Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-03-30
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.

! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The Speaker presented the Memori-
all Remonstrance and Protest Of the Sc
nate and House of Representatives of
the state of Georgia, detailing several
violations Of the territorial rights of
that State in Treaties concluded be
tween The United states and the Greek
and Cherokee Indians, as also viola
tons OF the articles Of agreement and
cesslon OF 1862, and demonstrating and
protesting against an article to the trea-
ty concluded in 1877 between the Che
rokee nation and the United States,
which invests ga fee simple right to
lands in certain Indians Of that nation,
and soliciting that Commissioners may
be appointed to treat with the Greek
and Cherokee nations of Indians for
further cessions Of territory for the use
Of Georgia, which memorial, remon-
STRANGE and protest, was ordered to lie
on the table.
The Speaker also presented a petition
of Benjamin 6. Bullkey, setting forth
that, in the year 1900, he preferred to
the, Senate of the United States certain
charges of corruption in the Post Office
Department, which were not fairly and
fully examined, by which he alledges
to have sustained great injury, and
pray ing that the said charges may now
be eBq0ired into, to the end that JUS
tee may be rendered him which petit
ton was also ordered to lie on the ia
bic.
The Speaker laid before the House
The following report, which was refer
red to the committee on Foreign AT
fairs:
Tie Secretary of State, to whom, by
resolution of the House of Represenz
tatiyes OF the 9Th of February last the
petitions Of Samuel G.. Perkins, and
others, merchants of Massachusetts,
and Of William Patterson AMI others,
merchants of Baltimore, were referred.
has the honor Of submitting to the
House the following Report -.
N the month of January 1917, in
consequ nee of a memorial TO the Pre-
side.t Of the United States from sundry
persons, int rested in the claims set
forth III these p titions, Septimus Tyler
was appointed an Agent, to proceed to
the Island ST. Domingo, for the purpose
Of claiming the indemnity which APP
pears to be justly, due to the petitioners
for property SO unjusIy taken from
them. He accordingly proceeded
tbitber; but was denied access TO the
government of Christophe, upon the
alledsed ground of informally in the
style Of his powers. Mr.. Tyler did
not live to return to the United States.
In the spring Of the year 1918, a Sc
cond attempt was made to send an A.
gent to make the demand, and authori-
ty was given him TO present hImsel, in
a manner which there was reason to ex
pect would have discarded every ques-
ton of form. The result however, was.
a refasal, again, to receive him. A for
NAL recognition of the Kingdom of Hay.
ti not being deemed expedient, no fur
Their measures have been found practical
bic Oh the part of The Executive, in the
case those suggested by the memori-
alists being within the exclusive autho
rlty of the Legislature.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Department Of State.
WaShington. .lfaach 90. {
Mr.. Smith of Maryland from the
committee of finance, made an unfayo.
rabie report on the petition of Purley
Keys, and Jason Fairbanks which
was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr.. Williams of n. c. from the com.
mittee of claims, who were, on the 2sth
nlt. instructed to enquire into the expe-
diency of providing for the compensa-
ton oil losses occasioned by the impress
ment and application of private pro-
perty to the military service of the q
nIted States in the late Seminole war.
made rerert, concluding with the fol
lowing resolution:
$ Resolved, That it is inexpedient
to pass any general law on the subject
and that the committee be discharged
from its further consideration.
Mr.. COBB moved to strike out the
word 'Inexpcdient' and insert the word