Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-02-28
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

NNtuTNUV, REQ.
On motion Of Mr.. Yancey, the committee of
claims were discharged from the further consi.
Iteration ofal the petitions and other matters,
referred to them at this session, on which they
had not reported.
Mr.. Forsyth, from the committee on Foreign
Relations, reported their agreement to the a.
mendments made by the Senate to the bill
concerning the navigation of the United
House.
MIR. Cannon moved that the several orders
OF she day be postponed to Monday, and that
the House proceed TO the consideration of the
resolution offered by him some weeks ago, to re-
Once the army; which motion was ueeatiyed--
ayes 80, noes Co.
The following engrossed bills were several,
read The third time, passed, and sent to the Sc.
nate, to wit:
The bill concerning Invalid Pension
ers;
The bill to amend the act making further
provision for military services during the late
War-and
The bill concerning the pay g. emoluments
The last named bill was very earnestly OPP.
posed by MIR. Harrison, who contended for o
compensation corresponding to their breyet
rank-to those officers who. by their eminent
services, had received the distinction of bTeyet
promotion, and cited cases i'll which services
had been so essential and so brilliant, as Ia
have been rewarded with two brevets, ana
some instances in which captain in the line
was a Lieut. Colonel by brevet, which rank
ought 10 he supported by suitable emoiu-
ments.
The House then took up the bill concerning
lnvalids OF the revolutionary war, and Of the
widows and children of the militia, and Of the
soldiers of the army during the late war as re-
ported by the committee of the wbole-tbe
motion made yesterday BY Mr. TAYLOR of N. Y
TO postpone the bill indefinitely being under
consideration.
This motion gave rise to considerable discus.
~ l.rslr AZ Al
Johnson of Ky. Harrison & Comstock opposed
the pOstponement; and Messrs. Hardin and
Taylor OF N. 7. supported it. The motion
was finally decided in the affirmative by de-
cisive, majority, aud the'biIl indefinitely post
poned.
Mr.. GoIdsbOrough, from the committee ar
pointed on the goth instant to present a resO-
luton to the President OF the United State,
requesting him to report to the next session OF
Congress the best practicable mode of deiep-
ding the waters of the Chesapeake, reported
that the committee had performed that duty
and that the President answered il would moi
be ia his power to comply with the request
OF the resolution. but that he had no doubt
hs successor would pay all dne attention to
it.
The House thenresolved ifSeifintoa commit
tee Of the whole, Mr. Condct i'm the chair, OF
the bill TO amend the act granting bouDties IN
land to certain Canadian. volunteers. PROVE
ding that no bounty shall be given TO any OF
the said volunteers, except where il shall ap-
pear they have served the full term Of
months, and whose name shall appear on the
musterroll Of Ike said corps except prevented
by wounds received i'm battle &c-a,id instead
Of the mode ofgranting tile bounty directed
by the former act, TO allow bounty Of
acres. agreably TO rank
This bill occupied rood deal of time. and
gaze rise TO considerable debate, partly on the
policy OF having grantei the bounty at all, so
widely discussed at ~ last session. l,tff priR-
clIdl 8 on llle lLetails III the bill and fhe prOper