The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-12-24

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this Committee from the War DEPARTMENT. on
the subjects submitted to their consideration
Referred to the Committee of Foreign Rela-
tions. (.
The House then proceeded on motion of
Mr.. B~lackledge to consider the resolution
submitted by him -on the 10Th, which was
modified SO as to read the following:
Resolved, That the President Of the ".
D. be requested to cause to be prepared and
laid before the House a system of rules and
regulations proper to be adopted for training
& disciplining the regular troops and mill
tia of the u. S."
The resolution was agreed to, & Icssrs.
Blackledge & Livingston appointed a COM
mittee to present the same to the President
"Wednesday Dec. 10. {.
NIr. Porter, from the committee of foreign
relations to whom was committed the billfrom
the Senate, completing the existing militia
ry establishments" reported the same with
out observation-disclosures to the committee
of the whole.
On motion of Mr.. Jennings.
Resolved, That the Committee on Public
Lands be and they are hereby instructed to
enquire into the ~expedieucy of establishing a
mother district for the disposal of the Public
lands, by,a division of the district of Kas-
kaskia, and that they rePortb by bill o. other
wise.
Mr.. Bacon reported a bill allowing addi-
tionai compensation to the Post-Master-Gen-
eral.-Twice read & committed.
BATTLE ON THE WABASH.
Mr.. Orms6y moved the following resolu-
ton
heSolUed, That a Committee be appointed
to enquire whether any, & if any, what pro-
vision ought to be made by law, for paving
the officers and soldiers of the militia who
served u'der Gov. Harrison in the late expe-
dition against the Indians on the Wabash, to
compensate them for the loss of horses, and
tor the relief of widows and orphans of those
Who fell III the action of the 9TH of Novem-
Der last.
The resolution WINS ordered to lie on the
table.
Mr.. Nike offered the following resolution
for consideration:
ResoiUed, That tue President of the U. S.
be requested to cause to be laid before this
louise such information as may be in the
possession OF the government and proper to
be communicated ON the following points
1st. Any evidence leading to shew whe-
Their and what agency the subjects either
public or private of any foreign power may
have had in exciting the Indians on the wes-
tern frontier to hostility against the United
States.
I'd. The evidence of hostility towards the
US on the part of the Shawanese Prophet
and his adherents, anterior to the com
mencement OF the late campaign agains,
them Aer and of Gov. Harrison.
Sd. The orders and authority vested in
Gov. Harrison by the United States, under
which, the late expedition against the Indi-
ans was Carried on, and such other informa.
tloT. relating to the subject as in the opinion
OF the President may be proper to be com.
municated to this House.
his resolution was also ordered to lie or
the table,
isiana territory, in favor Of the second grade
OF governmental eferrcd.
The consideration of the unfinished bust
ness OF yesterday (respecting arming mer-
chantmen, &C. was called for when it
was, on motion of Mr.. Randolph, ordered to
lie on the table,
APPORTIONMENT BILL.
The House resumed the consideration OF
the report of the committee of conference
made the 18th inst. together with the mes
sage from the Senate adhering to their a
mendments to the bill ON this subject.
A motion was made by Mr.. Randolph to
commit the bill and report to a committee
OF the whole, and negatived.
a motion was then made by Mr.. Fisk,
that this House do recede from their disa-
greement to the amendments of the Senate
After much debate,
The question was decided as follows :
YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Archer, Ave
ry, Bacon, Bartlett, Bib, Bigelow, Bleeck-
er, Boyd, Brigham, Champion, Chittenden,
Cooke, Davenport, Davis, Dinsmoor, Ely
Emott, FindAey, Fisk, Fitch, Gold, Colds.
borough, Green, b. Hall, O, Hall, Harper
Hyneman, Jackson. Kent, Key, Law, Little
Livingston, Lyle, M'Kim, Metcalf, Milnor
Mitchill, Moseley. Paulding, Piper, Pitkin,
Pond, Porter, Potter, Quincy, Reed, Ridge
", Ringgold, Rodman, Sage, Sammons, Sea
vcr, Seybert, Shaw, Smile, O.. Smith, Stow
Strong, Sturges, Sullivan, Taggart, Tall
madge. Tallman, Tracy, Turner, Van Cort
landt, Wheaton, White, Widgery, Wright
l-72.
NAYS-Messrs. Aston, Baker, Bard
Bassett, Blackledge, Blount, Brcckenbridge
Brown, Burwell, Calhoun, Cheves, Cochran
Clopton, Condit, Crawford, Dawson, Desha
Earle, Franklin, Gholson, Goodwin, Gray,
Grundy, Halves, Hufty, Johnson, King, La.
cock, Lefever, Lewis, Lowndes, Macon
Maxwell, Moore, M'Byrde, M'Koy, Nike
Morgan, Morrow, Nelson, New, Newbold
Newton, Orrnsby, Pearson, Pickens, Plea.
SAINTS, Randolph, Rhea, Roane, Roberts, Sc.
vier, Shelley, J. Smith, Stanford, Stewart
Troup, Whitehill, Williams, Wilson, Winn
-t-62.
So the House agreed to recedc from their
disagreement to the Senate's amendment,