and. with vie" To prevent
such dangerous practices ia future. as
WI a. 10 do justice. he proposed a re>e-
hutton to Rat effect. Mr.. Cu!Pcppcr.
Biz. Shcfic., Mr. Mickey. and Mr.. sharp.
opposed the resolution Ar. HopGinSan
opposed the latter part OF il, Only because,
ihsrs was 40 evidence before the loTseI
70 seaport it; Thus WAS the da7 I be-,
y Eeye it was the Third tony cO"samefl
uopn the question vhe,her Joha Scott or.
Rllus Eastoa shall be agent in Congress
tor the Missouri Territory. think II,
likely that Monday also will be added to
the waste, for Ar. Sect; is to speak I'M
defence Of his seat; and il he be as long
w,udei as bis adversary, the balance OF
the day, after his tour shalt be served,
will be very little.
Mr., Randolph. who, { he cannot al
ways convince the house, seldom tails to
enliven the debate, IN answer to sug
Se,,ian, that M Scott lasnt to br put
ou,, anil Mr.. Easten 10 be put in. \ that
then Mr. Scott might, Il he chOse, become
the petit lner, and proving his right. If
thc I, sht he had, get restored 70 It, COM
pared that ACTION to the Did man aud wa
maa on tn, clock, who alternately moved
H. aud out, aud >a;d tia; in that way the
whole t.;ue Of the house would be taken
~ in watching the exits aud the en-
frances Gf tn !w0 candidates. The
honSe being th;0Na ~ taiS APP illustra !
tlou into lit of aI,atcr, Mr.. Randolph
assured them tlat he did not wish to sx-
cite their ri,ib,iits, bur that there wa
something in the autens prep"unded by
the hon. Rsmber so infinitely rldIcu us,
thai the impulse could not be resisted
On a motion OF no great iunyo lance
sSsPectins internal improvements, Mr. /
Randolph disclosed circumstance tina,
demands attention from some quarters
and which. he said, he Was led to by al
pugtsa, appeared in some Of the newspa
pers, upon the perftc',On Of our post
Office establishments. So III treated were,
the people in North Carolina and thai
part Of Virginia where he resided (Roa
nOake) that 81 you, SIT, said he, address,