Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-21


such lands shall be so graduated that the sale
of the same shall be closed al the expiration OF
one half century from the time OF being brought
into market, and that any lands that shall be in
market for that period Of time, and not sold,
shall vest in the Legislature Of the State where
situated, for the purpose of education in such
State
On motion OF Mr. Francis Johnson, of Ken
lucky, the Committee of Ways and Means,
were instructed to inquire into the expectancy
Of so organising or arranging the officers en-
ployed in the Treasury Department, as first,
to designate some particular officer, whose du-
" it shall be, under the direction OF the Head
Of that Department., to superintend the collec-
ton of the Revenue arising from duties on I'm
ports and Tonnage, and to execute all such
matters and things touching the same, as were
heretofore assigned to The Secretary OF the
Treasury, and performed by the First Comp
enthusiastically, whether the Law, designa-
ting the manner in which the accounts shall
be kept, for the purpose OF atfordlng proper
checks, in issuing, registering and paying re-
QUESTIONS on the Treasury, does not need a.
mendment-and thirdly, whether any, and
| what other regulations or alterations are neces-
sary in the organization of said offices, IN or
der to a prompt and efficient execution OF the
the public service therein.
Mr.. Buchanan Of Pennsylvania, submitted
two resolutions for consideration declaring 1t
exnedient to re-estabish the third clause OF the
first section of the second article of the origi-
nal Constitution, except that portion thereof
| which confers the power Of electing the Plesi-
dent of the United States, upon the House OF
! Repres entatives.-And that the Constitution
should be further amended, so that, in case no
election should be made by the electors, then
the states shall choose the President from the
two highest upon the list, in such manner as
the legislatures thereof may direct, each state
having one vote. The resolutions were refer
red to Committee of the Whole on the State
Of the Union.
Mr.. Dorsey Of Maryland, submitted series
of resolutions for consideration, proposing to
amend the Constitution of the United States,
so as to establish uniform system Of voting
by Districts, in all tie States, for electors Of
President and Vice President; the number Of
Districts to be equal to the whole number OF
Senators and Representatives, to which the
States NAV be entitled in Congress, and each
elector having one vote, to be given riua Uoce.
And upon The contingency Of no choice being
made by the electors that new election shall
be held. and the electors, from the persons hav-
ing the two highest numbers on the list, shall
choose one; but in choosing the President and
Vice President, the vote shall be taken by
States, and the majority Of all the States shall
he necessary to a choice. The resolutions were
referred to Committee of the Whole House
on the State Of the Union.
The House then resolved itself into Com
mi,tee of the Whole on the state of the Union,
Mr.. Nc LANE Of Delaware, in the Chair, and
resumed the consideration Of Mr.. McDufhe's
resolutions. proposing to amend the Constitu-
ton of the United States Mr.. Archer, OF
Virginia, took the floor in support Of MIR.
McDnfie's proposition, and spoke nearly two
hours. when Mr. Powell, of Virginia, in order
to relieve his colleague, who had not yet con
Guided his argument, moved that the committee
rise and ask leave to sit again, which was &C
coded TO; and the House, having granted leave
for the committee to sit again, adjourned.
Washington Feb so-The last Mail from the
West brou ght the news Of the death of Judge
Todd, one Of the associate Judges Of the Su-
preme Court Of the U. States. He was gen.
tleman as distinguished for his amiablity and
rectitude in private life as for his ability in the
line of his public duty Expecting to receive
in the Western papers, satisfactory sketch
Of his biography, we shall now take no more
than this brief notice of his demise. Nal. Int.
The Montezuma is below. She brings Ii
verpool papers of FIVE DAYS later date than those
received at New York, but her letter bag has
not been sent up, and the ship cannot reach the
city till near evening. Philad. Gaz. Fec. 10.
| SHIPWRECK.
Norfolk, Feb l7.-From DR.. Adee, of the
Navy, who came up last evening by land from