Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-12-29


and relax the acts prohibiting the employment Of
Tree persons OF color On board of vessels as cooks
and stewards, has gone through a second reading il
the House. This bill is Substantially in sceordsnc.
with the memorial of the Chamber of t,omme,c.
upon which it is founded. The bill wa, advoc.,.s
oy Messrs. ---, rDunkin, and Adger. The
question upon sending il to the Senate. wa. de-
cided in the affirmative by large majority. bv Yea.
ard nays. The fate of the bill in the Senate bov,-
ever, is consider ed doubtful
The report oil the Committee on Internal I'm
provements, of the Senate, has been concv,rsd :
by the House, and appropriations made accor
DINGHY.
a report from the Agent to settle the claim. Of
this ; ate against the United States, has been re-
ceived read by the char and ordered 10 be pr;,,.a
Inc Report OF the Special Committee upon tb,,
| subject OF which MIR. Duncan is Cbaiym.n h..
been confirmed by the House. This report re;,..
rates substantially the Report of the Commits. ne
""ys ana means upon that matter; bu, goes more
in'o oe,aii ana recommends that the Comptroller
oene' al 90 go on to Washington himself, 10 as
certain the condition of those claims. and br;n,
them 10 final settlement 'e
n meeting OF the members of the Legislature has
been called Tor this evening, 10 consider the pron,;
ely OF adopting certain resolutions in relation IN
the next election of Pre-idsnt of the u. States-
In o'her words to nominate and recommend Gen
Jackson sA't
1t is yet doubtful whether anv anno;,,rn.,. IL
Commissioners to digest certain parts of the s,a,r
laws, under the resolution lately agreed to hv ,hs
House, VIII be made as il is understood that mncA
opposition will be made, in the Senate ,o,,Ls
mount Of salaries ~ s -
"a hesoiation, preceded by an appropriate pre-
anoe which originated in The Senate, TO give 10 the
heirs oil Mr.. Jefferson ten thousand doiI.rs j.; e.;
per cent. stock of this State, has been unanmousIv
concurred in by the House.
.8nother letter, same date.
AT Meeting of the Members of both b,,ro,.,
OF the Legislature, held this evening in the Rsn,s
sentative Chamber, (and which has lust ad;onrnedl
the Hon. Jacob b. ron, President of the Sen,t.
was called to The Chair, and Robert Anderson
Esq. Clerk of The House of Repres.n,.,;,,..
appointed Secretary. Henry Deas, Esq. then adj
dressed the meeting, and submitted a Preamble
and the following Resolution
Resofred, That the State OF South C.,o,;,. ,,.;,,
support General ANDREW JACKSON 40 H..
| next President of the u S. ~
Inc Preamble and Resolution being seconded
oy the Hon. J. b. O'Neal, Speaker of The Hon.s
II was then, on motion, ordered that the ,olIs ~
oo'h anuses be called, and the question taken by
yeas upon calling the rolls, los members of the
tlouse' ana ~ Senators, answered to their names
men the votes were counted, the Chairman nm
| nounced TO The meeting that there we're one HIM
area ana huty.fre AYES, and Two Noes.
= IL was then Oh motion ordered that the pro
ceedinSs OF the meeting, toge her with the Names nc
spe members who attended, be published in the diff
iereht 1azeites ofColumbia. 1t was also ordered
mat the members who we're absent sbould Re 10,
'eo 10 record their names, previous to the publi-
cation OF the proceedings, provided they do so in
the course of Tomorrow
vi me members absent (about twenty -six) the
names oil many were called who are known to be
friendly to the election of Gen. Jackson.
The above vote, it is hoped, will silence forever
l a ON nl,tf- -
az sPeeu'a"ohs az 10 the principles or feelings Of
| the Legislature Of this State
The Legislature will adjourn TO morrou n,o,,
oiy' until the third Monday in November nert
resolution to that effect having passed the Honse
'o-o"y thlhk !. 10y probable that il will he
concurred in by the Senate.
Charleston .Nercury.
Generat .dshley's expedition. The recent ex-
petition of General Ashley TO the countrv Voc, a
the Rocky Mountains has been productive of in
formation on subjects of no small interest to the
people oi he Unien II has proved that overland
expeditions in large bodies nav be made IN ,b.,
remote region without the necessity OF TRANSPORTING
provisions for man beast General Ashley LEI,
81. Louis In March last, and returned in September
MS return caravan consisted of upwards of one
hundred horses and mules, and more than half tha,
number of men, He 10 the station nj ,bs
party which he had left beyond the mountains
"heh ne came IN year ago, and thence descended
river, believed to be the Buenaventura. about on
hundred and fifty miles to the Great I,ats IT,;
return march TO ST. Louis occupied about sev sn,v
days. each mule and horse carrying nearly two him.
dred pounds OF beaver fur--the animals kee,;no
their strength and flesh on the grass which tbev
| iound' and without losing any time on this Iona
Journey The men also found an abundance 90
iood; they say there was day in which tbev
could not have subssted thousand men. and of,sr,
ten thousand. Buffsloe furnished the princin., food
wafer OF he best quality was met with every d.v
The whole route lay through level and open coun-
try, better for carriages than any turupike road in The
United States. vac
Wagons and carriages could 20 with ease as fs-
as general Ashley went, crossing the rocky noun
TOMS at the sources OF the north fork of the Platte
and descending the valley of The Buenavs,N
tura towards the Pacific ocean. The lake which
terminated the expedition westward, is a mos, re-
inarksble body OF water, and heretofore unknown
unless from vague accounts. 1t is is estimated tn
be one hundred miles long, and sixty or eighty
vide. IL was coasted last spring by party OF
gen. Ashley's men in canoes, who were occupisd
Tour and twenty days, in making its circuit. They
did not exactly ascertain lis outlet, but passed a
place where they suppose that il must have been
Ihe water Of this lake, is much saer than that of
the sea. Some of the salt obtained from this wa
ter by boiling, has been brought in by general Ash
ley; ne has also brought in some specimens of
rock SALT found in strata several feet thick at the
surface of the ground, with streams of water RIM
ming through il in numerous little channels The
people in the mountains pentifuIly supply them
selves with salt at this spot, and carry il home in
bags.
In the whole expedition Gen. Ashley did not lose
man, nor bad any of those died whom he Ief,
behind last year, many Of whom have been o,, A