Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-28


4, MI. F JOHNSON, from the Commits.
sn the Post Office and Post, r Dad. =:
ported 6nfayorably "a the resolution' !. se-
'gssting the expediency ofincreasina rs
con, pensation Of the Postmast.ss ~
4 Geofgctown. S. G.. which, on motto, :. ]:
Br. Blair, was ordered to lie IN The !, =
BILE, ~ - ~. ~ -:
Mr., Williams. Off. G. from the ca.
mittee on Claims, reperted unfayor,hl h.
ION the petition Of John Forbes. VIVA
on motion Of Mr.. W.was ordered 70 i.
on the table y
Z Mr.. Williams, from the same comm;.s
tee, to whom was referred two h;,'.
from the Senate. the one for the ,sl;.s
Of Mathew CHAIR, and the other for ,hs
relief of samuel Walker, reported ,hs \.
same respectively without amendm.rs
which were committed to commits,
Of the whole. =
MIR. Blackledge, from the Csmmitt..
on the Public Buildings, reported ! bli
making appropriations for the Publ.
Buildings, which was twice read and
committed:
The Speaker then stated the next bu.
sinsss in order to DO, tho resolution hsr..
tofors submitted by Mr.. Mercer, Will
the modification proposed by MI. T.v.
lor, which had occupied the attention e
the House on Saturday, and the further
consideration of which had been suspep.
ded. The Speaker remarked that hin
first impression had been that, BY the
rule Of the house, tho resolution was M
longer before them, and could be rsyi.
we'd only by being proposed anew. But
from further reflection, and having IN.
derstood that the committee who report.
ed the rule did not contemplate its bsiur;
placed from before the house. he ws,ir.
clined to consider it as unfinished bun.
ncss-and he was the more satisfied With
this construction (although it was new
case) from the consideration that tho
rule was intended to further the convs.
niencs Of the house, and it would b.
more convenient in its practical opera
tion to regard it ~ the unfinished basi.
ness of the morning. than AZ being laid
upon the table. III
A division of the question was called fos
by Mr.. Sawyer, when the modification was
adopted, and the original resolution mega
lived. -
Mr.. Reid submitted the following ~
solution.
Resolved, That the Committee on hs
Public Buildings be. instructed to enquire
into the expediency oil substituting . ola.
ceiling for the canvass now covering The
Hall.
After few remarks on the subject, y
Msssrs. Reid, Mercer and Walworth, At
the suggestion of Mr.. Whipple. and with
the consent of the mover, the Iesolutisa
was ordered to lie on the table.
o. motion Of Mr.. Reid, it was
Realized, That the Committee on tAs
Post Offices and Post Roads be instructed
to enquire into the expedisDcy Of es,.
bIshing q mail route from Rokenvils
in Tennessee, to Augusta 10 Georgia, By
0reenyille to AbbevlIle, in South Cant
lima
On Motion Of Mr.. Swan, it was
Resolvsd. That the Committee on Tho
Post Office and Post Roads be instructed
to enquire into the expediency OF eIteaa'
ing the post Route .som Liberty Corner %
PIuckemin, and from thence to Somsrville
Somerset county, in the state Of New Jst.
sey.
On motiod of Mr. Fan Wyck. it was
Resolyed, That the COMMITTEES on the
Public buildings. be instructed to enquire
into the exped!ency of abolishing the ofhce
of commissioners OF the public buildlOgl
and also the expediency Of transferrng tho
duties of that Office 10 the Engineer de-
partment:
The bill to authosize the state OF Illinois
to open canal through the public lands,
to connect the waters of Lake Michigan
with the Illinois river; the bill for the re-
liet of James May, and the representatIIss,
of William Macomb; the bill for the RELIEF
Of Cad Worthington, the bill for the Is'
lief Of Solomon Porter, Jun; the bill tore
NIT the duties on sword imported 10 %
presented TO Com. T. Macdonough, ana
the bill for the relief of John Andsno0'
were respectively read third time, par
cd, and sent to the Senate.
ORDERS OF the DAY.
The House then resolved itself into
of the whole, (Mr. TomlInoa
in the chair on the bill supplementary
the act TO provide for persons engaged Y
the land and naval service OF the UnI"a
States in the revolutionary war.
Mr.. keyes submitted the followIna =
to the first section; aps
in all cases he shall be considered una'ss
to support himselfif he is over the sgss
sixty five years, and bis property does"