The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-04-06
CONGRESS.
IN SENATE


lsisg, paving, and supplying the army Of the
United States, was resumed, and 10 as fol
lows:
Mr.. Worthington, from the eonferees, re
ported their agreement to the amendment
of the House OF Representatives to the said
bill, with the addition # the { flowing pro
viso at the end of the fourteenth section of
the said bill, viz : P'ooiaed. That nothing
therein contained shall be construed to en-
title any prisoner of war. whose term of
service shall have expired, to the pay and
OF his parole and, .a
On the question to agree thereto;
TWAS determined i'll the nega tive where
upon.
On motion, BY Mr. Brown,
Resoivrd, That further conference be
asked on the disagreeiug vstes OF the two
Houses on the said sixteenth amendment.
Mr.. Gore submitted the following motion
for Consideration
Resoived, That the President Of the U.
States be " Quested TO cause to be laid be
fore the Senate copies of the following conn
missions, viz: OF those granted TO William
Paea. district judge of Mary land. and TO
William Nelson, jr. marshal Of the district
OF Va. referred to in the message of the
PRESIDENT. dated Feb. 9, 1850: of that
gfaEted to John Railedge, Chief Iostice Of
the u States, referred 60 in the Presidents
message OF December 10th, A. D. 1885:
and of that granted 20 Albert Galla.;n, John
Quincy Adams and James A. Bayard, 10
negotiate a treaty of peace with the United
Kingdom of Great britain and Irsland, re.
ferred to in the Presidents message of the
ssth May last, al having been granted du
ring the recess OF the senate.
Saturday., March &c.
The motion submitted yesterday by Mr.
Gore, requesting copies of certain conInis.
.ioas, was taken up and agreed to.
The Senate resumed the consideration
Of the bill authorisng the President TO cause
so be built or purchased certain small yes.
sels of war and On motion Of MIR. TAFT,
the further consideration thereof was post
poned TO tae hrss Monday in December
Hs,t.
Mr.. Worthingtsn, from the coriferees on
the part OF the Senate. reported their agree
Inent to modification of the amendment
disagreed to by the Senate ia which re-
port the Senate concurred.
Mgnday. March %.
The Senate took 10 for consideration the
smebdr' c.ts of the House of Representatives
TO the bll for compromising the Xaeoo
claims. and concorred therein.
2'uesdsy N2arch 90.
A message wes received from the Presi
tain eoo,mi ions, in compliance with a re
solution of the Goth inst. which was read
an ordered to be printed
The bl from the House Of Represe nta-
tives in dditi n to the act 20 provide for
calling forth the militia to execute the laws
&c. was twice read and referred
w: 6ne >ddv, i3aych so.
The bills from the House of Rep 81 nta
tivrs. concerning the pay Of the Officers.
aeanen and marines in the navy IF the u
States and authorizing the aprointu ent of
agents for paving military pensions; were
severaiy received and passed to the second
Seading.
Thr Senate then went into the consider
alton ct Executive business. which occupied
che remainder Of the day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Saturday. March 26.
YAZOO CLAIMS.
Mr., Pickens OF N. c. asked leave to offer
the following amendment by way Of rider to
the bill.
Had be IT, further enacted, That all persons claim
ing lands under the aforesaid pretended act If
the state Of Georgia, passed January the 7tb I7e5
shs produce sill :hs evidences Of their csims on or
before the rst day OF January next, and depst tn.
in the Office of the Secretary of State of the
u Ststes, for the examination of the commissioners
appointed by virtue Of this set ard for the purpose
oil OcinS tTSBsor'Deu IN book 10 be ke ut for
purp And all persons ciaiming as aforesaid. who
shat fail TO produce and deposit the evideaces Of
tker CLAIMS herein required shall forfeit all ss
claims to the u. s., and no claim or evidence of
claim not produced sn Deposited on or before Oh
ds mentioned in this section, shall ever be ad mted
IN evidence In any court whatever, against any tte
derived from the u. 8. pro0ided That nothin. in
Snis section shall be construed to give ANY VALIDITY
to sny of the claims therein mentioned.
This motion gave rise TO short discussi.
on, in which Messrs Ptckens, Oakiev. Fisk
efW Y. Wrisaf. Macon, Gaston, Stanford
and For yin, took part. during which Mr.
4Sanford made motion to commit the b II
* rider to select Committee. which mott
on was lost.
The question was then taken on ordering
the ridei to BE- engrossed. and decided in
the negative, ayes so, noes II.
k1r. Pickens then with q view 70 render
the bill less exceptionabie 70 himself and O
theirs, moved to recon nit i, to committee
of the whole House; WIN n motion was los,
wi hout division.
The bill being put on its passage,
MIR. Sharp of Ky. in an animated speech
of more than half an hour, opposed it's pas
sage. he took a rapid bat comprehensive
WV of the subject and opposed the bill on
the grounds both Of inexpediency and inius-
tice.
Mr. Barnett Of Geo. followed on the same
side Of the question. Having been an eye
wjtpe Is of the original fraud and having a
personal knowledge Of all its enoPmity, he
spoke in feeling manner Of that transac-