Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-01-18

prONfucut dSSOCidtiOu Vi AtcrkS In tnc
Civil Department of the Government
Of the United States in the District of
Columbus" which was twice read, and
ordered to be engrossed for a third
reading ON Monday.
Mr.. HEMPHILL, from the Committee
on Roads and Canals, reported bill
"to authorize the surveying and max
ing road from Little Rock to Can
Torment Gibson, in the territory of
Arkansas" which was twice read and
committed.
Mr.. HEMPHILL, from the same COM
mittee, reported a bill ito provide ad-
ditional appropriation to complete the
public road from Pensacola to St. Au-
gustine, in the territory of Florida -
which was twice read and committed.
Mr.. HEMpHILL, from the same COM
mittee, reported bill "to authorize
the laying out and opening a public
road from St. Mary's River to the Bay
of Tampa, in the territory Of Florida
which was twice read and committed.
On motion of Mr.. FoRsYrH, the let
ter received yesterday from the Depart
ment of War; accompanied by the let
tiers of Joseph M'Min, late agent for
Indian affairs in the Cherokee nation,
was referred to the committee of the
whole on the state of the Union.
The resolution yesterday offered by
Mr.. Cook, was taken up, and having,
on motion of Mr.. Webster, been modi-
fed so as to read as follows, was adopt
ed.
"Resoired, That the President of the United
States be requested to communicate to this
House statement, shelving, as far as it may be
in his power
LIST, the number of persons that have been
convicted, since the adoption of the Constitu-
ton, ofcapital offences against the laws ofthe
United States;
I'd, The number that have been executed;
3d., The number that have been pardoned
by the President of the United States; and of
what offences they were convicted.
4th, find, also, statement of the number
that have been convicted of each particular Of
fence"
MIR. WAKEFIELD, of Md. offered the
following, which lies one day:
Resolved, That the President of the
U. States be requested to cause to be
submitted to this House statement OF
the several purchases of real estate in
behalf of the United States, within the
territorial limits Of any State since the
4th day Of July, l776, for public purpo-
ses, in pursuance of any act Of Congress
or by any department or officer Of the
General Government, denoting, in each
case, the particular authority under
which each purchase was made, its
date, and the end or use for which 1t
was effected, the nature of the estate
thereby acquired, and the person or
persons by whom and to whom such
estate was conveyed, together with the
fact whether such purchase was or was
not accompanied with the express con-
sent of the State ofwhose territory such
real estate constituted a part; and, in
the former case, whether any, and, it
any, what, special jurisdiction accom-
panied the cession or conveyance.
Mr.. WRIeHT, Of Ohio, presented the
following:
Resolved, That committee be ap-
pointed to prepare and report such
rules as in their opinion may be pro-
per to be observed by this House in a
choice of President oft United States
for the period of four years from the
fourth day of March next, if, on count
ing the votes given in the several states
in the manner prescribed in the Con-
stitution of the United States, it shall
appear that no person has received a
majority of the votes of all the Electors
of President and Vice President ap-
pointed in the several states.
On motion of Mr.. MALLARY, Of Yer
mont, the resolution was laid on the ia
bic, and ordered to be printed.
On motion of Mr.. ]. WILSON, of Pa.
it was
Resolved, That the Committee on Mi
litary Affairs be instructed to inquire
into the expcdiency Of reviving the law
granting FIVE years. half pay in lieu Of
bounty lands to the minor children Of
deceased soldiers, which expired by its
limitation on the Sd of March, 1922.
CUMBERLAND ROAD CONTINUED.
The House then proceeded to the
unfinished business Of yesterday, and
went into committee of the whole, Mr.
STERLING, of Con. in the chair, on the
bill to continue the Cumberland road (;
and the question being, on the motion
of Mr.. BEEcHER, to strike out that part
of the bill which goes to pledge the .
per cent fund arising from the sale Of
the public lands, to reimburse the sum
appropriated.
The question was taken on Mr..
BEEcHER's amendment, and it was ne
gatived by large majority.
Mr. BEEcHER moved to fill the blank
in the bill with 5000, 900, and the ques-
ton being taken without debate, it was