Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-01-02

~, supplementary IL bis Annua. Report; |
aud also letter, Transmitting the tsii |
mates of expenditures for the year en-
suing; WHICH documents were referred |
10 HE committee u. Ways and Means.
On motion oil MIR. Williams, If n. c.
IL Was
Isssoiccd. That the com mitee on Military
Affairs be instructed 10 enquire int tue en-
rydienry OF allowing 10 the officers of the ar.
my salary. or stated sum OF money per year
Instead OF the pay aud enioluments as now al
lowed by law.
Ga motion OF Mr.. Mailary, the house
proceeded TO the consideration OF the re
port of the Secretary Ut Slate on the
expenses attending The execution of the
9Th, 9th, aud T,b articles of the Treaty
OF Client, made IN pun suaace oil a resolu-
tion OF this house.
Some conversation took place as TO
what committee should be referred The
examination Of this subject MIR. MALTA
~ proposed a se'eci committee, another
genteman proposed the committee OF
Foreign Relations. &c.
In the course OF The conversation
Mr.. Cobb said, il was time some euqui-
nv should be made into HE subject, tor
from tins report II appeared that The
survey ofihe Northern Boundary Line,
| under these articles of the Treaty, Was
likely TO cost the United States IA pretty
round sum--laving already cost The
government, as appeared BY this report,
| only hundred and nieniy five Thousand
| dollars.
Mr.. Mallary said his object was to have
| an investigation OF the matter; to see
whether the progress of the commission
had been proportionaie Ia it's expenditure,
| &c. With that obi ct only i'm view, u;
was MOI material TO him what committee
| the subject Was referred to.
Mr.. Foot preferred that the subject
should be referred TO The committee of
| Foreign Relations, with which il had an
| evident connection lie further re marked,
tina, i, could not be objected 10 its going
to that committee, that they had before
| them at present any very important bust
ness.
The subject was finally referred TO z
selec' commlitee,} and Messis. Mallary,
Lowndes. Cannon, Hendricks, and Lin,
coin, were appointed a committee accor-
dinghy.
MIR, Rich gave notice that, on Tuesday
| nrXi in case he should b. able 10 obtain
the moor, he should submit, a proposition
Tor insiructing proper committee TO en-
quire into The expedency OF prohibiting,
p"osperiively, the importation of distii,
| led spirits and mali liquors, aud sundry
manufactured articles, which come most
III competition with domestic fabrics.
Mr.. LOmndes submitted the following
| resolution
ReS0fred, That the committee OF WAYS and
Means be instructed to enquire into the ex.
pediency OF providing that the notes OF no
hanks by which notes below the amount of Fl va
| dollars are, or may be- issued, shall be taken
~ payment OF duties or debts TO the govern
ment OF The u States
In introducing the resolution, Mr.. l..
ac eted u t''r Niciousnes. of the car,
renoy Vice notes for dollars and paris
OF dollars supply The place of specie as.
| where such notes are issued. thew alwsy :
Will lie spoke also of The efforts made
IN some OF The stales, anu now making in
Virginia, TO Danish those notes from cir.
cut aiion-tfforts which were always in
VAIN, so long as such notes were issued
by Delghborlng siaIrs, &c. NJ auihorI,
" but Congress, he commended, was com.
peiehi 10 correct the evil III any manner I:
and, The object OF his resolution being
for enquiry only, III did not auiicipa,r
any sound objrctioa to its adoption.
SNORT debate took place on Ibis sub
jeci, which world hav, grown into im.
poriapce had The proposIiiuD been in an
affirmative nsisa6 81 aninquisitive shane.
debate in our nexf)
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FRIDAY, DEC. %.
Mir. HeTrick attended This day.
The Speaker laid before The House a
letter rom The SecreiaLy Of the Treasury,
iran mHilng statements OF The District