Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-01-14


away the reward bestowed OH him by ms
country, &c.
Mr.. Nelson rose TO support the report,
and argued that the committee had dis
covered no reason to changefhe provisions
OF the iaw-tlat il was contract betwecn
the country and the soldier that, okeep
the soldier ont OF the hands of The crafty
specuiator, 1t was expedient to preserve
the law az at preseut-that, IN examining
the subject, the committee found addi-
tinnal reason to retain the restriction
whicii prevented The soldier from the dis
posai ot his bounty land, csc-tiiat If the
barrier was once broken down, there was
no SAYING where the evil would stop-and
that they might hereafter see the soldier
and his family stripped oft!Ieir property =.
IT exposed 10 the arts OF the unprincipied
and designing
MIR. HG'dhn remarked OF the necessity
which bad permitted soldiers TO declare
their last will by word ofmouth, from The
difficulty OF making written ones, and
HAT, TO prevent frauds being practisqd
undcr this privilege, it was proper 10 for
bid the power of devising their bounty
land, sc. That there were many who
would fight well, and make good soldiers,
vet be so lost tn moral honesty, rs to bear
false witness TO the dying words of sol
der. and, as had been done. traudulentlv
deprive soldiers family of his property,
&c.
Mr. Bal'Jowr made some further remarks,
III which he cited instances of hardship,
to prove The propriety ofhis amendment
and to show that the evils apprehended
TO the soldier from allowing a devise,
might he obviated by proper provisions
in the law
MIR. Pickering spoke on the improbable
ity of any speculation from allowing sol
der 10 devise his land, and on the
propriety of permitting such dispo-
sal.
Mr.. H'iide also made some remarks.
suggesting that rhe evils stated by Mr..
Barbour, arose from the laws of Virginia.
and might, by the Legislature thereof be
SO amended as to remove the particular
hardshirs mentioned.
The report was then reversed, accord
ing to MIR. Barbour's motion, and tile Ju-
dietary Committee instructed TO report a
bill accordingly.
Mr. Calhoun, from the committee OH
the national currency, 10 whom was re-
ferred resolution, directing them to en-
quire whether the Directors of theJl mi
ted States Bank have adopted anv ar
engagements by which the specie norton
ofthe second instalment can be evaded or
postponed, made report.
The report states, that the committee
had, in prosecuting the enquiry commit
ted TO them, applied for information TO
the Hon. James Lloyd, now in Washing
ton, director of the bank, from whom
they received a written reply, which ac-
companies the report Mr.. I.loyd's let
ter embraces general view of the pro-
ceedIngs of the bank on the subiecf i'm
question and his comments thereon, too
long TO be here Observation-Disclosures the
resolution adopied by the bank TO gran.
discounts Oh deposites ofstock, and stating
lnat the regulation was adopted TO ensure,
as iii his op!uion ii would ensure, the
payment OF the specie portion of the sec
onu instaiment 10 greater extent than
would Otherwise have been made, and OF
course iorIldding the suppostion that
the bank had done any thing to permit
the evasion orpostpouemeni of the second
specie payment. The committee CON
Glade their report with a recommendation
that they be discharged from the further
consideration ofthe subject.
MIR. Forsyth observed, the report and do
cuments We're Of 50 singular character,
that he could not, for one, pretend TO de-
eide OH them on merely hearing them read
through, and moved that they lie on the
table and be printed
After some conversation between
Messrs. Calhoun. Forsyth and Pitlin, on
the nature ofthe evidence adduced by the
COMMITTEE, &c. the motion for printing
was agreed to.
On motion OF MT. BatSea, the commit
tee on PoSt-Ohiccs and Post-Rnads were
instructed 10 enquire into the expediency
ot increasing the compensation of the
POst-masters of York and Hampton.
Mr.. Cannon laid or the table the follow
ing resolution:
. Res0ired, Thatitis expedient TO reduce
the Army of the l.. States"
The House, on motion of Mr.. Lownles,
went into committee of the whole, MIR.
Jackson in the chair, OH the bill making
partial appropriation Gin blank, ofcourse,)
for the subsistence of the army, during
the year 1917.
The reason stated by the committee of
ways and means for reporting this bill at
present was, that il being usual 10 advance
a certain sum TO contractors for rations.
II was necessary to make partial appro.
for facilitating the contracts d.
bout going into operation.
The blank was flied up with $ 400
COO.
Mr.. Clcy rose, not TO object TO tIe bill.
but Ia observe, that the great expendi-
ture annually required nv the military de-
which this year would probably
exceed six millions, must have struck cy-
cry one, and on the necessity there was