Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-12-15
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REscIssInS OF TREAsGEr SrECIE OEDHR.-Alr Ew
in-, Of Oh;n introduced yesterday bis Promised Joint
resolution. ir the resc:ssnn OF ;.c Treasury order 81
July asst: cacnLIng paper money. tyc.. from the Land
Offices.
! MI Benton gave notice tina. lie should make al EXPO
son d reasons in favor Of In" order, AMI against c
rs::asiOn at the Sccua9 readings aud sad that debate
IL The second reading ulu'u lie had cnumdn!"a-
ted wi:h The Senator from Ohio, Mr. EWING and ~.
t5!sed him r his inlemIion with the vir" that the So
should not be 'tn by surprise and that The Srra-
tor from Ohio should :prak first: if r chose. in favor Of
his resolution Dir Ewing ssrnlrd that he session
will proilhy OPEN thai Of l-:;i-I did, with di-cus-
sion ri Inc legality and pr"rty of the Presidents
duct in giving the order the public had
pect from Mr.. Clays barbecue SPEECH, in Woriiird
county, il Sept last G:Y5c.
! In the House of Representatives., Iii" morning IVES
occupied in calling the States in their order for the pre-.
senatinn Of petitions Alter being called through, they
were cgan called for the presentation pf resolutions
Oil ealing the State of Pennsylvania Mr. Fry offered
one, nstrucng the Comiittr" CT Ways and Means 20
inquire nn tie expectancy Of immediately ahOisHr
The duty grain and bread s,uis. NJ. Aans moved
10 amend by adding foreign coal and Iron and Mr. Will
liams, Of North Carolina, proposed 10 amend, by adding
sugar. On motion Of Mr. wis, the whole subject was
postponed until Monday next.
On calling the State Of Virginia. Mr.. Mercer offered
resolution, dire citing the Committee Ways and
Means to report bill TO release tic several S!Les from
The obligation the United States the depr
sites which they may receive under Tie thirteenth sec
ton Of the rcpostr act.
Mr.. Mercer moved to posi- pone the consideration Of
his resolution until NEXT week
MIR. Dunlap moved 10 lay it on the table; which pre-
vailed by vote of l2j t" %.
WAstiiyGros Dec. 13-Ashury Dichns Esq. Was
yesterday elected Secretary of the Senate in place Of
Walter Lrwrc, Esq. resi- gned.
[Alr. Dickins has been for three years past Chief
Clerk in the Department Of State ard occasiuna! acting
Secretary. He had been previously for years
Chief Clerk in the Treasury Department. and repeated
Is acting Secretary OF that Department also into which
he was first brought by the late Secretary Crawford in
the early part of his service a, the head OF it
The Senate Yesterday made choice Of Chairmcn for
its several Standing Committees. The Senate not,
il will be seen, as full usual for in the election of
Secretary oaly forty Senator'S voted, being short
OF The whole nuahcr (incIudng The two three
cics) The friends OF the Administration, The reader
will perceive by the committee appointments, are now
in the majority; and night be expected .avr placed
their friends al tic head Of The Eicst important o! the
comTtecs.-D
From the Military Court Of Inquiry. sitting in
Frederick we learn that the Court is on awaiting the
arI:va! Of General Ciinci', (who daily eSpected
whose testimony, with that of Colonel Btnkhead, also
BE- taken, Wi! close The evidence III Inc case be-
fore the Court.
in the course oc the examination Of Captain Thrus
ton learn from the correspondence OF The Baltimore
Chronicles. the following came out:
The Judge Advocate read something like the annexed
to witness
:Was the plan of operations, proposed by General
Scott, likely, in your Judgment to effect the object Of
the campaign:'
"At first. replied the witness, II thought the com.
uandeG in Chief unnecessarily cautious and minute
could not conceive how nation OF tive thousand pco
pie up with dissensiuns and poorly appointed with
the knowledge iof power and resources that they
possess could: for instant demand for their
discontinue matured plan Of operations But very
little observation convinced me OF my error The 81
,nultaneous advance of the army upon the enemy BY
divided columns rendered necessary by the cratic and
willy character of our enemy, which. discover
ed required the exercise OF the highest military adrot
mes; for its mastery. TO ensure successful result
Gen Scott devocd all his energies; constantly engag
ed in his duties, his socilude 10 make decisive blow
amounted 10 distress. '-B.
A letter from Tuscaloosa in the State of Alabama
says that the erpunginy resolutions introduced into the
Legislature Of that Stale. failed, the Goth u in the
Senate, by vote of Is TO 15.-B.
VIM. II. Brooke nbrough. ESQ.,, has retired from the
Editorial Department Of the Charlottesville Republican
We part with regret from Jealous aud talented De-
mocralc contemporary wishing him all the in u
ure life his hopes ambition may lead him to
[Pctersburg Constellation.