Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-12-16

The following resolution, laid on the table yes
terday by Mr.. Powell, was taken up, read and
agreed to by the House:
Rcsotrcd, That the Secretary of War be dir ec,ed
to communicate to this House the Report of Capt.
MNeill. OF the Corps of Engineers, of his recon
noissance of the route proposed for the extension
of the National Road, from its Eastern iermina-
ton at Cumberland, to the District of Columbia
The following resolution, laid ON the table yes
terday by Mr.. Thompson of Georgia, was taken
up, read, and agreed TO by the House:
ReSoiued, That the Secretary of War be di-
rected to communicate to this House any Report
Of the Board of Engineers on the subject of sys-
tenn of Notifications made at the last Session of
Congress, and not called for by any resolution Of
this House.
The following resolution, laid on the table yes
terday by Mr.. Wor,hing,on. taken up, read,
and agreed to by the House:
ReSofred, That the Secretary of War be d.
rected 10 communicate to this House the report Of
the Engineers appointed to examine the proposed
routes of National Road from the City Of Wash
ington to Buffalo, in the State of New York.
The resolution, laid the table yesterday, by
Mr.. Sawyer, was taken up, read, and agreed to
by the Hou-e.
The following resolutions, laid on the table yes
terday, by Mr.. Martindae, were taken up, read
and agreed to by the House
Resoiued, That the Secretary of the Treasury
be directed 10 report TO this House abstract Of
the quantity and qualities of Foreign Wool and
Woollen Manufactures imported into this country
during the last two years designating the countries
from which imported, and where produced or man.
ufactured respectively, and whether on foreign
account and in foreign vessels, or by citizen mer
chants and in their own vessels, together with The
invoice prices Of each, respectively, and the rate
and amount of duties they have paid
ReSolued,- That the Secretary ofthe Treasury be
directed to report to this House whether any. and
if any, what, eva-ions of the duties imposed by
law on imported foreign Wool and Woollen manu-
factarss, have been practised within the same pc
Rod, and where and by whom, S the most etfectual
means In his opinion, of preventing, in future, all
such evasions-and on what and how much of
each of these commodities, and where and by whom
the power to assess and impose duties thereon, at
rate exceeding the invoiced prices thereof, has
been exercised and enforced.
MIR. Livingston laid the following resolution on
the table, for consideration tomorrow
Isesoired, That the Secretary of War be direct
ed to lay before this House such information may
be in his department, relative to the plan and esti-
mates tor making Canal between the river Mis-
! sissipp and Lake Pontchartrain.
| On motion of Mr.. Mercer, it was
RESOLVED, That the number of copies ordered "a
be printed of the Presidents Message, and of the
| accompanying report of the United States Engi
be augmented to 5000 land that the description sur
yey. plan, and estimate, OF the Wes,ernmos, sub
division OF the Eas section thereof be annexed
thereto, with reduced map of the route of tn,
Canal and OF the delineations of such parts Of tn.
plans thereof may be required to illustrate an,
explain the description of the same.
| On motion of Mr.. Bryan, it was
| RESOLVED, That the Committee on Roads anC
Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency
| In he mad If 4 no nf 3.
canal to connect the waters of Roanoke, Tar, ant
Neuse Rivers, so to continue the line of inter
| or navigation from Norfolk to the harbor of Beau
| fort, in North Carolina, with an estimate of tn,
cost of effecting the same.
MIR. Smith laid the following resolution on the
! table for consideration Tomorrow, viz:
Resolued, That the Secretary of Warbe directed
| to communicate to this House the report of the
Engineers appointed to examine and ascertain the
practicability of uniting by canal, the waters oil
the James and Kenhawa Rivers.
On motion of Mr.. White of Florida, it was
ResofUed, That the Committee on Roads and
Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency
OF making an appropriation for the completion o.
the Military Roads from Pensacola to ST. Angus
tine, and from ST. Mary's to New Smyrna, in the
Territory of Florida
On motion of Mr.. Wright, it was
RESOLVED, That the Committee on Manufactures
be Instructed TO inquire into the expedency of
curing the prompt payment impost duties at the
Gus; ON houses
On motion of Mr.. Stevenson of Va. il was
ReS0fUed, That the Committee on the Judiciary
be Instructed to inquire into the expediency OF ex-
tending the provisions OF the act authorize the
Judge OF the District Court of the Western District
OF Virginia to hold the District Court for the Dis
irict Of Pennsylvania for the trial OF certain Gauss
es, passed the 10th May, 1876, so as to embrace
all causes which may have been or shall hereafter
be instituted, arising out of in which
the Judge Of the District Court of Western Penn
sylvania is personally interested, or in which he
had been concerned as counsel before his appoint
ment.
On motion of Mr.. Scott, it was
ReSoiUed. That the Committee on the Public
Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency
OF setting apart and Teserving from sale, one en-
tire township of land, in the Territory of Arkansas,
lin addition to the lands heretofore reserved for
Seminary OF Learning. Aud, also that the Com
mitee inquire into the expediency Of allowing the
lands heretofore set apart for Seminary OF Learn
ing, and those which shall hereafter be set apart
for the same purpose, TO be located in small tracts
On motion of Mr.. Johnson of Kentucky ii was
Rcs0ired, That the Committee on the Judiciary
be instructed to inquire into the expediency of
tablishng District Court South of Green River,
in the State of Kentucky.
The House then adjourned. 10
Congress Proceedings Of HedResday.
THE SENATE had but a short sitting.-A re-
solution was adopted for the appointment of a
select committee on Roads and Canals, and Messrs
Hendricks, Marks, Thomas, and King were