The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-11-08
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C0WGREsS.
HOUSE or REfgEsENyArIvGs.

from the treasury ~ consequence or the III
cursion nf the enemy OF the 2tth day of Aug
last; whereby il appears thaf no papers es-
sch ial to the adjustment % pen:.i. &C
counts, or of material value were lost OF de-
stroyed.
THE FLoTHLA-NEN.
The HOUSE resumed the consideration of
the bin fnr allowing conpsrsatinn TO Cam.
Ba,nyy's officers and men, for the loss or their
cicthaIg &c ..s' =
Mr3P9sasents IF "a. took occasion to read
the following letter me had ,ecercd from
Gem. Barney since this subject was last under
consideration:
PAlrIMoRE, Oct. so, 1914.
Hon. Mr. pleasant,
SIR---It WAS not until this morning tl.at !
saw short sketch Of the debate cr the FIo-
tilla Bill ] WAS much surprized at what
was said on that occasion for it IS we'll known
when orders were given to 6iozv Uf the fo-
tl;,, that the enemy were firing upon th2m
from 20 barges with cannon aud rockets and
had landed body of marines ar Pig Point,
within a mile of the fotilla. The orders from
the Secretary of tie Navy 10 me, were t.
keep the Hotilla above the enemy, and if they
attempted to march for Washington, TO land
my men, leaving sufficient to DESTROY the flo
tla if attacked. On Sunday 21st of August,
hnding the enemy ON the road to the Wood
Yard direct FOR Washington, landed upM ards
of four hundred men, leaving only eight rnea
in each barge TO take care of them or destroy
them rs the case might be, but by no means
to suffer them 10 fall iuto the hands Of the
enemy most of the baggage anil all the bed
ding of the men which we're landed was left
on board, not wishing to cucumber my men
with much baggage. On MONDAY morning
the 22d, we j 'iaed the army at the Wood
Yard, where j founl the marine corps and )
pieces OF heavy artillery, which the Secretary
of the Navy had had the precaution to send
forward from Washington and place under.
my command. ! reed not rel:,te our services
atterwajsis--but when the hcilla was blown
up, ne and net the enemy we're days
march from it, of course could not save the
baggage. So far from being able 20 get :" far
ti'er uS tie river" as WAS said, the vessels
were aground and blownup in that situation !;
ana a tn having time 70 save the baggage, 50
contrary Is the truth. tlrat several oE the men
were taken prisoners IN the act of DESTROYING
thc 'iotlla, and still remain so. Much mere
might be said on rh's subjects bot tiie VIII or
oning on, imperTously calls for some 2ss.st-
ance 30 these unfortunate men.
/ have the hoEOr 10 be,
Sir, your obedient servant,
JOSHUA BARNEY.
The amendment pcnaing when this sub
jet was last before the House was agreed
TO-
On motion of Mr. ]. G. Jackson, tic word
" oDceTS" was stricken ont # the b4l, So to
~. bis reason was, that it ould set a bad
precedent for remuneration # officers in other
cases where they should lose bagsagc, which
frequently occurred.
The bill thus amcrded, was ordered TO
be engrossed for sllrd reading on to-mor-
row.
The resolution i" requesting the President of
The U. 5. to recommends day public humi-
hation, flashing aud prayer was read third
time and passed.
Weduesday, Nov. 2.
The bill for the relicf Of tue petty officers
and seamen u4dcr che CON-. naod OF captain
Joshua Barney, WAS read a tnird time & pas
sed.
WAR MEASURES.
The house, according to the order of the
day, resolved itself into cemlntree of the
whole, MIR. Macon in the chair. or the. bill TO
authorize the President Of the u. ). to &c
Cept the services of volunteers who may rs
sociate and organize themselves, and offer
their services to the government Of the U.
States
The bill having Been read through, a. far
as the section which declares that after hay
ing served cut their HI8- months. the, sho,,ld
not be held liable for Il longer perici-
Mr.. Lo7yrdes ifs. c. expressed his regret
at being called upon to vote partially on the
system reported by the military committee,
OF which this was only subordinate feature
But in any view, he Was DESTROYS 20 know
whether the provision immediately under
consideration, contemplated the exemption
OF such persons, in Consequence of thcir nine
months service, from any classification or
draft which might apply generally 20 ali The
people Whilst on the one hand il could
scarcely be expected to get volunteers un-
less they were in some degree exempted
from militia ser'ice 5y volunteering, il would
on the other hand re fatal o, y cton to Ills
SYSTEM, ii Tor months yOmntar, service thry
are to be- exempted from all future service
or draft He repeated that it " uld be de-
slra6le to act Gil the whole system at once, x
not 1rst to act on thc subsidiary force proposed
ny this bill, ami afterwards on TIC foundation,
the regular force.
Mr.. IfoHh repeated, that tie military
committee convened for the purpose, this
mo - ct decidi'g whether il would bc pro-
per first to act OIL tHc two bills which accom-
panied this biz, had decided that it wouid
be proper fjr t!.e present to postpone tqkiEp
M these bills. The reasons which produced
ID decision were, that the subject Of raising
me- was very diti~ult one, insomuch that
u presenter ~ Dest choice Of diGicu,uee-
lhey bid understood also that there was
probability, that thr0' some channel or otrer
WHther plan than that adopted and rc,cr,
ca ~ tne mili. ny committee would be pre.
s-ntrd ~ the Hause. Y had l.en deei3.1
proper ~ gre TIE House MI ,ortouity OF
seeing all the Mans which rC.lI Ie ca..,.d