Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-31


er Averill, and of sundry inhabitants of
East Baton Rouge, in Louisiana; which
were read and ordered TO lie on the Ia
BILE.
MIR. Smith of Md. from the commit
tee of ways and means, made unfayora-
Die reports on the petitions of Henry j..
Jones and Reuben Moore; which were
read and concurred in.
6lr. S. from the same committee, also
made an unfavorable report on the pc.
tition of Jonathan Battelle; which was
read and ordered to lie on the table.
Mr.. 5. from the same committee, also
reported bill for the relief of Ben jamin
HI. Rand, which was twice read and com.
mitted.
Mr.: Sergeant, from the committee on
the Judiciary, made an unfavorable rec
port on the memorial of the General
Assembly of the state of Alabama, for
permission to tax certain lands; which
on motion of Mr.. Moore, of Alabama,
was read and ordered to lie On the table.
Mr.. S. from the same committee, re-
ported bill for the relief of Charles A.
Swearingen, and a bill for the relief of
William n. Earle; which were twice
read and committed.
On motion of Mr.. Sergeant, the CONS
mittee on the Judiciary was discharged
from the further consideration of the
resolution adopted on the Gee inst. di-
recting that committee to inquire into
the expediency of amending the law
making the records and judicial pro-
ceedings of the several states, evidence
in each particular state.
Mr.. Eustis. from the committee on
Military Affairs, made an unfavorable
report on the petition Of Austin Kend-
rick, which was concurred in; and an
unfayorable report on the petition of
Thomas Porter; which was ordered to
lie on the table.
Mr.. E from the same committee, re-
ported bill for the relief of Robert
Purdy; which was twice read and COM
mitted
A Message was received from the
President of the United States trans
hitting report ofthe Secretary of War,
complying with a resolve of this house
of the 22d instant, calling for informa-
tion respecting the measures taken to
ciyilize the indians, &c. which was re-
ferred to the committee on Indian AT
fairs.
The Speaker laid before the house
letter from. the Secretary of War, trans
uniting statement of contracts made
by the War Department on behalf of
the United States, during the year 1921.
Mr.. Abbot presented several resolu-
tons of the Legislature of the State of
Georgia, 1.-THE same as those stated in
the Senate proceedings, which were all
read and appropriately committed.
On motion of Mr. Long, it was
Resolved, That the committee on the
| Post Office and Post Roads be instruct
ed to inquire into the expediency of
changing the post rout from Fayetteville,
| in North Carolina, to Salisbury, ia the
same State, so as to go by Carthage,
| M'NeilPs store, HilPs store, Tin Ran
dolph county, return by Forests,
Blakely, Lawrenceville, and MAuley's
store, & to extend the route from Law
renceville by Attention, to Wadesbor-
ough; also to establish route from
| Fayetteville, by Graham's bridge, Rock
ingham, to marlborough, and return
! the same way.
On motion of Mr. J. Speed Smith, it
was
Resolved, That select committee be
appointed tDinquire into the expediency
of abollshing imprisonment for debt in
all cases of process issuing from the
courts of the United States, and that
they have leave to report by bill or
otherwise.
On motion of Mr.. Cook. it was
Resolved, That the committee on the
Post Office and Post Roads be directed
to inquire into the expediency of estab
fishing a post rout from Vincennes, by
Ellison's Prairie, Palestine, York, Au
rora, Grand Prairie, in Clark county,
70 Clinton in tie state Of Illinois.
On motion of Mr.. Van Wyck, it was
Reso5ued, That the committee on the
Post Office and Post Roads be instruct
ed to inquire into the expediency of es-
tablishing post route from the Pleasant
Valley post office, to Salt Point, in Plea
SAINT Valley, and from thence to James
Thorne's, in the town of Clinton, county
Of Duchess, state of n. York;
MIR. Walworth submitted for considc
ration the following resolution, which
lies over OF course for one day;