Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-04-20

The bill from the Senate respecting the
officsrs and crew of the sloop of war
;,,ssn passed also through a committee
she whole house and was orde. ed to a
,b;rd reading.
The house adjourned.
The following resolution was adopted
,cg,erday, the 18th, on motion OF Mr..
Retts but accidentally omitted.
pesofyed, That the Secretary Of the
1,reasury be directed to Ivy before Con-
,-ress at the commencement of the next
sseesion, a statement as fully as the same
can he made, of the amount of Lo1n Office
.,d final settlement certificates, issued uu-
der the authority of tine Continental Con
.gress. and which remain outstanding un-
sat;sfsd designating such as are barred
hv. statutes Of limitation only, and such
ne remain unsettled for other reasons.
Tuesday, .EhrN16.
Mr.. Forsyth from the committee on
F.re,gn Relations, made a report on the
various Petitions respecting the Plaster
Trade, and the Trade of the British w.
indies, recommending that no importatons
be permitted from British Colonies in A
merica, or the British West-inda Islands,
but in American vessels. The report was
order. d to lie on the table.
Mr.. Johnson of Ky. from the Military
committee, reported bill for tie liquda-
ton of certain claims arising during the
war; which was once read and ordered to
lie on the table.
The engrosssd bill TO increase the salary
Of the Clerk of the House, and the com
rensa,ion of the subordinate Clerks 90 per
cent. for extra duty in bringing IN old ar
rears of business, was read the third time.
Mr.. Hardin opposed the bill with some
warmth, and dem nded the yeas * n,ys on
its passage. 1t was advocated by Mr.. Hop
krson and Mr.. M'Kec, and passed
Ayes or, Noes 81.
The House refused, BIZ large majority.
to consider the bill confirming to General
jackson, Colonel Hawkins, &c. certain
lands bestowed on them by the Greek In
dams in the late treaty.
The House went into a committee Of the
whole. on the joint resolution for the relief
at James Fl. M'Culloch, collector of the
port of Baltimore, allowing an extra conf
ptnsation to him and ether collectors,
whose cmuluments were materially re du-
ced by the operation of the restrictive sys-
TEN.
The resolution gsTe rise to short de-
b t., peculiarly interesting. from the brief
but oqnent narrative given by Mr. Pink
ncy Of the ga'lantry Of Mr.. M'Culoch,
who, though nearly so years fage, and
exempted by years and Office from the
tolls of military service, yet shouldered
his muslct when the British approached
Baltimore in 1914, entered the ranks as a
private soldier, and was the foremost to
meet the enemy st North Point, here he
received wound which renders him
cripple for life.
The resolution W s also supported by
Messrs. Smith and Wright and opposed
by MeSsrs. Shelly ami Grosyenor, not
from any want Of regard for the character
and conduct of the petitioner but on the
Grcurd of the inexrcdency of making good
the reduced emoumentS CT the collectors,
Who took their oil, es with fare~knowl-
edge Of ito precarous profits, and because
it was in that character alone MIR. Nj
Culloch appeared before the House for
relief.
The resolution was r,portcA to the
House without amendment, and laid oh
the table.
Tue House then went into committee
ofthe whole, on the bill to authorize, the
survey of Two millions of acres of public
lard in lieu of that quantity heretofore au-
thorized to be surveyed in the Michigan
territory for certain purposes.
In discussing the provisions of this bill
the committee were some time engaged,
and had not got through the conside-
ration thereof; when, on motion, the COM
n.ittce rose, and the House adjourned.