Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-05-08

and
| The senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENT sTIyES,
! The Speaker laid before the House.
a letter from the Secretary of var.
transmitting copy OF the proceeding
! Of the court martial, or the trial of COT.
VIM. Kirg Of the 18th regiment OF inf n
| try, and copy of the Orders and doeu
mcnts connected Herewith, cOmmunica
| ted in obedience to the resolution Of tie
! 18th ultipo: which was referred to the
committee on Military affairs.
The Speaker laid before the house
| also letter from the Secretary Of the
Treasury, transmitting sundry doca-
ments and statements, in relations 10
the receipts and expenditures of the de-
partlment for Indian affairs, communi-
Gated In obedience to a resolution of
this House and the letter, &c. were
referred 10 the committee OH Indian at
fairs.
Mr.. Anderson from the committee on
the Public Lands. made All uniayorable
report on the petition OF Samuel Mus
grove; which was agreed to.
Mr.. Smith of Maryland. from the
committee of Ways and means reported
bill to increase the number of Clerk
in the Department of War which Was
twice read and committed.
On motion of Mr.. Williams of N. c.
Jhe house took up and proceeded to con
slider the resolve submitted by him or
the goth ult. for the appointment of a
standing committee, TO be denominated
i" the commi tee on Agriculture" and
the resolution was agrsed to.
MIR. Mercer moved that the house do
now proceed to consider the bill to pro
vide for clothing the Militia when cal
| led into the service of the United States
which motion was negatiyed.
CHARTER OF WASHINGTON.
Tile House then proceeded to consi
der the bill from the Senate for renew
| inc the Charter OF the city of Washing
ton, with the amendments thereto re-
ported by the committee OF this House.
These amendments propose, principally
that the election o. Mayor shall be by
Electors instead of by the People, as
the bill prescribcs and that the City
shall be divided into five instead OF six
wards. These amendments were OF
agreed to, though some others OF less
Importance were.
MIR. Street then moved to amend the
bill by striking out from the bill tie
clause empowering the corporation of
tic city to authorize lotteries, for the
purposes of public improvement. Which
motion. after some little debate, was a.
greed to.
Aud, thus amended, the bill was or
dercd to be read a third time Tomorrow
ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS-.
The House then proceeded to the
consideration of the Senate's resolution
proposing to fix day for the adjourn
mcnt of Congress.
The question beng on what day to
fix fer the adjournment
MI. L8WHdeS, Oh Tue Sfounu OF a
doubt whether the house could now de-
eide by what day it could get through
the busine IS necessary to be done, mo.
we'd to lay the resolve again on the
table.
On this motion arose desnltoly de-
bate, in which Messrs. LoWndes Ro-
bertson, Holmes, Foot, Floyd, Rhea,
Walker, and Sergeant. took part.
In the course Of this debate, Mr..
Holmes suggested, that it WAS more
than probable that a communication
would shortly be made 10 Congress by
the Executive, respecting our foreign
fairs, which Would require two or
|thr, days deliberation.
Oh this suggestion, Mr.. Floyd re-
marked IN advocating an early adjourn
ment, that he should yet not be unwii-
ling to sit longer, if there was any oc-
rasion Tor legislation in respect to our
relations with Spain; but on that sub.