Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-03-12
trV eE CoNriNuED.)
aGOAitA5 nc.

s.-..'..-...
NtsHINGroT, hid,uh Sin the no.
i;.'e ~ took, ~ ia>t THURSDAYS paper, of
the Proceedings IN ,he House oi Ecpre
>entaivcs 0n thc preceding day on the
h1i"r changing s.,e mode oi dispensing OF
ihe i'nbHc laniS, wV stated, rs oar I'M
preSsl"n, i''Ai u large iiajoriiy Of the
House werr IA favor ct the principle OF
'he In. Th"1gs, ~ are get OF opinion
mat isic Eiene>, Uiihc Ses$iou, (Which, in :
decd, na- lhc 'naiu argument against n
deiea,ed ,hc biii, Others are differently i'm :
pressed aiui ii Is al The suggestion oione
o! fbe'l, t:idn whom no man Is better ac.
quainiei Nuh the iaud concerns OF The
cHantrt, that Ne state his belief HAT The
hraS1'r'' NO al nai have prevailed, though
tile period o. It's discussion had been ear.
lirr.. .....t wOuld not be surpilz If
ii were irue that n losi friends on the dis
cusSian, seeing ihai HE debate was all on
one SIDE. One effect, and d valuable enc,
oi i'e pos'ponrm -At OF IA decision OH the
question, Is thai lie subject is placed tuI-
u h, ihre the people, these oi Tie East AS
vel a. tie West, vino have all an equal
property IN The Public Lands, and a right
10 4 voice Ia the choice OF modes of dis
posing ~ TIE public domain. Nat Int.
ENr BY THE PRESIDENT,
WITH rHE NSENr OF THE SENATE.
W'f'i1m N0les, OF keniucky, 10 be Col
iector of The Internal Revenue for The
seventh District of said state, in The room
oil Robert Robes, deceased.
APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT.
E'iaaFd Coits, of Illinois, Register ofihe
Land Office u! The Uniied States at Ed
wardSv!lie III the stale Of Illinois, in the
f'0r al Nuthanei Pope, app iuled Judge
~ Illinois.
MARINE CORPS.
ihe following promotions and appoint
ments wire made in The United States
Marine Corps, on The Bel inst.
An'ao'W Iaie, 10 be Lieutenant Colonel
Communicate.
fta"cis d. Bellevue, Lyman Kellogg, to
he Captains.
EGGhJ =. Need, Charles Il. Porter, JosepA
C.. HaH To be FIRST Lieutenants.
Charles c. Floyd, John McCku,e, Charles
{. Topper, Charies Grymes, George ID.
Brererton, Wa'd NWston, to be Second
Lisuieuanis.
SUPREME COURT.
SATURDAY, d|m eli 5.-Mr. Justice JOHN
SON delivered The opinion of the Court in
the case oil 1St0r against Wells, adj, ming
the decree OF the Circuit Court.
Mr. Chief Justice delivered
the case OF McluiiOA against The State of
Maryiaaa.
list. That Congress had, constitutions
ally, right 10 establish HE Bank of the
Unlied States.
2d'Y. That The Bank has authority TO
establish Branches in such states of the
Union as ii thinks fit.
3ily. That thu State of MARYLAND has
no right 10 lax the Branch of the Bank
established IN hat stale.
Mir. G. j. MgerwA, and Mr.. Hopkins.
continued the argument of the case OF
Houston against GiOors.
PHILA DELPHIA, March 8. Captain
Grfiiih, arrived this morning from Car.
thaSena, informs, that HE 81 hole of Com
modore Aury's squadron, consisting of
two brlgs and several schooners. were
driven ashore in gale of wind and bilg-
ed, about The latter end of January.
The u. 5. FriSate Macedonian, has
been SPOKEN in Iai. /, n. long. 25. w. 81
days out, all well.
The ship Hero, Of Nantucket, has ar
rived al Holmes's Hole, from a Whaling
voAsgv iii the Pacific Ocean, with 2250
barrels of sperm. oil, &c. In the Hero
came passenger, Mr.. Pope, 2d officer of
lie brig Canton, OF Salem, which was ia
Ken long lime since at Conception Hay.
II sia''s that lie spoke, Oct. I3, lat. 5, T..
Ii leagues IRON The coast of Peru, shIp
Persia oi New Bedford, which had spok, II
few hours before, the u. s. sloop of war
Ontario, f:ona Tie n. w. Coast, then in
sight, oeailng up for Lima. [Gae.
W. understand that James C.. Fisher
Esq has resigned tie Office of President
OF ne Bank of the United States, and
that Langdon Cheves, Esq. was this day
unanimously elected TO fiji tie vacancy.
u Is stated III London paper, that ihe
ioiiowIng Lon mot Of NJ. Taley rand, is
~ circulation Ia Paris, upon the stale of
affairs occasioned by The dissrnsions
among The ministry : he says ii is la com.
me nc re Ia jim. [Umoa.
ne report OF Ihe committee of tie Sc.
haie IN Tie case OF Gen. Jackson, is uni
VerSaiiy acknowledged 10 be a State Paper
OF much ability. Ii is perspicuOus, clear
aud Impressive In lis style. The mosl
Important facts adduced are entirely new
10 the public. The patient iBdusirg by
whIcb HE facts published were ascertain
ed, Is entitled 10 praise. The superiority
OF The report Of the Senate over that OF
HE House Of Representatives in facts. ar
gunIenls d style, is universally admitted.
f0r tins Stale PapCrWe are indebted 10 tie
industry and talents Ofone OF lIe Senator,
IRON Pennsylvania. This day Tie period
OF service Of GENERAL LACOCK ex-
pires Alter 10 years devoted 10 lhepub-
lic veal Abner Ldcock retires from The
public service with tie proud feeling of
having o.. 80 occasions, with ardor and
p"i'iolism. c0nscJcnIIouSIy discharged all
the dHiirS incident To HE trusts which his
Fellow Citizens nave cOnhded 10 llim. We
nave, on more liian one occasion, dissent
Ell and protested JSdIns, measures which
have been advocated BY Gen. Lacock,
bui W have hC."r doubted lis motives.
nor SUgUppInH In I,tt..,rtt., AEt..... 49,. 4