Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-12-23
On motion ofNfr. 7nler.

Keeping the records, papers aud docnment.
OF The several District Courts ct the United
States, at or near the places OF holding said
courts respectively.
On motion OF Mr. Sergeant,
RrSo!r'd, That the conEiItec ou the iu,licia,
ary Dc .i>trucicd 10 enquire -into tne eNOedi-
ency nt author 1ing the sud -ccs OF the district
courts IN The several districts, an;i the Judges
OF ide supreme courts w;tiiu ttcsr respective
circuits, 10 supply amy vacancies thar MAY
have happened by reason OF the death. resi-.
nation. Or disability OF the gcaer.i commi,>i.
oneis OF bdnSrnpicy, appointed by the rrcSi-
= An act 10 amend the judicial systrai OF me
United States, where the same MAY be neces.
Sary 10 complete the execution OF as,y peudIng
co.. ussiou OF bankruptcy.
ORDER OF rHE DAY.
The House then again resolved itself
INTO committee OF Tie whole, MIR. Bas-
SCI! III the chair, on the bill to provide
for committing The bounty lands of the
so!nlers ol the late aimy-the motion TO
S'rlAe oni he FIRST section being still un-
der consideration.
The debate was resumed, aud con:inu-
edto ii laic hour, in which Messrs. BaH
Cotstoa, Lirermo,y, !Stor,.s, Holmes. OF Nj.
aud Eeecher spoke against the bill. and
McssrS. anderson of Ky. Bat{win, IIar-
rtSoA, Ctay, and JohnSOn, OF Nv. advocated
IT. A more particular account OF The
debate VIII be given III our next paper. |
In conclusion, Mr.. CLAY remarked
that as, with the view OF trying The pin
cipie OF the bill, the melton was made 10
strike out The FIRST section, he had nre-
pared Il substitute which he believed
would ohviaie many OF the objections
winch had been urged against 1.-THE sug-
gesied TO the gentleman (Mr. Holiness
VINO moved 10 strike out the first section
the aroprIciy of Withdrawing that mott
on, SO s>to give him (Nlr. Claw an on
poftnnty OF pr ..cntiug his amendment
TO The consideration OF the committee.
MIR. HOLMES, DESTROYS of giving The
friends ot the bin every opportunity Of
making II acceptable Ia the House, with
drew .i!s motion 10 strike out the frs, seq
ton; when
MIR. CLAY offered substitute by way
oil amendment, embracing various pr0vi-
sions varying iii many points from the
original bill, Substantially stated, in his
remarks given aboye.) The amendment
having been reaG-
lie committee rose, reported progress,
and obtained leave 10 sit again-,he
House having previously ordered Mr.
Gays anlendmeRtiO be printed.
INTERNAL DUTIES.
he amendments OF tie Senate 10 the
bill to abolish the Internal Faxes, were
taken up and severally agreed 10 so that
ne biil now wants only The Appreciation
of the President 10 become law.
a resoiutIoR for distributing the public
documents, was received from the Senate.
read three lines. and passed; and
The House adjourned.
THURSDAY, DEC. IS.
MIR. Little of Md. from the committee
of accounts. presented report as re-
CURED by the order of the House, on
the manner in which the printing of tie
House IS executed, exculpating equally
the clerk aud contractor from blame. AZ
ter some conversation, this report WAS
laid or the table.
Mr.. Taylor of New York submitted for
consideration the following resolution.
hesotted, That the Secretary for the DEPART
nlent OF War be instructed to report to This
House list OF the persons who have been adj
ded to the pension list since the Report made.
TO the House of Representatives frcIn that De
partment hearing date May 2S, 1878, designa-
tlhg me number OF each pensiOner az he stands
OH The roll of The respective districts or agen
cIes, his rank or quality, and the amount of the
annual stipend at present TO each person
Mr.. T. intimaied his reasons for re-
curing this information. A proposition
was now before the House for giving a
bounty in land 10 the disbanded officers /:
it was tit that the House should know
how many of those officers alreadv stand
on the pension list of the United States.
i proposition was before the House. also.
To extend for five years The pensions now
allowed To sufferers by the late war: Mr..
/. wished 10 know how many were those
pensioners, and TO what amount.
The motion was agreed 10.
On noilon of MIR. L. III Nelson of Viz
gnia, Il was
heS1ired, That committee he appointed TO
enquire mic tue expediency Of providing by
law for eXtinguishing Tie Indian title to GER
tain lands South OF Green River in the State of
Kentucky, which were set apart bv the State
ct virginia. for satisfying the claims ofcertain
Revolutionary Officers to FIilitaty Bonnty
Lands, or OF making such other provision i'm
relation thereto, as justice may recommend.
ReSoiced, That the same committee also en-
guire into the eXpedio"cy OF providing bv law
tor satisfying the claims of those revoluiiona
~ Officers who were entitled in virtue of sim
dry resolutions and acts of the General Assem-.
bly, of Virginia to Military Bounty Land To he
laid oil ON the NortlI-W est side of the River
Ohio, between the Rivers Miami and Scioto
now part of the state Of Ohio) which claims
remain Unprovded for in consequence Of the
quantity OF arabic land having proved nsuffici-
ent therefor.
This motion produced some dcbate.
~ the shape in which il was first offered
10y the mover, IT proposed TO declare the
measure therein proposed, TO be {" expe-
dent. TO this Ii was objected thai il
was eXpedlent TO investigate before dcci-
ding; and tle mover consented 10 put
his motion in the shape of an enquiry in
to lie expediency Of the proposed mea-
sure, and in that form the motion was fl
nalIy adopted. Objection was made to
it in IFS new shape by Mr Pithin, Of Con-
NJ ciicut aud MIR. P0mderter, of Mssissip-
ri, taud doubts were expressed by MIR.
Oesha, OF Kentuckyl on the ground OF