The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-01-08

their Delegate to endsavor to obtain for thai
TERRITORY the privilege of electing Sheriff,
by the people. Referred 20 select com
mittee.
On motion of Mr.. Do,,son, the petition
iof p. {. L'Enfanr, presented at the last ses
lsion. was referred to We committee ef claims
Mr.. Root made a report unfavorable to
the petition OF Alexander Morrison; which
was concnrrd with.
MIR. l"HtaIey presented. the petition OF
John MGrcgor, PRAYING compensation for
revo ut onary services.-Refcrred to the com
mittee of Claims.
| On notlon OF Mr. Roof, .e.
I RESOLVED. That the Secretary of the Trea-
sury be directed to lay before this House a
statement OF the whole eXpence to the gov
ernment Ut the Mint of the u. States, since
Its hrst establishment, the profits on the
copp-r coinage the amount of gold coined
at the Mint. and the rate per cent. of tn e
eXpence in refining gold bullion below the
standard tineness.
The bill providing the removal of the
| Land Offices from Nashville, leu. & Can
ton, Ohio. and au;hor!sing the Register and
receiver OF public monies to superintend the
sales OF public lands in the district East of
Peari river, was read a third time and pas
sed.
The amendments to the bill from the Ser
ate, with respect to foreign Coins were ia
ken up; and motion made by Mr.. Root
to postpone the consideration of it till Mon
day was negatived. 4S to "A motion was
made by MIR. lloyd to re-commit it which,
after some debate, was lost.
The question on the bill passing a third
time was decidedly Yeas and Nays, as fol.
hws:
EEAS-Messrs. Allen, L. ], Alston,
Rasset, Bibb. BigeTow, Blaisdell. Butlsr, J.
{. Chamberlain, w. Chamberlain, Cham
pion. Chittenden, Cobb, Cochran, Daven
port, Desha. Ely. Emott, Fiudley, Fraok
lin, Gannet, Gardner, Garland, Gholson,
Goltsborough, Gold, Gray, Hale, Helms,
Hubbard, Huntington, Jenkins. Johnson, Ken
needy, Macon. Ma thews, MsBride, M'Kee,
Moore, Morrow, Mumford, Newbold, New.
ton, Nicholson, Pickman. Pitkin, p. b. Por-
ter, Potter, Quincy. Rea (Pen Rhea Glen
Klngsold, Roane, Sage, Sammons. Sawyer,
Scudder. Seybert. Shaw, ShcEey, Smelt G..
Smith, J. Smith, S. Smith, Sou hard, Stan
ford. Stanley, Sturges, Swoope, Taggart.
lallmadge, Thompson, Tracy. Weakiey,
Wheaton. Whitehill, Wilson, Winn, Wright
3D.
NAYS-Messrs Bard. Boyd, Brown, CAL
houn, Clay, Clopton. Crawford, Cuts,
tieister, Hufty. Love, Lyle, M'Kinley,
Montgomery, Richards. Root, Seaver, Smi-
lie, Turner, Van Horn-2O
The title was amended to read as follows !:
An act regulating the currency of foreign
coins. and providing for their assay.''
Mr., p0r Horn presented the petition Of
the President and Directors of the Potomac
Company, praying the privilege of raising
money by Lottery within the District of
Coiuinbla-Referred to the committee on
the District OF Columbia
communication was received from the
Secretary of the Treasury, respecting the
rejected claims to land in the Kaskaski a
district.-Referred to the committee of Pub
lie Lands.
ORLEANS TERRITORY.
The House went into a committee of the
whole, Mr. BAssET IN the chair, on the
bill, providing for the admission of the terri
tory OF Orleans into the Union 48 TO IS.
! A motion was made by Mr.. Irouh. that
the committee should rise, for the purpose of
obtaining information as to the population of
the territory. A debate of some length took
place, in which Messrs. Troup, Bib.
Shelley advocated the motion, and were on
posed by Messrs. Macon, Gholson, w. Al
ston, and Barry.
tAJurther detail in our merrill
Inc committee rose, reported progress,
and asked leave to sit again.
| Mr. Bigeiozy opposed the giving leave to
SIT again, and Mr.. w. Aston supported it !;
but before the question was taken, the
f1ouse adJourned,at abou' O'Clock.