Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-15

The SENATE were occupied all day with the
of a Canal between the Atlantic and the Gulf
of Mexico, which was reported by the Com
mittee on Roads and Canals, with the follow
ing amendment TO extend the survey
CSC Q ind be it further enacted, That the
President of III, United States be, and he is
hereby, authorized TO cause further survey to
be made Of the country between the Appalachi-
cola and The Mississippi rivers. with view to
the formation Of an inland navigation between
the same, with notes and explanations, and an
estimate Of the probable expense of the Same;
and 10 carry this law into effect the sum Of
twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is
hereby, appropriated, out Of any moneys in the
Treasury, not otherwise appropriated"
The amendment was earnestly opposed by
three different times, in his usual style Of elo-
pnence, amusing an attentive audience more by
the fe!icilous saics Of ridicule, and satire,
which lie brought TO bear against the bill, than
by the force Of his argumentative powers, or
the correctness of his views. The bill and a.
memdment were ably supported by MIR. John
ston, but the amendment was lost, number
being apprehensive il would embarrass the
great objects Of the bill, which they believed to
be measure Of great Importance 10 the com.
mercia interest of the country. The bill was
ordered to third reading.
In THE HOUSE, OF REpREsENTATIvEs-Th
report, from the Standing Committees were all
CT private and uninteresting character.
| Mr.. Cooke of Tennessee, called up resolu-
ton which he had laid on the table the day
previous, requesting TIE President of the Unit
ed States to cause 10 be laid before the House
statement, showing the full amount Of com.
pensation which has been allowed to the Pay
master and Quarter Master Of the Marine
Corps, for the two years preceding the first of
January, 1926, Distinguishing the several items
Of pay, ra,ons, forage, servants, quarters, fuel,
and every other item for which an allowance
has been made, the amount Of each, separately;
and also the number and rank Of the officers Of
the Msrine Corps, who have been allowed pay
and emo!uments, according 10 their brevet rank,
during the two last years, ending on the first Of
January, ls26, designating the stations at which
each was employed, and the number of Ma
rines at each station.
| After some little discussion on an unsuccess-
full attempt to amend the resolution, SO as "to
direct the Secretary of the Navy" instead of
"requesting the President" the resolution was
adopted in its original shape
Mr.. Storrs of New York, submitted the fol-
lowing resolution, which he requested might
be laid on the table and be printed; and which,
he said, he should call up, when others, of
similar character, should be taken into consi-
deration:
Resolusd, That it is expedient that the Con-
stitution Of the Uuited States be so amended,
that the Senator'S from the several States shall
not be appointed by the Legislatures Of the
States; but shall be chosen by the elet tors in
each State, having the qualifications requisite
for electors the most numerous branch of the
State Legislature.
Mr. Forsyth of Georgia submitted the fol-
lowing resolutions, which he consented should
lie on the table for the present:
lst. Resolred, That il is expedent to repeal
so much ofthe act of the Sd of March. 1919, en-
titled "An act in addition to the acts prohibit
ing the slave .rade," as provides for the APP
pointment Of agents on the Coast of Africa.
Cd. Resoiced, That it is expcdient SO to modi-
| fly the said act of the Sd Of March, 1919. as 10
release the United States from all obligation to
support the negroes already removed to the
Coast of Africa, and to provide for such dis
position CT those taken in slave ships who now
are in, or may be, hereafter, brought INTO tue
United States, as shall secure to them fair
opportunity of obtaining comfortable subsist-
ance without any aid from the public Treasury.
| MIR. Forsyth promised, that when the resolu-
tons should come TO be considered he would
show that the law Of 1919 had been abused, by
blending the Agency OF the United States, on
the Coast Of Africa, with the establishment of
the Colonization Society; and that the money
appropriated for that Agency had been misap.
piled.
On molten Of Mr.. Thompson, Of Pennsylva
MIA, the Committee on Military Affairs were