Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-17

10 HE expsdiency cfproviding bY law fur
the making disposable, like other public
lands, such parts aud porlions OF The head
mines and salt springs an iae Missouri
Territory rs shall he deemed not of sut-
ficiept cNten, or value 10 be retained by
the government. reserving such only as
shall he deemed ui Sufficient eAleni and
value for the public use.
CASE OF col. ANDERSON.
The House then proceeded 90 the CON
sideraiion of the Resolutions offered by
MIR Spencer Touching The case of Colonel
John Anderson.
The debate on this subject was resum-
ed by Mr.. Quarles, aud continued during
The remainder of the sitting by Messrs.
M'Lamc, Alexauder Smyih, Lowndes, Lii
vermore, Miller, Rhea aud Barbour.
When the House adjourned, u notion
was pending, made by MIR. Rhea, Uor The
purpose he said, of putting an end to a
debate on a negative proposltion)to strike
out of the preamble to the resolutions,
the words, entertaining great doubts of
It's" so as to make the preamble read,
% this House possessing the competent
power 10 punish John Anderson" sc.
Tile House adjourned little after four
O'Clock.
TUESDAY, JANUARY l3.
Amongst the petitions this day presen-
ted, was one by Mr.. HarriSon, from Col.
Needham, and sundry other British otfi-
GERS, lately arrested anu imprisoned at
Philadelphia, OH a charge officiating the
neutrality of the United States between
Spain and her colonies, but subsequently
discharged from arrest and confinement,
praying, for the eXpence, trouble and in
convenience which they have suffered,
such relief IA Congress shall deem just
and reasonable. The petition was refer
red TO Il special committee
Mr.. Robertson, from the committee on
public lands, made AN uniayorable report
OH the petition of Sundry emigrants from
Switzerland, which was read and concur
red in.
Mr.. johnson, of Ky from the committee
on military Affairs, reported bill provid-
ing for hali-pay pensions, invalid pension
erS, and for other purposes-which was
twice read by lis title and committed.
The provisions OF this bill are sub
stanially the following:
The first section gives TO the Secretary
ofWar the power of placing upon the
pension list all officers and soldiers of
the revolutionary war, who are entitled 10
such by the provisions of the act making
provision on this subject, in the year
1919. Rules and regulations in force, or
hereafter 10 be made and put i'll force, as
to the admission of the officers and soldi-
ers of the militia, and the regular SOL
diers, on the pension roll Of the United
States, are made applicable to the inva-
lids of the revolution, and of the Indian
wars, placing all entitled to pensions on
an equality.
Section second extends the half pay
pensions of five years to the widows and
orphans OF the officers and soldiers of the
militia, and others, now entitled by law,
for further term Olive additional years,
which will make the pension, if adopted,
equal TO halfpay pensions 10 widows and
orphans OF ten years.
Section third provides halEpay pensi-
ons, for the term of five years, for tile wi
dows of the soldiers of the regular army,
who were killed in battle, or who died in
the service during the late war.
Section fourth extends half-pay pen
slons to all such widows, as lost their
husbands after their return home from
the military ervice of the u. States, pro-
vided they died within six months after
such return, and of diseases contracted
in the service
BY the fifth section, INDECENT mothers,
who have lost all only son in the military
service of the United States, provided
such son died without wife or children.
are to be provided for.
Section sixth provides that every wi
dow, whose husband was killed in battle,
or died in the service of his country dur
ing the revolutionary war, shall receive IA
half-pay pension for five years.
The Speaker laid before the House a
letter from the Secretary of State, trans
uniting list of the names of such per-
sons as have obtained patents during
the last year, which was ordered to be
printed.
Mr. HOphinson moved the adoption of
the following resolution
ReSOired, That the committee on the Judici.
airy be instructed 10 prepare and report bill
of fees for the officers of the United States, in
the Courts OF the United States.
Mr.. Hopkinson observed, III offering
this resolution, that 1t was iwell known
there was no uniform rule on this subject
III the different courts of the United
States. 1t was not, however, to establish
uniformity only, but something like JUS
tice also, that he offered this motion: for
II his infOrmatiOH was correct, there were
in some OF the states impositions practis-
ed which were disgrace to the United
States. In one which lie would mention,
i'll the state of New York, degree of out
rageous imposition existed, which would
shock every member who heard him. In
that state, Mr.. II. said, If lie was truly
informed, there had been one thousand
prosecutions upon (thc Reporter under
stood hlm) license bonds upon each of
these cases, untred, The fees Of the Dis
irict Attorney were 60 dollars, amounting
neY alone but, including those Of the