Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-01-09

be prohibited, and that additional duties
may be imposed on cotton goods imported
from other countries ; also that the impor-
tation OF coarse woollen goods may be pro-
hbtcd.
inhabitants of Virginia, praying that an act
may be passed TO incorporate the Mer-
chants Bank of Alexandria.
BY Mr.. Robertson, the petition Of David
Porter, captain in the navy of the u. 5.
praying that me may be allowed the exclu-
sive privilege of navigating for a lin ted
time, the waters of the District of Colum
bia, with vessels built on his plan, and
worked by horse power.
Wednesday, january 8
The following petitions were presented
and referred this day, viz:
By Mr.. Sergeant, the petition of Charles
Stewart, late commander of the frigate
Constitution, on behalf of himself and the
offic.rs and crew Of said frigate. setting
forth, that during the late war with Great
Britain, he captured the British ship Lee
want, and sent her into port under the
jurisdiction of the government of Portugal
from whence she was forcibly retaken by
British forces, and praying that the value
of said SHIP may be paid to himself, his Of
fcers and men, as prize money.
ny Mr.. ipgham, the petition of John
M'Cauly, prize agent to the officers and
crew of the brig Syren, praying to be paid
for vessel capturedby said brig during
the late war with the Bey and Regency of
Tripoli, which was afterwards ken into
the naval service of the u. States.
Mr.. Y ncey, from the committee of
claims, reported a bill for the relief of Geo.
s. Wise, purser of the late sloop of war
Wasp which was twice read and Commit
ted.
Mr.. Tucker, from the committee on the
District of Columbia, to whom the subject
was referred, reported bill authorship
subscription TO an edition OF such laws OF
the u. States as relate exclusively to the
District of Columbia. The bill authors
es a subscription for 1908 copies OF the edi-
.tion proposed to be published by John 3.
Ccivin, provided the price shall not exceed
S. for each col'y.l The bill was twice
read and committed.
The Speaker laid before the house let
ter from the secretary OF the navy, trans
hitting statement Of the contracts enter
ed INTO by that department, during the
wear 1915.
On motion OF Mr.. Desha,
Resolved, That tn committee of COM
enquire into the expediency of establishing
by law port Of entry at Louisville, in the
state OF Ken'T.
MILITARY ACADEMIES.
The house again resolved itself into a
committee of the whole, Mr.. Desha in the
chair. on the Dill for he establishment Of
additional military academies.
Mr.. Cay (Speakrr) withdrew the mott
on he had Yesterday made to place the on
ly Acad my remaining on the bill at Pitts
burg nd in lieu thereof moved to estab-
lish at or near the mouth of Licking River
on the Ohio, not as point he pr ferred,
because ne thought better situations than
that might be selected, but because the
committee On military AFT irs had originally
decided in favor of that settle MIR. &. urg-
ed various arguments in favor of this loca-
ton If the additional academy.
The question oil this motion was decided
in the negative, 90 to SIS.
A motion Of Mr. Cannon to insert Nash
vile in the state of Tennessee, met with
no better success. there being only about SO
votes in favor Of it.
Mr. Lewis then moved to insert in the
blank Harper's Ferry in the st2te'of Virgil
MIA.
This motion wss opposed at some length
by Mr.. Wright, who preferred the original
proposition to est ,bsh additional militia
ny academies /; but il only one were to be
established. he would wish to see it essab-
iished farther South
MIR. Lewis proposition met no favor,
there being but 5 to 16 votes in the ahir-
NATIVE.
M Burnside then moved 10 insert Car
Isle in the state OF Penn. This proposition
received about the same number Of votes as
the last.
M. Barbour had preferred greatly the
Distr ct of Columbia, if only one additional
academy was to be established; but as
the house had depart d from the District,
he thought the position of the academy
ought to be determined by geographical
considerations, having reference to the
sne already established. Under the i'm
preston that this was point which COM
biucd geogr phical with local advantages,
he moved Abng lon, in the Safe ofVrgin-
la.
Mr.. Shelley, the representative from
that district, stated the precise bearings of
Abingdon, and the advantages viii n re-
commend it to the attention of the house.
Mr.. Cannon spok- in favor of Knoxville,
in Tenn. in preference TO Abingdon in
which idea he was supported by MIR.
Wright
Mr. Barbour having withdrawn his mott
on, to allow the question to be taken on
Ksoxvile, there appeared to be in ia
your OF thar place 81 votes; against it
63.
So the house decided to insert Knoxville,
in Teoneeses