The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1819-01-06

the department Of war. and general An.
drew Jackson, in answer to the letter, o
the latter, of the 9TH of May, 1918, also
communicated to this house on the 12tf
instant" has the honor to transmit an ex
| tract of letter written by major Vande.
| venter, chief clerk, department of war, II
reply to general Jackson's letter of the
9TH of May, 1918. and to state that no let.
ter was written by this department 10 the
governor of Georgia, in answer to his let
ter of the LIST cf June, 1918.
]. c. CALHOUN.
DSftartmesto Of Har, Dec. SO, 1918.
The president of the Unite,; States.
Extract cf 9, letter. from Major c p1an-
deveater, chief clerk, to Major General
-dndresv jackson, dated
DEPARTMENT OF WAR, JUNE 2 1918.
"Your letters of the 18th of April, one
without date, and ofthc Goth Of April, are
received.
'FThe President of the United States
and the Secretary of War, are out of
! town, The former will return about the
18th instant, the latter not before the mid
die of next month. So soon as the Pre-
sideDt returns, your dispatches, together
witt your orders to Major Davis, com
manding the arrest of Captain Wright,
and copy ofyour letter to the Governor
OF Georgia, in relation to the horrid and
atrocious destruction of the Chehaw vii
lage, will be laid before him.. In the
mean time | ain advisedto communicate
the "opinion' that the trial OF captain
Wright by court martial is decidedly
preferable to civil prosecution in the fc-
deral court"
Ordered TO lie on the table, and to be
printed.
THE SLAVE TRADE.
MIR. Mercer Introduced the following /:
Resolved, That the secretary of.the ma
w be directed to report to this house a
copy OF such Instructions, if any, as MAY
have been issued by his department, il,
pursuance of the act Of congress of 1907,
prohibiting the importation of slaves, to
the commanders of the armed vessels OF
The United States, for the purpose of in
terceptlng. on.the coast of Africa, oil else
vherc, such vessels as have been engaged
in the slave trade.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Mercer then moved the following:
ReSoiucd, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be directed to report to this
house the number and names of the slave
ships, If any, which have been seized and
condemned within the United States for
violation of the laws thereof against the
importation ofs'aves, and if any negroes.
muiattoes, or persons of color, have been
found on boardsuch vessels, their num-
Der, and the disposition which has been
made ofthem by the several state govern
ments under whose jurisdiction they have
fallen.
Dir. Strother moved to amend the re-
solution so as to direct. a report to be made
also ofthe number and names Of the slave
ships, if any, and the ports from which
they had sailed, ifthey could be ascertain
cd. Mr.. :. said he wished that the ig
nominy ofthis trade, if any. should attach
where it belonged, and not be imputed,
on the authority Of general rumor, to the
whole country. He wished ct least that
the country of which he was represen-
tative should be absoIved from any charge
of participation in it.
MIR. Floyd wished, also, that the names
ofthe places where the vessels are owned
should be added to that of the place
whence they sailed.
MIR. Cobb desired to amend this re-
solve tlrther, SO as to require Information
by zvhonI, as well as qDhere, the vessels
were owned.
These amendments were not objected
to by Mr.. Mercer, and were, as well as
the original motion, allagreed to-,
The House then again resolved itself
into committee of the whole, MIR. De-
sha in the chair, on bill for the relief of
John Dela6eld.
Mr.. Rhca, ofTenn. occupied the floor,
in opposition to the claim, until after
three o'clock when the committee rose,
reported progress
And the House adjourned.
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