Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-12-13
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
DUTY ON SALE

DUTY ON SALT
MIR. Conner moved the following resolution:
Res0iced, That the Committee on Manufactures
be Instructed to inquire into the expedency OF re-
ducinG the duty on Salt.
The question on agreeing TO this resolution
was decided, without debate, by yeas and NAYS,
as follows:
YEAS.--Messrs. Alexander, Allen of Va. A..
ston, Anderson of Me. Armstrong, p. p. Barbour,
bdrrInger, BaSseu, Bates of Missouri Bell Brown
Bryan, Buck. Canbreeng, Carson, Claiborne.
conner Crockett, CuiPePer, Davenport OF Va
Davis OF :. G. Desha, Dorsey, Drayton, FLOYD of
va Floyd OF Geo. Fort, Fry, Gale, Gilmer, Hall,
Harvey, Haynes, HeaIy, binds, Holmes, Hunt
jsacks, Jennings, Johns, Lecompte, Lea, Little
Long, LumPkin, Lyon, Marable, Mccoy, McDuf
lie, McIntre, Mckee, Merwin, Miner Mitchell
OF Tenn. Moore OF Alab Nuckos, owen. Poll.
Randolph OF Va Ripley, Rves, Roane, Shepherd,
SPrigg, Stevenson OF Pa. Talisferro, Thompson
Irezvant, Turner, Washington, weems, Wickiife,
Wilde, Wilson OF Md. Wingate-75
NAfS.--McssIs. Allen of Mass Andersen, or
Pa Bailey, Baldwin, Barber Barker, Baricw.
barnard, Bartlett, Barley, Bates OF Mass Beecher
beideD, Blake, buchanan, Butman, Chiffon Con.
dict, Coulter, Crowninsheld, Daniel, Davenport
OF ohio' De Grail, Dickinson, Duncan, EARL,
Everett, Finclay, Forward, Garnsey Gorhafn
STeen, Hallock, Hobbie, Hodges, Hoffman In.
gersoIl Johnson, Reese, King, Lawrence, Letter.
Letcher, Magee, Mallary, Martindale, Marvin.
Maxwell, Maynard. Mclean, Mercer, Miller,
Moore of Ky. Newton, O.Biien, Orr. Psarce
Phelps, Pierson, Plant, Ramsey, Reed, Richard
son' Russell, Sawyer, Sergeant, Sinnickson, Smith
OF Ind SPrdgue, Stanberry, Sterigere, Stewart,
otorrs, slower, Strong, Swami, Swift Sutherland
Iaber, Taylor, Ifscy, Tucker OF N J. Vance,
van RENSSELAER,, Vdrnum, Verplanck yiuton
W ard, WbtPpIe, Whittlesey, Wilson of Pa Jchn
}. Wood OF n. York, SiIas Wood Of New York.
Woods OF Ohio, Woodcock, Wolf Wrigito OF n. y.
Yancty -99.
50 the resolution was rejected
FINANCES
The Speaker laid before the House the annual
Report OF the Secretary of the Treasury on lid
State OF the Finances. Referred 10 the Committee
OF W ays and Means, and six thousand copies or
dered 10 be printed.
III. Speaker laid before the House letter from
the Secretary OF War, accompanied by supple
mental report on the subject Of the Civilization OF
the Indians. Laid on the table.
NATIONAL PAINTINGS
The Speaker also laid before the HOUSE, \ le.fe-
from Col John TrumbuIl, the artist whose penciI
produced the National Paintings ~ the Rotundo.
in relation TO the manner Of preserving tbose
Paintings Read, and laid on the table.
TERRITORY OF HURON
the House then, on motion of Mr. strong went
mo Committee o. the Whole, on the stite Of the
! Chlon, Nh 4 y Barbour in the Chair, and took
up We biil for the erection Of new Territory To-
| DC called The Territory Of Huron.
| me TesHuo OF the days sitting was occupied
~ INC consideration Of various amendments 10 the
PHI Pfofojcd Chiefly by Mr.. Strong. Chairman Of
| the Committee on the Territories Many Of these
we're verbal merely, ard Of 90 general ;n.erest,
The most important were those which wen, To 4 3
The compensation o. the several Territorial OIL
GERS The salary Of the Governor was fixed AZ
S<VsV-in sdhtsn % Which, Il IS proposed 10 al