Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-12-03
Washington, Novemte,' 20.
Observation-Disclosures. }


NcremJer, 25tk, 1916. {
NoTIcT - DFRFDY GIVEN, that funds have
been assigned for the payment OF such IT,'.i,i,-
~ Notes, and the interest thereon, as are now
York, ia the State of New-York, and which
were not embraced by the notification
from this Department, Of the I'D of August,
1916.
And the said Treasury Notes will accos,,inr-
~ he paid upon the application of the holders
thereof respectively, at the said Loan Office,
IN the City of,New-Y York, at any time prior
to the first day of January, 1917, after which
said Treasury Notes.
The Commissioners in the several States are
requested TO make this notice generally known
ny all tue means in thcir power: and the Prin-
ters authorised to publish the laws OF the u
nlted states, Willie pleased to insert it oncea
week IN their respective papers until the first
day OF January next.
WIN. II. CRAWFORD.
His excellency Nj. Correa De Sierra, Minis
ter from the King of Portugal to the u. States
arrived IN this city on Friday.
bili has been introduced into the Legisla-
lure OF North Carolina to compel the Banks
OF that State 70 pay specie for their notes.
we learn with much regret, that Janies Tar
ner of North Carolina, has resigned his seat i'm
The Senate of the United States.
1he PreS,iem Of the Sragte pro tempore, Mr.
GAILiARr, otSoutl- Carolina, arrived here OH
Monday evening.
The Chevalier JOSE CoRREA DE SIERRA had
an audience of the president on Saturday last
when he delivered his letters of credence as
Minister Plcnipotentiary of His Most Faithful
Majesty the King of Portugal Brazil and AL
garves
The second Session of the Fourteenth Con-
gress commences in this city on Monday nexr
being the first Monday in December. Alreaty
the Members begin 10 arrive at the seat OF
government
AS the Session must terminate on the third
day or March next, 1t will necessarily be very
short one but it,wil be- therefore, more tha,
usually interesting, since business viii proceed
with more spirit; and the minds of the mem
bers, as well as the attention of the Public, be
less relaxed than at the close of long session.
it IS not easy. TO say what subjects will OBJ
| tain the attention of Congress, though many
maybe enumerated that viii present themselves
/ for their consideration. Ii does not at this
moment strike us, that our relations with any
| Foreign Power are in such a state as to be ne
! cesSarily brought into discussion. The trivial
| misunderstanding with Russia is so certain of
| being adjusted, when brought in a correct
| light before her enlightened sovereign, that
IT is not probable Congress will have occasion
| 10 act OH 1T. Nor Is it any more probable, we
| trust, that the reported demand of the French
| Minister will be suffered to violate the peace
| between the two nations, who have at present
no real cause for enmity, and whose govern
l ments viii not suffer an imaginary one TO dis
| turb their tranquility. Of the present state OF
our relations with Spain, we arenot advised
but are under the impression that it is not es-
| sentially varied since the last Session of Con.
| gress. The attack on the Firebrand, we take
| it for granted, will be disavowed, and properly
atoned for-tor we have 10 faith at all
| in the late rumors of Declaration ol
| War against us by Spain, and very little in the
| Idea, which some entertain, of wish the
l part of Spain to provoke us into a war. With
| the whole world, in short, we are at peace
1 and deeply interesting as our relations with
| some of those powers are, and all-importan
nc ma MI fhnr <sirr
| come, we do not see that there is any prospect
of a material change of our attitude towards
| either OF them, at the approaching Session o.
Congress. If, indeed, Congress should think
proper to afford any aid to the independent
arms in South America, as has been suggested
| our relations with Europe might be affected b,
such course; but it is not at present quite
clear to us, how the u. States consistent,
with the principles of our government, cal
afford direct aid to the Independents, however
its members may individually wish success Il
those whose Objects TO viDdicate and establish
the principles and Institutions of civil aud re
ligious freedom in South America.
| The objects of domestic nature which ofTe
themselves to the consideration of Congress
are numerous and important, embracing man
disputed questions of internal policy. First ii
the public view, though far from first i'm impor
lance, of all these is the act of the last Con
gress which prescrbes the mode in which TIN
Members of Congress shall be compensated
That lawwill doubtless be repealed in ODE
Il
expressed, and in lieu thereof, an increase
per diem compensation be established. Tn
next question i'll the public eye, is the exped
ency Of continuing, for longer time, the D
rect Tax, which, by the law of the last session
was limited to the present year.
The passage of a Navigation Act the esta
bishlnent of a National University, the exter
sion of the Military Academy, the establish
ment of Corps Of lnvallds, the classification
aud organization of the Militia; the mportan
question respecting the expedieDcy of ein
| plOying part of the national funds in maxim
roads and canals; these, and many other grea
| questions, must pass uader review during Oh
| ensuing session, and as many of them be FINAL
acted on as time will permit.
a glance over the wide ieI,E before them,
sufficient to show that the time of Cengres
would be fully employed for a much longe
Session than that which is at hand
Let us hope that the Session will be produt
tive of as much benefit 10 thc country as IN
adoption of the wisest measures can ensure
| MT Int