Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-13

sells, and OF the revenue annually accruing up
on merchandise imported from said Colonies.
A resolution, previously offered by Mr.. Pow
ell, OF Virginia, was adopted, directing the
/ Secretary OF War to communicate tothe House
the report Of Captain M'Eeill Of the Corps Of
! Engineers, of his reconnaissance of the route
proposed for the extension of the National
Road from its eastern termination at Cumber-
land to the District Of Columbia
! A resolution, submitted the day before, by
Mr.. Thompson of Georgia, was agreed to, di-
recting the Secretary Of War to communicate
to the House any report of the Board of Hngi-
neers OH the subject of System OF Fortihca-
lion made al the last Session Of Congress, and
not called for by any resolution OF the House.
A resolution submitted the day before by
Mr.. Conway of Arkansas, was agreed to, di-
recting the Committee on the Public Lands to
inquire into the expediency of providing by
i law for the final adjustment of the uncon6rmed
Spanish and French claims to lands in the
Territory Of Arkansas.
A resolution previously submitted by Mr..
! Worthington of Maryland, was agreed to, di-
recting the Secretary of War, to communicate
to the House the report of the Engineer APP
pointed to examine the proposed route OF ma
tional road from the city of Washington to
Buffalo, in the State of New York.
A resolution previously submitted by Mr..
Sawyer of North Carolina. was agreed to, di-
recting the Secretary of War, to inform the
/ House what progress has been made, under the
act OF the last session, appropriating one thou
sand dollars for the survey of Roanoke inlet &
Sound, with view Of ascertaining the practi-
cability of making a permanent ship channel
between Albemarle Sound and the Atlantic
Ocean-passed goth March.
The following resolutions submitted yester-
dao by Mr. Martindale of New York, were con-
sidered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Secy. of the Treasury be
directed to report to this House an abstract of
the quantity and qualities OF foreign wool and
woollen manufactures imported into this coun-j
try, during the last two years, designating the
countries from which imported, * where pro-
duced or manufactured respectively, and
whether on foreign, account and in foreign YES
| sells, or by citizen merchants, and on their own,
together with the invoice prices OF each re-
spectively, and the rate and amount of duties
they have paid.
RESOLVED, That the Secretary Of the Treasury
be directed to report to this House whether a
ny, and if any, what evasions of the duties i'm
posed by law on imported foreign wool, and
wooden manufactures have been practised with
in the same period; and where, and by whom;
and the most effectual means in his opinion, for
preventing, IN future, all such evasions: and on
what, and how much Of each of these commo-
dities, and where, and by whom, the power to
assess and impose duties thereon, at a rate ex-
ceedng the inyoiced prices, has been exercised
and enforced
| On motion Of Mr. Mercer of Virginia, it was
| ordered that three thousand copies Of the Pre-
sident's Message, and the accompanying Report
Of the United States Engineers, relative to the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, be printed, instead
| of the number first ordered; and that the des-
cription, survey plan and estimate OF the west
ernmost subdivision Of the eastern section there
of, be annexed thereto, with reduced map OF
the Route of the Canal, and Of the delineations
of such parts Of the plans thereof, as may be
required to illustrate and explain the descrlp-
ton Of the same.
On motion of Mr. Wright Of Ohio, the Com
mittee on Manufactures was instructed to en-
ouilc into the expediency of requiring the
prompt payment OF import duties at Inc Gus
tom Houses.
On motion Of Mr.. Bryan Of North Carolina,
the Committee on Roads and Canals was III
structed to enquire into the expediency OF caus-
ing survey to be made Of The route OF canal, |
TO connect the waters Of Roanoke, Tar, and
Neuse rivers so as to continue The line OF lDte-
rior navigation from Norfolk to the harbor OF
Beaufort, N. C., with an estimate Of the cost of
eAecting the same.
On motion of Mr.. White, of Florida, the
Committee on the Public Lands was instructed
TO inquire into the eXpediency OF providing by
law, for the settlement Of all the land claims O.
yer the jurisdiction of the Boards of Commits
sioners organised by the several Acts OF Con-
gress for the adjustment Of claims derived from
the Spanish Government. And on motion OF
the same gentaman, the Committee on Roads |
and Canals was instructed to inquire into the
expediency Of making an appropriation for the
com pletion Of the military roads from Pensaco-
la to ST. Augustine, and from ST. Mary,s TO
New Smyrna, in the Territory OF florida.
On motion Of Mr.. Livingston, OF Louisiana,
the Committee on Roads and Canals was IN
structed to inquire into the espediency of caus-
inc survey 10 be made OF the route OF Ca
nal from the Bay of Baratarle 10 the Mlsslppl |
River. at or near New Orleans
On motion Of Mr. Pearce Of Rhode Island,
the Committee on Manufactures was instructed
20 enquire into The e.ptdency OF SO amending
the first section of the Act entitled " An act 10
amend the several acts imposing duties on I'M
"a ,1 the prGyi sIOnS oil sad sec