Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-02-11

also, without a present fuliy auyocatinS Tic
bill, spoke against its indefinite postpone
ment.
The question was (about o'clock) taken on
postponing the bill einitely-tantamonn to
rejecton-and decided in the negative rs
follows:
fEdS-1fcssrs Adams, Archer, Athcrton,
Barbour, Bassctt, Baylies, Bennett, Boss. Brad
bury, Brown, Bryan, Burwell, Champion Ciilcy,
Clark, y. e. Clayton. Cook, Cooper, Crawford
Davenport, DeslIa, Dickens, Edwards, Forney,
tioldsboroush, Goodwyn, Hale, Hardin, Halves
Henderson. Hooks Hungerford, Jewet.. John
son of Va. King, Langdon, Law, LYON, William
Maciay, Mason. Mccoy, M'Lean, Miller, Mills,
Hugh Nelson. ThoS. NJ. Nelson, Moves, Paris.
Piper. Pitkin, peasants, Reed, Rice, Roanc,
Robertson. Root, Huggles, Smith Md Southland
Jaul, Tyler, Nose, Ward, Mass Ward. \.
Ward, N. j. Wilcox, Williams, Woodward,
Wright-T4.
NAYS-Nesvs. Adgate, Alexander, Baer,'
breckenridge. Brooks, Cady, Caldwell, Cal,
honn. Chappell, Clark NY. Clcndenin, Condict
CREIGHTON, Crocheron, Cnlpcppcr, Darlington,
Fletcher. FORSYTH, Castor, Gold, Griffin, eros
vcnor. Hahn, Hall, Hammond, Harrison, Heis-
ter. Huger, Hubert, Ingham, irving. \. Y.
Jackson, johnson ky. Kent, KerrVa. Kilhourn
Lewis, Little, Love. Lovett, Lowmdes. Lump
kin, Lyle, w. p. Maclay, Marsh. M'Kee. Mid.
dieton, Minor, Motif. Moore, Moseley, Muir
free, Jer. Nelson. Newton, Ormsbv. Peter
Iickens. Pickering, Powell, Randolph, Ross.
Savage. Schenck, Sharp, Shefiey. Smith. pen
Snith va; Taylor, Ny. Taylor, $. c. T'elfair,
Thomas. Townsend, Wallace w endover, Whea-
ton, Wlteside, Wilde, Wiikin, Willourhby. r.
Wilson, VIM. Wilson, Yancey, Yates.
The question then REQUIRED on Mr.. Calhoun
motion to amend MIR. Pickerine's amendment.
by striking thereirom the words NTH ne
consent Of the Stale" and lost by Iarre naio
rity.
lr. Pickering'S amendment, LAS stated in the
proceedings OF Yesterday was then agreed To
without a division.
Nh. hubourn proposed to add section pro
vidng suhstantially, that any state MIGHT. nm
der the direction of Congress apnly any nart
of its portion fthe fund TO the n,,rnoses inten-
ded blythe act, in another state, ii requested
by resolution Of the Legislators wishin9 en- 70
apply part of its portion
This motion was objected to bv lIr. Calhoun
only because he believed the bill already con,
tanned, by iair construction. the power pro
posed by the amendment
The motion was negatived without division-
and
After having previously rejected several mo:
tiouS 70 adjourn
The bin was ordered to be engrossed for
Sd reading: and
The House adjourned.
The following Message, received few DAVIS
ago IN Congress, has been accidentally omitted
In It's proper place.
To the Senate and House Of Representatives of The
The Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PIE
nipotentiary OF his most Christian Majesty ha
wing renewed. under special Instructions from
MS government, the claim Of the representative
of Caron De Beaumarchais, for one million OF
livres, which were debitted to him in the settle-
meat Of his accounts with the United States. I
lay before Congress copies of the memoir on
that subject, addressed by the said Envoy to
the Secretery ofState.
Considering that the sum, of which the mil
lion OF livres IN question made part, was
gratuitouS grant from the French government
to the United States, and the declaration of
that Cover nment that that part of the grant was
put IN the hands of NJ. De BeauInarcliais. asits
agent, not as the agent of the United States &,
was duly accounted for by him to tie French
government: Considering, alse, the cOncurrinn
opinion OF two attorneys general of the United
States, that the said debit was not legally sus-
tainable in bchalfof The United States. Irccom-
mend the case 10 the favorable attention of tine
Legislature, whose authority alone can finally
decide on it,
IAMEC AIADIcON