The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-21

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)ill's going to Il third reading.
THURSDAY. jan. &c.
FIR. Ecc2G presented the pcsiticii " John
Edwards praying compensation Tor services
performed, under The direction az General
Ano%, VIXEN Secretary of War.-Seierred.
Mr. AioRRow., from the comnit;ce On
Public l4ai,,s, rel orted bill a3tncrisig tie
secretary OF the Treasury 10 locate The :...li,
reserved fertile use Of jefferson College, in
the Mississippi territory. Twice read AID
jcommistcd.
MIR. hheq, from the committee IN Post
Onices and Pos;-Roads, reported :. Bill, to
establish certain .:ost-roaGs, which was twice
read and comrnttcd.
The STEAMER laid before tie House a Re-
port from the Secretary of STATE, in ol,cdi-.
cncc to Il resolution Of the 29th Nov, of A.
merican Seanien Impressed into lhc service
! OF Foreign Powers. 81
Also II Report from the Secretary Of War,
IN Obedience to 1 icsou;il:i of the 18th Dec,
iof the capita! enElayed in the Indian
trade, the a.'ount OF annual purchases. the
numberUf Agents chpioycG, Sc.--OrGcrc;.
to he printed.
| A message from the President cf The L.
5. on the subject Of the contingent fund, stat
ing that there had been cxncadct! there f,tm
S53S3 IN taking possession CT tie territory
bounded on the eastward b. the river Per-
| dido.
| The House then took up the unfinished bust
ness Of yesterday viz. The bill authurisiny the
PRESIDENT o. the Y. :. to accept OF ccrrain
Volunteer Corps and after two unsiiccessl
iul attempts to amend the bill, and sorle de-
bate, tho question Was taken on the bl's be-
ing ordered to be crgrcsscd for third read.
ing, and carried 96 to IS. The Yeas and
| Nays were as follows:
IEAS.--Messrs. Aston, Anderson, Ba-.
ker, Bard, Bartlett, Bassctt, Bibb. Black.
ledge, Bleecker, Blount, Boyd, Brccken-.
ridge. Brown, BurMcll, Butler, Calhoun,
Cheves, Clay, Cochran, Clopton, Cond;t
Crawford, Davis, Dawson, Dcsha, Dinsmoor..
Earle, Emott, Findley, Franklin, Gkolson,,
Geld, Green. Grunly, o. Hall, Harper.
Hawes, Husty, Hyneman, Johnson, Kent.
King, i-acock, Little, Livingston, Lowndcg.
Lyle, Macon. Maxwell, Moore, M'Brvae.
M'Coy, M'kee. Metcalf, Morgan, Morrow,
Nelson, New, Newbold, Ornsby. pauldinr.
Pickcns, Piper, Pond, Porter. Quincy. Reed
Ridgely, Ringgold. Rhea, Roane, Roberts
Rodman, Sage, Sammens, Scaver, Sewer.
SHAW, Smile, G.. Smith, Stanford, Steward.
STOW, Strong, Sullivan, Tallman, Talliafcr-.
Iro, Tracy, Troup, Turner. Van Cortlandt.
w hitehill, Williams, Widgcry, Wilson,.
NAYs.-MIcssrs. Archer, Bacon, Bigclow,
Bingham, Champion, Ctittenden, Daveu-'
port, Ely Fisk, Fitch, b. Hall, Jackson. Kew.
Law, Lewis, Mosely, Pearson, Pitkin, Pot
ter, Scybert, Sturges, Tageart, Tallmadgc.
Wheaton, Whitc--25
he following message was received from
the President of the United States, read,
and ordered to be printed:
{ fnour subsequent cc!Unlns
On motion of Mr.. u. Il. ItWhams. the
House resolved itself into a committee of tho.
whole, Mr. LEWIS in the Chair on the bill
from the Senate, with the amendments re-,
commended by the Army Committee. to,
whom it had been referred.
The bill; with the proposed amendmentss'
being gone through,
hlr. WtfAams said, he would, in as few
words as he was able, explain the nature
| on the amendments which the select COM
mittee had recommended. This bill, he,
SAID. was predictatcd the destruction OK
the office OF Purveyor of Public Supplies. Who
is properly the Commissary- General Of the
y. states; and contemplates- the establish,
rnent IN its place, not only ola Quarter mss
ter General for the U. States, but a Com
liiissary 'rcnerai III the same person. In in-
vestigating this subject, the committee COULD
see no reason ior blending these two imnor-
tant oihcesin one, the duties of both of which
are important, perfectly distinct, and ne.
yer were blended in any country in the
world and for this good reason. these,
oiiicers are check upon each other; one
Deing the purchaser, and the other the dis
| u .Si vi supplies , whereas, IL they UcrC
united In one person, frauds to any amount
might be committed without the possibility
OF detection. Besides, it Is necessary the.
Quarter-master General should be a militia
ry nan indeed his presence is at times re-,
CURED in the field, to distribute the supplics1
whilst the Purveyor, or Commissaav Gen-
eral, whose business it is to purchase slp-s
plies OF every kind for the army, ought to
be man well acquainted with mercantile
concerns.
After some objections from Messrs. Alston
and Rhea, and some remarks in reply from
Messrs. TalmaGge and Findley, the amend
ments which went to keep up the Purvey-
ors office, were agreed to and the COM
mittec rose and reported the bill. The.
House took it up and concurred with the
| amendments, and ordered the bill to a third
reaoii'S tomorrow. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, January. IL.
! The bill authorizing the President of tbe:
u. States to accept and organive certain
volunteer corps, was read a third time and
passed, 81 to %. The yeas and nays were
the same as upon the question of ordering
tle bill to be engrossed except that some
OF the members who voted on the former.
| question, were absent on this.
The bill for establishing quarter-mas-~
ter,s department, was read the third time,
and after some objections, passed its third
reading
The House then went into committee