Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-04-22

eAS NuinoeEldDu hOau was taken and
made the order Of the day for Monday next Tho
bill making provision for internal improvements
was read third time and passed. The bill TO grad
uate the price Of public lands was taken up and.
ailer having received n variety of amendrne nts ,
was on motion oi Mr.. Branch, ordered to lie ON tho
table.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
4 Mr.. Williams IRON the Committee OF Claims to-
which was referred the bill from the Senate, emit
tied can act for the relief of Francis Iarche ofN
Orleans" reported the same without amendrnen,.
ana accompanied by areport in writing recon-
mendlng that the said bill be postponed indefinite
iy; and the bill was then laid on the table.
Mr.. NJ Duihe, from the Committee OF Wa,-s s.
Means, reported bill making Supplementary APP
preparation Tor the Military Service Of the wear
ISIS ; which was twice read, and committed
| Mr. NJ Dutie, from the same Committee 4,
which were referred the memorial of the Delavart.
and Hudson Canal Company the memorial or ,be
Corporation OF the city OF Charleston in behalf oS
the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road company
ana the memorial OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road Company, reported bill TO authorize certain
companies TO import iron and machinery for Rail
Roads free OF duty which bin was twice read, and
! committed.
On motion of Mr.. Halle,
Res0iCed, That the Postmaster General be in
structed TO lay before this House at the neyt sec
sion ofCongress, statement of the probable COS.
required Tor the repair of the great military road
| rom columbus, passing through the Choctaw ma
| ton 10 n. Orleans, and also what repairs are ne
| cesSary to be made in the Robinson road through
the Choctaw nation, as will be necessary TO faciIf
tate the transportation of the mail.
! DEPORTED SLAVES.
Mr. Wicklifie moved to discharge the Committee
OF the Whole from the further consideration oftl,e
ln 70 extend the time of the sitting of the Boar
OF Commissioners under the treaty. of Client ON tba
subject ofdeported slaves, and urged as reaso,,
iof thisfiotIon, the necessity that some decision
should be- had without farther delay upon that
olil, Inasmuch, as the Commissioners had ens-
pended all further proceedings until the pleasure
Oh Congress upon that subject should be known
The motion was opposed by MIR. Gimcr OF Geo
Oil. the ground that certain documents relating to
tins subject which had been ordered 10 be rJri NJ
ed, had not yet been laid before the House ana
were essential to right decision oftle question,
whether the Board should sit longer or not
Mr; f4oyd: oil virginia, supported the motion Of
Mr.. Wickliiie, considering it as very extraor.
binary that the Commissioners should have thouoht
it necessary to suspend farther proceedings iin
his decision should be had He presumed fhey
would have gone on With their business, had not
some othclous and medtling agents inierfered
Mr.. Taliaterro took the same side, and expIaip
! ed the facts OF the case. The Board when thev
determined TO wait the decision of the House, hal
no conception that 20 much delay would have oc-
| Cured, and had determined to occupy the time
| while the bill should be under consideration t.,
examining the testimony submitted 10 them or,
the two classes OF claims under their consideration
But the Honse had held the subject so long before
Them that the commissioners had gone throur[,
the whole OF that examination, and were no,y with
out any thing TO do This presented public rea-
son why such state Of things ought not ocon-
tlnue; and reason OF a private character was to
I De FOUND IN tie immense amount of property no.
less than / 200 GOO d3ars, the fate of which was
thus held IN suspense. As TO the necessity of wait
ing until the documents referred to could be print
ed he believed that the printing of g Tom Thumb
! or " Goody Two Shoes" would have as much
Legitimate connection with the decision of the
! House on the bill before it. Those memorials
had been presented on day not set apart by the
rules OF the House for the resolving of meTnori
ais. The presentation Of them had not beener-
pected by him, and took place in his ABSENCE -t,y
| the special indulgence OF the House. They h-h
been ordered TO be printed without any Enoyyl.
| edge OF what they contained. lie had taken the
pains to follow them from the Clerks Office 4,
the printing office, where he had examined them.
and found that they presented an &C plrte state
| ment, which, however correct, related to the ill.,
dIcia question before the Comlnissioners--a ques-
| ton OF which The House had no cognZance In
| his view, the bill itselfwas of the same characte~
| and was framed with the intention Of PRODUCING :,
| similar effect.
Here Mr. T. vas reminded by the Chair thai.
| that discussion not in order.1
mir. =. II. Barbour said he would endeavor =,
state the reasons tor which be was of opinion
that the bin ought 20 be gone into without delay
Nh. b; mere went into recaPtuaiion Gtle
Facts oi this case, all OF which have already an
pearcd i'll the debate which took place when tI-e,
bill was referred 70 the Committed He then sta
! ted the argument urged by the clients in Virein-
~ ana diyldhN, IN LtVOr OF their caiu and fU1e
OF tie claimants from Georgia and Louisiana in re.
slstancc to IT, but cautiously avoided expressing arl
opinion as TO the merits Of either, and contendeb
tfai would be improper for the House to do so no
It was question OF Judicial character which be-
longed exclusively to the Commissioners Wha,c.
decision they should give would be conclusive
The HouSon his Judgment, would have no power.
to interfere with IT, If the Commissioners shoul
say that, under the circumstances. prolonga,io,,
of their period Of session was requisite in order IN
do justice to the parties, he should be i'm favor OF
allowing it to thcm. But the bin without anv re-
gard to this condition. orders an Unqualified CON
y tinuance Of their time OF session. and leaves me
time wholly indefinite By passing the billin tI,i.r
form, the House would he taking upon itself 10 5e
eide that prolonaaiion was necessary This was ~
decison which, ia his apprehension, the Conmis
! siOners alone Wcic Competou. % decide
Mr.. Giiincr said, that, from what had fallen
from the two gentlemen from Va, the Horse
must be convinced Of the importance Of the bin.
The object Of the first gentleman from Va. who
r had SPOKEN, evidently was, 10 preclude from tho
W House That which be knew was calculated 10 yir,
10 true Wow Of This question. lie put il 70 tl,c
gentleman to sag, f bis object was not 10 Loo,
these documents out Of the House in order ~,
money, which was fairly due 20 the claiynar,,s 80
Georgia and Aisbsma, might be withheld fror,
them and gOiptO the pockets OF the caifnants G,
Va. q Maryland. The gentleman has gp,ken 90
these documents as though tnuy hai been Dol,oag
upon the House and the printing Of thon obtained
10 a surrepiiiious manner
Hefc Ms. IallaterrO explained and Ji.cis'raea
aii intention Of making such chafcc What he b,a
s"id qua not refer to the importance Of those doc
tieht7 lh themselves. They we're certainly verY