Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-03

acC0npanicu Dy 2 bill. ent;ty.a
Act forthe relief Of Beniamip' Ps. An
and John N. jenkins y, which ssland
twi6e and committed. ''sfea,i
Mr.. Lathrop, FROM the c.mm;,.
reyisal and unfinished busins.. 'se of
mitted reports Of the unfinished sub
ness Of the last session; whish q, n ssals
of Mr.. u. was laid on the table 0sl0a
Mr.. Williams ofsN. C. fro. j..
mittee Of Claims, made an unfsvo ssus
report On the petition of William u
derson, which was read and MAD. Ai y
order ofthe day for Friday next le
MIR. Darlington submitted ~. e.
lowing resolution, which lies o. =. '.l'
bic one day of course: ' d
Resolued, That the secrst.,. ae
Treasury be directed to report - -. ne
House how much. of the amount = Gu nm
imposed on the militia Of Psnn.vi,aue:s
for non-performance Of military dr. .sa's
the hate war with Great Britain ~ y
beenireceived by the Marshal, q ~ 49,
several districts of said state. and th =.
deputies, respectively; how much &c -.
sums so received has been paid inta' y, -
Treasury, or to the use 9th. Tln;, -
States; in whose hands any sum, .h".
received, and not paid into the Tr.s.n
nv, orto theuse OF the United St.,..
have boon retained; who are the .u,.
ties Of such delinqusnts, and what ~.
amount Of their respective bond, Whist
instructions have beea given to the 4.
fceror officers, prosecuting on behalf
Of the United States in relation to s,;d
delinqpenes and their surstlss; whether
suits have thereupon been instituted !.
gainst them for the recovery of r..
sums 50 retained, and what has bsen
the result Of said suits.
(fnofferibg this motion, Mr.. D. TOOK
occasion 70 remark, that resolution
having the same object in view, wa,
adopted BY the House, on his motion,
at the lsst session; but that, owing to
some cause, unknown to him, it had
never been received at the Depart.
ment, - he was informed. Certainly
no report had boon made to the House
lie therefore was disposed to renewth ID.
attsmptlto obtain the desired informa.
ton
Me- Floyd called for the consider.
alton Of resolution by him submitted
on former day, calling FOR information
from the Presidcnt OF The United States
relative to the Disbursements that had
been made under the acts passed upon
the subject of civihzing the lndls
The house agreed to consider h
same; when,
Mr.. Tracy moved TO amend the reso-
luton. by adding thereto the following
words: specifying the times when, tho
persons to whom, and the particular
purposes for which. the expenditures
were made"
The amendment was agreed to, and
the resolution adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. johnson, of Lou.
it was
Rssolusd, That the committee on
public lands be instructed to inquire
into the expediency Of continuing IN
force for two years an act granting
double concession to the inhablnnts OF
the state of Louisiana, or to report what
causes have prevented them from avail
ing themselves of that law That they
be instructed to inquire into the e1pe.
diency of recognizing the districts Of
the Surveyor General south OF Tennes'
see river, SO a. to create one district
for the state of Louisiana, ana ono
for the State of Mississippi, and that
they provide by law that the SrrvsYr
General of each district give secl ~
for the faithful disbursement OF M
money placed in his hands.
On molten of Mr.. Moore OF ~ II
was
Rssolusd, That the COMMITTEES on
the Judiciary be instructed to q, ,nqn ~;'
whether, by a late decision OF me Wv :.
trict Court for the Eastern Dlstr'cs u
Pennsylvania, 9 public agent. s slsa.s
claim for certain allowances 10 o' .V;.
of vouchers, had been rejected ~ .i ~
house, has defeated the United o'a'. ',h'
q suit against him, by an Allegation .. ~.
stantially different from that Pl. ~ r,
to Congress, and one invalld''su ~
evidence in possession of the s0s@s ..r
ment, Of which the prosecuting V rsn..
could have availed himself Tor tho v ',hs,
fit of the United States; ana WITH p.s.lf
the officers prosecuting suits, on ,:. Uv;
of the u. States, In the several cN "d q
Ter tho recovery Of money reta'n snd.r
the handsof public agents, sle' vail
existing provisions, unable .,.nvs