Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-12-24
~, ~, 10 MONDAY the 81 Of Ja-

son the s5:i. Inst 10 m0n@'' @'
nuary. unmarried bv the mo-
- and by Messrs. Nelson' Of va ana
r ',,l.sa1 on the ground tina. the time proPo-
"a wan ~,, necessary to allow certain al'era-
PH r,sc Hall and arrangements necessary
uO", .t,. he house to proceed with any KIND
10 t"Hs az comfort, in the public business,
o 49,, ,,'. so ,rlrom its being waste OF time,
a ..r,,,ll be the reverse in its consequences
&c phsa and Mr.. Gross, of New-fork,
FL .1,ba resolution, on the time proposed
Sp' do recess was more than necessary for
~ ,,rro.e referred TO by its advocates, &c
~ rio question on ordering the resolution to
.L;.I ra,dinr was decided in the negative,
,' rs,s and neys-ayes 80, noes loo; and
-. ,..o,u,ion OF course rejected
~, o,,io, Of W. Cooke, it was further
Nod That the committee on Military
,F,iy, be instructed to enquire ana report 10
.b,s house the eXpenUiIu'S Go ""NH ~ e.
. snj which are likely to be. incurred, IN nj
. %Ir ON. and prosecuting the expedition Or
tuS =, The mouth Of the Yellow Stone, on
III. siissouri hWer'
q, motion Of Mr.. Rich, The committee OF
L.. we're instructed to enquire into the
ov,.aepcy of compensating Aaron Bethany
-, rss;el lost on lake Champlain, while in
,he public service
NJ warfeld introduced Joint resolution,
di,eciiag the distribution to each member
-r,bo ,rosep, CONGRESS, not embraced by the
s,,nor resolution on that subject, one copy
- ,bs iournals, acts, SC. of the convention,
rscen,Iy published; which resolution was
,ooa twice. ordered to be engrossed, and
subsequently, read the third time and passed.
the Louise then went into committee
o,ge whole, Mr.. Smith, of Nd in the chair,
On tho hin for the relief Of William M'Donald
which was reported to the house, aud or
dsrc3 to be engrossed for third reading.
On motion of Mr.. Cooke, Of Ten. it was
Rs,sIveI, That the committee on military
,F,irs be instructed 10 enquire into the allow
,nc.s which have been made TO the officers OF
tbe army of the United States, for the trans
Dor. alton of baggage, quarters, and fuel,
since the Isl day Of Jan. 1918 !; and also in
10 the expediency of regulating the same III
future.
On motion Of Mr.. Cooke, it was slso
Pcsolpsd. That the committee on military
affairs be instructed 10 enquire into and re-
port to his house The objects intended to be
accomplished ny The expedition ordered, to
the mouth Of tue Yellow Stone, on the Mis-
sour river.
LasSEs ~ TIE 5EH!NHLE WAR.
The horsr then rn8clved itself into
committee Of ne Whole. MIR. Li'rrmorr
in the Chni., on thc biz! to provide for
thr paYmrar e hny>rs anil otlIcrproper-
ty lpS'. rap;drrA or ;'vStrnyrd, during
Il" S"m'rlr Ma.
This Till CAV IiSr t" cor siderable
.discu,&'oH, r"ia~ji,aiiy nn tho cSredicn-
cy ri paving f,r tie loss nf horses. for
who's" use jhe riders received from the
u. States a compensation at the rate of
fnr'! ccH'S per day. Another question
wis intellectually brought iuto cw---thc
legality NJ tie service Of tho persons
now claiming compensation or rather
the legnliiy of the n,r'rrS BY which they
Wrr" called into service.
Tho r"SpIt If thc business was, thar
al r;uh"" late hour. TIE hill was re
parted from thc committee OF the wholc
I" thc hnHSc WHEN
i motion VAS made hv Mr.. St0rrs,
IT, pn,tnnnc the bill indihaitciy, TN tho
ground that III" principle Of the bill
was incorrect. aud not the less so he
ean>e oi thcir being Il precedent for it.
Some further account Of the pro-
CecdinSs on this bill will be hereafter
gircp.
III" house adjourned before deciding
on Mr. eto:r'S' motion.
BARRED,
Tn Tuesday evening last. by the Rev,