Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-19

and eight hNWlred and twenty, entitled An nci
IN addition Ia an act, entitled An net 10 provide
Tor certain persons engaged in the land and naval
service of the United States in the Revolutionary
War, passed the eighteenth dav Of March, one thou
sand eight hundred and eighteen" whenever such
person, 81 stricken from the list of pensioners shall
iurnish evidence IN pursuance of the provisions of
SAID act, 10 satisfy the Secretary of War that he is in
such inuigent circumstances ms 10 he unable to
support himself without the assistance of his connir,
see. :. .4'd ne a further eadated, That when amy
person, coming within the provisions of the acts To
which this IS supplementary, shall, by reason of mo-
d,ly ,nhrmIy, be unable to attend in court TO make
his schedule and furnish the evidence hy said acts re-
CURED shall he lawful for any jdne of "A court of
record NJ the district, city, county, borough. in
which such person resides, attend N, his place of
abode, and receive his schedule and oath or AFR
mutton and said hdSe shall certify ,ha, said appli
cant WIS, from bodily inirmy unable 10 attend such
court, which schedule, aud oath or affirmation aud
certificate, snail by SAID judge he produced in the
court oil which he isuge, and the opinion of said court
OF the value oi the property contained in said sche-
dule shall he entered thereon and certified Ly the
clerk oil said court and such schedule shall be valid
oI AL The purposes contemplated by the acts afore-
said
Sec. 5. Ind he .fnfhsr enacted That pensions
granted upon other and different schedules than those
heretofore exhibited hy the same applicants shall
commence from the time such schedule shall be Gled
IN court.
The bill was twice read and committed.
On motion of Mr.. Montgomery, it was
AMI Post Roads be instructed TO inquire into the ex
petlency oil changing the mail route from Richmond,
IN heniu'k Ky, tn The Halle Patch, as TO pass by
nahcnesier, AMI from thence To Barboursylle and,
also, tlat tue SAID Committee inquire into the expe
dency oil disseminating the mail route from Manches-
ter, Kentucky, ~ the Halle Patch or McKee's aud
from thence To Columhia Kentucky; and also thar
me said COMMITTEE inquire into the expediencv of
disseminating the mad route from. Ross Pos, ;ca
Whltiy county, TO Moniecello, Wayne county, Ken
mcky.
On motion ofAIr Sergeant, il was
hesored, That the Committee on Commerce be
instructed 10 inquire whether any alteration is ne
roSsary IN the laws defining the limits of the port of
Phadcphia,- Or the bounds within which the officers
OF the customs of tiat port may lie required to per-
form their respective duties.
On motion OF Mr.. Stevenson il was
Resoi'ed, That the Committee on the Post Office
ana fos' hoads he instructed to Inquire into the ex-
pediency of establishing post route from the city of
RICHMOND /" Virginia, by the Piping Tree, in King
W 'lam county, 10 King and Queen Court House
gloucester, MiddlcseX, and Matthews.
On motion of MIR. j. T. Johnson of Ky the
House agreed To consider (ayes SO, noes 49,
a resolution by him submitted on a former
day, directing the Committee on Military AZ
lars TO inquire into the expediency of esta-
blisnng anational mandatory of arms, sc
ON the western waters; and the same was
thcreupon adopted.
Mr.. Scott laid on the table the following re-
solution:
Resolye7, That the Secretary of War lie requested
10 report TO tins House statement. shelving the NUM-
her oi soldiers who have received their bounty lands
Tor services rendered during The late war; the GUAM
uty oil land received by thea the number of soldiers
yet eninitd to receive bounty land and the quantity
oil land that will be required satisfy their claims
over aud above what has been set apart lyy former
acts of Congress.
Mr.. Condict laid on the table the following
resolution:
heSolted, That the President of the United States
DE requested o communicate this house such inCor-
NATION as he may possess, and which may moi be i'm
ptoperto communicate, in respect to any outranes
ana abuses committed upon the person cf The officers
OF crews, oi The American vessels at the Havana or
oiher Spanish ports in America also whether any
measures have been adopted under Spanish authori-
~, lending 10 punish, restrain coun;enance eth,
suc personal outta2es or piratcal depredations up-
on the property OF our merchants; also, whether, in
TIE opinion OF The President, any further legislative
provisions may he necessary TO enable the Executive
more eecluay 10 proIecl rights from similar ag-
sressiOns.
MIR. Giimer laid the following resolution on
the table:
Resoired, That the Secretary of War he directed ,o
report to the House of Representatives whethar lie
Whole OF the snm of thirty thousand dollars speci6.
caly appropriated by of Congress, passed the
lil April. 1920, for The purpose of b,Liua treaties
WIN The Cherokee tribes of Indians has been expend-
ed u not what part has, and whcther any rae II said
sum l. yc SUBJECT to he app Cpraied according 10 the
terms oil said act, and also III what manner and for
what purposes SAID sum has been expended
On motion of Dir. Merton, Of Va. it was
ReSOlred, That the Committee of WAYS and Means
be instructed TO inquire into the policy Of reducing the
duty imposed on Madeira Wines, and of proportion
M me duty TO the quality OF each imported into
the United States
The SpeGker presented communication
from the Secretary of the Treasury Depart
ment, III comp lance with a call of The House.
transmitting statement showing the nett pro-
cceds OF the sales of the public lands in the
states OF Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, from
the several periods required.
On motion OF Mr.. Cook, the communication
was ordered 10 be laid on the table and print
ed
The Speaker further presented commune
cation from the Secretary of the Treasury on
the subject of the compensation of the clerks
IA that department, pursuant TO law which.
on motion of Dir. Tracy, was referred TO the
Committee on the Expenditures ofthe Trea
aury Department and ordered to be printed.
The SPedkcr also presented cOmmunica-
tlon from the Treasury Department on the
subject OF The Cumberland road which. on
notion OF MIR. Irimbie, was referred to the
Committee On Roads and Canals, and order
ed 20 be printed.
On motion of Mr. Mercer, it was
Resoired, That the Committee ON the S,pnress;on
OF The Slave Trade bc instructed to inquire whether
the laws OF the United Sta;es prohibiting that traffic
have been duly executed, and, r So into the general
cnect produced thereby on the trade Itself also, TO
inquire into and export the defects ir any exist in e
operation Of the laws and suggest adequate rene
dies therefor.
MIR. Wilson, of Md. withdrew the resolution
under discussion yesterday in the house, and
IN lieu thereof offered the following:
Resotred, That each Of the United States has nm
rGnnl right {" participate in tho benefit Of the Public
Lands, the common property OF the Union
H@oired, hat the States in whose favour Con-
grcss has not made appropriations Of Land for The
purposes OF educdiiou entitled TO such apptopria
t'ons as Wi correspond ina just proportion with those
mere 'oiOre made ~ FAVOR Of thc other States
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