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

CliuneS against Inc ~. S.ates, GDu IOr OH
| Ell purposes.
MIR. Lcscades, from the committee Of
! ways and means, reported bill supple
mentary 10 the act of 1899, 10 regulate
the collection OF the duties on imports
aud tonnage; aud also from the same COM
miitee bill for the relief of Benjamin
POol.
MIR. Robertson, from the committee on
the Public Lands, made d report, accom-
panied by bill. for the relief OF lie inii;,-
Infants of Prairie du Chein aud from
the same committee Il report, acc9mpa-
MED 10y "A bill, for the relief of Wm- Bar
ton
These bills were seycrally twice read
and committed.
Mr.. Williams, of Neutrality-suspicious., from
the committee OF claims, made uniavora-
bile reports on the petitions Of john Chai-
mers and of Lawrence Muse and William
Gordon, which we're read, and The first
ordered Ia lie on the take, aud the Sc
cond committed 10 committee OF the
whole House.
After referring 10 tie Inconvenience Of.
ten experienced by committees Of the
House, particularly that Of elections, siom
want of the statutes of the respective
states, AIR. Taylor, OF New York, moved
The following resolutions, which was d
greed TO:
Rssaired That the Clerk OF the Hcnse pro
| cnre Il copy OF the last edition of The statutes
OF the several states TO be kept in his Office for
the nse of the members.
The bill from the Senate 10 alter and
amend the act establishing a separate
territorial government in he terrific
| ry OF Alabama, was twice read and refer
| red.
The Speaker laid before the House u
letter from the Comptroller Of the Treasu-
| ry, transmitting the annual list rendered
| TO him by the Register OF the Treasury.
| of balances on his books due more than 3
| years, and remaining unsettled on the soil,
| Sept. last.
| The Speaker also laid before the House
| letter from The Secretary of War, trans
| hitting report of The commissioner of
| claims, III answer 10 the resolution of tie
| House OF the 18Th inst.
The House then again proceeded tu
| she consideration of the
| BANKRUPT BILL.
| The QUESTION being on Mr.. Ef,cayris
motion 10 discharge the committee Of
the whole House from the further conSid
Grafton OF the bill aud 10 postpone il indie
| finitely-
| MIR. WhitmasAe eft Mas. delivered IA speech
OF about an hour i'll length agoinsii lie mo-
| ton, and III favor of the system.
| MIR. Barbopr next took The floor, ia ia
| vor oil the postponemeni, and decidedly
against the bill.
| Mr.. Lioermore, Mr.. Baidwm and Mr..
Beecher then spoke in opposition 10 the
motion 10 POSTPONE the further conside-
ration of the bill.
The House having refused to agree 10
a melton for adjournment,
The question on the motion TO postpone
the bill indefinitely, vas taken by yeas and
nays, as follows:
| YEAS-Messrs Abbott, Anderson, XIV Ans
tin, Ball, Barbour, Va. Bassett, Bateman, Bel
linger, Bennett, Biount, BodGn. Bryan, Bur.
well, Butler, Campbell. Clag.tt, Claiborne,
Cobb. ComStoch, Cook, Crafts, Crawford, De.
sha. Earle. Edwards, Floyd, Forney, Garrett,
Hale, Hall, sc, Hendricks, Herrick, Holmes
| Mass. Johnson Va. Johnson, Ky. Jones, Kin.
sey, " Maciay, w. p. Maclay, Coy, Mari
Merrill, Moron, Mnmford, Murray, II. Mel
son, Ncsbitt, Newton, Owen, Patterson, Pin
dali, Pleasarts, 0uarles, Rhca, Richards, Ring
| gold, Robertson, Lou. sampson, Savage, Send.
der, Settle, Shaw, Silnkins, Slocunb, Bal
Stewart, n. G. STROLLER, rarr, Terril, 1rimble
| Tucker, Va. Tucker, S. &. Tyler UphaD,
| Walker, Ky. Wallace, Williams, NY. Williams
| ~. Z. Wilson, Pen.-S2.
NAIS-Ale srs. Adams, Allen, Mass Allen
VT. Anderson, Pen. Baldwin, Bay ley, Beecher
| Boss, CoiSton, CTuger, Cushmah, Darlington
Eicott, Erwin, s. G. Foiger, Forsyth, Fuller
Hall, Del. Harrison. Hasbronck, Herbert, Her
kimer, Hester, Hitchcock, Holmes Con. Hop.
kinson, Hubbard, Huntingdon, Kirkland, Law.
yer, Little, Livermore, Lowndes, M'Lane, Ma
son, Mass. Mason, II. /. Mercer, Middleton
Mills, Moore, Moseley, Jer. Nelson, Ogden,
ter, Porter, Reed, Rich, Robertson, Ky. Rug
giles, Sawyer, Schuyler, Sergeant, Seybcrt,
| Sherwood, Tallmadge, Taylor, Terry, Temp.
kins, Wendover, Westerlo, Whitesde, Whit.
man, Williams, Conn. Wilkiu, Wilson, Mass
So the House determined that the bill
be indefinitely postponed; that is, reject
| ed.
The following report was made by Mr..
Robertson, of Lou. from the committee OF
Public Lands, and was ordered TO lie ON
the table:
The committee on Publis Lands, TO whom
| was referred the petition of the Irish eInigrant
associations of New York, Philadelphia, BALM.
more and Pittsburg, have had the same under
| consideration, and report: That the petition
ers ask that a portion of the public land lying
| in the Illinois Territory, may be set apart for
| the purpose of being settled by emigrants
| from Ireland, to whom il is requested the lands
may he sold on an extended credit. For the
reasons urged III favor of this application. the
| committee refer the House TO The petitions
| themselves.
| The following specific propositions were
| also submitted TO the consideration of the
| committee by the agents OF the petitioners
| viz.
| L. That the Secretary Of the Treasury should
| be authorised to designate aud set apart 49,
! townships, each Of six miles square in the II.
| linols territory, east OF the military bOunty
lands, each alternate section thereof TO be sci.
| tied by CmIgrantS from Ireland, and sold 10
| them at two dollars per acre, on credit OF
| fonr years for one-thIrd, eight years for one
THIRD, aud twelve years for the last instalfneHt
with interest upon the several sans.
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