Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-14

recorded under presumption right, he made
another location on relinguiahed lands; but on
applying for patent he was informed that the
relinquished lands must be exposed to sale, or
two years must expire before they can be again
taken up. This was unknown to the petitioner;
and, as only twenty months had elapsed since
the REIMBURSEMENT, and the time for locating
Madrid claims having expired, he prays for a
law to confirm his last location. This is only
one, it is said, of number of similar cases.
The resolutions, submitted the previous day
by Mr.. Livingston, Of Louisiana, and by Mr.
Smith of Virginia, were taken up and agreed
10 The first directs the Secretary OF War to
communicate to the House the Report OF the
Engineers, appointed to examine and ascertain
The practicability Of uniting by Canal the wa
tiers of the James and Kanawha rivers. The
other directs the same officer to lay before the
House such information as may be in his de-
partment relative to the plan and estimates for
making Canal between the river Mississippi
and Lake Ponchartrain.
MIR. Mitchell, of Tennessee, rose, he said, un-
der painful sense of duty, 10 offer resolution,
which he held in his hand; and Just when he
had commenced pathetic and seemingly i'm
portant speech, which promised 20 surpass his
previous displays Of parliamentary eloquence-
just when his exordium began TO operate upon
the feelings of the House,-and just when he
had announced his fixed determination not TO
suffer the DIGNITY OF TENNESSEE to be COM
promitted--the Speaker arrested him in his
cratic course, and decided that the resolution
must be read before the speech could be made;
which was accordingly done, and here it Isl
ResolUed, That the Speaker Of this House, in
calling for petitions, shall commence with the
State Of Maine;-then in regular progression
Southwardly, until he shall have called the old
thirteen States: and then call the other States in
the order in which they have respectively been
admitted into the Union.
During the reading Of the resolution the ora
tor kept the floor, with view Of concluding his
speech; but the Speaker again disappointed
him by enforcing familiar regulation, which
| requires thai propositions TO amend the Rules
of the House shall lie on the table day, before
they can be considered; land so the matter end
ed. Mr.. Mitchell will probably take the floor,
with better success, today, and will doubtless
be able 10 show, why Maine, who is next to the
youngest sister, should head the list, and Yer
mont, be passed over, because she is not one Of
may be expected by way Of illustration.
Mr.. Burgess of Rhode Island, gave notice,
that on Wednesday the goth instant, he would
call up the Bill for the Relief Of the surviving
| Officers of the Army Of the Revolution, and
move the House to go into Committee Of the
whole on the same. He also gave notice that
he would then move to divide the Bill into two
bills;--one for the relief Of the Officers, as ORR
ginally proposed, and the other for the general
purpose Of distributing sum OF money among
all persons who served given time in the Re-
volutionary War. On motion of Mr.. Burgess,
the Bill was ordered to be printed.
On motion Of MIR. Thompson of Ohio, the
Committee on the Public Lands was instructed
to enquire into the expediency Of providing,
by law, for the removal of all the books and
papers of the Office OF the principal Surveyor,
relative 10 the Lands set apart for the satisfac-
ton of the officers and soldiers OF the Virginia
line on Continental establishment CATER def
cheney Of good lands for that purpose in Ken
tucky) between the Little Miami, and Scioto
Rivers in the no,c State Of Ohio, into that Dis
trict. Also to enquire into the expediency of
providing, by law, for the appointment Of an
Officer, in the room of Col. Richard C. Ander-
son, deceased; and Of defining the duties Of
said officer, who shall be recognized as princi
pal Surveyor Of said District.
Mr. Barney of Maryland submitted resou-
ton, which lies one day on the table, direct
ing the Secretary of the Navy to report to the
House, the result of the recent survey of the
Harbour of Baltimore, with view to ascer-
tan its practical facilities for the establishment
of Navy-Yard.
The Speaker laid before the House the annu-
al Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on
the state Of the finances, which, motion of
Mr.. Lathrop, was referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means, and six thousand copies were
ordered to be printed.
The Speaker also laid before the House
letter from the first Comptroller of the Trea-
sury, transmitting lis, of balances remaining
due for more than three years prior to the 3oth
Of September last, on the books of the Sd Au-
ditor Of the Treasury; together with a list of
the names of public officers and agents who
have failed TO render their accounts for settle
ment according to law. The Auditor state
that reduction of S35o,ooo has been made in
those balances during the last year.
The orders Of the day were then called, and
the Speaker announced his intention, unless OBJ
lection be made, to proceed, first, with bills
which were acted upon during the last session
and which, at the present session, had been a.
gain reported by the committees; and no objec-
ton being made, acted accordingly. Several
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