The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-12-08
MERCHANTS, BONDS.


On mction of Mr.. Cheves, the house resolved it.
self inioa committees OF the whole, on tie report Of
the committee OF Ways and Means the s;hjcc. of
the bonds given ty sundry merchants on account ct
recent hmport.tions OF Dri,s, goods. The report,
It will be rscolecteI ends reference OF all
the pc ttons on the SUBJECT to the Secy OF the Urea
sury.
Nurnerou. documents we're read by The clerk, in
additions to those published generally tending 10
shew that bat little profit n.,de by the i,er-
chants ou their recent appropriations, aud they were
innocent OF Intentional violations OF the prolibitoy
law.
After the reading o. these documents was conclud-
cd
w Cheves rose and stated that il had not been
lis good fortune 10 agree with the Committee OF
Ways and Means IN the report which he had been
by them directed TO make to the house. lie rose
merely state this fact; and it wou, now devo,e
on some other member OF the Committee to exhibit
the rcasen. on which the report was predicated.
Nj Johnson said the house would readily per-
ccve the dsagreeable situation in ch the MAORI
tyOf the committee of Ways aud Means were placed
In being deprived Ut the aid OF the abilities ut the
Mr.. j. said he had intended himself 10 offer
observations to the house the subject, but the
day was SO tar spent IN resdn, the documents, thai
he not DESTROYS to day to offer himself 20 the
house this question. lie therefore moved that
the committee rise.
The committee accordingly rose, reported pro-
gress and obtained leave TO SIT again.
EXPORT OF PROVISIONS.
refused to consider resolution, offered by ge',-
tleman from Virginia Mir. Newton) o;, the subject
Of enquirins into the propriety of restricting the
| expectation of bread stuits, &c. when the House
was thinner Khan Mt present, some members having
been absent. With view to try the question il =
full house, he moved that the house do now proceed
to n consideration of the resolution:
The question decided by Yeas and Nays, as
follows
YEAS--.NIessrs. Anderson. Bacon, Bard, Bar
nett, Bib, Brown, Butler, Carr, Clay, Cochran,
Condit, Crawford, Davis, Desha, Dinsnoor, Earle,
Findley, Fisk, Franklin, Green, Il. Hall, o. Hall
| Harper, Hyneman, Johnson, King, Lacock, Little
| Lyle, Macon, Maxwell, Moore, M'Coy, Nike
| M'Km, Mctcalf, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrow
Newton, Ormsby. Pickens, Pond, Potter, Reed
Ithea, Roane, Sage, Seaver, Seybert, Shaw, Smile
q. Smith. Troop, Turner, Whitchn, Widgery
Winn.-5S.
NAYS---Msssrs. Archer. Baker, B.ssstt, Bige
low, 3ieester, Boyd, breckenridge. Brigham, Cal
houn, Champion, Cheves, Chittenden, Cooke, Da
venport, Dawson, Ely, Emo;t, Fitch, Gholsoa
Gold, GoldsborouSh, Goodwin, Grundy, Halves
| iiufty, jackson, Kent, Lewis, Lowndes, NJ
3ryde, Minor, Mose!ey, Nelson, Newbold, Pear
son, Pitkin, peasants, Quincy, Richardson, Ridge
ley, Ringgold, Roberts, Rodman, Sammops, Shelly
j. Smith, Stanford, Stuart, Stow, Sturges, Tagsar,
Taliaferro, Talmadse, Tracy, Van Cortland,
Wheaton, White, WilsoH.---5s.
The votes heing equally divided
| .Dfr. Speaker said he believed he should vote s
gsinst the proposition at any time and il rattle
too late in the day to take itup now.
He therefore voted in the negative. And tn
House adjourned.