Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-01-13
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HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIONS
Mr.. Anderson from the commute,
of Public Lands. made report on Ii.
petition of William Pope, accompanied
with bill to regulate the location pr
| land warrants and the issuing Of IA.
tents in certain Cascs: which bill Va,
twice read and committed.
Mr.. Southland from the Committee On
Indian Affairs. rrp"rird bill 10 Con.
tinur in force for further time the act !
establishing Trading Houses with he
Indian tribes; which was twice read 4
committed.
The bill from the Senate tn ncorDa
rate the Columbian Coll &c in the dis.
trict Of Columbia was read twice and
frrred TO the committee on the District
of Columbia.
On motion of Mr.. Whitman. it was
Rcsolved, That q committee be appointed
to enquire into the expectancy oil reyiviw
and continuing in force for a limited time
80 much OF an act, the provisions of which
partially expired on the first of Nov ISIa
entitled" An act regulating the cunenc,
within the U. States of the gold coins ofG
Britain, France, and frank pieces"
relates to the gold coins of those countre,
MIR. Tracy offered the following resolu
ton.
Resolged, That the Secretary Of war b.
directed to transmit to this house stale.
ment showing the amount and value OF good,
Estimated at co,ts) on hand by the last re.
turn, at the different Indian trading houses,
and at the depot. in Georgetown, design
ting the amount at each place.
This resolution, from its nature, lies ou
the table one day of course.
Mr.. Cobb submitted for consideration the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That the committee on naval
affairs be instructed 10 enquire into the er.
pediency of limiting by law the number Of
able seamen, ordinary seamen, and boys, 10
be annually employed in the service of The
United States; and also into the expediency
of reducing the number now in actual ser.
vice.
Resolped, That the committee on reyo!u.
tionary pensions be instructed to enquire in.
to the expediency of reducing The pensions
now allowed, under the acts OF congress. to
certain persons engaged in the land and ma.
val service OF the United States on coninen
tai establishment. during the Revolutionary
war; $50 that hereafter the pension allowed
to each officer shall be twelve dollars per
month, and TO the privates five dollars per
monthly
The first Of these resolutions was agreed
to without division.
The second met with great objection; il
consequence of which Mr.. Cobb modifedt
50 as make the enquiry general, by erasins
,r'- vvrse rrrcfoseu IN pareutt.vsis. p
On the resolution, thus modified. tber
were ayes So, noes So. So the resolution
was not agreed to.
| Mr. Archer, of Va. rose and said that as
by the notice given yesterday" by gen.
tleman from Massachusetts, the condition
was realized upon which alone, according to
his former declaration, he should refrain
from calling up his motion, he should not re-
peat that call until after Monday next the
day named By the gentleman from Massa.
chusetts for calling up his resolution.
Mr.. Jackson submitted for consideration
the following res oIution:
ResolOed, That the committee n the post
ofbce and post roads be instructed to enquire
into the expediency OF authorize e cOntrsc.
tors tortransporting the u S. mail 10 frank
way-letters addressed 10 their mail carriers.
The question being taken on agreeing
thereto, without remark, it was decldedi
the negative without division.
REDUCTION OF THE ARMY.
The House having again resolved itself
into committee of the whole, Mr.. Whit
man in the chair, On the state of the Union,
the consideration the bill for the reduction
OF the military peace establishment wa: re.
sumed.
Mr. Cannoa rose and made speech
favor of the bill, which occupied neaaly
hours in the delivery; when
The committee rose, and the house al
journed.
This reference is to notice, YESTERDAY
gwen by Mr.. Eustis, that on Monday new
he should move for the consideration oil Do
resolution for the admission OF Missouri ID