Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-01-20
,,ousr oF8 EpR ssENrArivEs.

tioUSE Of REPR EsENTATiyEs.
The Speaker laid before the House
lp,isr from the Secretary os the Treasury
transmitting a statement exhibiting tne Va
lue of the trade which The Un'tei States
hid with Greece. ASIA Minor and t'gyp
hiring the wears ending on the SUta Sci,
TENDER, 1870, I8sisnd i82a: whIcn wa
read aud laid on the table.
On motion OF slr. Webster, the Commit
tee OF the judiciary was discharged from
the consideration of the me,norIal ut GER
Tain merchants and underwriters OF Alex
sa;iria.
On motion OF Mr.. Hobart,
Resoipsd That the Committee OF Way,
,,d Means be instructed to inquire into
,Ls exoediency Of repe aliDg so much OF
the act. entitled An act laying a duty
ON imported salt, granting bounty q
uicklgd hsh exported. and allowances 10
certain vessels employed 10 the 1sneries,
passed 99,h July, 1913, as authorizes 4,
bounty on p,CkIed hsb exported, and OF
granting, 10 lieu thereof, an allowance on
the Tonnage of vessels employed 10 the
nackpret fisheries, in the same way as 10
vessels employed in the Bank aud other
cod sberes.
Nr. ronlinsan offered the follow me re-
solution which lies one day:
Tia. he Commissioners OF Navy Hospi.
tals be .iiected 10 'epor' to this House the
amount at the sums which they have re-.
ceiYed ani expended by vir'u OF the act,
enuned An act establishing Navy Hos.
p,sls " The ,alance remaining N their
hands On the Slst Dec. 1898; designating
the sum which has heen absorbed 10 the
pay OF the navy, and which is due to, the
hos .piisl lund;' and what measures they
have adopted 20 carry into effect the pro.
vis,o0s nt the sand act.
DIR. Kent called up The consideration OF
the resolution offered by HIM sometime
since, tor spproprIstiug fund tor educa'
ton, IN The old states, prnport,cned to that
which has been allowed for the same ob.
it 10 thesBew states. The House refused
T. consider The same.
Mr. Hempbili gave notice that on Wed
nesday next. he should again call up The
bill tor obtaining the requisite surveys,
plans and estimate. on the subject OF roads
and canals, which was yesterday re-cOm-
nitted 10 committee OF the whole
ut 'ue
commissioners ofihe sinking fond to por-
chase the seven per cent stock OF The U :.
nited States, in The year 1894; was read
third time, passed, and sent 10 the Be
male Tor concurrence =,
On motion OF Mr.. McDufhe, the House
went into Committee OF the whole m The
state OF the Union, on the resolution by
him reported from a Sc ect committee, Tor
amending the constitution OF the United
States, respecting the cbuice OF electors OF
Presitsht and Vice President
Mr. Forsyth, OF Georgia was DESTROYS
that the consideration Of this subject should
be postponed. He bad not had d opcortp-
nifty to prepare himself to discuss il, & he
asked IL not from tn courtesy OF the mo-
yer, that the subject should not be press
ed at this time. He had further reason u
vas known to all that the Senate was now
was DESTROYS 10 wait, and see whether
that branch OF Congress could not come to
some decision in respect to it: and be NOV :
cd that the committee rise. sss
The question being taken on the mo-
ton to rise, IL was decided in the negative.
Mr.. McDuffie then delivered al length
his views on the measures embraced 10
the resolutions and occupied the 1nor until
4 O'Clock; when the committee rose, and
The House adjourned to Monday,
II. W. Clayton is elected Senator in
Congress from the state Of Delaware, TO
supply the vacancy occssioned by the re-
signslion OF Mr.. Rodney