The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-12-29

tanned lcave'to sit during the session Of III.
House.
The House resumed the consideration of
the bill from the Senate for encreas SIM. the
Navy Of the Uai,r,i States.
MIR. Roberts rsade a motion 20 strike out
the provision of the bill F,s building sevea-
ty.fowr gun ships: which was decided in
the negative by YEAS and Nays, as follows ::
Fpr the nation S.
.Hg0instn 65
Mr.. Roberts then moved new section
tn the bill providing for the equipment
forthwith, in addition to the force contem-
plated by the bill, Of sic sioohs Of gar.
This motion was also negatived~Nycs
a..
The amendments were then ordered to be
engrcssed and the bill to be read a third
time tomorrow.
Merchants Bonds.
The House resolved itself into COM
mite of the whole, Ah 7eVmudgc in thy
chair, on the bill from the Senate directin
the Sec'y. os the Treasury to remit fines.
iorieitures, & penalties in Certain cases, &
the amendments reported thereto by the
committee of Ways and Means
The amendments reported by the Com
mittee OF Ways and Means were severalIy
agreed to when
Mr.. Roberts moved to strike on. the frs,
section, with view to try the SENSE. of the
committee OH the object and principle of the
bill.
This motion gave rise to considerable
debate, i'll which MIR. Roberts advocated
his motion & argued against the object of
the bill, who was replied to by Messrs. Gold
& Cheves.
The question was then taken OH the mo-
ton and lost-Ayes SO, Noes So
Mr.. I'll. CIlU renewed n ,,nt;on ,,,,J> -
him some days ago, when i'm committee of
the whole on the same subject, which was
negatived.
The commtte of the whole then rose 6,
reported the bill, with the amendments m
the House; and the House proceeded to
consider the same.
MIR. Ghoison. after some introductory re-
MARKS, made motion to strike out Of the
bill the words :" 18th of September" & in
sert &c 1st day of August"
ms motion was debated at considerable
length Mr.. GholSon advocated & Messrs.
Cheves and Gold opposed it.
The question on the motion was decided
by Ayes and Noes, Ayes So, Noes 90.
b1r. 1.-the, after some predatory remarks
moved that the words" ordered and p!ac
ell at the risk of American citizens prior
to the ID day of November, 1870" be in
serted in the bill.
41Lr. Nelson rose, and in a speech Of
some length, entered into an animated dis
cussion OF the policy of the bill, in which he
declared himself in favor of extending
renet to the merchants and against any
| discrimination.
Several motions to adjourn were made
without success.
The question on Mr.. Titles motion was.
taken and lost-Ayes Is.
he question was then taken by Yeas
ana nays, on ordering the bill to third
reading, and carried, 90 to So.
The House adjourned
o., WedneSday, Dec %.
Thomas Boiling Robertson, from Loulsi-
ana, appeared and took his seat.
Sundry petitions were presented and re-
TERED among which was one from sun
cry mercnants OF petersburg, praying a re-
mission OF Certain bonds for the imp ortation
of British goods.
! NAVY ESTABLISHMENT.
| The bill from the Senate to increase the
| Navy of the United States, was read a
third time.
And the question, stated " Shall the bill
pass, ?"
| Mr.. AI'Kee spoke at considerable length
against Its passage, and concluded by mo-
wing to postpone it to Monday, with a
view of obtaining further information ON the
l
lhe motion to postpone was supported
by Mr.. Aston and Mr.. Seybert, and oppo-
sed by Messrs. Minor, Basset, and Wild
gerry. The votes were
| For postponement 81
| Against it 70
! So the motion was lost
| The question required on the passage of
the bill.
| Mr.. Porter opposed the passage of the
bill at considerable length
Mr.. Randolph moved to postpone the
| further consideration of the bill to to-mor.
row. Motion lost.
The question on the passage of the bill
was decided as follows:
| YEAS-Messrs. Aston, Anderson. Ba
ker, Basset, Bigelow, Blackledge, Bleeck-
81, breckenridge, Brigham, Calhoun, Carr.
Cheves, Chittenden, Cooke, Condis, Cuts,
Davenport, Dawson, Ely, Emott, Fitch
Gholson, Gold, Goldsborough, Good
wyn, Grundy, Harper, HAYES, Jackson.
Kent, Law. Lewis, Little, Lowndes, NJ,
Bryde, M'Kim, Minor, Mitchill, Moseley,
Nelson. Newton, Pearson, Pitkin, Plea
SAINTS, Quincy, Reed, Richardson, Ridgely
| Ringgold, Robertson. Summons, SAWYER
Seybert, Shelley, g. Smith, ]. Smith.
IStuart, Stow, Sturges, Taggart, Taliafcrro.
Iallmadge, Tracy, Froup, Turner, Van
CortIandt. Wheaton, White, Widrery.
! Wilson 70
! NAYS-Messrs. Avery, Bacon, Bard
Barnet, Eibb. Boyd. Brown, Burwcu. But
Ter, Champion, Clay, Cochran, CloDton.
Crawford, Davis, Desha, Dinsmoor. Earle
| FindleY, Fisk, Franklin, GRAY. Green