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

C,ianherlayre rose 10 rrriy 20 a.. a,x0ments
which bdt been advanced lie SAID he shou,d
prove two Propositions list. that the house
had right 10 exercise the power SOU si,t, aud
2uly. thai Il ought 10 exercise Il ca the
present occaSiOn.-ist, lie commended, that
though the house were not Ofuaipofent, it
had ihe power 10 protect itself from isiy inds-
niis, aud carry into execution ass authority
with which Il Was entrusted Why delegate
any enquiry 10 "A committee, tlaless tile house
vii support them IA making little cxpatia-
ted on this point With great enph.>is-He
then cane down To the case before the house
ana asserted the right at TINS house 10 obtain
light To direct the executive IN the Choice Of
the board OF directors; lie rIdicuied the d,s-
junction taken between the private and Official
conduct al directors and concluded with a
warm and energetic denulcidtiou OF the prae-
ice VI usnry.-Wc are sorry that We cannot
follow mr. {. IN las argument. Time forb:as
as, aud we must hurry To close.
Mr.. CRUnir (of c. addressed the House in
Favor OF the substitute. We regret tiut we
cannot pursue bio, IN a speech distinguished
by MS graceful anu impressive .Ioquence He
concluded WITH paying yeis high Compliments
To the opiuion which, Mr.. Page had received
from as counsel, every sentence of whi.h was
a fortress, every word ci;Silei. IL man stand.
ing upon them may defy everyassanlt--he may
dety the mountain torrent and the winters
squail.
iie question was theutaken on the aaoption
OF HE substitute, by ayes and noes, anh carried
AYES I23, noes III.
Mr.. RlvEs then offered the following rcso.
hutton:
Rs,a!esd, Tia, the committee arnoin,ee 10 exaslinc
into the state and conditions VI the lanks, who c
se hy resolution OF the III isi. wiii enquiry iafo
rctian malpTaciiees imputed % iie lrctef> on he
fun,is Of that bank discAafy..I ftot tae
ecntinn OF the sais enquiry.
AIR II. said the fate ofthe erunirS had ;.lrea.
dy been decided by the question Just taken. Il
would be mercy 10 anticipate the slow decay OF
4 q flt
Mr.. EnaMBER:AYSE had nov 40 Objection
10 this resoutioh. Heagreed with the lenf!e.
mian ironi Nelson (air Riyes) that The last vote
ds Virtually decided nJt only Tie fate st The
committee, but OF the nation. II he himself
should ever be unfortunate enough 10 be again
a inember of this hou>e-ii he aitnu.d ever ia. e
Tie tolls 10 be "a candidate again for IL Seae
here, he never would again wrestie with these
oaHkIng institniIOnsi The House, o.., have
decided ia tEcir SsiadaEu. | submit
Mr.. BLACKBURN said he moi only bowed 10
the decision u the House but lie was not very
sony tor II.
MIR. CHAN BERLAYNE said il was but an act
oiJ-stice TO contesSan error into wlich he had
been betrayed. lie wOuld never "a IN listen 40
anonymous inlormets. He confessed that the
President OF tie Farmers Bank vas one Of
those Whom he he'd been led 10 suspecj--but
that man had thrown open Isis whole life to Tie
ittesiigalIou OF the committee. lis had de-
bel the almost SeEutIny--he had come out
pure and without "a bIemisk.--hir. G. said ne
Jn>tce 10 an injured man.
The House then adjourned.
Yesterday, in the House of Delegates. Mr..
Wyatt offered The following reSolutiou:
ReSoired, as the opinien OF this pre- sent Ger
eral Assembly, that the commissioners compn-
SEQ OF the executive, appointed by law for the
purpose OF selecting nine Suitable characters
as pari ofthe directors Of tie Farmers Bank
OF Virginia, he and they are hereby Instructed
TO remove, so far asis in their power any direct
oror directors OF the said Bank, who has been
convicted, or Is now suspected, OF usurioGs
practices, especially shaving.
And the question being put thereupon was
determined in the negative.
Tie engrossed bill for q raising the ,rGges of
certain officers of gOreiamenf, twas taken up A
motion was made TO til one OF the blanks so as
In raise the daily pay of the members of future
Assemblies from Uuee to toGr dollars, aud re-
jected. ayes 10, noesS9.-On putting The ques-
ton upon the passage ofthe bill, after some de-
bate, II wastost, ayes CO, noes 81.
~ On Thursday, the House OF Delegates
passed the resolution appointing Gen. BLACK
burn Commissioner to examine tie obstruc-
tons to the navigation of the Ohio river.
~ we were satisfied, wbea we saw the fol.
Lowing paragraphiD the aurora OF the l0th THAI
il was false
"a The letters of PHocIoN, which appeared while the
war was preparing against the South Americans at Ame-
10 Dc corrected lntO volume, and hoHhd
The letters of HOffenSiaS, and dissertation ydica.
ton OF LSpy"
The lclershere referred toare those whichap-
peared in Tie Nat InteAigencero or south Anefi-
can affairs. They advocate i'll relation % the Pa
triotsa course, cold, unfriendly, inconsistent
with the duty Ofthe U. States, aDhorrent TO eve.
~ American patriot. The .furora thai knovSSo
we'll how TO assert facts without knowledge
10 tatsiiy, and TO Grade witness the recent case
of Col, Posey]-has by direct implication as
cribed these essays TO the pen of Gcorge Hqy-
Our enquiry has but verified or own auticipa-
lions. Mr., Hdy is not the writer nor does he
know uhO is.
~ We hasten TO correct two errors that
were made in the Report Of the Board of Pub
lie Works,as printed in oUr last paper;
" The daily pay and travelling en-
pences of the members of the
board" ara stated at S3t.302 90
II should have been only .al3 b,
And 2dly, the stationary, print
ing, book case, sc. ARE putdown
at 3 = sS7 M
when it ought only to have been S IS 81
- Wheat yesterday sold in this city for
LIS. and l2s. Cd.
= . = szzzsz.-su-
MARRlEbl--By the Rev John u. Blair, on Thur sday
the 18th inst MI. BAYLOR WAIEER 10 = A Al