Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-01-22

Mr.. Mallurys objected 10 any change of the !
system. which had prevailed from the commence
naent Of the Government. He himself knew OF
no gentlemen who had been disposed 10 con-
ccnl their votes; and he wished 10 know If there
were any secret Tor the introduction ofthe
ezra r0cc principle
The hour having elapsed.
Mr.. Wickii:!e moved 10 suspend the rule, in or
der TO bring the discussion to ooie-Ayes 90,
Noes So
AZ itrcquircs vote of two.,l,irds 10 suspend
rule, the motion was OF course uecatved.
CUMBERLAND ROAD.
On motion oil MIR. Vance, a resolution a The
Legislature of fenuSylvani on tue subject OF the
preservation and repair o; ;he Cumberland Road
was ordered 10 he printed.
WAsnINcroN, San. i9.--Thc Senate did no,
cit to-day.
In the House OF Representatives, thc discus
sion on Mr. Wickliiic's resolution 20 change the
rule so to introduce rra uocc voting at all the
elections by the House, was resumed. The change
was advocated by MIR. Ramsay, and was opposed
by Mr. Bartlett, Mr.. Barringer and Mr.. Taylor
mir Taylor moved TO lay the resolution the ia
bc,with view to its emaining there not to be
ID on this session, and asked the ayes and noes on
this question, which ordered The Ques-
ton being taken, the motion was carried ia the al
hrinative-Ayes 81, noes %. So the subject may
be considered as Opposed Of fer the present Ses-
sion.
The I,ouse then proceeded 10 take up The claims
Of the Georgia citizens, on the motion OF Mr..
the Committee OF Indian AifsiIs: Lut before any
question was taken, on motion OF Mr.. Sergeant,
who stated that further information on the subject
lad been received in a message from the President
which was then in the House, the further cons-
Iteration Of the bill postponed till Friday next.
The House then took up various private bills,
which were acted on in Committee Of the whole,
and ordered to be cngrosScd and read third time
on Monday. Nat. Jclir.
WAsHINGrow, JAN 20.--In the Senate, yes
terday, the resolution submitted by Mr.. McKiu-
lev directing the Committee OH Foreign ReIa-
tons, to enquire whether the appointment OF the
King Of the Netherlands, umpire in the con-
troversy between the United States and Great
britain, relative TO the North Western Bouuda-
ny of the United States, were in conformity with
the Constitution, taken into consdera alton, and
after some remarks by Mr. Mckinley, in eXpla-
nation, agreed TO. Mr. johnson, Of Kentucky, from
the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, to
which had been referred various petitions, re.
inonstrating against the trans ora;ion and delivery
Of the mail on the Sabbath, reported that il was
nexpedient for Congress 10 interfere with the OK
i-,ing laws on the subject. Several resolutions
submitted and adopted-and several bills
from the House OF Representatives were read, and
Uttered 10 a second reading.
Numerous petitions were presented yesterday
in the House of Representatives and four private
bills were passed, and sent TO the Senate for their
concurrence. The bill providing for a subScrp-
lion the part Of the United States 10 the stock of
The Washington Turnpike Road Company, was
after some discussion, ordered to be engrossed for
q third reading. An amendment proposed by Mr.
NIc Duthe, empowering the President OF the Uni
I'd States to appoint FIVE directors OF the Company
was adopted. The bill as il stands now authorizes
subscription for four thousand five hundred
shares, at twenty dollars each; amounting in the
aggregate to ninety thousand dollars. The House
then went into Committee OF the Whole on the
state of the Union. Mr.. Martin, of Son,h Carroll
ma, in the Chair and took up the bill for the pre-
eervation and repair OF the Cumberland Road.
Dir. Buchanan opposed The measure in an able
and luminous speech; and followed by MIR.
Storrs, in support of it. On motion by MIR. Strong
the Committee and reported progress, and
obtained leave 10 sit again.
Tho House adjourned az 5 O'clock.
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