The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-07-04

ga June 10.
The bill in addition to the act to regulate
the laying out and making read frou
Cumberland lMd.) to the state of Ohio, was
passed.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES
MONDAY, June 90
Mr.. Marion presented the petition of T.
kinaldi, master OF the schooner William,
praying remission of penalties incurred bv
the violation OF the la% prohibiting the i'm
portation OF slaves, in bringing number of
slaves from the Island of Cuba into Charles
ton. Referred to a committee of the whole
to whom the bill from the Senate on tina,
subject is referred.
BATTURE AT EEW.Or.LEANS.
Mr.. She6ey, after speech Of some length,
In the course OF which he examined the title
othis much contested piece of al!uvion, NOV
ed the following resolutions:
FesofOed 6y the Senate and House OF
fefreScntafiUcs, &c. that the President OF
the United States be requested to cause the
several persons who were removed from the
hatture OF the suburb of st. Mary, in the
city OF n. Orleans on the 25th day of Ianua-
ryi 1903, to be restored to the possession
thereof; to be held with the same rights
with which they respectively held the same
Immediately prior to such removal, any sub
seequcnt act or thing to tile contrary not
withstandng.
Resoiucd Hy tic Senate and House OF
Representatives, &c. that if the President
shall be OF opinion, that the United States
nave such legal claim to the batture op-
posite the suburb of St. Mary in the CITY of
n. Orleans, as will justly the exIieace of
prosecuting the same, he be authorized,
with the consent of the parties removed
therefrom on the 25th day of January, 1903.
toname three referees, who shall nave full
power 10 hear and finally to determine all
right, title, Claim and demand whatsoever,
as wen OK the United States as of the par
ties removed, both IN law and equity, and
their award or that of :; majority of them,
sha,i lie binding as we'll OH the United States
as the said parties.
ReSotvc2, That if the President of the U
States sha!ideem it most expedient, he may
compromise the conflicting claims Of the u.
,. and the persons removed from the batture
OF the SUBURB of St. Mary in the CITY of N
Orleans, and Cause the same to be tried in
Court OF the u. >. In such manner and at
such place as will secure an impartial trial
The House agreed to consider the first re-
solution, yves 81.
a motion was made to refer it to COM
mitice OF the whole which, after debate,
III which Messrs Love, Poydras, Smile, Da-
ma, roup and Blob participated. was a
cred to, cote 81; and it was made the or
der OF the day for to morrow.
The House agreed to consider the other
resolutions, 48 too which were referred
to the same committee.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
On motion of Mr.. Smile, the House re-
su'ned the consideration of the report of the
committee of the whole, OH the bill from the
Senate, to revive and amend certain parts
OF the act interdicting commercial inter
course the unfinished business of yesterday
(the report OF the committee on the contest
ed election OF VIM. Baillies,) having been
ordcred to- lie OH the table, So to 49,
The committee fthe whole were, on mo-
ton OF MIR. j. q. Jackson, discharged from
the further consideration of the non inter-
course bill-Ayes 70; and it was taken up
in the House.
MIR. j. G. .Jackson said, he found that
there was Ill the bill no provision authorizing
the departure of vessels charged with pub
lie dispatches for France, and therefore
moved such an amendmcDt.-Agreedt to with.
out opposition.
MIR. Shc8ey observed, that when the bill
had been before the committee he had the
honor 10 move the amendment, which he now
renewed as follows: "And provided also.
that nothing therein contained shall be con-
sldercd to prevent any public vessel from
entering the waters and harbors of the Uni
ted states belonging to any nation with whom
commercial intercourse shall be permitted !"
Mr.. j. g. JaekS:n moved 10 amend the
amendment by adding to the end of it the fol
lowing: Whenever full and satisiacto-
ny adjustment of our differences shall have
been made with such nation.''
III a debate of about four hours, which
took place OH these motions, Messrs Dana,
LlVermore and Holland supported Mr. Shelf
icy s amendment, and Messrs. TAYLOR, Fisk.
Burwell, Johnson, Smile, Cook and j. G..
Jackson opposed it. This debate in course ]
When MIR. J. G.. Jackson concluded, MIR.
Sheftey, in order to obtain a direct question
on his own amendment, adopted Mr.. Jack :
sons rider To- it, as a part of his own mott
on, and called for division of the question,
taking 1t first on his own amendment, as first
moved.
Some doubt arising whether it was cor
rect thus to act, according to the rules Of
the House, MIR. Macon produced prece.
dent in which he had himself done the same
IN the case OF motion for the repeal Of the
second section of the scdition act, fiine or
ten years ago.
ne question wasthen taken on Mr.. Shef.
fey's amendment as follows:
YEAs--Messrs. Baylies, Blajsdell, Camp
bell, j. G. Chamberlain, w. Chamberlin,
Champion, Fly, Goldsborougb, Gold, Hale,
Haven, Holland, Hsbbord, Il. Jack son, len