Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-01-09


cases, aah Ike ndu,rs o; h.ociican h"uscs
aud American c,tiz ,ns cuyagrd' IN Tins
tletesiabIc traffic, were 10 be tnund on
the records Of tie British court. To cb-
tain Information having IA diree, hearing
on this subject, MIR. III. submitted iNis
resolnlion
Resoired. Shat the Secrctar, OF the Navy be
directed to report to this House copy OF
sal. as.rn tiOnS IL auy, u n,uN :'ase been is
sued by his Department. in rUr~naucc OF the
Act Of Ior-ie-s at 1857, prohibiting the I'M
rortai,on AZ >ia>es to the commanders oil tue
af,hed vessels al the Uunea States, Tor the
Pn:puse otin,t .cel.ting, on ihc c"asl ~ Hi'lca,
es elsew mere. .,ic!i vessels rs have been e,iga-
gcd IN the slave trade.
fle snotion WAS agreed 10.
Mr.. Mercer Then said, he had another
resolution To offer, in relation ,o another
branch of the same subject. We have all
been Informed, he said, IN the course a.
the last few mouths, thai individuals bro't
into Tie u States, III violation Of the law.
beior., ref rred TO, had, in execution oil
lie d. DIVISIONS Of tina, law, been coudcmn-
I'd 10 hereditary slavery; and, on exam
lining the acts Of Congress, he found that
t,e authority under which This iniquity
The would so calliD had been praciised.
was derived from Que q! those acts. To
obtain such iniornaiions as might assist
the House in arriving al a proper remedy
for this fault, he moved the following re-
b, solution:
5 Resoired. That the Secretary OF the Treasury
be directed to report 10 THIS House the number
aud names of the slave slps, a any, which
have been seized aud condemned within the
United States for violation of the laws thereof
against the Importation al slaves, and 1t amy
negroes, mulattoes, or persons OF cucr- pave
been found on boa ii snch vessels, tiici num-
Der, and the disposition which has been made
OF them by the several state governments TN
der whose juridiction they have fallen.
MIR. Stroller moved TO amend the reso-
luton so as 10 direct report TO he q, ade
also of the numberand names ofihe slave
SLIPS, If any, and the poris from which
they had sailed. If they could be ascer-
tanned. Mr.. S. said he wished that the
ignnmlny of this trade, il any, should at
tarh where j, belonged, and not he i'm
pnied, on the authority of general rumor,
10 The whole country. He wished al least
That The country of which he was Re
preventative should be absolved from any
charge vi participation in il.
Mr.. Floyd wished, also, that The names
cT the places where the vessels are own
Cd should be al led 10 that OF the place
whence they sailed.
MIR. Cobb dcsmed 10 amend this resolve
further, So "a 10 require information, by
whom as veil as achere, the vessels were
owned.
These amendments were not objected
Ia Ivy Mr.. Mercer, and were, AS well as the
original motion, all agreed 10.
The House then again resolved itself
into committee of tie whole, Mr. Desha
in The chair, on The bill for the relief Of
John Deiafielu.
MIR. Rhea, OF Tenn. occupied the floor,
III opposition 10 the claim, until after three
O'Clock, when the committee rose, report
ed progress, aud the House adjourned.
TUESDAY,, JANUARY s.
Among the many petitions presented
TO ile House this morning, we're The fol
lowing:
BY Mr.. Sergeant, from suntry citizens of
thiiaheipliia, demonstrating against the con-
demIation and sale Of slaves, in execution OF
the provisions oil the laws prohibiting their
importation.
BY Mr.. Lille, the memorial of sundry me r
ciIants OF Baltimore, whose vessels were sank
fur lciencc OF the place during the late war,
praying Tor compensation.
by be Speaker, "A memorial from II. y. La
trobe. late Surveyor of the Public Buildings
compl'uh1ug of and protesting against some
passages in The Report of The present Architect
IL Congress respecting the arch in the no rthe RI
VIM OF the building.
MIR. Smith, of Md. reported from the
committee of ways and means, bill for
tie relief of James Gooding aud James
Williams.
Mr.. PindaH. from a select committee
appointed al The last session, reported :.
bill 10 authorize the prosecution of suits
IN HE nature of petitions OF right and in
formations of intrusion in cases i'm which
the United States are concerned.
These bills were twice read and COM
United.
Mr.. Bloomfeld, from the committee on
The subject of Revolutionary pensions.
made an unlayorabe report on The petit
lions ct Joseph Anderson, David Perry
Daniel Hersfnrd, LYMAN Hall, Roswell
hopkins, AbiIab Fisk, James Gibson.
Robert frrrtii. Grorge Alverson, Solo
,eon Pierce, George Patterson. joseph
Cumming, john Peitel, Charles Powers.
ADD Wllflm Iicrrick. 4 motion was made
bS Hir. Sirother, 10 strike out Tie name of
JpSepll Anderson from the above list /:
and, alter areumeu! the melton was ne
gaii'ed. On motion Of hr. PiRdaH. The
report was then ordered TO lie on The la
bic.
Mr.. b. also made an unfavorabie report
on the petition of Arma Fields; which
was ordered TO lie on tie table.
On motion OF MIR. Tayior, tile daily
hour OF meeting Of this horse WAS direct
eh IN be. for the remainder OF The session,
eleven o'c ock.
On motion of Mr. Ca,ap5cN, The COM
ml'tee on lie public Iands were instructed
10 enquire into the expediency of passing
law 10 vest III tie Legislature Of HE state
"i ONO power 10 sell tie remaining 80
sections OF land in The reservations al lie
Hcio'a SAT- Works, and 10 apply lilo pro-
seeds Of tile sale to The use Of lie STATE
as The sdtd Legislature may deem most
proper.