Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-04-06

troyeo by the enemy wllle in The pubic
! service.
One of the Senate's amendments was
the addition Of clause providing for the
| payment Of the DC cents per day stipuia-
ted to be pa q for certain horses which
| were Afterwards lost, as well IS the value
| CT each horse. The committee of Clairis
to whom the Senate's amendments we're
referred, recommend the dis gresn emit
| to tbs amend ment. This recommends
ton to disagree was the question first con-
sidered.
The Senate's amendment was srsnu-
ousiy advocated BY Messrs Johoson Of Ky.
Desha, M'Lean Of Ky. Hardin, Jackson,
M'Kce ard Sharp, who supported the JUS
tee II allowing The 40 per cent. per dsy
firses polated, together with tie ynlue of
the hors lost. The adverse sale was ta- =
Ken by Messrs. Yanccy, Culpepper and
Storms, who denied the justice II the re-
munerct ton to the extent Cont, nded for.
The deb te on this question occupied
much time, taking the curse through
which it extended when the 5ubiect was
originally brought before the Eouse.
1hc question WIS finally decided against
the accommodation If the CON mittee of
Claims and in favor OF the Senate's amend
ment-66 to so.
Mr.. Roane proposed to add the follow
ing clause to the cases in the bill IN which
payment is to be made by the government
=" when any produce or merchandise
with which ary Wagon, cart. boat or
sleigh, impressed into tire service oftheU.
States was laden, shall have been lost or
consumed in cans quence of such Impress
ment."
After some objections to the amendment
by MIR. Yancey and reply by Mr.. Roane,
the mo ion was neg ttiVed
Various other unsuccessful amendments
were offered to the amendments of the
Senate after viii h the latter were con-
Cured in by the house.
The following engrossed bills were sew
orally read ,thri time, passed, and sent
to the Senate. to wit:
A oil supplemSn tary to an act laying
direct tax (;
A bill authorising the President of the
u. States to lease the Slime near the Wa
bash, fer the term Of 10 years
A bill fer the relief of certain purcha-
sers of public land in tie NIississi pi terri
tory
A bill in addition to the act defining the
duties Of the Judges of the Illinois terrific
~, Slc.
A bill to amend the act for the relief of
Edward Hallowell
A bill for the relief of Henry Mllcolm
A bill to discharge iSpenezer sszsussa.suG
and John Francis from their impf
ment;
a bill for the discharge Of Moses Lewis
from imprisonment
q bill for the remission of duties on
certain books imported for Harvard
College, and On the carriage and personai
baggage of Governor Gore, of Upper Cam
ada;
A bill for the relief of Robert Kidd
a bill to enable the people of India
ma. territory to form constitution and
state government, and be admitted into
the union on the footing of the original
states.
The last named bill was passed by yeas
and nays as follows:
For the passage 1O3
Against it 9
Those who voted in the negative were
Messrs. Goldsborough, Lewis ard RAN.
dolph. -
Tbs bill to enable the people of MIN
sissippi Territory to form constit,,-
ton and state government and BE admit
ted into the union, was read third
time.
A short debate took place, arising from
some objections made to the bill by Mr..
Stanford, who was opposed to it. because
1t contaiHed no provision for the future d.
vision OF the territory, which he thoughs
entirely too large, considered 10 relation
to the other states, and in time would he
too powerful if it continued an undivided
state--aud he wished the bill might be-
recommitted for amendment in that part.
cular.
Mr.. Stanford was replied to by Messrs.
baltimore and Hardin who argued that
the territory, it was believed, had a sufii
Gent population to entitle it to state
constitution at any rate, it would Il z
next session, have enough to demand adj
mission into the union, and It was as well
to grant that now with good grace.
which, in SO short time, Congress lsnuG
| be unable to refuse that if the territot-
be now divided, it would be twenty years
before the half Of it wouldbe able to ask
state government that FROM the immense
! quantities of burrows unfit for cultye ton. 4
and the great quantity Of Indian laoGs -
| contained, it would be 4 very long time be
fore It's population would, if c, er, excoe 4
that Of any other state--that il v IS good pc
| icy TO encourage by every means the po-1
| pulation of that section Of the country, ~
be able promptly TO Tepel an enemy wter.
attacks would very probably be made
that it was an Older territory than Ird'a
in whose favor bin had Just passed WITH
scarcely a dissenting voice, &c.
Mr.. Johnson Of Ky. also opposed tic re-
commitment, and advocated the paso. ~