Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-12-14
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

AOGOE OF hEfh COEN la ~ Use
A number OF petitions (28 in all were
presented and referred; among which we
are requested to notice that OF DAVID Hoi-
brook, an officer Of the Revolution, who
prays to be replaced on the pension list.
On motion OF Mr.. WaIworth, il was
Resolved, That the Committee on Military
Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expe
diency of authorizingTthe President Of the Uni
ted States to cause to be delivered to Captain
Atkins volunteers certain rifles, promised
them by Major General Macomb, for their
gallantry and patriotic services during the
siege Of Plattsburg, in Sept 1871
On motion of Mr.. Williamson, 1t was
Resolved, That the Committee on Military
Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expe.
diency of erecting battery or other fortifica-
ton on the west side of Penobscot river, in the
town of Prospect, and state of Maine, near the
head of Orphan Island, and opposite the Mar
rows, so called in said river.
On motion of Mr.. Cook, of Illinois, it
was
ResoEucd, That so much of the several acts
of Congress passed for the admission OF Indiana,
Illinois, and Missouri, into the Union, as sets
apart portion of the money arising from the
sale of the public lands in those States, for the
purpose of constructing roads and canals lead
ing to those states, respectively, be referred to
a select committee.
On the usual question, what number
the committee should be composed OF, Mr.
Cook proposed three: some other mem
Der named seven-and the question beng
between the two
MIR. Cook observed. that he had but a
single word to say in favor of the number
three. He had no preference tor II, bu;
that the subject OF the resolution lmmedI-
ateIy concerned three States Indiana, H.
linois, and Missouri, and that the Repre-.
sentatives of those states, having consulted
together, it had Deen agreed between
them to bring the subject forward.
Mr.. Floyd, of Va said that the two per
cent. OF the nett proceeds o. the sales Of
Public Lands was to be expended, not on
roads within the states in question, but on
| roads loading to them, so thatEit concerns
ed the adjacent states as much as 1t did
those states. Besides, mir. +. intInated
that the subject ought not TO be left whol
| ~ TO the Western States, the disposition
to speculate upon the government in re.
| gard to the public lands there being SC
prevalent. He particularly referred tc
the speculations under the bill for the re-
lief sol purchasers OF the public lands.
made in states in which the circulating
medium was greatly deprecated, &c.
| The country generally being Interested
in the roads to be made out 81 his fund
Mr.. +. was in favor of the largest number
proposed for the Committee.
| The number OF seven was agreed to
MIR. Cannon submitted the following re-
solutions for consideration
Resolved, Thatit is exPedient to provide to1
the national defence by improving the Militi'
of the United States.
RESOLVED, Thatthe Committee on Military
Affairs be instructed to inquire whether 1t Is
most expedienEto improve the Militia through
| outthe United States, by means of the military
| Academy, or that the encampment ofthe OF
ficsEs, by brigades OF otherwise, under proper
regulations,