Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-06

u surveys of that road frem GAINESVILLE 10 the &C.
OF government, in Missouri.
ny request, the motion was divided. and h
question hrst put on dischareine the Commi
tee OF the Whole from the tbr,e h;IIs Cir,
named; lin reference to the Ohio and Cb.s,
peake Canal only.)
W.T. aylor suggested that il would be best. I,
include In the same motion the DISCHARGE n
the Committee of the Whole from these bills
ana their reference to the Committee of m,
whole on the State of the Union.
Mr. Mercer thanked him for the suppcs,;or
and accepted of the modification of his motion
-, Mr. syior then, reserving. TO himself the
i'oer'y OF voting on these bills as he mich,
Judge right, commended that a decision nron
them was demanded by consideration Of
respect to the sources from which annl;c atoms
IN IN their behalf had been presented to CONGRESS-
ne was persuaded, that no length or ex,en, Of
debate would change single vote ON the ;ssr.
and ne hoped the House would go into The
consideration of them at once, and no, rise nn-
'ii the question was decided one wav mr. tbe
other. wy VI ''e
Mr. Cambreleng expressed grea, surprise At
lne remarks OF his colleague: and opposed the
motion OF Mr.. Mercer.
Mf. Forward strenuously urged the propri.
ee'y OF putting an end TO the suspense 81 lon,
ieit as to the fate Of this measure befors ,rc
House '"'
VII. bartlett, conceiying lha this motion =,
'ose from some idea that the order Of bus;.
ness reported by the Joint Committee (which
proposes 10 give these bills the go-bv) wopld
OF course, be pursued blythe House, protested
ssalhs' any such conclusion, and opposed any
ent stood. r~
Mr.. Tucker, Of South Carolina, having
repe'ied The idea, that the Joint Committee had
designated any order of business, bu, had onlv
stated the bills, which, in their opinion, ouph,
10 De acted upon; the question on Mr.. Mer>
Ger motion was then put, and il was decid>
ca oy yeas and nays, as follows.
Yeas los. Nays 67.
90 the House agreed 10 discharge the
ommittee OF the Whole from The conside. |
ration of the bills relating 10 the Ohio and
chesapeake Canal, and gave them in charge
10 the Committee of the Whole on the State or
'ne Union, Which, by the rules of order. NAV
sIt everv day, and may lake IN the bills
oe'ore II IN any order proposed, no one bill
having precedence over another as TO time
The hour allotted for morning business
having ex PRED
Mr. Mercer moved to POSTPONE the orders
81 The day.. with view to taking the oues-
frusron WV r~o---. ,no,Ia !
MIR. N. then gave notice, that he would
move to 60 into Committee on the Canal oiis
Oh Tuesday next. ,
A number of private bills were engrossea'
some passed, and others re- ected :.
The only bill! which occasioned much as
russion was the, for the relief OF Anna Duooro'
a lady Of New Orleans, who, in The year ioly'
left tina, city and went to Cuba ior her hfa''"'
(in,e nding, should it he restored, TO return I'D
New Orlcans) and took with her thirteen slaves
chiefly females, who were attached 10 her per-
son as domestic servants. Her husband, APP
pretending tina, some difficulty might occur 10
admitting these slaves TO return within INC
United States, had certified description o'
their persons filed with the Mayor OF New
Orleans, and provided Witnesses VINO co".n
swear TO their identity. The experiment as 10
health not succeeding, Madam Dubord wished
10 return. but would not do so till it should be
settled before she lief, Cuba, that her slaves
nigh, came hnme with her, together with their
children. born ON tina, Island. On application
being made 20 the Collector OF New Orleans,
he considered the law prohibiting the lmporta-
,;on or slaves into the United States,aS percmP-
,orv. and refused to admit them. Nhereupoh,
as she held the slaves in her own separate
right, she applied TO Congress tor an aceto al
low them 10 return to the United States. ne
case has long been brforc Congress, and re
n,a,edly referred to the Judiciary Committee,
who ALWAYS reported againstth the petluon, u".
III the nresrnt session, when majority OF that
Comm,res being in favor of it, reported the
| present bill.
The discussion, though animated, was CON
Quoted with good temper ON all SIDES, and re-
suited in refusal TO have the bill engro's'o
for its third reading, by vote oil yeas an'
nays as fol!ows-yeas 81, NAYS 70.
| pie, of Produce in alexandria yesterday:
p,.nr -. 81 so "A 50