Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-28

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=. W. also reported unfavsrabiy
,hs petition of Joel Strawn. which
ap0n potion of Mr. w. was laid on the
". " further reported unfavorab.y
IN the petition of Frederick Coates,
s.h on motion of MIR. Little, was
laid on the table.
ai Il. " further reported unfavorably
On the petition of William Magaw
n others, which report was concurrsd
NJ, w. from the same committee,
.nrtsd bill for the relief of James
or p9,es which was twice read and COM
gifted e
commerce., reported bill to amend
y. act entitled IAN act to establish the
%,,ricts of Bristol, and to annex the
..'vns of Kittery and Berwick to the
s,,rict of Portsmouth," passed Fsbru-
-, Is. 1901, which was twice read, and
ordered to be engrossed and read third
sms tomorrow.
The Speaker presented communi-
,.,iop from the President of the United
states. relative to the correspondence
sbich lead to the treaty Of Client, which
Al motion of Mr. Floyd, was ordered
70 be laid on the table and printed.
The Speaker presented eommuniea-
ron from the President of the United
states on the subject of extinguishment
ofthe Indian title to lands, ofwhich the
right of,oil is claimed by any particular
.tate; which, on motion Of Mr.. Hill, was
referred to the committee on the public
Lands. and ordered to be printed.
Transactions at Pensacola.
The house then proceeded to the con
siisration of the Order of the Day, be.
ing the unfinished business of Saturday,
and the question recurring to agree to
amOtion to discharge the committee on
Military affairs from the consideration
Ofths petition of the two Spaniards inn
pn.Oned in Pensacola, by the odsrs Of
the Acting Governor
Mr., Hardin, of kentucky, who was en-
titled to the floor at the hour of adj
ournment on Saturday, delivered his
sentiments on the question: denying the
cOnstitutionality ofthe Imprisonment of
these men, and asserting the existence,
in every territory of the United States,
sfthoss rights which are, under our
.onstitution, reciprocal to locol allie
sance, Wig: right to freedom of person,
ofrsHgion, trial by jury, the writ ofha-
BIAS corpus, &C. When Mr.. Hardin
concluded-
Mr.. Eustis, the Chairman Of the Mil
asary Committee, stated, that he was in
formed from good authority, that the pa
pers relative to the confinement of these
meH hvd been forwarded from Pensaco-
h to Gen. jackson that he had trans
mitted them to the President; that they
we're received in this city on Thursday
last, that an order was issued for the re-
lease of the men on Saturday, and was
actually dispatched for Pensacola.
This statement was confirmed, in sub
stance, by Mr.. Mercer, of Va. who had
also received similar information from
Gudonblsd authority.
Dir. Cooke stated that no such infor-
nation had been before he Military
Committee, when they had this subject
under consideration.
Mr.. Little seeing that the cause of the
complaint of the petitioners was remo-
we'd, moved to lay the subject on the ia
Bic
This motion gave rise to debate, in
Which Messrs. rrimble, Little, Ran
dOph, Lowndes, Golden, Mercer, and
Floyd, took part. The debate, though
on motion atfording. strictly speaking
admitted scope, was extend to consider
aoIe length, entering more or less into
The merits of the case of these petition
ers, and the propriety of effsctual mea-
'u'ss to guard against the recurrence of
such lmprisonments, SC. for the future
We have not space to give even an out
line OF this debate at present.
No question was taken on the subject
p'sVloua to the sdj ournmenr, which took
pace before 4 o'clock, on the motion of
ar Randolph, which motion, preceded
%spertinent speech, was founded on
"e report, which had reached the Cap
VOL OF the demise of Mr., Pinkney, Se>
Oasor from MarYland-which report af.