Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-01
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Mr. Rhea. from the committee Gu en-
sions aud Revolutionary Claims, made re-
ports uniavorable to the petitions OF john
son Cook and John Cross, and that the
petitioners have leave to withdraw their
petitions. Agreed ID.
Mr.. Rhea further reported upon the pc
titions of Penelope Denney, and the re-
representatives. of Samuel Deli, that the
same respectively, ought not to be grant
ed: which reports were concuIred in
Mr.. F. Johnson, from the committee on
the Post Office aud Post Roads, reported
unfavorably upon the petition OF Lemuei
Fitch; which, on motion oil Mr. Hawks.
was ordered to lie on the table.
MIR. Lathrop, from the committee OF
Revisal and Unfinished Business, reported
hill to authorize the payment OF certain
loan Office certificates; which was read
twice and committed.
Mr.. n. Nelson, from the committee on
the Judiciary, reported bill to provide
for the due execution oil the laws OF the
United States within the state OF Missouri;
and for the establishment of District
Court therein; which was twice read and
committed.
Mr. Floyd rose, he said, to submit a
motion, relative TO the execution OF an act
OF the last session of Congress, which had
been the subject of much difference OF
opinion in Congress, and, in its effect, he
had learnt, had produced much discomfort
elsewhere. For his part, VI. F. said, he,
as a supporter of that measure, had acted
from the purest and most upright motives.
He haG very little doubt but that The law
had been carried into effect with ihe same
spirit as that which produced it, But, as
there were individuals who supposed that
ey had been agr. evated by the mode in
which the law had been carried into ef-
feet to place the matter in lis proper light,
in Justice as well tn those whose conduct
on this occasion he supposed to have been
misrepresented, ne moved the following
resolution:
ResoiDed. That the committee on Mill
tary Afftirs be instructed to enquire and
report to this House whether he Army has
: been reduced, according to the provisions
Of the act ITO fix the Military Peace Es-
adjustment of the United States" passed
on the I'd day of March, 1891.
The resolution was agreed to, mem con.
MIR. Trimble laid the following resolu-
ton on the table:
Resolusd. That thu President of the u.
States be requisite TO cause to be laid be-
fore the House such communications be
tween the government OF the United States
and France, or such other information re
speeding the construction of the 9Th article
of toe treaty of 1903, by which Louisiana
was coded, respecting the seizure OF the
( Apollo in 1890, for violation of our
revenue laws; and also respecting the
determinations made in each country be-
tween its own navigation and that of The
other---as in his opinion il may not be in
con isteni with the public interest to COM
nuaicate.
Mr.. Metcalfe submitted the following
resolution:
ReSolUed. That the committee on
Public Lands be instructed to inquire
whether any, and if any, what, further
provision ought to be made by law to
secure the safe transmission of public
moneys from the several land offices to
the places Of deposit designated by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
On motion of Mr.. Rankin, the reso-
luton was ordered to lie on the table,
An engrossod bill, entitled "An act
for the relief of Peggy Mellen,'' was
then read the third time and passed.
On motion of Mr. Sterling, of n. Y.
the house then resolved itself into a
committee of the whole on the bill to
authorize re-conveyance of tract of
land in the city of New York-Mr.
Hill in the chair.
Mr.. Sterling moved to strike out the
word 'retrocede," and to insert in lieu
thereof the word ''reconvey;" which
! was carried.
Mr.. Cooke, as chairman of the COM
mittee who reported the bill, briefly
assigned the reasons by whic h the com
nittee were actuated. He remarked
that in proceeding to the sesuit at which
they had arrived, they had called upon
the secretary of War for his opinion on
the subject. The Secretary had replied
by expressing not only his own, but the
opinion of the Engineer Department,
that as soon as Fort Diamond, at the
Narrows, should be completed, which
was understood to be near at hand, the
fort now referred to would be unneces.
sary. That it was very little used and
regarded at present-and if continued
to be held by the United States, would
occasion a continued expense without
benefit to the public. 1t was also part
OF the contract by which i was orig
lnally ceded to the United States. that
when it was no longer of utility TO the