Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-10

the table.
Mr.. Polk, from the Select Committee to whom
was referred memorial of the General Assem-
bly of the State of Tennessee, respecting certain
vacant lands in that State, made report &C
companied by bill authorising the State to
issue grants and perfect titles to the lands there
in described, and to settle the claims 10 the va
cant and unappropriated lands within the State;
which bill was twice read and committed 10 the
Committee of the Whole House for tomorrow.
The resolution yesterday offered by Mr.. Gar
rison- New Jersey, relative to the Officers and
Crew of the United States frigate Chesapeake,
was considered and agreed to; as was also the
resolution offered yesterday by Mr.. Stewart, OF
PENNSYLVANIA, in relation to the establishment
of a National Armory at the Ohiopile Falls OF
Youghiogheny River in western Pennsylvania.
MIR. Tomlinson. of Connecticut, laid reso.
luton on the table, directing the Secretary OF
the Treasury to report to the House, the amount
which has been expended for the purchase and
erection of Custom Houses and Public Ware
houses, and the ports in which such buildings
are erected; designating the cost of each, and
the time when il was purchased or erected.
On motion Of Mr.. Pearce, of Rhode Island,
the Committee on the Judiciary were instruct
ed TO inquire into the expcdiency OF providing
such an annual compensation for the Reporter
Of the decisions Of the Supreme Court OF the
United States, as will render the price OF those
decisions more reasonable, and their circulation
more general-And also to inquire into the ex-
pediency of furnishing each District Judge and
each District Attorney, at the public expense,
with those decisions as they shall be hereafter
published, to be kept by them, and to be dell
vered TO their successors IN Office.
On motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Tennessee,
the Committee on Military Affairs, were in
structed TO inquire into the expediency Of dl-
costing regular system OF erecting, complet-
| ing and repairing forts and Notifications for
| the seaboa ard, Of the the United States, OF the
| first class, in accordance with the inspections
and estimates now made, and hereafter to be
made, by the Board of Engineers, limiting the
appropriation to that object, for the year S27,
and each successive year, to sum not exceed
ing 100000, until the said system shall have
| been completed.
Upon this resolution, Mr.. Mitchell, of Ten
| nessee, favored the House with long speech;
and Mr. Forsyth rose 10 say, that he concurrcd
| in the views of the gentleman from Tennessee
and here the debate ended; the House being
rather disposed to adopt the resolution, than
| to combat the weighty arguments OF these gen.
| temen.
Mr. Ward of Newly ork, laid a resolution on
| the table, directing the Secretary Of the Trea-
| sury to communicate 10 the House the several
amounts paid within the last five years on
count Of unclaimed dividends, and the names
of the persons to whom paid and in all cases
where the same were paid to agents or attor-
neys-then, also, the names OF such agents or at
| torneyS.
On motion Of Mr.. Wright Of Ohio, the Com
mit,ee on Commerce were instructed to enquire
into the eXpediency OF making further provl-
sion for improving the navigation over the Sand
| Bars in the Ohio river--And on motion OF Mr..
| Holmes Of North Carolina, the same Commit
tee were instructed to enquire into the expedi-
ency and practicability of rendering The chan
mel Of Cape Fear river navigable, from the Bar
of said river to the town Of Wilmington, for
vessels that can Gloss the said Bar at low ebb
tide; and the probable sum Of money that will
be required to carry into effect this desirable
object.
| On motion.of Mr.. Storrs, Of New York, the
Committee on Naval Affairs, were INSTRUCTED 10
enquire and report 10 the House, whether any,
and ifany, what amendment is necessary to the
acts relative to the Navy Yard at the City OF
Washington.
! Mr. Whipple of New hampshire laid two
resolutions on the table for consideration; the
first directing the Secretary of War to inform
the House, whether any, and if any, what regu-
lations have been adopted by that Department
for the encouragement Of Vaccination in the
Army of the United States; and the second, in
strnctng the Secretary Of the Navy TO the same
point in relation 10 the Navy. .s'
The Speaker laid before the House a letter
from the Governor Of the State of Virginia,
transmitting an authenticated copy Of an Act
passed at the present Session of the General
Assembly of that State, amending the Act in
cooperating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company; which letter was read and laid on the
| table.
The engrossed Bill making appropriations
for the support of the Government Of the Uni
ted States, for the year 1926, was read a third
time and passed The House then took up the
appropriation Bills for the Military Service OF
the present year. and for the Defence of the
Seaboard; the frs, Of which, Was concurred
in as reported by the Committee of the Whole,
and ordered to be engrossed and read third
time to-morrow-the last was also concurred
in as reported by the Committee Of the Whole,
and being further amended, by adding an appro-
priation of $4,000, Tor the erection of an Ar
senal at VergenDes, in Vermont, was read a
third time and passed.
The House went into committee of the whole