Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-03-03

thority Of congress made areport thereon.
This report is of very considerable length,
and accompanied by voluminoi illustrating
and supporting statements. The report hav-
ing been read through,
Mr.. Reid of Georgia, owed that i've
thousand copies thereof be printed for the
use Of the House-in support of which he
remarked that this was government de-
pending in peculiar manner on the strength
Of public opinion; that the house would re-
collect that the debate on the Seminole war
had gone before the public, that report OF
committee of the Senate at the last session
had also gone forth, and that yindication OF
the President of the United States and his
commanding generals, prepared ny an un-
known hand, had been put into circulation,
and found its way even to their tables, and
that, without any prejudices of any descrip-
ton to crafty, he wished all the facts anc e.
violence (now laid before the house by this
Report) to be as extensively spread befo re
the people as the documents, DC. to which
he had alluded.
The motion was opposed by Mr.. Strother
at some length ;who argued that it would
be an unnecessary expense, as the report
would probably receive general circula
ton through the public papers and that the
usual number Is copies) would be sufficient
for the use the members, sc.
The motion to print 5000 copies was lost;
as was motion to print 5000, and motion
to print 1000 after which, the usual num-
Der was ordered, and the report was COM
mitted to committee of the whole House
on the state oil the Union.
On motion of Mr. Ross, the committee on
pensions and revolutionary claims were in
strlcted to enquire into the expedienCy Of
allowing pensions to Ezekiel Walker and
Joseph Colby.
On motion of Mr.. Craw ford, 1t was
Resolved, That the committee of claims
be instructed to enquire into the expediency
of providing by law for the compensation of
losses occasioned by the impressment and
application OF private property to the militia
~ service of the United States during the
late Seminole war.
Mr.. Hardin submitted the following reso-
luton:
RESOLVED, That a committee be appointed
10 enquire into the expediency of authorls-
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to sub
scribe as stock in the company incorporated
by the Legislature of Kentucky, to cut Ca
nal round the tails in the Ohio river, any
number of shares, not exceeding FIVE hun
dred.
Mr.. H. entered into some explanations in
support of his motion, and to secure to the
favor of the House.
Mr.. Hendricks of Ohio proposed an "a
mendment to the resolution, having Tor its
object to include smil ,r enquiry as to sub
scribing like number OF shares to the stock
of the Jefferson Ohio canal company, and
spoke short time in favor of his motion
when,
On motion of Mr.. Smith of Maryland, the
resolution was, for the present, laid on the
table.
NEW STATES BILL.
A message was received from the Senate,
by their Secretary, announcing that the Sc
nate insist on their amendments to the bill
for the admission of Maine into the Union,
which had been disagreed 10 by this House.
Mr.. Taylor moved that the House insist on
its disagreement 10 the said amendments.
Mr. Cobb eBquired of the chair whether
the question could be divided so as to be ta-
ken separately on each principle embraced
in the amendments.
Mr. Lowndes remarked in substance, that
it appeared to him there would be much diff
fcuity in coming to any conclusion on these
amendments in which the two Houses would
concur that he thought therefore that it
would be better to lay them aside until this
House had matured and finally acted on the
bill now before it, for the admission of Mis-.
souri,, and ascertained how it was received
by the Senate, &c. with this view he moved
that the amendments be laid on the table.
On this question the House divided, and
the motion was negatived--ayes "a, noes IS.
Mr.. Culpepper then, after some remarks
to shew the propriety and necessity of mu-