The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-12-03
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

TUESDAY, Nov. IS.
mr.. .Nervtor made favorable report On
the memorial ofS;ephen Kingston, merchant.
OF Philadelphia which WAS read and COM.
nlitteG.
A1''. Little offered the following resolution:
Resolved, 1nat the Presidenf otihe u. S.
De requested TO cause 10 be lad before fkix
HouSe, as far as hractica5fe, Ns, q the
zohoie muni6e" gfherSons inliire saea, acized, e
Otherwise nnhuzcJuity taken from on 6oarE
uessels satAfiS u7dey ll:e u. S. Gag on fhe,
MSh seas or rspcrS, 4, aor:s and hurbors !.
by scho'a and under The authority If zvhdt
I'osVef, ss1St'oE' or state, such ialfre ss1l1nts
secures ana other unia1j,U deteufionS zrere
mace svhat num6e, Mrrevf' are c1tizrsss Of
Inc u. 3tcteS ; zvifh sucA other iufor,nasioy1
on ms subject as he in his judgement .nasf
satHE /1rofie1' 10 communicate.
N1T. Sey6ert enauircd what period of time,
the mover contemplated to be embraced bv
his resolution.
or. Littfe said his object was to procure
every information attanable on subiect
which had excited much attention and fceI-.
ing among the people of the United States
and occasioncd loud complaints. He said he's
mad examined The records of the House, Sc
tCund no report on the subject later thar,
1907, whicii report was but partial. Els
object was TO obtain Information en- the s,1h
Ject from 1892, when the evil was first fel.s
TO the present time.
I've resolution les on the table
4'4i. IoLtnpaa5e presented the petition oS
Shpnhan, DcE.liscn and 90. merchants OF n.
Raven, Connecticut, stating lheir having IN
OctoDer lSlO, previous TO tie issuing Of i,e.
residents proclamation, shipped a Cargo
OF horses, mules, &c. to Santa Croz, which.
according TO custom, had been immediately
tnere sold Tor W. India produce, payable in
NIarcn following when the importation ,Jfs
the same INTO the United States was inter
dicted and praying that they may be per-
mtted to import the same, the non-imnor-
tation law to the contrary Notwithstanding.
referred to the comnlitteeof Commerce and
Manufacturers
Mr.. .Nezvfon observed that the persons
who took the Third Census had been also
directed by law to take accounts of the Man
n1actures OF the u. States in their respective
aistrlcts, and make their returns to the OF
nee OF the Secretary of the Treasury of the,
United States. So soon as the committee OK
Commerce and Manufactures should be i'm
possession of that report, it was the intentions
OF the committee totakc the subject of Man
ufacturcs into consideration Andhe now
rose to give notice that the committee were.
ready 70 receive any information on this
subject which gentlemen from any part of
the union might have to communicate.
Mr.. Rhea, after expressing his tfanis
for the liberty offered to him to rive to tbe,
committee of Commerce and Manufacturers
any. information he might possess on the:
subject OF the manufactures of the country
III which he lived but thinking it possible
nc might not have the honor of coming be-
lore that committee, he should move tho
consideration OF the resolution offered by him
some days aso for laying additional duties
on the coarse manufactures of certain ma
terials imported into the u. States. II an,
peared, from the gentieman's statement,
that the committee had now before them no
specific proposition for encouraging manu-
features, and were waiting for a certain
something from the Treasury Department.
which they did not know when they should
receive He therefore hoped they would
take up his resolution
The House refused TO proceed to tho
consideration Of Mr.. Rhea's resolution. Yeag
~, Nays 60
Mr.. Rhca then moved the order oe the
day on the bill providing for the government
OF Louisiana (which the House also refused
10 take.
Mr.. PofndeIter, after observing chat the
resolution already before The House on the.
subject was not sufficiently comDreben.
sive, moved the following resolution
Resolved, Tia! The commiffte ahboinfep
on so much IF rte message ofthe PJestdcnf
q the United States as relates ~ Iz1ian rE-
airs, be inSfructedto enquire into mr. r.
hediency Of extending tie j4risdicsio1 Of
Me District Courts ofhe United Siafes
md inferior courts efthe territories MereoC
over those harts ofthe seUerat states and
territories 10 Which The India Htle has not
oeeH erttngniShed, so as TO horisc saiR
courts TO take cog1izaaee Of I'll CASES, civH
ana erfnfDaf, against any eHi-e7E or eiti-e5'e