Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-19

statement, showing the number OF sol
diers who have received their bounty
lands for services rendered during the
late war:the quantity ofland received
by them; the number OF soldiers yet en-
titled to receive bounty land, and the
quantity of land tn ;, will be required
to satisfy their claiins, over and above
what has been set apart by former acts
of Congress.
On motion of Mr. Walworth, it was
ResoIved, That the committeelon the
Post Office and Post Roads be instruct
ed to inquire into the expediency of es-
tablishing post road from Jay to Dam
vile. and from thence down the Ansa-
BILE river, by Bullen's Mill, to Reese
vile in the town of Chesterfield; and OF
disseminating the post road from Jay,
through the fifty miles woods, to Hop
kinton, in the state Of N. York.
On motion of Mr. Moore, of Pennsyl-
yania, it was.
ResoIUsd, That the committee on the
Post Office and Post Roads be instruct
ed to inquire into the expediency Of es-
tablishing post rout from Deposit, in
the state of New York, to Stockport, in
the state of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Sterling of N. York, laid on the
table the following resolution:
RESOLVED, That the Secretary Of the
Treasury be directed to inform this
house what compensation has been al
lowed to the Collector of the District OF
Cape Vincent, in the state of New York
for dischargirg the duties of his Office
and whether any alteration in the reve-
nue. laws is necessary to authorize him
to allow to said collector the customary
and just compensation for his services
since his appointment to said Office. and
also to communicate to this house such
other facts, in the knowledge ofthe De-
partment, as shall exhibit the propriety
of the claim of said collector to an an
nual salary since his appointment, un-
der the act of the 18th of April, 1918.
Mr.. Condict laid on the table the fol.
lowing resolution:
ReSOlved, That the President of the
United States be requested to communi-
cate to this house such information as
he may possess, and which may not DO
improper TO communicate, in respect to
any outrages & abuses committed upon
the person of the officers, or crews, of
the American vessels at the Havana,
or other Spanish ports in America; also
whether any measures have been adopt
ed under Spanish authority, tending to
punish, restrain, or countenance either
such personal outrages or piratical de-
predaticns upon the property of our
merchants: also, whether, in the opinion
of the President, any further legislative
provisions may be necessary to enable
the Executive more effectually to pro-
tect our rights from similar aggres-
sions.
Mr.. Gilmer laid the following resolu-
ton on the table:
ResoIUed, That the Secretary Of War
be directed to report to the house of Re-
rresentatives whether the whole Of the
sum of thirty thousand dollars, specif-
cally appropriated by an act of Congress,
passed the llth April, 1920, for the pur-
pose of holding treaties with the Chero-
kee tribes of Indians, has been expend-
ed, if not, what part has, and whether
any part of said sum is yet subject to be
appropriated according to the terms of
said act, and also in what manner and
for what purposes said sum has been
expended.
On motion of Mr.. Newton of Virginia,
it was
Resol0ed, That the committee of ways
and means be instructed to inquire into
the policy Of reducing the duty imposed
on Madeira Wines, and of proportioning
the duty to the quality of each sort i'm
ported into the U. States.
On motion Of Mr.. Sterling, of Conn.
it was
Resolued, That the committee on the
Post Office and post roads be instructed
to inquire into the expediency of dis
continuing the post route from Litch-
field through Goshen to Norfolk. in Con-
necticut.
The Speaker presented communica-
ton from the Secretary of the Treasury
Department in compliance with call
of the house, transmitting statement
showing the nett proceeds of the sales
of the public lands in the states of In
diana, Illinois, and Missouri, from the
several periods required.
On motion of MIR. Cook, the commu-
nication was ordered to lie on the table
and be printed.
The Speaker further presented a