Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-15

r't - ~ he was sure the gentlenan's
atOouo were of the purest kind, as
n'assI remark, that there appeared to
s'nsla .,bfr unfair, if not al ungenerous
bs' i a;nr creeping into the practice OF
p r'c which is that, when gentle
thl' IAN ssnt information from any Depart
H'O ofthe Government, they should
nsm II with an argument, calculated
Psls Eat and even to criminate public
., . 'a founded on an assumption OF
on.', proposed to be inquired into, and
I .'"yaasd by consequences almost as
DIN ,a. in the public mind, as if the
sSIUa as.umed were known to be true
i' s"o it very often happened, that the
VIZ being obtained from the proper
'', r,r;ty. were not as had been suppos-
Sa ne did not say that the facts were
sl in this case, such as they had been
aVs .s,euted to be. But there was one
q, uith which he was acquainted. and
az I'D state, that, from the commence
g. .nt Of the government, the construc-
las of the law had been, that every of
ss s. of the navy received pay until
Laughed, because he is in actual ser
'a ~ liable every minute to be called
@S Saty until he is furloughed. This
- the construction which the law had
s~.irsrsally received, and he presumed
.sos the proper construction. On the
Nav points, adverted to. he was not as
Xiv informed, and had, in no view of
, he, any objection to the inquiry,
Sr,,otbe shape of it--because it devolv
dom the committee on Naval Affairs, a
Sn,y which did not belong to them, &
because the resolution, in it's present
sbaue svadsd the rule of the house
which requires, all calls for informa.
tion to lie one day for consideration. Mr.
McLane, not intending to shrink from
such part of the proposed inquiry as
was within the proper duty of the Ma
cal Committee, moved to amend the re-
,olution, leaving part of itfor aseparate
inquiry directed to the head ofthe Navy
Dspsrtnsnt, SO as &c read as follows:
aResolued, That the committee on
Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire
INTO the expediency of re-Organizing the
Naval Establishment of the United
States"
The amendment was opposed by Mr..
Cooke, as proposing an unnecessary d.
vision of his motion into two distinct
resolves, and supported by Mr.. McLane
in reply--and was agreed to by the
house.
Thus modified; the resolution was a.
dopted without opposition.
Mr.. McDuffie laid on the table the
blowing resolution:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be directed to lay before this
house statement of the balances of mo
ney in the Treasury. and of the amounts
Of appropriations unexpended, at the
end Of each year, from the commence
ment of the government to the Slst OF
December last. Also, statement OF
the amounts ofthe public monies which
mad been received by the collectors and
receivers. and not paid into the Treasury
on the S0th September and on Slst De-
cembsr last respectively. Also, a state
Ment of the amounts of revenue BONDS
outstanding on the S0th September last,
showing separately the amount OF those
thatare considered solvent and OF those
that are considered insolvent; and a
statement of the debentures outstanding
athe same period. Also a statement
Ofthe amounts of outstanding revenue
bonds due on the S0th September, and
the Slst December last respectively,
showing at each period the amount that
Vas IN suit, the amount upon which In,
diligence had been given, and the extent
THAT indulgence; and statement OF
the sums due for public lands on the
10th September 1920, and on the 30th
Of September last respectively. deduct
MsfrUm each Of those sums the amounts
from which the purchasers OF public
ants may have been released under
The act of the last Congress passed for
theirrelief. Also statement OF duties
scared in each quarter of the past year.
Ga motion of Mr.. Leftwich, it was
Resolved, That the Committee on the
fOst Office and Post Roads be instruct
Cd to inquire into the expediency Of dis
continuing the present post route from
crowns store to Dickerson's store in the
county of Franklin, state of Virginia,
AND to alter the route from Franklin
court house to Henry court house, SO rs
mat the same may pass by the said
Dlckerson's store.
Mr.. Floyd laid ON the table the fol.