Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-12-21
Instructed to inform the Executive g,
state OF Maryland thereof. u ths

ton Of back lands in Louisiana. vi; tp'e,eaiP.
i'll May last. expired
On motion OF Mr. Fuller. il w,s
Ordered, That the petition Of as Gs
Clark, purser in the navy Of tHa ,E II.
States, praying to be allowed, in the settsna
ofhls accounts, for considerable sum rs
ney, of which he was robbed in Marse;n H. mo-
France, while on public duty be rer G's; IN
the committee on Naval Affairs. .
lit appeared from conyersa,iou
tween the Speaker and Mr.. FuIltr T We,
all the bills received from The Seno,,. ,DsI
the last session, and not acted upon =, "a a.
last session, are deiunct. and canno 81 Tue
resuscilaed without being orig;nat"a oe
new. All bills originating IN hi: H H." d
however, at the last session, and not 6u,I
ly acted upon, are taken up at this 1" 90.
sion, and acted on in the order in CO..
they stand on the roll OF orders of tho r da"l
On motion of Mr.. Walker, of n. CC'J;l,
was
RESOLVED, That the committee of Way, A.,
Means be directed to inquire into the exDsda "~
cy OF making appropriation, to defray the en
penses of holding treaty with the Cb.rol>rn.'
nation of indians, for the purpose of extina,;,S
ing their claim to land within the limits an
Carolina.
On motion of Mr.Matson, orNH i,u,.
ResOiUed, That the committee on Post "SS
fees and Post Roads be instructed to ;pon;,
into the expediency of establishing post ron,a
from Hancock, through Stoddard to M,ror
in the state of New Hampshire
On motion Of Mr.. "A. Stevenson, of Viz.
GINA, it was
Resolued, That the committee on the Pa,
Office and Post Roads be instructed to jpor;r.
into the expediency of increasing the Comm,
sation of the Post Master at Frcdencksbrrr
in Virginia.
The House took up The resolution ye,.-
terday moved by Mr.. Cooke, calling IN.
on the President to cause TO be laid be-
fore the House, particular statement Of
ordnance expenditures, &c. Dir, c mo.
dihed his motion so as to require in add.
ton statement Of the whole amount Of
ordnance of every descriptio now be
longing TO the United States.
Mr. Cooke said be wanted TO know
what the ordnance Of the United States
consisted Of at the close of he late war.
and what was now, II would be recOl.
lected, he said, that at the last session,
counterpart OF this resolution bad been
presented to The House and received IFS
sanction. After an interval of some
months, during which the information
might have been obtained, the House Has
told that the information could not be fur.
pished at that session. The object which
Mr.. c.. had, was to bring this motion be-
tore the administration al as early a pc.
Rod as possible in the present session,
that an answer might be obtained 10 il,
Mr.. G. said, it was well knoWG that, eve,
~ year, large sums OF money are appTO.
prlated tor the Ordnance Department.
How that money was disposed OF be should
like to know. One Circumstance, hover.
er. forced itself on the mind: that after
several months notice being given at
previous session, all The answer given 10
the House was, that the required IntOrml-
ton could not be furnished The CoDcIu.
sion, to his mind, was, that that Depart,
ment was, to say the least OF it, little de-
ranged,
The resolve of Mr.. Cooke was then s.
greed to, without objection
The bill to provide for clothing the mi
!itia of the United States when in actual
service, was read third time, passed,
and sent 10 rhe Senate tor concurrence,
DISBURSEMENT oE PUBLIC MONEY.
The engrOssed bill concerning the
disbursement OF public moneys, (lOrbld-
ding advances on contracts vas read
third time; and Tie question beng Shall
the bill pass %
Mr. Newton and Mr.. Wright opposed
the passage OF the bill, and Mr.. Bassst ad,
vocated IT; when, alter al unsuccesSu!
motion by Mr. WrIsht, TO lay he bill Oh
the table, it was passed, and sent to !hs
Senate for concurrence.
GEORGIA AND THE UGITED STATES
The house then, according to The order
Of the day, resolved itself into commit
tee of the whole, on the resolutions re-
speeding the articles Of cesslon and agree
ment between the United States and lhs
state OF Georgia, as affected by the IIGsN
and Cherokee Treaties
Mr.. Bassett in the chair.
The resolutions are IN the following
words: ,p...,
Resoiyed by tie Senate and HOp'e Of RS"S
8entat,ues Of the U"ted States Of 41srlca -
Congress assembled, That SO much OF Tue
bove treaties as pretends to grant to the l.a[
ans fee SIMPLE titles to lands within the MN
of Georgia, is a violation Of the s0'eI"S'
rights Of that state.
2. Rssotpcd, That SO much of the sad " ,5s
ties as purports to grant to the Indian, 10.
rights of citizenship, is a violation OF lhe ~"
of Congress. =. az.
8 Resoiued, That the sum OF - Us '
propriatrd for the purpose OF holding ", fbs
with the Creek and Cherokee Indians O ,,S;n
extinguishment Of their title to lands WIZ
the limits of Georgia. .-.,ty.