Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-03-04

,,,.;derable vehemence and zeal a.
.,a,,st The Slave trade, but being Oh
,o,op that no convention with Osner
,st,Ons could make The engaging IN this
trade Piracy, proposed All amendment
- alter the pnrsseoIogy OF the reso!u-
lion IN this respect
Wien Mr.. w. concluded
Nj, BURROWS, of Connecticut, requir-
al ,bs Precious Question, and In this
..il he was sustained 10y a majority OF
the members. The previous question
was put and carried; and then,
The man question (pn agreeing to
che resolution, as above stated Was ia
ben by Yeas and Nays, aud decided as
81, ws:-Yeas Isl. Nays9.
Ths House then, on motion OF Mr..
breckenridge, resolved i'self into a
committee OF the whole on tie state of
t.sunion, MIR l.ill in the chair.
The committee took up, on molten
of Mr.. Newton. the bill for erecting
certain hight vessels, beaeons. &c.
MIR. Cooke moved to strike out the
ensrtiog clause. % determine whether
the House would go on to exPend more
money a, this time on objects OF this
description.
AGAINST this motion, Messrs, Newton.
Csmbrelsn5, anu Sergeant, protested,
asserted the value ofthess aids to naYi.
cation, and denied that the expendi-
ture upoa these objec,s had even near
" equalled the amount of tonnage and
light money specially levied and coll
lec.e for these purposes.
TIE motioa of Mr. Cooke was mega.
tiyed by large majority.
Mr.. FaF,eIly m'ved 10 amend the
bill by inser ing an appropriation OF
$50 dollars, to enable the President to
cause to be- examined the moath of the
harbor Of Presqu' isle. on Lake Erie,
and spoke for some time in support OF
the motion. The amendment was a
greed to.
The committee took up the bill from the
Senate To establish a national armOry on
Inc western waters.
Mr. Ross moved to amend the bill by
requiring an Engineer. which the bill con-
templates creating, TO examine and report
an eligible site tor the erection of ma
tioual armory, to r.por, to Congress, in
stead OF 10 the President OF the United
States. as provided by the bill.
On the question to agree to the amend
ment. il was determined 10 The affirmative.
Mr.. Ross then moved TO strike out OF
the bill the sum OF 70 900 dollars and IN
sert in lieu thereof 5000 dollars; which
mo, o. was agreed 10.
After strse further debate, the commit
tee rose
The 6tsl Of The above two bills, amend
sd in the committee, was agreed to IN the
House, aud was read third time. and
passed.
Some debate occurred on the amend
ment agreed 10 IN committee, to the bill
10 establish an armhry on the western wa
ters, Mr.. Breckenridge and Mr. Forward
opposed tue amendment, and Mr. ZONES
CT Tenn AMI AR ' tncs supportedit,
The question on cvncu r,fg was then
put, AMI decided in the t!rmause.
The house adjourned, al halt past ..
The following Message from the Prssi-
den of the u. States, 10 the House OF Re
pc eul rlves, was read in that body on
Wednesday evening
J1tie Ho,"e II . PIE ea'atrreS'
In compliance with the resolution OF the
House Of Representatives, OFT the 9th Janua-
~, uesting he 7, -,dent to comm lnicate
To me .Iolse the number ofpersons and the a.
mount due fIem each, whose compensation has
been withheld or suspended in pun, usncc OF
the law prohibiting payment to persons III ar.
rears to the United States; whether the a
M. Mt withheld, has heen applied IN al cases
% the extinguis hment of their debts to the go.
venment ..hether the said laws have heen
enforced In all cases. against securities who
art liable for the payment of any arrears due
whether anv accounting OF disbursing officer,
within the knowledge OF the President, has
given conclusive ev idence of his insolvency
and IT SO, whether he is still retained in the ser
VIE ofthe L States. transmit to the hoase.
areport irom the Secretary OF the Treasury,
with the documents mentioned therein.
The report has been confined to the opera
tiou ofthe law. Respecting the circumstan
css of individuals, in their transactions without
the sphere of their public duties, have no
means of information other than those which
are common to all JAMES MONROE.
Uoshiugtcn CITY, FEB. &c, 1925.