Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-09
smith. Of Md. from the Commit.
Sf: ,vays and Means, reported q bill

'nsk'"S ,oment, for the year 1922, tine
cfg0sa annropriation bill,) which was
ssa sa read and committed.
t@ acsa re resolution submitted yesterday
l a. Reed Of Mass. on the subject OF
~ ,i ~ duties and imposts, &c. was
oVi psd up and adopted.
',l,SI notion of Mr.. Baldwin, the House
y" agresd to consider the resolution
tasp o;ttsd by him on yesterday, relating
'a0 w. standing rules ofths House, which
y "" zion of Mr.. Nelson, of Va. was .
90 "dod so as to raise select commit
p'S - revise the standing rules OF the
o., ,soo.e generally; which amsndmsnt was
MED to by the mover, and adopted
~ the House.
w, Baldwin laid the following reso-
,,tion on the table:
'9s,olvsd, That the Secretary of War
s;rscted to furnish to this house a
20 ~n,rativs view of the expenses ofthe
S. .or proper, for the years 1916, Ia, Is,
20 3o2l, and the estimates Of 1922, arr
- .sd under the various heads of expen-
s 1,pye,, according to the prssentand for
u "sr organic alton of the Department of
Var - :.
Rssolrsd. That the Committee on the
p,.t Office and Post Roads, be instruct
~ 10 inquire into the expediency of es'
''sI;,binr a post road from jackson, in
we county of Cape Girardeau, to Fred
r;cktown, in the county of Madison, both
in the state of Missouri.
Mr. Cushman laid the following reso-
,ut;on on the table:
Rs,Olvsd, That the 10th rule, in rela-
t;onto the "ordar of business Of the day."
hs 80 far altered, that the Speaker, in
in calling for petitions, shall hereafter,
begin by calling for petitions from
Maine.
On motion of Mr.. Williamson, it was
RssO!us That the Committee on Com
mercs be instructed to inquire into the
e,pcdiency eff erecting light house on
Long Island head, outside of IHount De
.ert, in the county of Hancock, and state
Of Maine.
On motion of Mr.. Nc Sherry, it was
RsSolped, That the Committee of
Ways and Means be instructed to in
oaire into the expedieney of making an
appropriation for the payment of the ex-
psnses of the general courts martial, in
stituted for the trial of militia delin-
uuents of the late war, In the state of
Pennsylvania.
On motion of Mr. Rankin it was
RssoIUed, That the Committee on the
Post OiFice and Post Roads be directed
TO inquire into the exsediency Of estab
fishing post route from Winchester, by
Green's Court House. Perry Court
House, and Columbia, to Holmssvills,
IN the state Of Mississippi; from The Choc-
Jaw Agency, by Jackson, to Monticello;
aud from Columbus in Mississippi, by
Monroe Court House, and the Chicka-
saw Agency, to tho Chickasaw Bluffs,
in the state of Tennessee
On motion of Mr.. Moore, of Alabama,
RssoIUed, That the Committee on the
Post Office and Post Roads. be instruct
ed to inquire into the expediency of dis.
continuing the present post route from
Cahaba to ST. Stephens, and reinstate
the former rout, viz: from Cshaba to
Portland, thence to the Prairie Bluffs;
thence to the Standing Peach Tree,
through the populous settlements on
Bassett's Cresk, and by Clark Court
House to st. Stephens.
On motion of Mr.. Floyd. the house
agreed to consider the resolution sub
mitted by Mr.. Burton, of n g. lnow alb
sent on the subject ofrepealing the law
Of 1892, relative to vaccination; and the
same was agreed to.
Mr., Mercer submitted the following
nOtioa for consideration.
RssOtvs3, That the Committee on Ma
val Affairs be instructed to inquire into
the expsdieacy of augmenting the num-
Der of sloops of war in the Navy of the
the United States.
The resolve was agreed to.
Mr. J. S Johnston of Lou. laid on the
table the following resolution;
Reso!Usd, That the Secretary of the
Navy be directed to lay before this house
statement of what vessels are employ
sdinths West Indies and Gulph of Nlexi-
eo;and whether any vessels ordered to
cruizsin that quarter have failed to com
ply herewith: whether the force 10 suf-
aesint to protect the commerce Of the y.
S5atss:what additional force is necessa-
~; what measures are now in conten-
platIon; and what public vessels Can be