Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-28


position.
The following resolution, submitted
yesterday by MIR. Bassste, and modified
ut the suggestion Of Mr.. Taylor If New.
York, So SIS to include tie Governors oil
| territories, was considered, and agreed
Resolved, That the rules of this House
be G, amended as 70 admit within the
Hall, the Governor, for the time beng.
cf any State in the Union, or of any
e the territories thereof, who may attend
At the seat of the general government,
1urinr the sessions otCongyess, aud who
NAV choose to avail himself OF such privi-
legr. =,
uort of tho Sccret1rv OF War, on The petit
| ton OF Taylor and M'Neiil. was referred
70 the committee OF Claims.
On motion Of Mr.. Forsyth, the House
then procee led to take up the report Of
| the Managers on the part of this House,
IN tie subject of the disagreeing vot. S
rs the two Houses, on the n IL tn carry into
,F ct the Convention CT Commerce wi h
| Great Brit in This report is too long to
b. inserted mere; embracing the whole
ground taken by the c,nferees of this
House, and those of the Senate. The
form given TO the bill by this House was
substantially agreed to by the conferees,
exceot the tleelaratorY words in the en-
.c,;ny clause, which were insisted On by the
conferees of the Senate, admitted by those
ofthis House, and their acceptatiDn re
commend, d.
Mr.. King Of Mass expressed his d.s2p-
pr ltion OF the report, which. ii agreed
10. he thought, would go to bind this
House and the nation IN al cases hereaf
J. 4 ...Fl
this principle and he enumerated some
Indispensable. He expressed his dislike
of the manner of proceeding on the part
ost the Senate. who. ten days after a
bill on the su6iecth d been under discus
Sion here, thrust their Bill on this House
The report he thought would tend to
strengthen the ground taken by the Sen
ate, as the concess on OF the declaratory
form, would be giving up the poiat entire
ly, &c.
Mr.. Forsyth recapitu atei the reasons
which induced the committee to recon
men the oposiGion to the House. He
+ had viewed the dccl natcry words as mere
surplus e, and not at ali changing the
\ character or impairing the fJrce of the
. act
MIR. Calhoun moved, that the report be
IL
n the report gas entirely negative, and re-
commended nothing decisive on the subject.
~ ny rate, the House was just put in pos
{ session OF the printed report, and being of
Il dubious character. ssme further time was
ne essary TO a du- consideration OF the sub
Iject.
NJ Yancey supported the notion
lie thought the report did yield the ground
taken by this House and, in his opinion,
tn House ought to st;cI or SO through He
4 hoped, therefore, more time for rejection
would be allowed.
Mr. Tucker WAS wiling the report should
lie, for the present, ON the toblc. Hcwas
confident, however, tie House wou,d find
nat nothing had been yielded by the COM
4 mittce, but, on the coGtrary. that the SUBJ
Stantiai rights of this House had been main
h la.ned.
w. The report was the" laid on vie ia
On motion of Mr., MLean ofKy.
Resolved, That the committee on roads
n and canals be instructedto enquire ia!o the
eXpedency Of Improving the navigator. of
h the Saline creek, from its junction with the
Ohio, to the Saline Lick, in the Ill nois
territory.
On nation of Mr.. Mills, the House con
si!crcd and adopted a resolution submitted
by him some ~ ago, calling on tie Sc
4 Crt ttry of war, for full statement Of all
h the claims which have be- en- n ne for nil-
{ lila servi es by the respective states, those
paid, tho rejected. and generally all the
\ exp~nces in urled Ill employing the mill
tia &c.
O motion Of Mr.. Wilde,
PeSokUed, That t4c Committee on the
ad clay be instru ted to enquire whether
4 any, & X ha, more convenient arrangements
3 can be ma e relative to tie tinI-s and
places f holding the circuit cour,s Of the
Y. 5. for the districts Vi Georgia and South
Carolina.
On molten c. Mr. Easton,
Resoiped, Ihat tn com niltee on the
+ judici ry be in truct to { gu ne if any,
@hat alterations arc nect ssary u be made
10 the act pruvihngfor the government of
n r.ltcry Of Missouri, passed June 4,
1879.
On motion Of hIr. Cre'ghton,
Resoiued, Th.t the committee on the
public L nds be instructed to enquire into
the exp, dienry Of providing BY law foy the
sale Of the reservation of The twelve miles
square, at the foot of the Rapids Of
iIi Miami of Lake Erie, and the reser-
vat on or two miles square at the Lower
G 5ar.'' q '''uu'A' '''''' III tue STATE o.
On motion OF Mr. Nelson, of Va.
RcsetUed, That Inc Committee on the iu-
dcary be- Instructed to enquire into the
eEpedlency ot lending some aid or fnccu-
ragement 60 the publication OF Mr. Cranch's
4 Reports of the cases decided in the SUI