The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-02-10

under protection of convse, OF an armed YES
sci or vessels as aforesaid, shall be permit
ted to arm III their defence.
| VOLUNTEER CORPS.
! The Senate resumed the consideration of
the bill concerning a volunteer corps: but.
on motion OF Mr.. Baua,d. il was POSTPONED.
Tor the purpose oftalSing into consideration
the. morton yesterday submitted by Mr..
Pickering.
| This motion was modified to-read as fol.
lows
Resolved, That the President Of the L.
States be requested TO lay before the Senate
any information he possesses rendering il
necessary or prudent OH the part of the ",
S 10 augment its military foice.''
The question On this resolution was deci
ded as follows:
| YEAS Messrs Bayard, Champlin, Coed
rich. Hi!ihouse, Horsey. Pickering, Reed.
NAYS. Messrs. Anderson, Bradley, Brent,
Campbell, Condit, Crawford, Franklin. Gail!
lard. German, Giles, Gilman, Gregg, Lam
bert, Leib, Matthewson, Meigs, Parker
pope:: Robinson, Smith, (Md) Smith, &.
~ Sumpter, Turner, Whitesjde-04.
The Senate thcn resumed the coasdera
ton of the bill concerning a volunteer corps
and after discussion, adjourned without
taking question on it.
1hursday, Jar, 81.
The Senate again took up the Volunteer
bill, aud alter discussion, the Senate az
Journed without taking any question on it.
February 2.
Mr.. Enderson presented petition Of
number OF citizens of Washington county in
the District OF Columbia, praying the esta
rF
SO the presentment of the grand Jury, and
the representation Of the judges Of the cir
cult court on the same subjsct--R eferred
to MessrS. Anderson, Matthcwson & Craw-
ford.
Mr.. anderson also presented the petition
of Thomas BealI and others, and Of William
Marbury and others, praying that the 4th
section OF the act to incorporate the city of
Washington, which eXempts the city from
taxation by the levy Court of the county, be
repealed--Reserred to Messrs Anderson
Condit and Gregg.
The Senate resumed as in committee of
the Whole, the bill to engage for short pc
Rod in the service of the United States
corps of volunteers.
=. Amer debate. on motion OF Mr.. Giles, the
further consideration of the bill was post
poned till Monday next.
To which day the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
january 81.
Mr.. DaVeHfiort obtained leave of absence
for the remainder Of the session.
Mr.. .Neis0n from the committee to whom
were referred sundry petitions of the survi.
wing officers oithe revolutionary army, made
a detailed report, recommending the adop
ton ofthc following resolution:
ReSOkUeG That the prayFr Cf the J,o,.i;-
loners is reasonable and ought to be granted
Referred 10 a committee of the whole
| APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
The House again went into committee of
the whole Oh the bill making appropriations
for the support Of government during the
year 1910. The bin was gone through, and
Mr.. Cuts reported it to the House.
MIR. Root moved to strike out the clause
making the usual appropriation of Is per
cent On the amount of the salaries of the
clerks in the public oiiices.-Af,er debate,
negatived, by Yeas and Nays, 63 to 81
MIR. Lyon moved to amend the clause re-
ported by the committee for the expenses
OF foreign intercourse" by specifying Great
Britain, France and the Brazils as the coun
tries with whom intercourse should be main
tanned, so as to exclude Russia.
Messrs. Dana, Lyon, Quincy, Pitkin,
jSheifey and Stanford supported the motion.
Mr.. Quincy and Mr.. Shelley, were not
Iopposad to the mission to Russia, but were
DESTROYS Of making the appropriations speci.
nc as to each nation, in preference to appro-
lprlating the whole under general head.
Mess:s. EPpss, Smile, Pickman, Rhea
and M'Kim opposed the motion. They all
expressed themselves decidedly in favor OF
the mission, except Mr.. pickman, who said
ne should vote against the motion, because
IT was not the province OF the House, but of
the President and Senate to decide on the
lpropriety OF mission to a foreign nation
ibis argument was also used by other gen
tlemen, and replied to by Mr.. Shelley and
Mr.. Stanford.
The debate on this subject was desultory
and dlifuse. Those opposed to the mission
to Russia commended that we had no occasion
for minister there, more especially as that
power appeared so subservient to France,
and as Z" northern confederacy' was SAID
to be forming there, in which we might be
expected to participate. To this it was re
lPhed, that blind subservience to the views
OF France, was not apparent IA the conduct
OF Russia; that she was almost the only ma.
| uoD winch traded with as Oh terms of reel
proci'y, and appeared TO be in Europe al
most the only supporter OF neutral rights
and 1T was therefore said to be peculiarly
proper that we should have minister
there.
Before the question was taken on Mr.
Lyons motion, the House adjourned at half
past four.
February 1.
Mr. 17orro7v reported bill authorising
a digest Of the land laws Of the United
States, and the publication CT certain NUN