Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-12-28

ana IIahois; and the Districts of keutucky and
ni~sourl shall form an eighth Circuit, the Districts
| OF tennessee aud Alabama, ninth Circuit: aud
the Districts of Louisiana and Mississippi a tenth
Circuit; and the Justice of the Supreme Court now
assigned or allotted TO the Seventh Circuit, shall
until the next term of the Supreme Court and un-
al new assignment allotment shall be made by
said court, be assigned to the eighth Circuit; and
the three additional Justices, whose appointment is
provided for by this act shall be severay assigned
by the President of the United States, 10 the said
seventh, ninth and tenth circuits, until the next
term OF the Supreme Court, whea il shall be tie
duty OF the Justices thereof TO assign aot them
selves to the several Judicial Circuits of the United
States, aud 10 make record thereof according to
law.
Sec. 3. find be IL further enacted, That so
much OF any Act or Acts of Congress, as vests in
the District Courts of the United States in the dis
tricts of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi,
Alabama and Louisiana, the powers and Jursdic-
ZION OF Circuit Courts, be, and the same is hereby
repealed; and there shall be herea er circuit courts
Tor said Districts, to be composed of the Justice of
me Supreme Court assigned or allotted 10 the Cir
cut TO which such Districts may respectively be
long, and of the District Judge of such Districts
Severaiiy and respectively; 10 have like powers
with other circuit courts, and be holden, until
otherwise ordered by law, such times and places
as are now established, in each of said Districts,
respectively, for holding the District Court for the
exercise OF the jurisdiction of Circait Court and
All actions, suits, prosecutions, recognzances, and
proceedings OF whatever nature, now being or
pending In the said district COURTS exercising the
powers and jurisdiction of circuit courts, or which
are or may be reurnable thereto, shall have day. be
heard, tried, proceeded in, and decided in the cir
cut courts organized and provided for in said Dis
trcts respectively, by this act, in the same manner
as u originally brought, entered, prosecuted, given,
or had iherein.''
9
. a BILL for altering the time of holding the
session OF the Supreme Court OF the United
States.
BE AZ enacted, Sc. That, from and after the
year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-sx
the session OF tile Supreme Coart, heretofore held
on the first Monday of February. annually, shall.
Instead thereof, be held on the second MONDAY OF
january, annually; and all actions, SUITS appeals
recognlzances, processes, wrils and proceedings
Whatever, pending, or which may be pending in
SAID court, or returnable thereto, shall have day
therein, and be heard, tried proceeded with, and
decided, IN like manner If The time of holding
said session had not been aiered''
These bills were twice cad and committed
Mr.. t. p Moore, from the Select Commute on
that subject, reported the following bill:
BILL Tor the benefit OF the Asylum for teach
ing the Deaf and Dumb. OF kentucky
Bet enacted, &c. That there lie granted to
the incorporated Kentucky Asylum for teaching Tie
be"i anu lIuIiiN, one township oil land, tract
ct land equal thereto, TO be located under The drec-
ton oil the Secretary OF tie Treasury in one entire
iract In any of the Indicated lands of the United
States TO which the Indian title has been ex,in-
guislied; which lands shall be, and forever remain
to tie use of said Asylum, for the education OF
INDECENT deaf and dumb persons; or if said ASYLUM
shall sell said land, which it Is authorized to do the
money arising from such sale shall be, and remain.
forever to the same use:''
This bill was twice read and committed
The resolution offered by Mr. Dwight, calling on
the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the House
whether any extraordinary losses have recently oc-
CURED in the collection of the customs, and If so
to state The circumstances thereof, taken up.
MIR. Wurts offered the following amendment:
That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed
10 communicate to this House the instructions. /,
any, which have been given by that Department 70
the collectors of the customs, under the provision.
of the several acts regulating the collection OF d,-
ties on imports and tonnage, and especially unde,
the provisions OF the sd section of the act o.
! March I'd, 1893; and, also, to inform this House
whether any. and what, deviatons from these in
struclons, or from the course prescribed hy law
for the collection of the customs, have recently
taken place, and whether any, and what losse,
have been, or are likely to be, sustained by the Go
vernInent in consequence of such deviatioos stat.
ing particularly the circumstances attending then,
so TAR as they may have come TO the knowledge O
the Department.
Mr.. Wnrls, in Introducing this amendment TO-
marked, that the facts 10 which the resolution nj
The member from Massachusetts referred: were s,r
tcienily not Orious he doubted if the resolution
as a, present worded, would attain the object bc
! that gentleman had In view. The resolution calls
/ Tor statement only Of what losses have ALREADY
been incurred. Now, he believed that i, wcyl,
be ioInd that none had as yet actually happened
! but there was every probability that thew ,yould oc
/ q amendment icb 10
for all the facts Of the case for il was usele.
that the Huuse should know that sum of none,
has been lost, unless they were also informed how,
IN what manner, and why, it was lost. II wa.
with view to Obtain this information that lie had
offered the amendment
Mir. Dwight expressed his WILLINGNESS to sccor,
the amendment a modification OF his mo-
ton; when
MIR. Webster Of Massachusetts, surpes,od ,Ia, !
might be proper, and in the spirit OF The rule of,h,
/ House, when a motion for call upon any Of tL,
/ Departments has been laid upon the table for o,,,
day Tor consideration, and an amendment has bcer
adopted which is in effect substitute for that c,Ii
That the amendment also should be suffered To n,
on the table for q day lie made a motion 10 ,hs
effect IN regard TO lhis resolve
The motion WAS agreed 10, and tho resolutio,
| as amended was then ordered TO lie OH the t,hlc
Mr. Wright oil OhO laid on the table Tho. fol
lowing resolution
Hesoipcd, That the President Of the Unite,
states be requested TO communicate IN this lfous,
statement showing first, the quantity OF Ian,
within the United Sta,es Military Dlsric,s. appro
prIaiei 20 satisfy warrants IN the officers and sol
dIers OF the Revolutionary Army, which remain
INDICATED, designating the township and ranges il
which it is situated
I'd The number Of warrants which nave hoo
issued, remaining INDICATED, and the opsn,i,v /,
land men Toned in them
i ID The number aud amount Of such vvsrr,o,
| which hAve been locaied fnr ,.L,nL -. n