Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-18
CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS OF YESTERDAY.

Alexander, of Virginia, from the Commit!ee
for the District Of Columbia, who had been IN
structed ITO inquire into the expediency OF es.
tablishine in the said District, Territorial
Government, with legislative powers, as the
prosperity of the District may require, and
Congress may have the authority, under the
Constitution, TO confer" and to whom had been
referred memorial of Commute OF thirteen,
appointed by the subscribers TO memorial
presented to the House at former session OF
Congress, praying for an amelioration OF the
civil and political condition OF the people OF
the District of Columbia-made report there
on unfavcrable to the proposition, and permit
ting the memorialists to withdraw their petition.
THE full report may be seen below.
Mr.. Wood, of New-York, from the Com
mit,ee on Military Pensions, who were vim
structed on the l4th instant, to inquire in
to the expediency Of so amending the sever
al laws relating to the Revolutionary Pen
sioners. as to allow them to receive their pen
sions from the date Of their declarations, MADE
pursuant to the provisions of the Act OF the
18th March, lSl8"-made report thereon,
adverse to the object contemplated by the IN
quiry; which report was read and lad upon the
table.
Mr.. Hemphill, Of Pennsylvania, from the
Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom
had been referred, the bill from the Be-
nate, entitled IAN act, for the survey OF ca
nal route between the Atlantic and the
Gulf of Mexico" reported the same without
amendments; and the bill was committed to
Committee Of the Whole House.
Mr.. Cambreeng of New-York, laid resolu-
ton on the table for consideration, directing
the Secretary of the Treasury TO furnish the
House with the monthly statements OF the al
fairs ofthe Bank efthe U. States fortheyear 1925.
On motion of Mr.. Mexican of Pennsylvania,
the Committee on the Post Office and Post
Roads were instructed to inquire into the ex-
pediency of repeating so much ofthe resolution
passed the 27th of April, 1916, requiring the
Secretary Of State to compile and print ONE
in every two years, a register Of all Officers and
Agents, civil, military, and naval, in the SER
vice of the United Stales-as requires state
ment of the State or Country where Postmas-
tiers and Mail Contractors were born.
Two messages, in writing, we're received from
the Presiden: of the United States-The first
transmitting a letter from the Secretary Of War,
with report from the Ordnance Department
yelatinp to the site the Arsenal of the United
States at Augusta, in Georgia-and the second,
enclosing a report from The Secretary OF the
NAVY, with document prepared in compliance
with resolution of the House, and containing
information in relation to purchases OF real es
tate in behalf Of the United States, within the
territorial limits Of any State, since the 4th Ju-
". l776. Both of these messages were laid on
the table.
The orders of the day came next, and the
House. on motion Of MIR Storrs OF New-York,
again resolved itself into Committee OF the
Whole, Mr. M'Laue, of Delaware, in the chair.
The unfinished business Of the previous day
was taken up. being Mr.. McDuffie's resolutions
declaring it expedient to amend the Constitu-
ton of the United States, as regards the cleo
ton of President and Vice President, so as to
make the election uniform by districts through
on, the United States, and prevent its devolv-
ing, in any event, on the House OF Representa-
tiyes in the one case or the Senate in the other.
MIR. Storrs of New-York, then rose and deliver
ed purely arsumentatve and well connected
speech of rather more than two hours length,
in opposi,ion to the resolutions. When Mr..
S. had concluded, Mr.. Archer OF Virginia,
moved that the Committee rise, report pro.
eress, and ask leave to sit again, which was a
greed 10; and the House, after granting leave,
adjourned to Monday.
The annexed report will quiet, we hhpe, all
apprehensions on the subject of Territorial
Government The resolution appended to it
was concurred in without dissenting voice:
REPORT
OfMe Committee for the District Of Columbia, on
the subject ola Territorial Government for so'd
District, made yesterday in the House Of Repre-
ssntatires ofths United States.
The Committee on the District OF Columbia,
to whom was referred resolution instructing
them to enquire into the expedency OF es,ab-
fishing in the said District Territorial Go
vernment, with such Legislative powers as the
prosperity Of said District may require, and
Congress may have authority under the Con-
stitution to confer; and also memorial signed
by Committee of thirteen, in behalf of certain
subscribers, have had the same under conside-
ration and respectfully report
That they deemed it important in the first
place. as far as practicable. to ascertain the pro-
bable sense Of the people of the District in re-
gard 10 the subject, before they proceeded fur
Their into the investigation With this view
they accordingly called on the corporate autho-
rites, as mos, likely to afford them the neces-
sary information, and it appeared to the salts
faction Of the Committee, upon the representa-
ton of respectable deputaton ofcitizens from
each of the towns that Alexandria and George
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