Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-29

MI JOhNSON liieb SNChsNtSN VIC WI
loMi1s resolution, the adoption OF which
he ihough, followed a. u necesSar, conse-
qu nee OF that Just agreed To.
ReSolred, That the Secretary of the Navy
be dir, ctrtl IL report 10 this House the proceed
ings OF a certain court martial, ordered lay
Commodore Isaac Cinuncey, on the Meditrr-
rarean station. for the trial Of Captain oliver
IL. Perry also the proceedings OF a court mar
tal. on The same station, ordered by the same
officer, Tor the trial of Captain john Heath, of
The marine corps
The resolution was adopted without, OPP
position.
FRIDAY, JAN. %.
A Message was received from the Pre-
sident of The u. States, by the hands of
MIR. J. j. Monroe, his secretary, transmit
ting The information required by IA reso-
luton, OF this House, calling for an ac
count of all ROADS made or marked out
under the authority of the IT, States.
On motion of Mr.. Ingkam, it was
ReS0ired, That select committee be APP.
pointed To enquire what alterations are neces
Sar In ne made in the act entitled An act 10
regulate and nN the compensation or clerks,
aud TO antharize tlt laying out OF CERTAIN pub
lie roads, ana for other purposes
On motion of MIR Snath, of Mar, land,
ii was
ResOired, That the committee on public
lands be instructed TO enquire into the expedl-
eucy at providing by law for the Introduction
into All patentsS,creatter 10 be issued for lands
sold granite by the United States, OF a re-
servaton 10 the use of the United States of all
copper mines, and of the expectancy of author
ling the Secretary OF tue Treasury TO lease ANY
copper mines the property ofthe United States,
for a term not exceeding seven years.
On motion of Mr.. Herrick, n was
ReSoired, That the committee on roads and
canals be instructed TO enquire into the expe
diency of providing by law for tie appoint
ment OF commissioners to survey, lay out, and
mark road from the west bank of the Ohio
river, opposite the point where the Cumberland
road strikes the same throug h ST. Clairsviie
to Columbia; from thence to the western line
of the State Of OHIO, IN a direction to ST. Louis,
in the Missouri territory.
On motion of MIR. Robertson, of Lou. ii
was
ReSolUed, That the Secretary of the Treasury
be requested TO lay before this House state
mcnt of the salaries, aud AN estimate of the
present and future emolumeuts of the respec-
tive Registers and Receivers of Public Moues
at the different offices of the United States
and also the amount ct the salaries and euou-
ments of the several Surveyors General, aud
principal aud deputy Surveyors.
On motion of Mr.. Forsyth, II was
Resolved, That the Committee of Commerce
and Manufactures be Instructed 10 enquire in
10 the expectancy of regulating by law the
number of passengers 10 he brought into the
United States By American and foreign yes
sells, according 10 the tonnage of the vessels.
On motion of Mr.. Co6b. it was
Resoieed, That the Committee on Public
lands be instructed to enquire into the expedi
ency of establishing into separate lamd Dis
tricis, all that part or the Alabama territory
which lies south of AN east and west line, To be
drawn from the boundary line dividing the
stateol MisSissippitr from said territory, through
Fort Illiams to the western boundary of
Georgia and also into the expediency of APP
pointing a surveyor TO ali public lands in the
said district 4; of surveying, in the nIanuer pre-
scrlbed by law, such public lands Ito which the
Indian title has been eNtinguished, and which
are not already surveyed) and of offering the
same for sale as soon as possible.
CLAIMS FOR HOUSES BURNT IN WAR.
On motion of Mr.. Williams, Of y. c.
the house resolved itself into committee
ofthe whole, Mr.. PieaSantS III The chair,
on the report OF the committee of claims
On the claim Off. patteson, and several
other claims OF like nature, referred 10
the same committee.
This clam is for house situated on
the banks of the Paluxent, destroyed by
the enemy during the late war, onaccount
of previous occupation by provisions and
by supplies issued therefrom to detach
ment of Militia in the service of lie u.
States, and for other similar reasons, as
the petitioner desires to establish by the
testimony of two or three Witnesses.
Tie claim is one of those laid before the
Commissioner of Claims, and by him, ac-
cording TO the provisions of the law of
the last session, transmitted 10 the House
of Representatives for their decision on
the fact
After some conversation on the qnes-
ton proceeding in the consideration S,i
this subject on this or at a future day
MIR. Williams, of North Carolina, deGv-
cred at considerable length, and with
much perSpicily, the views of the com
mitiee ON the general principles OH whlch
these cases rest, and also on the evidence
in this particular case.
After d few observations from Mr.. Smith
OF Md. and Mr.. Forsyth, the committee
rose and reported their concurrence, not
only in the case of Mr.. PattiesOn, but al
so in several other cases, which rest on
tile same principlc and OH nearly the same
description Of evidence.
The question on concurrence with the
committee of claims in rejecting the peti-
ton Of Mr.. PattieSon. was agreed TO.
The question being next proposed OH
the claim of John ireland, for house de-
stroyed because occupied by part of
Com. Barnry's men, his rigging, &c. and
the report recommending lis rejection ha-
wing been read
a debate arose on The Merits of the
claim, and the amount of the testimony,
in the course of which Messrs. Smith, OF
Md, Harrison, Reel, Robertson, of L., Pc
ter, Bdyiy and Palmer opposed tie report
adverse TO the claim, and Mr.. Williams
and Mr.. Forsyth supported it..
AT length this and the other reports
were laid on the fable the hour growing
unusually late. And
The House adjourned TO Monday.