Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-11
Congressional Proceedin,,,
From tie National lstellig.as.,.
IN SENATE.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8.
Mr.. Holmes Of Maine, from ii. eon.
mittee Of Finance, : to whom ", ,.r.,..
the petition Of the TransylvauiaUni,.
Of Ksntucky, praying repeal Of ID. dpt,
on foreign printed books, made. det,iI.!
report adverse TO The expediency Of adou,.
ing, at this time, such a measure; and ,hs
report was read.
Mr. Johnson Of Louisiana, laid on IN.
table the following resolution.
Rssolved, That the committee on Road,
and Canals be instructed 10 inquire into
the expediency Of providing BY iaw dr
the repairing and the preservation ofth
military road. beginning at MadisnviIs,
in the state OF Louisiana, and Terminating
at Florence, on the Tennessee river.
In offering this resolve, Mr.. johnson
said, the object of the resolution be sub.
mitted. was. to provide for the repairing
Of the great military road leading from
Madisonville, in the state Of LOUISIANA, 10
Florence, in The state of Alabama. Tint
this road, which be considered ,uog
the most important in the Union, va
opened by the troops of the United s,a,
under the command and direc,iono u,
Gen. Jackson, to whom great credit Is
due, not only for the origin Of ID. phn,
but for the personal attentions bssloSsd
by him in marking out and constructing
it. He was VI opinion, that perbap, DO
national work had been accomplished
which is calculated 10 be OF more genera
utility; that its importance is not confined
to the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Al.
bama, and Tennessee-the whole western
country, he said, is interested 10 seeing il
kept in repair; that il is designed 10 be
one of the most important military hgb.
way. in the United States. That 10 time
of war, the necessity Of it would be evl'
dent, i'm facilitating the collection y trans.
portation oil our physicaH orce and mlll'a'
~ supplies. He stated that it had been
established some time since, BY an acl Of
Congress, as a post road, and that it DE-
sirable that the proper steps shouldbs ~
meGiately adopted for the transportation
Of the mail 10 and from New Orleans bJ
this route, in covered carriages that the
distance from Nashville to New Orleans
by this road, is, as be was informed, aD0A
three hundred and Fifty miles less than lls
route formerly travelled.
But he added, that the road is now u
most unfit for use; that the bridges n'o'
from necessity, been made OF green "0ou'
and are dec,ying; and that, unless pro''''
on should me made for keeping them W.
repair, and removing the timber when
had fallen ia the road, it would soon "
abandoned. That the greater portion"
the country through which it passes . .
wilderness nearly uninha5ited, Owned y
Indians and by the United States 'p'
that, consequently. il could only % y !,
paired and preserved BY the authority I"
the general government.
Mr.. J. said, AZ 10 the best mooe o. : ),
fecting the object in view, wbelOs, !. !.
should be accomplished BY employing =.
troops OF the United States. or ~ e'',.
fishing turnpike and fixing q TOLL " y
other means. be was not prepared % 'p
that, perhaps it would be deemed wv !.
expedient to establish turnpike anu. !.
allow a toll. That he thought It piOp
subject for the inquiry ofa committee s,.,,
The engrossed bill TOR the rele' o. -. !.
Coffee was read the the third time, pa =.
ed, and sen. to the House Of H'p'
sentativss. .,once Of
sundry petitions. IL, Of
The Senate went into consideration :
Executive business,
And then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Mr.. Rhea, from the comml.so' = s.nort
sions and Revolutionary Clalm. .;, i o.
ed unfavorably upon tho PS.hM Nor
Mary Burbridge. and as...,nsse,iysly
gan; which reports were re'ps''
conquered in. .nmittee on
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