Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-05-28


the blank with that day, and agreed to, lOl
| votes To IS.
Thus amended, the resolution was passed
and returned to the Senate, who agreed to the
| amendment.
MONDAY. May "a.
IN SENATE.
On motion ofMr Eaton, leave of absence
| was granted 10 Mr.. Jackson for the remainder
Of the session.
This being the last day of the session, on
which, according TO a joint rule Of the two
Houses, any bill can rass from one House Ia
the other, the following bills, which originated
in SENATE, and which had just passed to a third
reading, were read third time, by general
consent, aud passed, and sent to the House
| OF Representatives for concurrence, viz : The
bill " to fix the Western boundary line of the
Territory of Arkansas, and for other purpo-
SEES = the bin explanatory OF an act, entitled
An act to provide for the extlngushment OF
the debt due tOthe United States from the
purchasers of public lands !" and the resoiu-
ton providing place of deposite for the
Portrait of Columbus, and> directing the dis.
tribation of certain copies of the Declaration
of Independence
The bills which originated in Senate. "for
the relief of Nimrod Farrow and Richard
Harris ;" I" to complete the survey of the
Southern and Western Boundaries of the
Stale of Missouri )" and " for the relief of the
legal representatives of Thomas Robertson.
deceased" were severally read The third time
PASSED, and sent 10 the other House for con-
currence.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
A message was received from the President
oil the u Siates, transmitting a communities.
ton from the Department of State in relation
IN fhs.I tlfsl al
between the people of the United States (apd
particularly the people of the state of Mis-
souri) and the Mexican Prov inces, SC. hch
was read and ordered t. lie on the table
| The farther consideration of the bill s 10 reg
olate steamboats,, and provide for the safety
! of passengers thereIn," was postponed till thu.
first Monday Of November next-ayes 81,
noes AZ.
| TUESDAY, MAY 25.
Mr.. Livingston, from the Committee of
4 Investigation I'm the case ofthe memorial ui
NInlan Edwards, made a report, observing
mat 1t gave him satisfaction TO state that there
were, in the committee, no dissentient voices
in adopting the report.
| The select committee, to which was refer
red thu memorial or address of NiDian Ed
wards, Report:
Ihaf, immediately on their appointment, as
the House has already been informed, thew
communicated d copy of this address to the
Secretary of the Treasury, and they also or
dered the attendance of Mr.. Edwards, to be
examined before them, as witness, touching
the various charges in the memorial. For,
although, IN that address, he refers to papers
and documents, accessible to the committee
without his presence, as the main supports of
ms charges, yet the committee were of opin-
ION, That these charges were not such as
1 u hf. nIt narE Ub r =
examined; & that it ought not to content itself
with any investigation, short OF one in which
the accuser should have an opportunity of
being personally present, the better to sustain
the charges, u they were capable of being sus-
tanned, or to bear the proper responsibility. il
failing 10 sustain them, he should appear TO
nave brought them forward, in form thus
positive and imposing, from personal and i'm
proper motives, or upon frivolous preiexts.
And the committee is still Of opinion, that this
investigation ought not to be finally closed,
without the personal examination Of Mr.. Ed
wards; and, IN proceeding to make any re-
port on the subject, at the present time, and
before such an examination is had the COM
mIttee acts only from the necessity Imposed
upon 1t by the approaching close of the ses.
sion, and by sense of duty which dictates
That II ought not to postpone, to distant day,
all communication to the House on subject
so interesting to the Government, and so
nearly affecting the honor and integrity Of one
OF IFS highest officers.
| Under the influence Of these motives, the
committee makes this report, as the result Of
It's examination Of The papers referred to in
The address, and such other proofs as the
committee cOnld command. Whatsoever is
here said, therefore, must he received with the
qualification, that, although the committee do
not know that Mr.. Edwards, il present, could
communicate any fact likely to be important,
they do not know on he other hand, that he
might not do so ; and he has had no opportu-
niy to be examined, or 10 give any reply 10
the answer of the Secretary, which the com
| m'ttee has received, and which has already
been printed, by order Of he House.
tere follow u pages Of the pamphlet Report-And then
| IL concludes as folowsD
Another charge Of suppression incidenia y
MADE, but which the committee deem il pro
per 10 notice, relaies 10 a report made by the
Secretary! in obedience to resolution of III,
House Of The 31st December, 1910, calling
Tor such information as he possessed, in rela-
ton to The introduction of slaves into The o.
nited States. On this point the committe,
addressed an inquiry to the Secretary, and re-.
ceised from him The answer annexed 10 thi.
report, marked l..
Although they are Of opinion that there