Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-12-08
on a subject on Which mneh excitement

III would be great error 10 suppose
that tins measure is the result oi a dlSir,-
sition unfriendly to The Bank, O. a suSpi-
cion of the integrity OF lis proceedings
much less OF disposition 10 PROSTATE
or cripple the Institution. There are in
Congress, no doubt. manv who arc hos
tile TO the Bank from various motives,
anu others Who condernn certain OF lis
measures. But the course which has
been taken had the support of HE friends
as well as The adversar,es ol the Bank,
and, il is certain, will be attended with
results useful 10 The country, and il is
hoped, valuable TO the Bank.
We shall! see with What reason the In
siiiuiion has been assailed, and the cha
racters oi lis Directors impeached. We
hope The defence The Directors will de-
rive, from The opportunity of exhibiting
their books and proceedings, will be i'm
proportion Ia the patience and equanimi-
~ with which they have borne the az
tempts which have been made 10 turn
Inc tide OF popular feeling against the
Bank of the United States, as the source
OF the present arrangement of the pre-
exlsingcurrency.
This measure having been adopted by
The House of Representatives. as well for
public information as for their own. we
shall not be left hereafter 10 conjecture,
OIL TO mere assertion, for facts conuccted
with the subject. We shall wall wiih,a-
ti.nce for the report OF the committee
with full confidence of lis presenting us
an impartial and enlightened view OF the
subject OF IFS investigation. ENat. lat.
The nomination of Mr.. THOMPSON 10
the Office of Secretary oi lie NAVY, las
been confirmed by The Senate. rio.
December 1.-The documents rcspect-
I'M he Sem iunla NNar t,a,., l,a.,, LII
fore Congress by The President, including
the Proceedings of the Conrt Martial for
The trial of of Arbuihnot and Ambris,ie.
They are OF considerable length, but of
no lest interest: and shall find an early
place in the columns Of The National In
tellisencer.
Tie bill, now Lffore lie Senate, for
The more conveneni organization of the
Courts ol The u. States, provides that.
iron, ana after certain day the Chief
Justice and Associate Judges Of The SUI
preme Court of the United States shall
cease 10 be Judges in the Circuit Copy,s
of the United States. and Shall he dis
charged from The Performance of amy Clu-
ties therein /; that the Supreme Count
shall thereafter hold It's :, ssions 1T The
seat OF government twice d year, 10 COM
mence on the first Mondays of MAY and
December; that The Supreme Count shall
consist, aHer the next vacancy. of six
Justices, one chief and FIVE associate. and
atiTr ihe occurrence OF another vacancy.
shall consist OF five justices, the ChielJus.
ice and ioHr others, any three OF whom
shaii TORN quorum 10 do business.
he bill further provides for dividing The
OUiicd States into eight Circuits, and
Tor me appointment OF Circuit Judge 10
each.
There is some probability that il,is bill
Will pass into a law. The subject is one
OF much interest, and the proposed mo-
dihcaiIon OF our Judicial system has ma
ny recommendations I'D
December 3.-From Huntsville. in the
Alabama Territory, We learn. that the
Sales OF Lands in the Northern mart of
that Territory closed on the 18th ultimo.
WITHIN The last year, there have been five
lano sales at that place: al which about
100000 acres Of land were offered.
whereof II is supposed that much more
'iiah one nall has been sold, or afterwards
entered al two dollars per acre. 1t is
calculated that, Of the quantity sold. one
tenth, or 10000 acres, will very soon be
cultivated IN cotton, and that The pro-
Duct Will average little short OF a bale per
acre, and produce one fourth as much as
the total amount of The annual export of
that article from the United States. 10.
The claim of the heirs of Beanmarc!,ajs
is yet under discussion in the House of
Representatives; and, il is believed, is
undergoing more full examination than
has ever before been given TO it, The
debate would occupy a share in our CO.
iumns disproporlionate Ia the magnitude
OF The subject; though i, is not Of very
light Importance or ofiiille interest, and
has eiiciled Il vigorous display of among
The best abilities of the House. Blu, Tie
Debate ls already long, and is not Ter.
minated. We should have been disposed
10 give speech or two on each side of
the question, 10 afford view Of Us mer-
ITS, were there not prepared TO our hand
"a view OF each side of ihe question. more
satisfactory Than speeches could be. in
ihe shape OF reports of committees; one
MADE several years ago against the claim,
ana one made at tie last session In lis ia
Vor. both ihe reports are comprehensive
as well as able, presenting, il is believed.
every TACT material 10 decision Of the
case III the best light, on each side, of
which il is susceptible. These repor,s
We shall publish at large in a day or two.
10.
Dec. 5:-'The President Of the u. States
having signed the Act for the admission
OF the State ofIllinois into the Unien, she
may now be counted tile twenfy-first
state III the confederacy. Her Senators
and Representative have taken their seats
III Congress.
CHARLES PlNKSEY, of Mary land, is
appointed by the President, with The CON
sest OF the Senate, 10 be Secretary of Le-
CATION TO Russia.
After long and able debate in tI,c
House Of Representatives, the claim of
tie heirs OF BeaumarcbaIs is rejected. bv
III oYerN h lininn and I'm. anticinnfnd -