Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-12-25

haibor hy tho order or orders or the officers Gu
mnndiny Tor the defence of that place during the Year
The following resolution was submitted BIZ !
Mr.. Cushmdn and on motion Of Mr.. Cccke. |
with the assent Of the mover, was laid on the
table
Resotred. That the co'amitce ON Revolutionary
Pensions he directed to enqn, into the expe.ency
OF revising the pension law of March 49, 1878 or Of
so modifying it that, by lesseniny the auan,um of
bounty 10 indy duals, its may be extended
20 certain descriptions of revolutionary soldiers in re-
duced and necesslous circumstances, and moi abso-
lWey dependant ON public private charity
Mr.. Fdreiiy called for the consideration of
the resolution which he had submitted to the
House on a former day, requesting the ST.
cretary OF the Treasury to lay before the
House copy OF the report made by the Com
missioners appointed to view and inspect the
Cumberland Road
The question for consideration was carried.
Mr Randolph proposed to modify the
phraseoloSy OF the resolution, SO as to sub
stitute the word directing, instead of the word
requesting. When Information was sought
from co-ordinate branch of the government,
IT was usual to adopt the language of request.
When it was wanted from a ministerial depart-
ment, the resolution issued in the form of n
| command.
The suggestion was assented to by the mo-
yer, and the resolution was adopted
| Mr.. Nelson, of Mass. offered the following
resolution:
Rssoired, That the committee the Post Office and
Post Roads he instructed inquire into the rxpcdi-
ency OF authorizing letters and packets To and from
the Secretary Of the Board of Commissioners ,,,-
pointed under the seventh article OF the treaty be-
tween the United States aud Spain, concluded nj
washington, 22d February 1879, to he conveyed by
mail Tree OF postage.
winch motion was negatived.
On motion OF Mr.. 1omiins0n it was
Resofred, That the committee of Commerce be in
strucet to enquire into the eXpedicncy of repeating
the act passed April &C. 1916, by which, was allowed
an additional compensation, of fifty per cent to the
compensation of certain officers o the customs there
in named
4 Mr.. fright submitted the following resolu-
, ton:
Resoired, That the Clerk of this Honse paw TO the
REPRESENTATIVES OF Thomas CaNton, dece esed Late the,
Doorkceper oil this House, the sum of s 200 out of
the contingent fund, for the purpose fdelrayiy the
EXPENSES of his funeral
After some remarks by Mr. Cooke, the
Speaker and Mr. .Uuitary, with respect to the
constitutional power of the House to appropr-
ate public moneys in this manner, the question
! was put and the resolution ncSafived.
CUMBERLAND ROAD, Sc.
Mr.. Irim6fe called for the consideration of
/ the resolutions submitted by him on Tuesday,
relative to the progress and completion of THE
S Cumberland road.
The first Of these which was taken up was
that which requests the President of the Uni
! ted States 10 inform the house of the progress
4 which mad been made in the survey of the con
| tlnuation of the Cumberland Road from
Wheeling to the Mississippi. This resolve was
agreed 10 without objection.
e ihe two other resolutions respecting the re-
e PAIR OF the Cumberland Road, and the exc
e cution of the projected road from Wheeling to
. Inc hisslsslpPi were then read, aud, being be.
: fore the House
n MIR. farely wished the resolutions to r..
: mann on Inc table until the information was
: obtained from the Secretary OF the Treasury,
: pursuant to the resolution that he. had the no.
nor to Introduce, and which had been this
I, morning adopted. 1t was desirable that the
mouse should act upon the subject with the
best nights that the case afforded. 1t was an
important subject Large sums of money had
been expended, and he feared, To very little
!. purpose, fur he had understood that the com
! missioners had examined the road this season,
and had given an unfavorable report of the
manner IN which the public money had been
expended, and that those disbursements were
lnaae win an we to private speculation RI
i Their than public utility.
r Mr. Irtmble said his object was, TO have as
early an enquiry as possible into this subject.
He wished the committee to be raised now.
that they might have AN opportunity of inves-
S tiea'ing TINS subject at period ofthe session
most convenient Tor the purpose, the house be-
9 ing less engaged than it would be after the
holidays. When the papers called for by the
resolution already passed were received, he
proposed they should be referred to the com
mltfce with respect to this enquiry. Mr. II.
: reminded the gentleman from Pennsylvania
: that opposition TO enquiries into this subject
mad sometimes been found in they very quarter
III which the road lies. 1t was but the other
(; day that petition had been presented to this
house for the allowance of Il dra,rback on cx-
) portation oil cordaSc manufactured .jrom Rus
, s'd Temp which petition was referred to a
committee. While an inquiry was going on
into that subject, Mr.. Il. wished that in1Iiry
should be made into the expediency of provi-
ding some mode of getting a road to transport
our opn hemp to the market in which the TO-
reign hemp successfully completes with it /;
and he prayed that the house would allow this
inquiry to be commenced atan early day. When
ever the subject came To be debated in this
house, he said he knew there would be a dis
4 cussion as well of the constitutionalty AS of
the policy of the measure /; and he hoped it
would be brought on in time to allow deli
berate consideration of it.
MIR. rarely said he had no objection to the
4 object OF the resolutions, and had only thrown
out his suggestion on the subject for the consi-
dcration of the mover, without intending to
object TO the resolutions.
The question was then taken on the passage
Of the resolves, and decided allirmativeIy
without objection
| SICK AND DISTRESSED sEAMEN.
Theresolutions yesterday submitted by Mr..
Golden, calling on the Commissioners ofNayy
Hospitals for certain information relative TO
sick and disabled seamen, being taken up for
consideration
Mr.. SnriM of Md. suggested that the infor-