The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-04-20

AhC Ss"Sc tohttS AcFt cI p Ssty
SeiZed .or taxes, aud, where such disp ST
lion prevailed. entirely defea, the oper. ,o,,
OF the Laws OF the ". States. Il was never
the design, certaiosy OF the trainers Of
the constitution. to leave this country ia such
a state.
Afer some incidental conversation not
affecting the principle involved in it,
The motion was agreed to by majority
Of 20 or so votes and
The house adjourned.
Friday. .fh,H15.
Anumber CT orders of he day wete called
up, which the house refused, by large ma.
ierities, to take up until they came TO the
bill respecting the Office of
ATTORNEY, GENERAL.
The house resolved itself into commit
tee # the whole on the bill establishing the
permanent residence Of the Attorney Gene
raj OF the United States at the seat of go-
vernment.
A moti,n was made by Mr.. Wright of
Md. to strike out the section providing for
increasing the compensation of the -Attur-
ney General and, being assen ed to bv
Mr.. Ingersoll (the chairman of the commit
tee who reported the billy was agreed to
without division. 81
8 On motion Of Mr.. Nelson Of IA. the hill
was further amended by striking out thar
part OF the bill requiring the Attorney &c
neral, when required, to make reports. &c
to Congress on cases submitted to him /; on
the ground that the laws already make such
provision.
The committee then rose and reported
the hill, and the amendments were concur :.
ed IN by the H3use. ~
The till now cont aiming no other provisi-
on tn n that requiring the permanent resi-
dence OF the Attorney General at the seat OF
government
Mr.. Potter Of r. I. moved to postpone
the further consideration of the bill indefi-
nitely.
Mr.. kfng of Mass. moved an amendment
to limit the req ;lisition of the bill to resi-
dence at the seat Of government du ing the
sessions of Congress and of the Supreme
Court. Negatived.
The bill was then ordered to be engross-
Ell tor third reading. and was Subsequent
Senate tor concurrence.
The House then by very close vote OF
AZ to IS. refused to extend Oliver Evans's
patent fer steam engines.
ne DILL from the Senate fixing the sala-
ry OF the Pa;master General of the Armies
OF the United States, making AN allowance
Ter clerk hire, and for the appointment OF
Assistant District Paymasters. passed
tn cough committee of the whole, on motion
vi W.T. IToW J Geo.
The provision for augmenting the salary
OF the Paymaster General from 1440 to 1900
dollars, gave rise to considerable discussion
II was opposed by Messrs. Eppes of We.
Aston OF n. &. and warmly supported by
Messrs. Johnson of Ky. [. wis of Va.
Gaclson OF Va. M Kim of Nd.
he objections made to this provision
were. not that An increase might not rea-
sonaoly be made, but that this was not a
time to Increase salaries of officers generally,
and that no particular increase ought to be
maze. ne discussion resulted, however >,
on amending the bill so as to allow the
Paymaster General 1000 dollars per annum
during the war, and thus amended the bill
passed to third reading.
Harrington, Ah-il16.
The President of the ". States has con-
ferred the brevet rank Of Lieutenant Colo-
mel on Major FoRsYrHE, of the lst Rife
Regiment, who has been distinguished for
his gallantry ON various occasions and the
brevet rank OF Major. on Captain HoLMEs,
OF the 24ta infantry. for his gallant conduct
reported in our paper "Wednesday.
Nat. Ilt.
PANadelthia thrills.
The sloop Of war Erie, lately command
ed by capt. RiGgley, not being able to pro
coed to sea, in consequence of the superior
force OF the enemy, lying IN the Chesapeake.
returned TO baltimore and has been siisman.
tied. The crew arrived here last night in
the Steam boat, under the care of Lieut.
Dallas, on their way to Sackett's Harbor.
BALTIMORE, April ID.
BY the Annapolis Packet arrived thi evsn;o,
Infor nation brought, that the s,ornne when ,le
same our, large ssip Supposed to be rs wa, lav
ing near Shsrp's tsIsnd 2 other sail were short
dstsnco to tcewsrd, bat the weather wa, too ,hiek
to make them out. The sshr. Adventure. Mar
ply, hence bound down the Bay, put back into
Annapolis last evening. She had proceeded down
until abe discovered the ship. Yesterday saw 8 |
boats 60 from ber towards tae Eastern Sf,ore sup
posed 10 Sbsrp's Island.
EXPECTED ARnISTICE.
pro;oation for an arustiee has, iii, believed. |
been made 10 our governmeot by the Governor
General of Canada. 1t vas not distinct enmeh to
Justify admn'airation in accepting without turtle
explanations. Steps have been taken. We have
heard. to obtain more explicit proposals and from
the intor nation we have received. VIC think IL pro
bable that suspen sion ofho,ties will take Mace
by sea and iapd, un!essths British officers refnso ia
extend the suspension TO the sea as well % land
Ba,t. Uhiz.
,p,, April 40
Few days since small schooner, ovrsd nv Mr.
'(haries BAKER, on this city, with the owner on
board, was chased from ths by nto St. Jerome,
hys British bsrge. MIR. Baker rsu his vessel s.o,
landed and procured two guns snd sotne smu.nut- |
ton The officer commanding the barge and some
~ his mea took possession Of the schooner, but