Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-05-04
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Saturday, .Ahril ~.
The committee on the public Lands OF
pensions and revolutionary claims and
ON the judiciary, were respectively dis
charged from various business not reported
on.
The engrossei joint resolution, authori-
sing the appointment of skiifnl assistant
~ the engineer corps, was read the third
tine, and after an explanation of the OBJ
ject and necessity of the resolution by Mr..
Johnson, of Ky. supported by Mr. Picker
ing, and some opposition from MIR Ran
dolph--the resolution was ordered to a
third rcading.
The bin to establish National Univer-
sity ; the bin for the relief of Mrs Gerry :;
the bill for providing an accountant for the
department of state the bill to establish
the patent Office the bill authorisng the
publication Of the land laws the bill TO
prohibit unchartered bank notes in the
District Of Columbia and sundry private
bills were postponed Indefinitely.
The house went into committee OF the
whole, on he bill concerning Va, cination.
Mc. Condit moved amendments autho-
rising the Vaccine Agent to send portions
of the genuine vaccine matter to certain
post-otficeS in the several states, for distri
button, free of postage, and for introducing
It's use in the army AMI navy in support
of which, Mr.. &. adduced some fac's TO
sheW the mortality which had sometimes
occurred on beard our ships of war in 70
reign ports, &c. from the small pox, par
ticularly the instance of the Guerrero,
which lost sixty men in the Mediterrane-
an, by the ravages of that contag.on.-
These amendments were agreed to; as
well rs one offered also by Mr.. e. 20 cx~
tend the duration of this act to seUen in
ste I'd OF three years.
lhe amendments were reported to the
house whan, Mr.. Hardin moved the IN
definite stponement Of the bill. After
some debate this motion was negatived by
large majority.
NI2aaay, AtirK %.
The following resolution, submitted by
Mr. Robertson on Saturday, WAS taken up
and agreed to
ReSolUed, That at the commencement
OF each future seSs on of Congress, stand
ing committee be appointed Consisting of
five members, to be denominated 1.-THE
committee Of private land CLAIMS" whose
duty it shall be to take into consideration
ali private claims to land which may De
referred to them, or shall or may come ia
question, and to report their opinion there
upon, together w,th such propositions for
relief therein, as to them shall seen ex-
pedlent.
THE INVESTIGATION.
Mr. Culpepper, after expressing his de-
sire that the House would go into conslle-
ration of the subject and pronounce some
opinion upon it--moYed that the committee
of the whole be discharged from the con
slderation Of the report Of the committee
OF investigation into the fiscal aF,irs 9th.
General Post O.hce. that the same might
be brought at once before the house.
Mr.. Root suggested the propricty OF re-
terrug the subject to the President Of the
United States, who would investigate the
report, the eyid ,ncc, &c. and do justice TO-
the parties concerned.
Mr.. Cuipepper opposed this course.
lie Postmaster General had asked OF the
house the investigation, which had in part
been acted on, and il was the duty Of the
house to prosecute the enquiry. II was
ms misfortune to knopv-a good deal of this
affair, and he wished it taken up in this
house that it might be amply developed
and fully acted Oh, &c.