The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-03-20

ENUMERATION shall commence in August next,
and the returns shall be made within nine
rng,ths thereafter. One Of the Senate's a
meadments, is, to make it commence in
June, aud be concludedin five months. This
amendment was, after debate, disagreed to
aud the other amendments by the Senate a.
greed to.
NEW ORLEANS BATTURE. :. ~
The House resolved itselfin,o committee of
the whole-Mr. BAssEr in the chair, on the bill
Providing the means to ascertain the title to
the Batture in front of the suburb of St NJ airy, in
the city Of New Orleans"
ar. Bib moved to strike out the whole Of the
bill from the enacting clause, and to insert the
following as All amendment:
That the interest in or title to the batture
fronting the suburb of St. Mary, in the city Of
New Orleans, which may have vested in the U.
States by the treaty of cession between the Uni
ted States and France, concluded at Paris the
seth of April 1905, be transferred to and vested
in the corporation of the city of New Orleans, sp
far as TO enable said corporation 10 defend any
suit or action which may be instituted for the re-
covery Of the whole or any Fart of the said bat.
ture, in any court having competent power and
jurisdiction to hear and determine the same and
ifno suit or action shall! be Instituted and prose-
cuted to final Judgment or decree within
years, all individual claim, right or title TO
the said batturc shall thenceiorth be forever bar.
red. 49,, r.
|'iu DC IL IurtncT CHactSu, lnat the SAID bat
ture shall be used and enjoyed public high
way and landing place, as well by the citizens of
the u. S. as the Inhabitants of the city of New
Orleans, who shall continue to aud enjoy the
right of digging and carrying earth from the said
batture tor making and repairing public streets
accustomed to use and enjoy under the late Span
ish government" -
Mr.. Shefey called for division Of the Guesti.
on, so as to take it first on striking out.
Mr.. Bibe supported his motion in speech of
considerable length. He strongly questioned she
claim OF the petitioner, and commended that if he
had acclaim, it had been in the petitioners power
TO have obtained decision OH il by the land com
mssoners by whom titles were in all other ca.
ses examined, and that by submitting it to their
decision, he would have avoided the removal BY
force from the property. Mr.. B. went into de-
tailed reply to various arguments, heretofore urg.
ed IN support of Mr. Livingston's claim. He
was opposed to giving this case direction differ
ent from others as he feared it would be the en-
tering wedge to the grossest peculation, and that
the Yazoo claimants would come next. He
wished besides not to put so great property at
the disposition OF the Attorney General of the
territory. The mode proposed by his amend.
ment was the usual mode and that which ought
to obtain IN this case, and more calculated to
DO justice to all concerned than the mode propos-
ed by the bill. "a
Mr. Shefey replied to Mfr. Bbb He depreca.
!
raised on every subject coming before the
House, and was in the present case an iynis Jatu-
as to lead them to injustice The first section of
the. amendment proposed made the corpora
tion of New Orleans a party in trial to take
place in that city. The next session declared that
the property should become highway. This
would certainly promote injustice, because, eve
~ citizen being Interested in its becoming pub
aic highway, itwould be impossible that a Jury
composed of persons SO interested could give an
unbiased verdict Shelter yourself not under
such suhterfuges, said MIR, S. Ifyou are not dis
Posed to do Justice, say so openly; do not sane
ton such mockery ofjustice as this would be.
Mr. Sheffey replied to various other observations
OF MIR. Bib.
mr.. Poydras made long and elaborate speech
on the subject of the title to this property, deny
ing that Mr. Livingston had either shadow or
semblance Of title. t
The COMMITTEES rose at o'clock, reported pro-
gress, aud obtained leave to sit again--and the
House adjourned.