The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-19
WEDNESDAY, December Ill.

WEDNESDAY, December IL.
Mr.. John c. Smith, from the Committee Of
Claims, made a report adverfe to the petition oil
william Winall, in which the Houfe copcsr.
red.
A mefage from the Prefdent of the United
otates apprited the Houfe that he had Gened
the act making an additional appropriation for
the naval iervice during the year 1906.
Mr.. Dawion reported various amendments
10 the bill prohibiting for a limited time, the
expectation of arms and ammunition from the
United States," which the Houfe took impe-
oia;eiy into CONFEDERATION, and couc urred in.
with an amendment, friking out "pie iron,'
from the prohibited articles.
The bill, thus amended, remain the fame in
fubftance as it paiied the committee of the
whole.
1t was ordered to be cngrofed for third rea-
ding Tomorrow.
Mr.. Bidwell faid that in the late war between
the United States and Tripoli, difinguihed fer.
VICES had been rendered by MI. Eaton, which
had contributed to the peace lately made with
that power. lntimation of this fact was not on
~ derived from its public notoriety, but ike.
wife from the PRECEDENT Of the United States.
de thought thefe fervices worthy the notice of
Congrefs. He therefore fubnitted the follow.
ing refolution.
Re6lved by the Senate and Houre of Repre-
tentatives of the United States in Congrefs al.
fembled, That the PRECEDENT of the United
States be requeled to p%reient a fword, in the
his g%allantry and ksshirb f.n1s eUssrt aiSuir e.
fmall band of our countrymen and others tnru
the defert of Lydia on an expedition againf
Tripoli, in conjunction with the ex- Ba!haw of
that regency defeating the Tripolitan army at
Derne, with the a~fiitance of a fmall part Of the
naval force of the United States, and contrihut-
ing thereby to 4 fuccefsful termination of the
war, and the reforation of our 1ptive fellow
citizens to liberty and their country.
Referred, on the motion of Mr.. Varnum, to
a committee of the whole tomorrow.
MIR. ]. Randolph obferved that at the 6rft fef-
ion of the eighth Congrefs there had been an
appropriation of s,75o,oo dollars for the pur-
pofe of paying American claims for fpoliations
committed by the people of France, which had
been afumed in the convention that transferred
to the United States the fovereignty Of LouiGa.
na ; that bills, in fatisfaStion of thefe claims,
were daily prefcnted for payment at the treafu-
ry but that or the slit of this mouth the ap-
preparation would ceafc, when the fun remain
ing unexpended would be carried to the credit
of the furplus fund. The Committee If Ways
and Means had received a letter Representing
thefe circumstance from the fecretary of the
ltiStitit3 WiiSb q littCC w LOIlC W
a refolution to ak leave to prefent a bill on the
fubie6t.
Leave having been granted
Mr.. ]. Randolph made a report, c%onfning
of a letter from the f~ecretary of the t~reafury,
lreprefenting the facts ftatcd by him, and a bill
"~fupplementary to the act making provifon foi
The payment of claims Of citizens of the United
States on the government of France, the pay
ment of which has been afumed by the United
States, by virtue of the convention Of the Sotf
of April, 1903, between the United States aut
E the French Republic.
The bill provides that the balance of thu
$4,000 dollars remaining unexpended ON tn,
3lf Of December next, hali not be carried Il
the furplus fund, but hall continue applicabl
to the fatisfaaion of the claims until they hal
be fatisfed.
Referred to the committee of the whole Of
Monday next.
7, Re6ived, That the Committee Of Commerc
and Manufactures be infru6ted to enquire int,
the expediency of extending the limits of tn
difriG of Warrington in North Carolina, 70 a
I to include Shell Cattle Hand, and TO report b
bill or otherwife.
. On motion Of Mr.. Sloan the Houfe took u
h his motion relative to the impofition of a tax c
\ ten dollars on every flave imported into the .
States.
Mr.. d. r. Williams hoped the conhderatio
Of the rcfolution would be pofponed. Th
' law, he faid, which had excited fuch %irritatio
was nj prcfent before the legislature Of Sout
Carolina, and would in all probability be repeal
4 ed. If repealed, any rcfolution Of this Houf
: would be ufelefa. He therefore moved its pon
: poDement till Monday fortnight.
). Mr.. Sloan faid he had no sbjeetion to the poi
. pouement, which was carried without a diyif
on.