Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-12-24


MI Ewing called for the and nays Oh t:iS qrcs-
ton which were accordingly ordered.
On nation OF Mr.. Webster,
Ine Senate then adjournrd
HOUSE Or REPRESENTATIVE
The Speaker laid before the House communication
from the first Comptroller OF the Treasury transmitting
statement Of such officers have not rendered irir
accounts within TIC year, have balances unaccou'ed
for advanced p:ior 10 the }th Of September, 1856 as
appears by the books Of the Third udItor
Also Statement; OF accounts in the office Of The iIrd
Auditor which have remained unsettled or on wh:ch
balances appear have been due more than three years
prior 10 the goth September. 1886.
Also all abst.ac. Of moneys advanced prior 10 The Sd
March, 1903, The books Of the land accountant OF the
War Department. ard which remained 10 be accounted
for on the hooks Of the Third Auditor Of Tie Treasury
on the 3Oth September, l9SU.
The Speaker also lad before the House cosnniunca
ton from the Treasury Department. transmitting print
ed copies OF general epor received from the Franklin
Institute o.. the State o! PcIls; lrania.
o.; melton Of Mr.. buchanan,
fesoiced, That the Committee on tEe Pos.ot::ec and
Pest Roads be instructed TO inquire into the expectancy
Of establishing post route from Bryants on the Cum
bcrland road, Fayrte county, Peunsy lrania 70 Bran
d2nviie in the State I'll NirE:na.
On motion o! Mr. Cave johnson,
Kes0tced, Tha, the Committee of Claims be instructed
to inquire int, the expectancy Of paying Col Joseph
Brown the balance claimed BY him 10 be due for The pro-
perry lost by the Seminole canpaign by the following
PERSONS 10 wit Hugh AcB.ide, Hugh Long, John Fus
Tailor. Isaac Patterson, and Samuel Walker.
On motion Of ilr. llolscy,
Re$o!rcd, That the Committee Commerce be in
strured to inquire into the expedency oi establishing
Il r"g; OF entry al the city ii Macon, III Georgia.
GA molten Of MI Morgan,
E|so'rcd, That the COMMITTEE on Revolutionary Pen
sons Ic Instructed to Inquire into the pr"PTcly OF grant
ing pension to James Jack CT Tyler county, Virginia.
On motion Of Nr Ia:a!prro,
Hcs~rtd, That the Committee on Revolutionary
Claims be instructed ~ inquire into the pvUpTrty o al
lowing to the heirs Of Ia" widow Of Capt JOHN Spots
WOOL the years half Pay provided by Law for srcn
officers Of the Revolutionary army should Gle by rca-
>San OF wounds received in battle.
Mr. Henderson moved the following resolution; winch
lies on the table day under the rule.
Reso'red. That 1905 copies Of the Senate document
No ;3 entitled Report Of geological! reconnaissance
made in ISJ from the Of Government, by the way
of Green Bay aud the Wisconsin Territory, to the Co.
,eau du Prairie, by G. W. Feaherstonlaugh. United
States Crologis be printed ioI ~" use OF TIC members
Of this House.
On molten of Mr.. White of Florida,
Resolred Tina, the Committee Roads and Canals
be instructed 10 uire into the cxPedcncy OF making
appropriation Tor opening steamboat canal from the
Mississippi river 10 Pensacola bay.
; On motion Of SIR. White Of Florida,
)RcSv'rtd, That the Committee Commerce be in.
hruc;ed 20 inquire into the expedIency OF establishing
eyy collection district ST. Josephs, Florida, and o!
Erecting 9hthouscat Cape ST. Bias, near the entrance
ct ST. Jnsc, i ) bay.
Mr. Claiborne, of Mississippi, presented the petition
OF Robert NnLsoa and son. o Faaha,chec Mississippi
ying oI presumption, under peculiar circumstances
which he asked leave to refer To the Committee on Pub
lie Lands, together with tie following resolution:
Rcsa'rtd That III" Committee Public Lands be in
sructcd inquire into i!jc expectancy of allowing al
such persons az were actually residing cuvaGg
any portion Of tho public land and who were prevcni'd
from obtaining their pre- cmptions under the act o! lcI,
and previously, by failure delays in surveying t!c
public lands right 10 ctr quarter section, 10 in
cludc their residence or mlroyrmen's or, where such
lands have been Subsequently tiNulcd upon sod.
right to eater quarter section and aGLc!IaI
eighth n compensation for their improvements, {" he
lucG ted the district where such improvements
residence may have been had.
The resolution agreed 70.
On motion OF Mr. Hester,
ReSoircd, That tho Committee on The Pest Office ard
Post Roads be instructed 10 inquire into the c:rvuvncy
OF freeing from nos'" -" ~ ,,;rrs and communications
carried by The mails relating to the schools,
md the common school system of the different States.
On motion of Mir. johnson Of Virginia,
Rcsotred, That the Committee on Revolutionary ZEN
sons be instructed 10 inquire into The expectancy oil re.
storing the names of John Davis and John Coui, OF
the State of Virginia, 20 the pension list.
On melton Of Mr.. Loyal
ResoIced, Tha, the Committee Of Claims he instructed
to inquire into The equity and expedcncy OF allowing 10
the only surviving heir or legal representative OF the late
John Fl. latier, compensation for The destruction hy
the British ships lying III Lynnhaven bay the schon
or Comet, whilst employed in transporting The United
States mail from Hampton 70 Norfolk, during the late
war with Great Britain
On motion Of Mr.. Graham,
RcSc!red That the Committee Of Ways and Means be
instructed to inquire into the cxpedency Of causing
single gold dollars 20 he made Tie Minis of the United
States.
On motion Of Mr.. Garland
ResoieeG, That The CcmIncc the Post1Oficc and
Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the cxpedrncy
of authorizing tho Postmaster General paw 10 Elisha
Jackson of Va the Of three drafts drawn on the
99,h of December 1884 " VIM. Smith, late mail con
tractor in favor of said Jacson for S237 PAYABLE
tue lst dav Of August 1885, another for S27, nyahe
on the Isl day ct November, 1885; aud another for SA
payable on the Is. day Of February 1886; which were
duly accepted by the Department, and have been pro-
tested for non,paymcnt.
On motion OF Mr.. Harper,
Res0iced That c0nIntee Of FIVE be appointed TO in
uure what loss has been sustained by the destruction e
the Patent Office by the late fire. what measures are ne
cessary Ike records and drawings and models
anu for their safe keeping in future, and that they have
leave 10 report by bill OF otherwise.
On motion Of Mr. E. Whit,leSey, the House suspen
ded the rule for the purpose of taking up the bill which
had passed through the Committee of the Whole on Fri
day last entitled bill to provide for the payment of
horses and other property lost destroyed in the mill
,ary service Of the D. S. Tie question being its final
passage,
Mr. A. Mann rose 10 inquire whether the bill embrac.
ed or was intended 10 embrace, all the Of horses
or other property lost in the military service of the Uni
ted States from the day othe declaration ofndependence
up that lime: whether its operation was confined to