Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-04-26
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

SSh"'e' lie SENATE tncn adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr.. FLorD's resolution, submitted yester
day, calling for Information from the Execu-
i've IN relation to the correspondence ol
Jonathan Russell, Esq. Minister of the United
States in concluding the treaty of Client, was
| taken up and adopted.
message was received from the Presden,
of the United States, similar to the one trans
mitted to the Senate.
The SPEAKER laid before the House a com
muncation from the Treasury Department,
IN relation 10 the sales of Public Lands. stating
that certain Information on that subject, re-
CURED by n resolution of this House cannot
for want of time to obtain, be furnished before
| the close of the present session of Congress
which was ordered to be laid on the table.
The bill from the Senate supplementary 10
the act to set apart aud dispose of part of the
public lands To encourage the cultivation OF
the vine and olive, was read third time.
MIR. RANKIN presented variety of censi-
dcraiions in support of the passage of the bill,
and replied to inquiries made by Mr.. HILL
and Mr.. WALwoRrH.
Mr.. GILMER opposed the bill on the ground
that it enabled the purchasers and occuniers
OF certain parts OF the land, to hold the same
at two dollars per acre, when they were worth
| forty, and the residue of the lands would b,
useless TO the United States.
Mr.. Cook was also opposed to it on the
same ground, and he added that the indiyi
duals who entered into the association well I'M
ders'ood the terms Of the contract, and there
was no good reason why it should be departed
from.
Mr.. TAYLOR was in favor OF the bill on the
ground that II was necessary to carry into
elect the object for which the grant was
originally made. To encourage the cultiva-
ton of the vine and olive was the primary
object of the grant. and without the provision
| OF this bill, he believed that object could moi
be attained.
Mr.. GiLMEI moved that the bill be recon-
mlted to the Committee ON the Public Lands
On this motion the merits of the bill were in
cidentally discussed by Messrs. Gilmer and
.dter. iSnlyth, in favor Of the recommitmcnt
and by Mcssrs. Rankin, Wal,csrth, Moore OF
Allah. Mercer, and Rhen, in OPPOSITION to it
Mr.. Cook expressed himself satisfied with
the explanation that had been given by the
gentleman from Mississippi, (AIr. RANKIN,
and hoped the bill would be adopted in its pre-
sent shape.
The motion fer yecommitment was mega.
tlyed and the bill was finally passed and
returned to the Senate
charge or accusation on any department, hui
commended that the statements he had made
were correct, and that the gentleman from
New York, Mr.. Sterling,) had miscoaceved
the propositions lie had advanced.
Mr.. McDUFFIE replied at length TO the re.
marks made yesterday by the gentleman from
Kentucky, (Mr. Harding and took wide
| range ofremark, animadyertng upon the re.
| port of the Retrenchment Committee, (so
called,) which, he coDtended, was altogether
incorrect, and defending the character and
| policy of the present administration in speech
of nearly an hour.
Mr.. HARDIN replied, IN erienso, TO the OBJ.
servations of the gentleman from South
Carolina, (Mr. .HcDu6ie,) and defended the
report OF the Committee of Retrenchmcnt
by reference to variety of documents and
estimates
Mr.. SMITH, of Md. made few further OBJ.
seryations upon the subject of proposed ar
preparation, and also pointed out what he
deemed to be an error of S52i 900, in the re.
port OF the Committee Of Rctrenchment.
| Mr. WHIPPLE, Ia member Oftle commit.
tee,) explained, and commended that the mistake
just pointed out, did not exist.
Mr.. RHEA expressed his sentiments in
favor of the appropriation.
Mr.. McDUFFIE rejOined to the remarks oil
the gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr. Hurdpt,
and reviewed the various topics that had been
introduced into the discussion.
Mr. HARDIN replied to the observations o
the gentleman from Maryland, (Mr. Sm,fh,
and also animadverted upon the remarks OF
the gentleman from South Carolina, OR
McDgGe.)
Further remarks were made on the sublec,
by Messrs. Smith Of Md. r. Jones, Ross, and
II. WILSON, when the committee rose and re-
ported progress, and then,
The house adjourned
SATURDAY, APRIL 90.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr.. HARDIN, from the select committee