Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-23
EXTRACTS FROM THE
PROCEEDINGS Of CONGRESS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
FEBRUARY I6.
NH EfI'AHV ACAnENJN


On motion of Mr. E,stis it was
iteSolrSd, That the committee on military
affairs be instructed To enquire into the exp
dirncy ol reducing the number and the com
pensation "r the corps ufcadets :and whether
II ~ eXprdrni 20 make any alterations in the
laws aud regulations for governing the militia
~ ACADEMY.
MISSISSIPPI LANDS.
Mr.. Cdnn0n lai'l on the table the following
joint resolution for consideration
ReSoired, by tie Senate and House of Reprs-
sentofices ofMe u. 5. IF .1merlca IN Congress
| assemblies That the Secretary of State be d..
fcctrd 10 deliver 10 such person or persons, or
Their legal representatives, any title papers or
otherwise, that may have been filed or depos-
ited IN The Office OF the board of commission
trs, which have beeen adiudged by said boar.
To be valid, and on which no receipt has been
ssued, under the act entitled an act provid-
'ns fui the lndennl:ication of certain claim
ants nfpublic lands in the Mississippi terri
tory, approved March jIst, 1914" whenever
application shall he made, either by the person
Thing or dcpnsitlng the same, or such person
ofpcrsons oril'eirlegai representatives as afora
saiu or Inc person making the REIMBURSEMENT
required by sad act and in all cases where
papers were flied in the SAID Office, and no re-
llnqulshment made, as required by the said
act papers shall also he delivered, when an
pied for, to Tie person or persons who flod
| mem; or lie person or persons holding the IL
Tie To The same, or his or their legal represen-
tatycs.
BANKRUPT BILL RESUMED.
On the orders OF The day being announced
The house on motion of Mr. Sergeant. took
ny, I'D committee CT the whole MIR. Td1dor in
the chair, the bill To establish an uniform sys
lem oi bankruptcy the motion at Mir. ,SmyiE
oi q. Ia strike oui the FIRST section ito defeat
the bill beng under consideration.
Mr. 'Sacger read and commented upon the
principal provisions ofthe bill, ard replied to-
sOnm al The most prominent objections of its
ad'"rsaF1rs. He remarked more particular
~, upon the scrupnOus care, which it took.
to shut uP every avenue TO fraud. AS TO it,.
operating to dissolve contracts, thing which
appeared 50 pOrlenious and terrible to- some
gentlemen, hc would inform them that this
WAS done, IN fact, under the insulvent laws
lndc'ti, II was nov done more efieetually than
II would be- under the provisions of this bin and
he dl not thnkit worth while to make so
much ado about the shadow when the sub
stance was gone. He remarked that there
could he no danger IN compelling a small mi
norty OF the creditors To- submit to the decii-
ION oi large majority Oi them, when the in
teresls Uiali were cisely the same, and fbo
gam or loss of any course at proceeding with
respect 10 The bankrupt, would be common 70
al. 80 far LOn brlng measure TO dissolve Il
was ii fact, calculated more efcctuallyt o en-
I force thcm u1rr existing laws, a man might
get goods IN credit in n. York, and invest the
proceeds IN real estate in V. {; half of whicbIrv
I the laws OF that state could not be touched by
his creditors. HclIad Intended, i'm the begin
nhS, to have u1dccd all the objections offer
cd hy The gentlemen from Virginia, who had
( successfully taken the floor i'm this debate Inf
Inc had found That impossible. They had
come forth SO fast and SO loud. aud from so
many, that he had been Qnite astunished land
/ II he bad had the power Of Richard the
third, hc should have called Tor flourish oil
drums and trumpcts, to drown the cIamor.
! On the whole, he considered the bill as We
/ ry perfect, highly creditable - the Judgment
and intelligence Of the gentleman who had
| prcparedit lie felt almost as much ankle
| ~ for II, as he should fOr an only child who
was SICK and IFS Ease pronounced by theidoc-
tors TO be- critical so numerous were the IN
| fortunate men, even OF his own acquaintance,
who vested all their hopes upon IL. lie de:
! scrlbed the situation of the merchants Of Nor
folk, and d the city generally, as peculiarly
desolate aud distressing in consequences Of
commercial embarrassment. Whatever might
be- the fate Of the bill, he thought one gentle
man entitled to gratitude and thanks Tor the
noble stana he lad tabor ON the side cf ~
mantv.