Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-11

the subject was much more fam;'. suat
him than TO others, and he bel;ev.a. %
would be necessary that the r.a 49, !
should be printed, in order tb,. 'p :,
members might act UNDERSTANDINGS, NO
the subject. Besides which. Mr. a. a.. %
tho present was not fit time to a. ;aos
that question, when bill of great -
portance was under discussion u',
which he intimated wish no, to b. I'm =
verted. VI
Mr.. Taylor said, he was not ,h,..
hear either Of the gentlemen last mn ~
he thought the proper course wonI ,O !.
to print the report, and refer i :.
cs nmittss Of the whole house and
made that motion accordingly.
Mr.. Sergeant concurred in on;,;,.
with the gentleman last up, & thsr.fa,..
withdrew his melton to lay the repdn =
she table.
Mr.. Golden. thereupon. renewed r.
motion to lay it on the table, for ,I,h ta,
he wished to discus tho subject now w.
he preferred to lay it on tn. t,S AM
whence it may be called up at any linn.
"a her than refer it to commit,.. =.
the whole, house, whereby he was an,,.
the subject might be postponed to fu'
ture session, which he could not con,.n,
to. He wished to meet the question =.
tho earliest possible period
The question was then taken, and Ii.
motion to lay on the table prevailed
Mr., hemphill, from the committee on
Roads and Canals to whom was r.s.,.
red the bill from the Senate, supplement.
tai to an act to appoint Commissions
to lay out road from Wheeling 10 III,
Mississippi. which bill directs that II.
road shall pass through the capital. Of
Ohio, Indiana, and Iliinsis, reported
msndmsnts to the same; the effect Of
which, if agreed to, will be to rsduc.
the nu.nber ofcommissioners from thru.
to ono, and to reduce the appropriation
from ten to five thousand dollars
The house then proceeded to the con.
sideration of the resolution submitted
yesterday by Mr.. Cannon, on the sub.
ject Of brevet officers, &c. which was q.
greed to
On motion of Mr.. Spencer, Of \. Y.
the Pest Office committee wsrs instruct.
ed to inquire into the sxpedicncy Of es.
tablishing post route from the vi'lag.
of Canandaigua, to the village of Penn
Yau, in the county of Ontario, and state
of New York.
On motion of Mr. Russell, the sam,
cemmittse was instructed to inquir,
into the expectancy of establishing .
post road from Mendon to Boston, thro
the towns of Milford. Holliston, Shsr
burn, Natick, Needham, Newton, and
Brighton, entering Boston over the ner
mill dam.
Mr. Randolph moved to take into con
sideration tho joint resolution from tn,
Senate to fix period to the session
which now lies on the table: but thu
House refused to take it up.
Mr. Cooke called for the consider.
ton of resolution heretofore submittet
by him in relation to allowances, in id
dition to his salary, which have beer
made to the Attorney General, wi hi.
three or four years past; which wa. do
cided in favor Of consideration (ayes 81
nays So by the casting vote Of til
speaker.
MIR. Wright moved to strike out thu
words land by what authority such pay
ment has bssn made"
This motion was advocated BY I'll,
mover and Msssrs Tomlinson & Bac.
hanan, and opposed by Messrs RAN
aolph and Cooke but; before decision
thereon the same was modified by the
mover, by substituting the words "frOm
what fund.-" in lieu of the word, "by
what authority"
Mr.. Farreily though, tho modifca'i0a
as exceptionable as the original prOpc'l.
ton. 1t was enough for the houss tOc,ll
for the facts, and they could determine
with respect to the authority for them
selves.
MIR. Golden thought the proposition
as it originally stood, implied no cen'nr'
upon the Executive, and therefore NOV
ed to restore ths words "by what aa'
thority."
This motion was negatived.
MIR. Sanders moved to lay the rssod'
ton on the table; which motion was no
gatived.
The resolve, as modified. was the'
agreed to.
Bankrupt Bill.
The house then resolved itself into
committee of the whole on the bill toep
tabliah an IInifarm Svstem of DapHs