Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-02-05
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr. Mcneil from the committee who ere
instructed to inquire whether any, and, II
any. what regulations can be adopted, con-
sistent with The interest Of the government,
whereby the soldiers of the late war who
have not received their bounty lands can be
better provided for than under existing laws,
made detailed report thereon, accompa-
MED by bill further to regulate the issuing
of patents for military bounty lands; and the
bill was twice read and committed.
The speaker laid before the house let
ter from the secretary of war transmitting,
in compliance with resolution of the house
of representatives, statement OF all the
lands and buildings which have been purcha-
sed by the United States for military purpo-
ses, from the first day of July, 1900, TO the
present time, the cost OF each site, and of
the buildings, as far as practicable, together
with remarks on the estimated present value
of the same. SC. &C.; which was ordered to
lie on the table.
The speaker also laid before the house
! letter from the post master general, trans
hitting statement of unproductive post
routes; which was referred TO the committee
on post roads.
The speaker also laid before the house
letter from the governor of the state of Ohio,
transmitting report of joint committee
of both houses of the general assembly on
the subject Of the proceedings of the bank of
the United States against certain officers of
the government, of that state; which was or
dered TO lie on The table.
Mr.. M'Lane offered the following paper,
as an amendment which, when the subject
came up, he proposed to move to the reseu-
ton for the admission Of Missouri into the
Union:
Provided, That nothing in the constitution
of the said state OF Missouri shall be Constru-
ed to authorize or make it obligatory on the
legislature to pass any law denying TO the
citizens OF each state any of the privileges
and immunities of citizens in the several
states. And provided further, That no law
of the said state shall be construed TO deny
to the citizens ofeach state any Of the privi-
Ieges and mmunities Of citizens in the seye-
raj states.
And the same was referred 10 the COM
mittee of the whole house ON the state of the
union, and ordered to be printed.
On motion OF MIR. Rankin. it wa,
Resolved, That the committee of ways and
means be Instructed to inquire into the ex-
pediency of changing an appropriation made
by an act of congress of the eth Of March,
1918, for the purpose OF repairing and keep
ing in repair that part Of the road leading
! from Columbia, in the state of Tennessee.
| by the Choctaw agency, to Madisonviie, in
| the state of Louisiana, which lies between
the southern boundary line OF Tennessee
and the Indian boundary line in the state of
Mississippi" so as to apply so much there
of as, under the direction of the secretary of
wal, may be found necessary to open road
| from point on the United States military
road at or near Columbus, in the state of
| Mississippi, through the Choctaw nation of
Indians TO Turner BIashears' stand on the
old road leading from Natchez to Nashville.
The engrossed bill for the relief of VIM.
T. Nimmo, was read third time, and, on
the question of its passage
Dir. Newton spoke in support OF the bill.
From what he said in favor of il, the bill pro-
poses to indemnify Mr. Nmmo for the bull
ding, on the bay shore below Norfolk. usu-
ally known by the name Of the Pleasure
House, which was burnt by the enemy, du-
ring the late war, on the ground, as alleged
by the petitioner, and contended by MIR.
Newton. that the building was occupied as
a military post.
Mr.. Floyd having called on Dir Mercer,
who was performing military duty al Norfolk
about that time, for information on the SUBJ
ject-
Mr.. Mercer stated the facts within his
knowledge on the subject, which were that
the building had been occupied as barracks
OF lodgings for vidette, the out guard oil
the army, and was destroyed, as was uni
versally allowed at the time, from mere
wantonness, or on the pretence Of retaliation,