The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-12-21

to the PRAYER Of the petition of sundry inha
hitants Of Plymouth, Dlxbury and Kingstos
in said state Instead Of erecting two beacon.
on the Stony Muscle Bed near said harbour
rs provided for in the act Of Congress appre
we'd March 18TH, 1903.
Mr.. y cisoa, from the committee appointed
on the subject, reported bill for the relic
of the il; ;Iii.iTia. disabled and superannuates
officers of the lats revolutionary army and o
tine present army of the US
YAZQO CLAIM.
Mr., Bacon having moved that the petition
OF the New England Mississippi. Land Com
pamy should be referred TO the committee of
Claims.
(Here follows long debate In the Nat.
ference WAS carried in the affirmative, yeas
60, nays So
FRIDAY, Dec. IS.
On motion of Mr.. Southland,
RESOLVED. That committee be appointed
to enquire into the propriety of passing a
law to prescribe the mode of taking evi-
denee in cases of contested elections for mem
bers of the House of Representatives and to
compel the attendance of witnesses; and that
the committee have leave to report by bill
or otherwise.
YAZOO CLAIM.
Mr.. Trout moved a resolution for print
ing for the use of the members of the House,
in consequence of what took place yesterday,
the usual number of copies OF the act of Geor-
gia, passed in 1896, commonly called the re
scisdins act; OF the constitution OF Georgia
of 1889; Of the constitution of the same state
pf rf- hs rs 4 ha n,,u az.
appointed in pursuance of an act for the
anicable settlement of limits within the state
of Georgia, Sec. made on tbs 29th of Novem
Der, 1904 ; and of the articles of settlement.
x agreement between the u S. * Georgia.
lie said he had included in the motion tnc con
stitution of Georgia of 1889, because it would
shew that the legislature of 1895 had no
right to s'ake the grant and the constitu
tion of 1873; tecause in it the convention
had in the most solemn manner ratified the
resembling act. Mr.. Troup made sorae cb-
servations as to his motives for msklng this
motion, i'll too low a tone of voice to be dis
tinctly understood by the reporter.
MIR. Bacon said he was not opposed to this
motion but IN favor OF it; but there were pro
badly some other papers which 1t might be
proper to connect with these. He asked the
favor of the gentleman to let it lie on the
i
would be proper to add to them.
Mr.. 7rouh consentiHg, the motion was or
de,sd to lie Oh the table.
The bill to revive an act for the relief eff
the British refugees from Canada and No,
va Scotia, was read a third time and passed.
BATTURE AT NEW-oRLEANS.
On motion of Mr.. Shelby, the house took
up tor consideration the resolutions on the
subject of the Batture laid on the table by
him few days ago.
Mr.. Shefey laid on the table several GER
tihcates and other papers relating to this
subject.
Mr.. W. .dlSion moved to refer the resolu
tions to the committee of Public Lands, to
whom had already been referred memo
rial of the corporation of New Orleans on
the saRe subject, and a resolution for vest
Jag in them the right of the u 5. 10 the Bat
ture.
This motion was hegatived. So to 40
The resolutions of Mr.. She6cy were then
ordered TO lie on the table on nation of Mr..
Nielsen, with view to make way for the
motion.
Mr.. Nelson moved to discharge the com
nittse OF Public Lands from the further con
sideration Of the papers ON this subject re,
,hcm, together MIR. Sheifcy's resolutions, to
a committee of the whole House.
This motion finally prevailed, ST to 81
but, from the lateness of the hour, a o'clock
no question was taken on the reference to a
committee Of the whole.
On these several questions diifase de.
bate of more than three hours arose; in
which Mcssrs Aston, Smile Povdras. Ma
con, Eppes and Ghoison advocated a refer
ence to a select committee for the purpose
of preparing a report of the facts on the case
and reporting their opinion thereon and
Messrs. Shefey, Nelson, Ross, GARDENER &
Key Supported the proposition to send the
papers TO CoIrmittce of the whole in the
first instance, and thus to bring them more
Immediately before the House
THE arguments in favor of reference to
the committee of Public Lands, or to a Sc
lect committee, were generally, that it was
improper, on the ground of equal rights of
all petitioners. to give to the claim of Ed
ward Livingston direction different from
that given to other claims for land now held
by the u. States that petitions of persons
from the decision of the cornmissi
oBers appointed by the y S. tot try titlestoland
had always taken that course ; that but yes
terday the petition OF the Yaxeo claimants.
involving a claim Of at least equal magnitude
with that now under consideration, had been
referred to select committee to enquire into
it, and no other reference had even been
asked of it that the claimant could have
nothing to fear from the report of select
committee, as on that report there would
be ample scope for discussion that the cir
cumstance that almost every one who spoke
on the subject differed as TO facts from the
gentleman who preceded him. was evidence