Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-02


shewmg the number al persons placed ON the |
pension roll, hy ,irtuo of the act, entitled &" an
act Ia provlce for certain persons engaged in |
the land aud naval service of the United |
States, III the revolutionary war" passed the !
ioth day al March, 1913, and the number of
persons placed on the pension roll, under the
act oi Congress of the first OF Nav, 1890, and
aiso ;hc number rejected under the provisions
of the last recsts,d act, and stricken from the
Pc sion roll which were placed thereon, un-
der the act first above rected
MIR. ID WOLF submitted the following reso-
u,lun for consideration:
Resotred, That tine caN,mi,tee on Com
msrcv and Manufactures ne instructed To re-
por, bill for allowing drawbacks on mer-
chaadlse exported, WHICH siiaA be manafactu-
REQ iroin 4Aleign materials, to amount of the
dti:ies On. such materials
hr. wv oIe made speech of cOnsidera-
Ole length, explanatory of hIs views in offer
ing the resolution embracing Il variety of
practical statements of the course OF trade, TO
SHOW The advantage which would accrue to
me revenW by extending the benefit of draw
hacks, inasmuch as it would encourage inter
nal industry, and expectation: urging the ex-
P"diency of adapting such measures as would
tend I" d'n'n'sh the existing inequality in the
amount I" imports aud exports, as detrimeni-
al 10 the pubic interest as 1t ALWAYS is to- the
interest Ut private individual To hay more
than he sells &c
Mr.. DicKERseN, without inquiring into the
nltritsoi the proposition, would merely observe,
ihat'he should consider any bill which might
grow out of the resolution, in the nature of u
revenue bill, and, as such, it would he impro-
per to originate i'll the Senate.
Nr. DN"LF observed, that if bill on this
SUBJECT could he considered revenue bill
then The Senate could originate no measure
fr,l
nothing more it proposed no tax, or impust by
which i'venue could be raised, and therefore
ne considered il not liable To the objection made
to it.
The resolution lies on the table one day OF
course.
Mr.. WARE, Of Georgia, communicated 70
tne Scna'e Il preamble aud sundry resolutions
OF thr Legislature of Georgia, having for thrir
o2,'ci the attainment from Congress of proyi-
sior for holding treaty with the Cherokee
inoians, for the extinction of their title to GER
tam territory: and for the obtainmrnt of i'm
oemni'y tor spoliations which certain citizens
OF Grorgia have suffered from said Indians
and the document was read.
Nr CBANDLER laid on the table the follow
ing resolution:
itesolced, That the Committee on Roads
ana Canals be instructed Ia nq ARE into the
exPediency of erecting Military Road from
river, or soma point on the line between the
State ut Maine aad the province of Lower
canada and another Military Road from the
1own OF Bangor, in Maine, Ia some pniut on
She hh'' between the State Of Maine and the
Trovince of New Brunswick.
The Senate took up the resolution submit.
t"dby Mr.. RuGGLEs, on Saturday, Requesting
oi the President of the United States certain
,ntormation relative To the lands granted and
ioca'ed by patents to the revolutionary OIL
GERS and soldiers of the Virginia line. in the
resrr a!ions in the States of Kentucky and
Ohio.
MIR. RUGGLEs offered few remarks in ex-
piana'ion OF the object of this resolution Re
said, il would BE- recullected that. in the year
1894, the Stare of Virginia ccdcd all the va
caih and unappropriaied lands north west OF
The ONO river, to the United States At
tached tn this cession were certain conditions
one OF which was, that in case the quantity al
good iand on the southeast side of the Ohio
upon the waters of Cumberland river and be-
tween the Green and Tennessee rivers. should
prove insufficient to satisfy the egirl hollnties
WINCH had been engaged tn the troups of
Virginia on continental establishment, then the
deficiency 5hoeld be made to the s;rii troons
10 COCO land between the Scnto and Little
mann r,vers on the northwest side OF the
1I'er ONO. In short time after This cpssion
was made, the holders of these solliers' war
rants commenced locating them on the trar3
Oh land coDditionaiiy reserved northwest Of
Tue ONO river, without any Information hay
Ing been given to the Executive Of tie United
States or Congress, that deficiency on the
waters M Cumberland river existed Con-
gress, by resolution of 17GG, put STOP to Ibis
proceeding by declaring all such surveys and
locations invalid, until correct measures should
DC taken to ascertain the fact that Il deficiency
had really occurred. The Governor OF Viz
s'nIa was then requested 10 ascertain and
communicate this information to the general
government, IN order 70 enable them to carry
INTO effect the spulatinns in the act Of ccss,on.
according tu the true intent and meanin. of
me parties. Afterwards, the agents Of the Of
hc"rs and soldiers did report TO The Governor
OIL Virginia that there WAS not Il sufficient
quantity of good land to meet The engage
'nents of the state, on fIr south west side orthe
river ONO, upon which Information they were
authorized by Congress to locate the remain.
DER OF the warrants upon the S;ci0to and Lit
Tie AiIami rivers. Mir. T.. said this was p
plain history oil the proceeding as IT had az
Cured. Ills Object, in calling for the iDfor-
nation contained IN the resolution, was 10 as
certain whether the contract between thr
United States and the state Of Yirn;njn had.
been iaIrly executed and whether any fr,ud
mai been committed IN the issuing Of lie war
rants, or Ia The l3CaliOn Of them. Mr Il. said
NJ was lar from lmprfiIg ANY miss onduci or
blaine 10 The state OF Nirginia. or any officer
ncinS under the authority other laws. Itwa..
however, fact, that it had taken much
more Rand To satisfy jiIpse warrants than was
ever anticipated, aId almost TIA, Whole district
on country between lie SciOiO and Little