Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-06-15
DOMESTIC.

1 WARRINGTON, June fO:-The Committee
of Investigation continue their sittings daily.
They were engaged yesterday in examining
various witnesses on the part of Mr.. Edwards.
Among them we're Judge White, Of Ten
nessee Mcssrs. James L. M'Kenna. Jonah
'rhompsoo, Jacob Morgan, and J. Sandrrson.
all oil Alexandria, in this District, touching
the nature of the Governments deposites in
the banks OF that place. Some fifteen or
twenty other residents Of the District have, at
the instance of Mr.. Edw ards, been summoned
oeiore the COMMITTEE and he has requested
| that the hon. Andrew Stevenson, Of Virginia,
ana Mr.. Thomas Richie, of Richmond, may
also be summoned, but we do not know whe-
| ther the c Committee, have complied. The Com
m'tee, we are informed, have not Welded to
MIR. Edwards's request, to be- excused from an
examination himself. The Committee will
meet again at o'clock, and seem determined
to finish the Investigation without delay.
=. mat. Int.
The Sock ofthe Bank of the United States
has been steadily advancing for some time
past, until It has attained point Of apprecia-
''"n not only much above what II has been a,
any previous period since its great depression
at the close Of the first administration of the
Institution, but which looks like an approxi-
NATION (taough from different causes towards
the inflated value which speculation attached
TO u during the first years of its existence
Large sales have been made at New York as
high as 223 per cent. above par, and that is the
price at which the stock is last quoted in most
oi the eastern cities. This advance is nor the
effect OF reckless speculation, but or the
prosperous condition of the Institution, the
abundance Of capital in the commercial cities,
and the increased confidence OF moneyed men,
in the Bank, rs safe and profitable inslth
ton for the Investment of surplus capi,al.-
The large loan lately effected by the Bank TO
the Government for the payment of the
Spanish claimants, and the probability Of
others. which II is known the Government
conlemplates negotiating, in the reduction of
the public debt, have doubtless had con,idera
bile influence in raising the stock ofthe Bank
to- present price, and these Causes, combined,
tmay carry il even much higher TB
June 1.-THE Committee Of Investigation
continued until late hour yesterday, the ex-
animation at the numerous witnesses, sum-
mooed 1t the instance of the prosecutor, Mr..
Edwards. These witnesses comprised all the
Clerks of the Office OF the Secretary of
the Treasury, and nearly al, he officers Of The
Banks of the District of Colombia who were
not examined the preceding day. Ofthe wit
nesses summoned before the Committee, and
now in attendance, no more than four or five.
we believe, remain to he EXAMINED, and the
from the diligence of The Committee, will In
got through with to-day. fb.
The Spanish CiGims,-The course adopted
by The Executive Departments, in relation TO
the awards of the Commissioners under tho
Florida Treaty, has been more prompt than
we supposed the necessary engagements for
paying the claimants would permit them TO be
Do receiving from the Commissioners the liz,
OF Claims allowed, the Secretary of State forth
with transmitted it TO the Treasury Depart
ment; and, asmany Of the claimants were al
ready present, in person or by attorney, funds
!; were immediately placed, by that Department
IN the Branch BAnk Of this city, for the pay
ment of such of the claimants as should APP
ply for II the consequence of which was III,
payment IN the course Of yesterday, of a Lar &c
amount the claims. The only delay which
will now take place, in any case, will be the
!, short time requisite to ascertain whether the
Claimant applying, is in any way indebted t,
, The government.
. We understand that Judge Van Ness, o
New York, declines accepting the Office o
, Fourth Auditor Of the Treasury, to which h.
was lately appointed lib.
Expeditions Irarsliing.-Mr Na,h'i Fee
man, jun. of Boston. arri' ed here on Tuesdat
morning, in seventy -one hours and half fro n
that city, (bearer of papers TO gentleman IL
!, this place, having large claim Under the
Spanish Treaty, pending before the commits
sioners, who finished their sittings on thai
day. [R.
By note on the post bill, received yester.
day morning from Emmetsbrrg, Md. we earr
That the new Catholic Seminary a, that place
which was yet in an unfinished state. was burn
TO the ground on Sunday night the 9th inst
IL is supposed that il was the work of an in.
cendiary. The loss must be very heavy, and
we earn, falls principally on the venerable ane
Rev. MIR. Dubois, the pu~a and jealous pres
y dent and founder Of the institution.
June I2.-The Committee of Investigation
continued in session yesterday, with an inter
val of two hours, from O'Clock in the morn
ing until near in the evening, in the course o
which long sitting they examined number
, OF wItnesses-among-t them Mr.. Cheres, Mr.
Forsyth, MIR. Jennings, Of Indiana, and Mr.
fiddiek President Ut the Bank of Missouri
and Mr.. Rozeau, ofthe St. Genevieve Bank Of
Missouri.
II Is expected the committee will examine
MIR. Edwards himself to-day, as they have
now received the testimony Of dearly all tn.
other witnesses who have been subptbned. ID
> lo reply to letter. which we have received
from different parts of The Union, and In com
rliance with the request Of several friends oI
the Secretary Of the Treasury, who left the
Seat OF Government at the close of the late
: session Of Congress, we have the pleasure 10
slate that the health of Mr.. Craw ford has ma
ierally improved within the last fen or twelve
days, and Is now better than IL has been for
some months past. The National Gazette
mentions that DIR. Poner,a very eminent me-
deal gentleman Of Baltimore, had visited Mr.
y: nj the request ofssme of his friends. We
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