Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-04-03

MI. Forsyth moved 10 strike ont the
specihc appropriation of &c, 900 dollars To
pay me mission 10 South America and
TO add the $4,000 dollars 10 the comm.
gent fund.
Mr.. +. remarked, in explanation of
ms motion, that the specific appropriati.
on on supposed that the persons seat bv the
PRESIDENT were official characters AS
such, IL was necessary that their appoint
mehts should he submitted 10 the Senate.
hey would be considered in the lght of
ministers of some grade, sent to foreign
government, and not agents appointed un-
der The discretion of the Executive. to
acquire Information. The practice Of ali
former times required the payment To
be mage out OF the CONTINGENT fnpd
whose expenditure was trusted wholly TO
Executive discretion. The recognition
OF such unofficial agents, and specific
appropriation TO pay them, would be 10
establish a precedent for the most extern
SlVe abuses; abuses which could not well
ne committed by expenditures oui of the
contingent fund. lie believed there was
niue difference of opinion as 10 the pro-
priety OF the course adoDted by thp w
veriimeni, and none 90 the appronriatlon
or The necessary funds TO meet its views.
lie supposed ihat his motion would pre-
Vaii wlihoui diligently, aud reconcile eve
rN possible Objection 10 that part If The
appropriation bill
Mr.. LOwnaes sgn,ied his approbationof
Mr.; orSy ms proposition; and
me motion was agF. sd to without OPP
position.
The SOUTH AMERICAN QUESTION
hr. -4"aa'Noa, OF Ken Chen rose and
renewed ;he proposition un.uccessfulIv
MADE IN committee Of the whole by Mr..
Itay, TO approprlae sum not exceedipr
$4,000 dollars tor an outfit and one
years salary of a Minister TO the united
provinces OF the River Plate, the outfit
10 be pad anu the salary TO commence
whenever the President shall deem il ex-
pedient to send minister 10 the govern
m.n OF the said provinces"
nir. anderson made TINS motion not
wiih an idea of "a different result, but in
consideration OF the great Importance of
t"e eStion, on which il was desirable to
iiaNe me vote recorded, with which view
lie asked for the yeas and NAYS.
Mr.. Spencer, without going into the
merits of the proposition, which had been
so fully and ably discussed, briefly dis
closed The reasons which would induce
MN 10 vote for the proposition, and Incl
ueh'aiIy touched on some of the obiec-
IONS which had been opposed TO the a.
donlion OF this proposition.
ne question was then taken on the
motion, and decided in the negative, by
yeas and nays, by exactly the same vote
us decided the question, in committee of
me whole, viz. yeas 40, nays IFS, as fol-
lows:
;, YEAS-M essrs, Anderson. Pa. Anderson,
Ken. Barber, Ohio, BeIlinger. Bloom6eld
Blohnt, Boden, Claiborne, Comstock, CooI'
Crawford, Desha, Drake, Earle, Floyd. Gage
Harrison, Herkimer, Herrick. Holmes. Mass
johnson, Va Johnson, Ken. Jones, KnSey.
Merrill Murray, New, Ogle, Owen, patterson
Porter, Ouarles, Robertson, Ken Robertson,
Lou; Rogers, Shaw. Speneer, Tarr, Trimble,
Tucker, Va. Tucker, 5. c. Walker, N. C.
waller, ny. Wallace, Whiteside-i5.
NAYS.-AleSSrs. Abhott, Adams. Allen Ma,
Alien' W. Austin, Baldwin. Ball Barbour Va
bdssett, Bateman, Ba ley Beechcr. Beunstt.
6oss' hnrwe'l Butler, Campbell, Clagett. Cobb,
SSo ,r,ict, trails, Crnger Calbreth, Cushman,
Darlington, Edwards. EIlic0it. Erwin, S. e.
rolger Forney, Forsyth, Garnet Hall, Del.
gan, \; 4. HasbrOuck, Herbert; Hitchcock
Hfogg, Holmes, Con. Hopkinson, Hubbard
Tnmaer' Hunungdon. Irving, \. Y Kirkland,
lawyer, LINN Li!tle, Livermore, Lowndes'
w. y. Maclay, meow, Nlsrr. MASON, Mas
Mason, II. !. Mercer, Middleton. Moore. Mo-
.on' noSeiey, Mumfcra, Jer. Nelson, IL. Mel
Gali, PitEin, Pieasapts, Poindexter, Reed ,Rhes.
HIce, Rich, Richards, Ringgold Rngoies
Ssampson, Savage. Sawyer, Schuyler, Scndder'
sergeant, Settie, Seybert, Sherwood SiIsbee
S'hkins, Siocnmb, Smith Bal Smith, Alex'
Shyih' }. >. Smith. speed, Stewart, n. c.. Strong
stuart, Nd. lalimalge, Taylor, Terrell, Terri
Iompkins, Townsend. Tyler, Upham, WenJS.
ver =" eSterio, whitman, Williams, Con. vii
!iains, y. =, Williams, n. C.. Wilkin. " i,son
Mass Wilson, Pals.
The bill was then ordered TO be en-
Srossed Tor third reading
ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS-.
The joint resolution sent 10 The Senate
from this House, fixing OH the 18th prox-
iiho for The adjournment of the session.
was returned from the Senate with an a.
amendment, substituting The Goth of April
for the 18th.
Mr.. SnIiM Of Md. moved the indefinite
posiponement of the resolution. but sub
sequently withdrew lis motion when
MIR. Rsecher moved That the resolution
lie on the table, which motion was decid-
ed IN the negative, by yeas and nays
ayes Al, noes Ill and
he amendment of the Senate was then
agreed to without division.
VOTE OF THANKS.
he Joint resolution directing medals
to be struck, and, together with The thanks
Of Congress, presented to Major General
William II. Harrison and Governor Isaac
Shelby, was received from the Senate,
and read three times and passed.
Sundry bills were received from the So
nate, and referred 10 various committees
and the House adiaurued