Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-05-23
MIN aTGa7rrH cowcauss
TUESDAY. May 10.
IN SENATC
OF Air Hendricks, it

for. IL =, w '""Se 10 De prepared and laid be
io'e me senate, at the commencement of Tho NO.,
session ofCongress, statement. .o,,.;n,. 30
c"''u"'iy PAD since tie Declaration of Io,rnen,s,
'Oi purchasing from tie Indians, SURVEYING, ,uJ
cnite' the public lands; showing as near az ,,ay
Oe' '!'e Quantities OF land which have b.eo nurcL,.
Gus 'he number of acres which have b.en s,,ryeye,,
', lumber sold: and the number which remain
,ne amount OF sales and iurfeures: the
sums pald by purchasers and the sums dne fa,
purchasers, in each Land District. k.an;ot, il n
pefa'e columns OF tables, as far as pr,c,iraIe ,I.
rom every State and Territory in which
there are Public Lands - "'''"
PUBLIC LANDS.
motion oil Mr. Benton, the Senate then too,,
lands. fee VI Tue public
49, Denton rose and delivered his views at large
:" 9PPo't Oh the bill, In speech OF two hours
D'''oh offered lew remarks in relation
", '"e reserved salt springs and lead mines and
then expressed his intention 10 avoid e,,o. I"-
At present INTO the discussion of the rrincinjss &c
",neG IN the bill, lie moved TO lay il on the tsle.
which motion prevailed '''
ne OH was laid on the table accordingly.
W.T. aoImes then moved an adjournment. which
was decided In the negative by the casting vo,e Of
'He Char-ayes IL noes 49,
The Senate then took IN the hill 6. o., ,,
The Judge of the District Court Cor , iAe
district OF Virginia 10 hold the Dj.,ric, Com, r
''ie e9ern Dstric: of Pennsylvania. for Tho ,r.l
OF certain CASTS ''''S' '0r 'he 'riai
1A.eF some explanation by Mr. Marks the
amendment proposed by the Senate, TO allow Tho
',"Se eight dollars day for the time he i, emnIov-
GU having been concurred in, the bill was ordered
10 third readinsi and then
ne Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr.. orsyih made report on n re.oI,,io, IN
9F"c'hG the Committee on Foreign Affairs ,o IT.
4uie ih'o the eSpedicncy of authorizing the Iioui
cation OF The Claims Of the heirs of Tie Baron 10
commandments In any iuue adjustment of the claim
o. citizens OF the United ates against the French
table. S upon INC
Nh Everett from the Committee nm Tho Jih,.
ry' reported joint resolution providing for the
| clslIioution OF certain pablo lands
me resolution was twice read and ordered IN he
! ssed Tor It's third reading to morrow
Mr.. stewart from the Committee on Roads and
'anais' mace report on resolution, instructine
'H', committee TO inquire into the expediencv Of
"""of'%'hg the President of tie United States TO
cause the Board of Engineers TO male ~ aso -
a'e survey, from the city of Piitsbure to Lake Erie
by the valley OF the Allegheny river 10 the mouth
% 'Iehch creek, thence ascending the valley of the
same, oy The most practicable route tor a canal e.,
Ite summit level, and thence TO the harbour of
tfesque isie; which was ordered to lie upon the ta
Die and to be printed.
Mr. Stewart from The same committee made a
SPo' On resolution o! the House instructing the
COMMITTEES 10 enquire into the expediency of moki,
canal Goa munication between The wafer. of lie
ehnessee RIVER and shore Of the Coo.a with, Ma
limits OF the Cherokee nation. '"''' Wv
Mt bradley, from the Committee on Weigb,s
ana Measures reported the following Joint re-oIu-
ton: '0''' ''=oi"-
itcS0fred, Sc That Professor James Eepvvic,,
va Ne" DIX lie employed, under the direction OF
Tie President OF the United States, TO repc,t tho
experiments lie etoore made, and al % TO ,osio r,r
'IcF experiments, for tie purpose of asce,iainino
Ihe "ue length Ct the pendulum. vibrating sixty
/ umes IA minute, at the City OF New York and
also al 'he CITY OF Washington, and to con,DsreI
'"e !eE6ih thereof with such measues, now in nos
session o. This Government, as will best show the
/ HIPoT IONS between the length OF such pendulums
$50 I,' S''hd'Td yard, recently adop;edby the Bri.
.t7i government and to make report of the results
20 Congress, at their next session; and that her.
/ Je Appropriated, Tor thar purpose, sun, no, ~
/ ceedinG seven hundred dollars TO be paid ont nj
any money IN tie Treasury, not Otherwise aonro-
priltetl. f1"'
In submitting this resolution, Mr.. Bradley said
mat lie had been directed hy the Committee to re
Pc" ms reso!nlion-that they had come to the
conclusion that no material alteration in the
weights and measures was necessary but that rrs,
sufc@ should be taken TO secure accIracv and mai
iolmiiy, In those already existing But even on
mat SUBJECT, they were not prepared to offer s,e
enc proposition, because such security could ouly
be obtained by fixing in the first place upoo some
proper Standard and there was none AT present in
the country. Fortunately, however, the British
Government had July revised the subject of weights
and measures and established the standard v,rJ ed
1850, as the one from which all Their ,neas,1es of
length, weight, and capacity, were TO be derived
and had also declared the relative proportion of Il At
standard TO tie length Of pendulum vibrating 80
combs IN London. The length of this pepdnlu,p
nau been determined with great care by means of
me improved apparatus of Captain Kater. H..
deemed II also fortunate that the pendulum Of CAM.
Sabine had been removed to New York. ard the
iensih al That place, ascerained by 20 able an ex
PerimenieT a. that gentleman who was as.i.,sl in
his operations by Professor Renwict Of Cci,,,h;,
college, gentleman of distinguished scientific =,
tainmenis. While one OF the pcnduluo,s was lef,
With Mr.. RenwIck, al New York another hi be.r
carried back 10 London, and the experiments 70
peated IN the SAME room IN which CAPTAIN ksfc,,-
were lnaos' and II was pleasing TO learn that the
eiI"T h Toe oo<ervations was thought not TO affect
me accuracy OF The result 10 the extent OF one
| tenth Oh vibration, or one ten thouyandth rort nj
an inch IN the length Of the pendulum. H srrc,rot
10 him that If these experiments were extended -
! Washington, complete chain Of them might 10
formed between The cities of London, New Yo,l.
and Washington, subject 10 no sensible error via
we pendulum, as asceitained in New York or
/ Warrington, or both, model propeylv te..ci f.
London, might be compared andif the results ,ysro
verified, u would be safe TO adopt such model ar
The pr porlonal length Of the pendulum az stand
arj, as had been done in Great Britain. The Con,.
mtee, therefore, arc OF opinion, that The e-,.r;-
menis ought TO be repeated at New York. and leo
made at This place; and that Mr.. Renwick. ,gb,,
POSSESSES 'hs apparatus, and was connected ,yjtb
Cap Sabine in making the former exne,.,'', .'''