Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-01-16

| iT,rr. thai there were within The Dis.,ici
SO many corporations that the number
ought uoi TO b. increased, unless under
| an urgent necessity, &c.
Mr.. H0rSey aud MIR. Linyd supported
| the bill, on The ground OF It's importance
| 10 The proper accomplishment of an OBJ
| leci OF grsa, interest Ia humanity, which
could not be IN any other way SO " ell ac-
complisbed. The same explanation Of the
| bili WAS substantially given IA was gwen
| oi its merits when pending in the House
! of Representatives, aud which the reader
| will recoilpci.
MIR. Ro6erfs had moved a general post.
| ponemeut of The bill /; but, with view
| TO allow gsntlcn,eu favorable 10 the bill 10
| amend II, II they desired, he withdrew
| his motion and. ON motion of Mr.. Lord,
the bill was postponed 10 Monday next.
| The Seua,e then resumed The couside-
ration of the bill o auihorisr the appoint.
ment of commiSsi ners 10 lay out canal
between the navigable waters OF the Ohio
amt Lake Erie.
| Mr.. Rnsg'es moved 10 strike oui the
clause I'll Il provides that nothing in The
bill shall be construed as plrdgiDg the T..
| States TO deiiay any part of the expens.
| OF making the said canal, aud 10 iHsrrt,
canal beicg land out, SD much OF the pro
cceas at the sales OF public lands in the
| Delaware dist,ici, in Ohio, as should ex-
ceed the minimum cash price of one dol.
lar and t"enil hive cents per acre, should
be applied TO the purpose o I makiBg this
canal
MIR. LOrrric required division of the
| question, so as To take il first on striking
out.
Mr.. Holmes, of Maine, moved 10 amend
the amendment, by adding 10 the end of
1t The word When the said canal shall
have been completed to the satisfaction
! OF Congress"
There grew out of these motions De-
| bate which was interrupted only b, the
arrival of The usual hour fnr adjournment,
We have no room a, present for even a
! brief report of il.
MIR. 1rimbIc nas opposed In pinion
with regard 10 tins amen imen,, To his
colleague witO moved IL, because he VAS
favorable 10 The bhl, which he apprehend-
ed IN" proposed amendment migj, defeat
With The exception of Mr. T. the other
gentlemen Who spoke were pro Or Coz, the
whole scheme al the bll as IS ell as Of the
amendment. The bill was Imported and
oppose" by The following gentlrneri--
For he bill Against the 6iH.
Me''''' fT r;;Gn9s' Nies'r' 0,s.
Macon
Chandler.
The argument in favor Of the general
| obI"c's of the bill. besides the obvious
one OF promoting public convenience aud
pnvdic comfort. was, principally, that it
"onii S'raty lnireaIe the value OF the
public lands. by facilitating intercourse
between them and other parts ot the
country.
The argument against the bill was not
against the policy OF uch improvements.
so much as against any partial measures
IN regard 10 internal improvements 81 tins
description. Ii canals were To be ma te
at the expense of lie u. s., as II vas ey,
ideni this vas intended 10 be, IL was sug-
ges'rd that the Experiment. Shouts b"gln
IN improved and pOpulons paris of the
county, rather than IN the wilderness, DC.
Before any questions was decided in re-.
gard /" ia bill, ihc SENATE adjourned.
THURSDAY. JANUARY II.
Mr.. L'"am submitted The following
! resoluiI<n:
| Rcsoired That the committee on Naval sc.
/ fairs be instructed to enquire whether there
| al" any ObStrnciions to the navigation OF the
! river Thames, IN The siaie ct Connecticut
| which we're placed there by the Americas
ships bio ckaded during the late war. and If
an,, what measures ought to be adopted for
the removal of such distractions
M 'Snnfh, from The committee on the
Judiciary, 10 winch was referred The
5ankrup' Bill, reported the same withou,
amrudmeDt.
MIR. Smith, from the committee on the
Judiciary, To winch the subject was re.
ierred, reported d bill TO cause 10 be sur
yeye'i, marked, and distinguished, the
boundary line between IN northern part
ct Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan y Inch
waf read.
TIE resolution submitted yesterday by
Nj. Lloyd was considered and agreed 10
LAKE ERIE CANAL.
The Senat' resumed IN consideration
OF The b'li to authorize the appointment
OF com missIoners To Law OUT the ronte of
a Canal from the navigable " alters of the
Ohlo 10 Lake Ere-ihe motion made
By Mr.. RUggLes. 10 pledge certain pro.
ceeds OF lie ales of the public lands 10
making the Cauai, being The question un-
der consideration.
Mr.. Waller, OF Alabama, spoke against
the bii, grounding his ubIcciions-with.
out examining al all, tie constitutional
question, but only the question of ey-
pedlency-on :he belief that such a
work ought not 10 be underiakpn, urr
less a. part Of great system of lnter-
nal Improvement ; that this, FIR seve-
raj reasons Which he adducPd, was mot
the point at which such system ought
10 be com menced that the enhancement
of he value Of The public lands, was not
good argumeHi in favor of The bill, TN
less The government meant, in cd faith.
Ia make the canal after lis course was
laid Out. and therefore the amendment
offered by Mr. RUggics was fair and
commeudable, DC. ~ order, however,
10 lesi iIln senAe Of Lie Snnn, Of 80. -, |