Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-03-17

When. before he had coneia.i-d lis re-
marks, tlse committee rose, and obtained
leave 10 SIT again.
Aiterconsiderable discussion, ihchouse
rescihdcd its vote 10 meet AT the hour of
ten, during the remainder of the session
And then adjourned, after a sitting OF
nearly eight hours.
THURSDAY, MARCH -.
On reading the journal this morning. in
the accustomed manner, q discussion a.
rose AZ To Tie mode in nbich The entry
hat becu made reporting the peiiiiun oil
Nincen,e pazos, prcSentc,. un Yesterday.
A!ier stating the oisicia! character OF The
petitioner, The euiry pruccc,icd 10 dcs-
cribc, briefly, the cunienlS of The petition,
and particularly to state that the petition
er, having failed in his application Ia the
President forredreSS, applied to Congress
for relief.
a motion was made by Mr. P0;n1eafer,
To amend -the journal. b., striking cut li,ai
part winch described the contents OF the
petition In support of This motion twas
urged, by hun and others, that the petit.
ON, not hdu'H9' Tern receiced bv the House,
the contents ought not 10 be spread upon
the Journal, as Mas usual: thai hy sO.do
my, publicity was given, tifrCrrh the Jour
na's ct the House, 10 "a peliIiUn OF eAcep-
iionablc character; and that il was sui.
iiclcnt TO state onll The official dcromina.
i,ou OF the petitioner.
On the other hand, il WAS contpnded
that The ayes and uoes bein. recorded. #
was necessary To state SO lniIch Of theme
titiou Is had been Inserted, in order TO
shew The grounds on wiich the House
acted (; that HE constitution reouiriug
the ayes and noes 10 be recorded, lie ma
turc OF The question OH which they voted
should he clearly stated; that TO State
the official character of the petitioner WAS
not sufficient, because the appeal from
the executive WAS a ground on which pro
baby many of the ajority had voted !;
whilst, OH the other ilansl the claims of
HE petitioner, which Congress alone
could redress. being The grou,h ON which
SOME ut the minsriy might have voted,
ought equally To be stated.
The House, by large majority, over
ruled Tie motion, and thus sanctioned The
entry aS made on the journal
MIR. Robertson Of Louisiana, from the
committee OH The public lands. made un-
favorable reports on The petitions of sun
dry inhabitants Of Ohio aud Indiana,
praying the establishment OF Il land of
nee at Grecnvlic o! james Brown, and
OF Samuel Jackson and Valentino lidtiner
which were severaliy read and concur
red in.
Mr. LotrsIdeS, from the committee of
ways and means, reported a bill relating
TO duties on foreign merchandise also,
bill providing for tie deposit of wines
and distilled spirits III the public ware
houses; which bills were twice read and
committed.
MIR. L0wn9es from the same committee,
who were instructed, by u resolution of
the 4th ult. 10 enquire into the legality OF
transfers Of public debt, made To the
Bank of tie United States, to secure the
payment OF loans made 10 them. made a
report thereon, which was read, aud order
ed to be printed.
On motion of Mr.. Rhea, the committee
OH post offices and post roads were in
structed TO enquire INTO the expediencv
o! establishing apOsi road from Rogers
VILE, by McCanns Store and B!ackwaler
salt works, 10 Lee court house.
NAL IMPROVEMENT.
The House then proceeded to the un-
flushed business of Yesterday, and again
resolved itself into committee of the
whole, MIR. Smifh, of Md. in the chair, on
the resolutions OH the subject of internal
Improvement.
Mr.. Hugh N.iSom resumed the remarks
which he commenced yesterday against
the resolutions, and spoke about az hour
and an half
MIR. Mercer took the other side of
the question, and advocated the resolu-
tons M speech OF about the same
length.
MIR. Baid@m followed on the same
side, and spoke about three quarters ofan
bour in support of the resolutions.
Mr.. Tmche', OF Virginia, next occupied
the floor in reply to his colleague, Mr..
Nelson, and in support Of the positions
Which lie had before taken on this sub
iecI. MIR. L. had proceeded about an
hour, when, having given way for me-
or 10 that effect,
The committee rose, obtained leave TO
SIT again, and
The House adjourned about 5o'clocl