Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-07
Congressional Proceedings.
From the National Iatslligencer.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

| HOUSE OF REPhESEN A lives.
MIR. Rankin, from the committee on
public lands, made report on the Pc
tition of james M'Farland. Hampton
Pankny, and Wm. Frizzell, accompani-
| ed by a bill for the relief of James NJ
Farland; which was twice read and COM
| mitted.
Mr. Williams, of N. G. from the CON-
mirtee ofclaims, made a report unfavor.
able TO the petition of Charles Town
send; which was read and referred to a
committee of the whole.
| Mr.. w from the same committee,
also made an unfaverable report on the
petition of Adam Gallagher and Will
liam Douglass, on behalf of the Shak-
ers; which was ordered to lie on the
table.
| Mr.. Kent. from the committee on the
District of Columbia, reported bill to
repeal part of an act passed by the state
of Maryland, in 1884, and now in force
in George own, in the District of Co.
lumbia, entitled can act for the add
ton to Georgetown in Montgomery
county"
Nir. Cannon. from the committee on
the subject of the militia, reported a
bill to provide for the discipline of the
militia Of the United States; which bill
was twice read and committed.
On motion of Mr. Cooke, it was
Resoloed, That the report ofthe COM
mittes on military affairs upon the sub
ject of the employment of officers of the
army as Clerks in the War Department,
and the extra pay allowed to them for
such services, made at the last session
Of Congress, be referred to the commit
tee on Military Affairs.
MIR. Cook submitted for consideration
the following resolution:
Resolued, That the Secretary OF the
Treasury be directed to report to this
House the manner in which the several
land Offices of the United States were
examined prior to the lst day of January
1878, the names and places of residence
of the persons by whom such examina-
tions were made, the respective COM
! pensations allowed to each individual so
employed, and the whole expense there
of to the United States
And, also, that he report the manner
in which the same duty has been per-
formed since the said lst day of JAM
lSlS-together with the names, profes-
sions, and stations, and places of resi-
dence, of the persons who have been ap-
pointed to make such examinations;
what Offices each was appointed to ex-
anime, the reports made by each, the
accounts presented for their respective
services, theAamount of money allowed
to, or drawn, or retained. by each of
them; whether any Of them have. during
the same period, been allowed or receiv-
ed any other compensation from the
governmental so, how much, and for
what service rendered or duty perform
ed-and whether some plan may not be
devised whereby the same duty may be
performed with equal advantage and
less expense to the government
This resolution lies on the table of
course.
Mr. J. T. johnson, of Kentucky. sub.
mitted for consideration the following
resolve:
| Resolved. That the committee on
Military Affairs be instructed to en-
quire into the expediency of establishing
an additional National Army, to be 10.
Gated on the Western waters.
In offering this resolution, Mr.. J. OBJ
served, that there were various reasons
which urged him to offer resolution
which had for its object the establish.
ment of national armory in the West
ern Country. He was apprized that
this subject had been before Congress.
on several occasions, and had been re-
jected; but when he had considered it,
intrinsic merit and justice, he would not
anticipate an unfavorabls result. He
said there were considerations connect
ed with the measure, which were dear
to every American bosom. 1t had been
considered that the militia constitute
our surest guarantee in times ofdanger
They are our shield for protection Ii
order, then. to enable them to act eff
GENTLY, they must be armed & disciplin
ed. This subject, he observed, was no,
novel: there were two national armorie'
IN the United States established
at Harper's Ferry, 10 Virginia, the other
at Springfield. in Massachusetts; the
one supplying the middle and southern,
the other the northern section of the
Union; and both occasionally supplying
the demand from the West It would
be reesllected that thoss in operation