Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-03-23

liberal precision for those whose b@,
had been bleachcd in their ccuntry's e
vice. If nc were allowed time to prev,
it. he would offer "a section to provde 4
Sulh as nc deen,ed entitled to the min.
cence Of the nation.
The bill mas thea postponed till tom.
row, without deciding on Mr.. WIS motto
aud
Tie Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Friday, 1ii,pch Is
Besides the presentation Of petitions III
mong which was ore from Mr.. Seutbs,s
IRON the Piainheld manufActory of WOOL =
in New Jersey,
Mr.. Lowndes reported bill making II.
annual appropriations for the support !
government which was twice read ani
com.nittei.
The engrossed bill to alter the timess.
holding the Circuit Courts Of the u. S E.
the District OF Vermont, was read the n
time and passed.
The bill making further provision f.,
settling the claims to lands in the territo,r
OF Illinois, was Considered and ordered !,
be engrossed for third reading.
The bill! for the relief of certain claim
ants to lands in the district of Vincenne, =.
was also considered and ordered to be en- r
crossed for third reading.
Saturday. March I6.
n committee of five members was IN.
pointed, on motion of Mr.. Forney, to cS.
qaire into the expectancy OF incrcas sing Ii.
salary OF the Clerk OF the House OF ReDr.
sen,ativcs. '''
The House took up the b II from the S..
nate, relative to evidence in cases of Ma.
uraiizatlon, as amended, passed and re-
turned to the Senate.
he house then went into committee =,
the whole, Mr.. Moore in the chair. unoo
the bill. providing for quoting and adjust
ing Certain land claims in the Mssissi, nj
territory.
a motion made by Mr.. Strong to strike
out the first section, produced good deal :
or debate on the merits of the bill from,
which We extract the following substantial
view OF the question. After the treaty OF
1885, that IS. in iI95, when the u. s. took
possession OF the Mississippi country, they
fnnHu CERTAIN settlerson lands who had set
tied under Spanish grants, issued when
SPAN was possessed of the Countrywide
Y. D. without demanding any equivalent
| theref'r, re'inquished to those settlers all
| he righc arquire ed by the treaty of 1898.
subsequently, however, Certain persons
holding patents under the British govern.
ment set up claim to these lands, as ha.
| Wig the elder tites--SC the actual settlers.
! those holding uncer the Spanish grants, pc
| Triton the y. :. TO examine and decide the
Claims OF the British grantees, and if it be
| adJudsed that they have the stronger title
| that their Claims iaay be satisfied by an e
| qulvalent grant Of public land elsewhere
Inc onl reported by the committee on the
public lands, to whom the petition was re-
| tcrred and now under consideration. nro-
vldes that the Secretary OF State, the At
torney General, and the Commissioner of
the General Lani- Office be authorised 10
examine the disputed claims and decide
thereon according to law, as soon as the
ciaIms to 10000 acres have been fled for
decision; that if the Claim of the Brit sh
grantee should in any case be confirmed.
the commissioner of the land oisice shall
issue his certificate for the amount Their
| OF, which certificate snail be Il h.al sats-
tacucn o< his claim, and shall be recei-
we'd IN payment for any OF the public lands
OF the us. at the rate OF two dollars per
acre tor every acre of the certificate that
no claim shall be filed uuder this act which
has been barred by any former law; aud
I
be final and conclusive.
The molten to STRIKE out the first sec
ton, being vital one, gave rise to the de-
bate above mentioned, ia winch Messrs.
Strong, Wright, Forsyth, Jackson and Ross
! supports tn motion, and of course oppo-
sed tho b II and Messrs Robertson, M
hee, Johnson, Clark f KY. Pickering,
baltimore and Hopkins,n spy Ike against
striking out the section MIR. Clay, also,
on subsequent Question, advocated the
| bill.
The question was finally determined a.
ganst striking out the section /; md
After some further unsuccessful attempts
to amend the bill, the committee rose, re-
| ported progress and
Tae House adjourned
dioaday, March IS.
Mr.. Lowndes, from the committee of
| Ways and Means. reported bill supple.
mentary to the bill, laying a direct tax !;
and bill for the distribution Of one hun
dred thousand dollars among the captors
OF the Algerne vessels, which were cap
tured x restored to the ID y Of AlgIcrs ;
which bills were severa!ly twice read and
! committed.
Mr.. Nelson from the committee of the
Judiciary, reported, without amendment,
the bill from the Senate, providing Tor the
publication OF the decisions Of tie Supreme
Court of the u. s. which was committed
to committee of the whole House.
The House then again resolved itself
| into committee Of the whole, Mr.. Moore
in the chair, on the bill for quoting and adj
lusung claims to lands in the Mississippi