Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-02-24

Mr.. Smith from TIE military con-,
mIttee, made an unfavorabIe renort
the petition of John r. Smith and p W.
ra Ii. Bemiss f; which was concurrsd a."
10y the house. III
Mr.. Smyth of Va. in pursuance
instruction from the committee ~ M u
iary affairs, moved the adoption or ~
following resolution: VIC
ResoIred, That the President b
quested to cause to be prenarad &c,
submitted to Congress a system IS ""a
gulations for the government o. " re- re-
Military Academy at West Point 'lS
This proposition gave rise f. o.,
conversation. Mr.. Anderson did IOme
conceive it to propose usual or nnon n'Os
course of proceeding; it was t5 p' dpt,
of the President to execute the IaU. uu'y
Of this house to devise and frame ' II
&c. Mr.. Culpepper expressed .n ~
stantialIy the same sentiment. Mr. D 9
Parker said the President had olroa ' D.
10 recent Case decided that the AGA.
denny should be under the goyernmoaf
of martial law: if the military com'
mittee was of different opinion, tbnr
ought SO specifically to report NJ!
Cannon suggested that it might h.
found necessary to abolish this Icade
my-he being of that opinion and he
desired therefore particular enonirv
and report upon the subject by a COM
mittee of this house. Mr.. Little oppo
Sod the recommitment which was pro.
posed; but wished to modify the promo.
sition so as to call on the Secretary of
War instead of the President, to report
upon the subject. Mr.. Foot was IN "a.
yor OF recommitment, and expressed his
wish for further information and en-.
quiry on the subject.
The result was that, on motion Of
MIR. Rhea, TIE proposition was recon.
mitted to the committee on military at.
fairs, with instruction to report to this
house a system of regulation for the
government of the Academy.
OUR AFFAIRS WITH SPAIN.
MIR. Reid of Georgia, submitted for
consideration the following resoIu.
ton:
Resolved. That the President of the
United States be requested to impart to
this House any communications touch. !
ing the Florida Treaty, which may
have been received from our Minister
Plenipotentiary at the Court of Spain,
which have tot been heretofore commu-
nicated u and which in his opinion, it
may not be inconsistent with the public
interest to communicate.
The concluding clause was adopted
with the consent of the mover, on the
suggestion Of Mr.. Tayler, of New
York.
Mr.. Cooke moved to extend the
scope Of the motion to communications
from any other sources than our Mi
mister in Spain.
MIR. Reid objecting to the form Of
the proposed amendment, rather than to Z
its object
MIR. Cooke moved to lay the PROPOSE :
ton on the table:
Which motion was carried, IS to e.. +
The bill from the Senate con-
firming Anthony Cavalier and Peter
Petit, in their claim to tract of land,
was read the third time and passed.
MIR. Mccoy moved the consideration
of the resolution offered by Mr.. Cooke,
of Illinois on the 18th inst. in relation
to the bounty lands lying in Illinois,
promised by the state of Virginia to
Col. Clarke's regiment in the revou'
tionary war. His motion to consider
was lost by large majority.
MISSOURI BILL.
The house then resumed, IN COM
mittee of the whole, Mr.. Baldwin in Inc
chair, the consideration of this bill and
the proposed amendment.
MIR. Plumer, of New Hampshire rose
and spoke more than two hours IN Ia
yor of the Restriction.
Mr.. Edwards of Connecticut. follow
cd on the same side, and spoke aboa'
half an hour when
The committee rose and
The House adjourned.
PENNSYLVANIA.
H. Gs.