Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-08

liss0tued, That the COMMITTEES 70
Ways and means be instructed to inop;s
nto tho propriety Of previdiug by H..
hat books, maps, charts, & ehgrayins.
specially imported for the use Of -,
tate of the Onion, shall be exemn,.J
rom al duties upon their importat;o,
On motion of Dir. Johnston, Of LON
,iana, it was
ResoIued, That the committe. ..
Naval Affairs be instructed to inoo;. -
sto the expediency Of employino "'
greater number Of public vessel: in Il.
Of the piracies carried -
as ainst thescommerce Of the u. St,t..
and whether it IL necessary to smnI..
arm, and equip, private vessels for III,
purpose; and how many, and in wb,,
manner, and to report generally III. me-.
sures deemed necessary to give spti,.
and sffectual protection to The p.r,n,.
and property Of the citizens of tho =
States in the West Indies and Gull n
Mexico: and to inquire how far it M,
be sxpedisnt to authorize the dss,rue'
ton Of persons and vessels found At =,
or in uninhab.ted places, making va,
upon tho commerce of the U. STATE,
without any regular commission. and
how far, consistently with public law
. general usage or authority NAV b.
given to destroy pirates, and pira.ic,l
vessels, found at sea or in uninhsbitea
places.
Nir Baldwin, submitted the following,
Resolved, That the following be ID.
ded to the standing rules fthis House.
"Whenever resolution shall bs offered
or Z molten made, to refer any subject
Whatever to q committee, and different
committees shall be proposed, to which
such reference shall be made, the cues.
ton shall be first taken upon the refer.
ence to such one ofthe committees which
shall be proposed, as is first in tho fol-
lowing order of arrangement, th,ths
saw: the committee of the whole on tn.
state ofthe Union; the committee 9th.
whole, q standing committee Of The
house; and between two or more STAND.
ing committees, tho one first proposed
a select committee.
On motion of Mr.. Blair, it was.
y Rssolued, That the committss on Nj
litary Affairs be Instructed to inquin
into the expedisncy ofallowing bounty
land to David Sheppard, late private
in Capt. Seldon's company Of riasnsn,
attached to the army Of the U. States.
= On molten of Mr.. Cock, the house a.
greed to consider the resolution offered
by him on Saturday last. calling for fur.
Their information from the Treasury De.
partment on tho subject of the examlDs'
ton of the western land Offices, &c.
Mr.. Reid moved to erase from tho
resolve the marks of quotation and I'D
derscoring Of the words 'as far As tb.
Secretary can ascertain the same
which he considered as implying cen
sure. and ~ disrespectful to the di'tia'
euished head of that Department.
Mr.. Cook asssnted to the proposlti''
but in tho course of the conversati0r
which grew into debate on this 'ubjees
there was some sharp shooting on bot
sides. The debate was not ANTICIPATED
and full notes Of it were not taken. Wm
follows is brief outline only.
Mr.. Baldwin was not disposed tore
iect a proposition merely calling form
formation, yet as thu underscorlnsm'
passed into the journals ofthe hOu,'
Italics, it sesmed to imply something
not expressed, which he thought was
practice the house was not prepared u
sanction. If q charge was INTENDED
was better to speak out; but he w'uH
lust observe, that the most the re.sls
ton contemplates could not be c0D'la 100.
ed a crime. By accepting an sze'uu"
Office a member does not incur cr'p l:
nality, even tho nc ahould vaca's I'D
seat.
Mr.. Rich moved to amend the rss'D
ton by striking out the word r'pS'
and to insert in lieu thereof the w0ron
form; and also to strike cut all tn" W
cific part of the resolution which r'aa
to an individual appointed to inspect"
land Offices:
Mr.. Edwards, of Conn. was oppoM
to the amendment submitted by tneg"
tleman from Vermont, (Mr. h'.
He thought that was the most m'.." y,
part Of the resolution. lie dld no,r
hap. understand the subject e s!., wv
what he could learn from the ose'."
RVS report as communicated, II Pry
ed that there had been disbur'em'
which the Secretary could not ~ r.
sent ascertain. Mr.. e. shsn advert ~.
fbe law that required that, for a' w.