Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-12-16

Tor that purpose; which message was re.
fefFeI TO 2 select coinmittee OF seven.
8, Transmitting report from the Com.
missioner OF the General Land Office
snewiDg he measures which have been IA
Ken under The provisions ot an act ssauthu-
r'zlng the President OF the United States
70 enter into certain negotiations relative
to lands located under Virginia military
land warran's lying between LudIow's and
hoberts's lnes,in the state ol Ohio: which
was referred 20 the committee on the pab-
lie Iands.
The resolution yesterday offered by Mr..
brenl' calling Tor certain information re-
speeding The surveying OF public lands in
The state OF Louisiana, was taken up and
agreed to
Oh motion of Mr.. Jennings, of Ind. it
was
Reso'ued, That the Com mittee on the Pub
lie Lands be instructed to inquire into the ex.
pediencvof reducing the price of such portions
ofthe pubic lands as shall have been exposed
TO sale tor sixteen years, and remain unsold, to
nifty cents peracre; and that such portions of
the public lands as have been exposed to sale
for eight years, and remain unsold, be reduced
IN price to seventy FIVE cents per acre.
lMr. J. stated that he offered this reso.
sintion, in consequence,uf the Legislature
OF The State which he representa- having
expressed an opinion favorable to this
changed
Mr. Wright, Of Ohio, offered the fol-
towing resolutions:
Resofucd, That the Committee on the Judi
cary be instructed to nquireinto the propriety
oTproviding by law. that any judicial or other
civil officer of the Government of the United
States, who shall hereafter engage in fighting
duel. or in challenging, assisting. or encour-
aging, any other person so to engage, shall for
felt the Office by him so held, and be ever after.
wards rendered incapable Of holding the like or
other Office under the Government.
Mr. Tucker, oil Va called tor the pre-.
vious question of confederation, which as
put, and The house agreed to consider the
resolution.
Mr. Poinsett, of South Carolina, then
moved 10 lay the resolution on the table.
which motion was negatived. aud the re-
solution was adopted without a division
being called iort though not without con-
siderable vote.
Mr.. Forsyth. of Georgia, offered the
following, which lies one day of co urse,
by the rule of the house
RESOLVED, That the President be requested to
lay before the House copy OF the instructions
under which the articles OF Treaty with the
Cherokee Indians were formed by Daniel
Smith and K. j. Meigs, acting as Commission
ers of the United States, at Tellico, on the oath
of October, 1894; with copies of all the cor
respondence or other documents relative to that
instrument. in either of the Executive Depart
ments, with statement of the causes which
prevented an earlier decision upon it, and of
the motives for the ratification of it by the u.
nited States. at the last session of Con gress.
Mr., McDufie of So Ca. gave notice
that on Monday next he would move that
the House go into committee of the whole
on the State of the Union, to consider
joint resolution 10 amend the Constitution
of the United States. offered by him at the
last session; but, on the suggestion of Mr.
A. Stevenson, OF Va. he deferred the time
of calling for its consideration till the FIRST
Monday of January next.
The roll OF bills lying over from last ses-
sion vas begun 10 be called, when Mr..
Campbell, OF Ohio, making similar sug
gestion to that made yesterday by Mr.
Barbour, that there appeared to be an in
disposition TO take them up. moved an ad-
journment-which was carried; and
The House adjourned.