Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-02-20

light Those who advocated the insertion Of the
item. were Messrs. Cooke. Dwight. Wood & M
Dufhe. II was opposed by Messrs. Forsyth, Wick
life, Weems, Mccoy & Inghsm.
The question being length taken, the insertion
OF this item in the bill was carried; ayes IL,
noes ca
On motion of Mr.. Mccoy, the Committee then
rose and reported the bill amended.
Mr.. Barney nor novel to adjourn. The motion
was negstived- Ayes So noes &c.
The several amendments were then read In the
House when the Clerk came 10 the item which had
occasionsd the las, debate
Mr.. Forsyth demanded the question of its adop-
ton be taken by yeas and nays; and il was so or
drred by the House.
Mr. Wickhffe moved to adjourn.
On this motion Mr.. Ba>set asked for the yeas s,
nays, but the House refused o order them, and the
question being taken the adjournment, it was
carried Ayes 60, noes 90.
Whereupon the House adjourned,
the bill, granting the States Of Illinois aud Indiana do
nations OF land eetons deep on each side and every al
those TIE construction of canal IN each state. This
liberal grant certainly t' internal Improvement but by
serving every the proposed canals,
supposed that the United States will derive great benefit from
| the consequent augmented value Of those lands.
The principal business OF yesterday the House fRerre
scn,aves the consider alton the General Appropriation
via the appropriation Of an out, 70, The new Minister
Tacubaya t. make for other matter demanding
place. aud TO labor for defer that de-
bate for the moment; but shall speedily he gwen Nat Tut
February 1.-THE Senate was inteny engaged nearly tn
whole Il, Yesterday sitting and maturing the
Jets the interesting bill fer providing for the gradual
crease, aud improvement, and permanenc, of the Navy For
these important purposes the bill prehrnsve, aud
glad from the Of yesterday,
that it finds favor generally in the Senate If except
feature the system, (hr Naval Aeademy aud that
sustained by majority "ithebpdy
Til. General Appropriation Bill has been ordered third
reading the House of Representatives after considerable
single item OF the hill There better
pec than though before all the annual spp,
priation bills getting through both Houses the
The Debate the subject Of the appointment OF tn,
Publishers ,f the Laws still continues for Ms hour each
without probability VI its abatement We shall re.
aud continue the publication Ct the Debate which
moi likely, IN II. progress, to decrease III interest IN.
february 1T.-The Naval Bill subjected tn tr, nv A,
cusson in the Senate yesterday, hut fally ordered ID
third reading without tetrenchnen ~ n,oaifc atom Tn.
point assiiled the provision for the Establishment of
Naval Academy The attack able steady aud
ing but the veterans who conducted finally repu!sed
by the vigorous, hiitu' aud unwaveng deeuce their
asonis. we rt confess satisfaction the success
Tue mn 'hui i' considering involving vital nteres,
our coun and embracing, in connected plan, all th
| ess,ni'ii objects connected with that interest.
.he Committee OF the House Of Rep sentative: upon t
Message OF the President the affairs Of Geo,
and the United States, having leave sit during the sitting
the House, daily and ably the
| that subject
by theeoouni Of Proceedings the House Of Represents
v-s yesterday, will he that there large majority
that body in favor Of the continuation Of the great Westr
Nation, Road from ;he Ohio the Mississippi The Geo
10 thr unanimous recommendation Of the Military Commit
by motion to amend the appropriation b--whoh
pending question Ut the time OF ajou aud
! he resumed to-day. no