Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1824-12-24

terms on which the loan was orieirall,
made.
fhe speaker also laid before the House
from the same Department, a statement of
ossesssustained during the last thirty wears
upon bonds given for duties on imports.
distinguished the amount in each wear.
The total amount of losses sustained is nj.
SIS 626 Oh
These communications were severely
referred to the committee of Ways and
Means and ordered to be printed.
Adjourned,
Thursday, Dec. 16.--Mr. WiclIiGe of
fered the following resolution which was
ordered to lie on the table:
heSoired, That IT is eApedieGt TO amend the net
OF Congress of thc first Of March. 1872 relative
to Electors OF President anu Vice President, that
the appointment of Election, by tue several
states, snail he made upon the same day through
out the United States
MIR. Wicklifie stated that the same rea-
sons which rendered it necessary that the
votes of the Electors of President should
be given on the same day, operated to
make it equally necessary that the election
of Electors should be made on the same
day throughout the United States and re-
cent events had rendered his conviction
on this subject, more settled. He should
move to lay the resolution on the table
which was agreed to.
Adjourned.
Friday Dec. 17.-Mr. Conway, of Ar
kansas, offered the following:
Resoired, That the Com nttec on Indian At
lars be instructed to enquire into the expediency
of organizing all the territory of the United
States lying west of the State of Missouri and
Territories OF Arkansas and Michigan, into Sc
parate Territory, to be occupied exclusively bv
Indians, and OF authorizing the President of the
United States 10 adopt such measures as he NAV
think best TO COLOMBO all the Indians of the pre-
sent States md Territories permanently within
the same.
MIR. Rankin, of Mississippi, suggested
that, as the entire subject to which the re-
solution refers is brought forward in the
Presidents Message, and already referred
to Committee of this House, the resolu-
ton was unnecessary. But Mr.. Conway
explained, and it was finally adopted
On motion of Mr.. Mccoy, of Virginia,
it was
Resoired, That the Committee on the Post
Office and Post Roads be instructed TO inquire
into the expediency of establishing post road
from lIarrisouburgh, in the county of Rocking
ham, TO Franklin, in the county of Pendleton, in
the State of Virginia
MIR. Cafhbreleng, of N. Y. laid on the
table the following resolution
Resolred, That the President of the United
States be requested TO communicate TO this
House, if compatible with the public interest,
the correspondence with the Spanish govern
ment relating to the piracies of the island of Gu
ba Adjourned.
VIRGINIA CLAIMS.
Monday, Dec. 2O.---Mr. A. Stevenson,
of Virginia, offered the following resoIu-
ton
Resotued, That the Committee on Military
Affairs be instructed to inquire into the proprie-
ty of providing by law for the reimbu rserneut
OF the amount of interest, paid by the state of
Virginia upon loans of money negotiated by her
for the use of the General Government, durin,
the late war between Great Britain and the Uni
ted States"
MIR. Sharpe of N. Y. moved to amend
the resolution so as to refer the subject to
the Committee of Claims, which was car
ried, ayes "a, noes So.
Thus amended, the resolution was a.
greed to.