Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-06

of the Christian religion Ind the ART, e
civilized lifc.s
The memorial was read, & Mr.. Bald
win moved that it be referred to Il.
committee on the Public Lands.
Mr.. Floyd proposed 10 amend the mn
ton by referring it to the committee o.
Indian A fairs, instead ofthe committs.
on the Public Lands:
These motions gave rise to littls
debate.
The question TO refer it to the com
mittee on Public Lands was negatiyed
and the petition was referred to H.
committee on Indian Affairs.
Mr.. Kert, from the committee on u.
District Of Columbus, reported bill !.
regulate the fees of the Registers IS
Wills in the several counties in the NJ.
trict Of Columbia; which was read tv;s.
and committed.
Mr.. Smith, of Md. from the comm,
tee Of Ways and Means, reported a Hill
for the relief of William Whitehead s.s
others; which was twice read and com
mitted.
The Speaker presented a commun;,.
tion from the Chamber of C omme,cs -
the city of New York, expressing tbs;,
opinion of the inexpsdiency Of repes;na
the restrictive system; which was re.s
and referred to the committee ne O.,
merce.
DR.. P.umer, of N. H. laid on tho t.h,.
the following resolution:
Rssolusd, That the Secretary Of II.
Treasury be directed to lay before thi.
house the amounr of the public funded
debt ofthe United State, held in FOREIGN
countries, for the last five years re.uee.
lively; stating the kinds and amount Of
stock held IN each.
Mr.. Cannon called for the consider,
ton of q resolution he had submitted On
the 18th ultimo, directing the commit
tee on Military Affairs to inquire into
the expsdiency Of diminishing the NUM-.
Der of Cadets at the Military Academy
at West Point. That Academy wa. e..
tablished by an act Of Congress, in tia
year 1872. 1t then consisted of lOCa.
diets, and was limited to 90, including Of.
ficcrs, &c. 1t 30 continued until 1872
after the commencement ofths late war
when, by another act of Congress, the
institution was extended to, and limited
at $50, at which it has ever since re.
NAMED 1t would seem, said Mr.. C. .
that, after the reduction of the army
from go or $4,000 to 5000, by which 80
large number of officers have bends.
banded that they cannot find sufficient
employment in military life; but some
of them are obliged to go into the judi,
cial department. Yet there could beLo
reasonable doubt that those officers
were better educated and prepared for
military service than the Cadets, and
as even the former could not find ON.
ployment, it carried with it full evidence
that there was surplus of military sci.
ence in this country. If that establish.
ment was sufficiently large during the
war, it must manifestly be larger during
a time of peace than is necessary for
the purposes of the army of the United
States.
The question was then taken, and de-
cided in thenegative, withouta division
Mr.. Cook laid on the table the follow
ing resolution:
Rssolued. That the Secretary OF tho
Treasury be directed to report to this
house the several sums of public money
which have been drawn for or received
by the gentleman who examined tho
Land Offices in the states CT Ohio, ID
diana, Illinois, and Missouri, in the year
1884, by virtue of letters of credit !"
receivers of public moneys, or other
wise, and what sum now remains IN tls
hands of that gentleman to De account
cd for, as far as the Secretary can a.
certain the same; specifying the times
when, and persons from whom, sOea
several sums may have been receyea
and also that he state who was appolnt
ed to examine the land Offices in hllen'
gan territory in the year 1921; whether
that duty wa, performed, and, II no.
why it was omitted.
The Speaker laid before the houss''
following communication from the 1rer
sury Department; which was ordered "
lie on the table:
Treasury Department,
LIST February, lSsS
Sir: In obedience to a resolution
the house of Representatives OF tho ~ ..
ultimo directing the Secretary o.. o. u, %s
Treasury to furnish the house 'wl'n~f
annual statement of the transactlop'.