Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-26
THURSDAY, MARCH 81, 1899.

| THURSDAY, MARCH Of, 1892
IN SENATE
| The resolution submitted h, Mr.. Un,xps
OF Maine, on Tuesday, and that offered bv
Mr. JOHNSON, of Kentucky, Yesterday, were.
severally considered and agreed to.
Inc hlil granting Co George Shannon (who
was wounded while conducting home The
MAINTAIN Chief who accompanied Lewis and
Clark from their expedition from the Pacific.
and IS now an invalid, having lost his leg in
consequence thereof a section or 64O acres
OF public land, being under consideration
| Mr.. TALBOT urged the merits of the petit
uoner ana the equity of the donation, in sup
| port of the hill
Mr.. VAN DYKE had no objection to making
s"ch provision Tor the petitioner as he might
De entitled to. Is voted in the usual mode of
granting pensions; but this bill proposed Ia
go step further, in disposing OF M nnb,,c
lands than had been heretofore adnptrd and
lie could not sanction il. If tic petitions,
was entitled 10 mere OF the public bounty
Than he now received, the would prefer giving
| hiin further pension in money.
MI TALBnT cited several c1scs Of, siro;lar
character, in which grants Of land had been
made TO those who had rendered ,netitorious
| services.
bir- NopLE, vas unwilling to giant Gao
acres oi iaDd To Tie pcii';nnrr in addition IN n
pension OF dollars month which he had
received since 1919; and because the men
VINO accompanied Lewis and Clark were he, :
Ter rewarded than the soldiers who fought The
battles oi the country. Ir moved the indcf-
mite postPonemcnt of The bill.
Mr. TALBOT replied, and commended ti,at
the expedition required as much hardhood
ana courage as any military service tina t
inns bill was justified by precedent that the pc
'itIoner was entirely disabled, and that he was
deserving of this small boon from, the public
liboraiitv.
Mr.. Benton stated that This application
was not made for services rendered in the cy-
petition of Lewis and Clark, hut on a distinct
service, IN which the petitioner had received
the wound that disabled him for life. RIr. r.
rccapiiulated the character and circumstances
OF ms service, ITS importance, sc. 10 show
'nat the case was not one OF an ordinary cha
ractcr, that the donation ought to be grant
cd and was IN no danger offormiag an iniuri-
Gus precedent.
Mr.. VAN DYKE went at some length info IN
! examination of this case 10 shew that i, was
one oil an ordinary kind that there was nothino
to take ii out of the common course, and that
IL would he nexpeGiant TO pass the bill
Inc lnlI was postponed indefinitely without
a division.
The Senate then west into the considera-
ton 0f Executive business, and the doors re-
manned closed until after o'clock; when
The Senate adjourned
UJSOn the next day, on motion of sIr r..
NJ. johnson of Kentucky, the bill relative 10
George Shannon was reconsidered, and the
bill again laid upon the table.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MIR. WILLIAMS Of North Carolina, from the
COMMITTEE on Ci9ims, pursuant to a resoIu-
tIon referred TO them, reported bill i'm addi-
ton 10 The act entitled "An Act for the
| prompt settlement of public accounts" which
was twice read and ordered TO lie on the table
| Mr. KENT, from the Committee on the
District Of Columbia, reported a hill TO enable
the inhabitants of the District of Columbia to
form frame of government, which was read
twice and committed.
Mr.. HILL submitted the following resolu-
zion:
RESOLVED, That the Library Committee be
directed to iHquire into the cxpediency of dis
tributing the four volumes of the Secret our
nal of Congress, and Journal of the Conyen-
| ton, TO those members who belonged to the
10th Congress, that have not received them
and also, to report on the propriety of distri-
buting copies Of the same books TO the Athe-
neum, Antiquarian, Historical and other
| lehIHtu iusttutIOnS 10 the ODlted STATES, to-
gether with the Journal of the Convention
The Fourth Census, Pitkin's and Seybert's
Statistics, Waits edition of State Papers, and
the Commercial Regulations of foreign coun-
| tries.
The question being taken upon considering
the same, it was decided in the negative.
Mr.. MERCER laid on the table the following
resolution
Res0IUed, That the Committee on the Pub
lie Buildings he instructed to inquire into the
practicabiIity Of further accommodation OF
the House of Representatives, by preparing
the room in the Centre Building, designed for
the public library
On motion of Mr.. TUcKEE Of Va. it was
Resoiyed, That the Committee on the Post
Office and Post Roads inquire into the expe-
dieDcy Of re-cstabli5hing the post route from
Washington TO New Orleans, through Dan
vile, in Virginia, and Salisbury, in North
Carolina.
ResOIged, That the said Committee inquire
into the cxpedonoy of establishing post road
from Halifax G. II. to the town Of DanyilIe
in Virginia, and from Lynchburg, by Pittsyl-
wants G. II. to the said town Of Danville.
! The SPEAKER laid before the house a COM
munIcation from the Post Office relative to
the Interruption Of The mails between the
City of Washington and Wheeling, in Virgi.
MIA, which was ordered 10 lie oil the table.
J The House then resumed the consideration