Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-05-15

ing to Treasury Notes. These amendments were sub
mitted by Messrs. Hopkins, Robertson, DC. We shall
give the Proceedings in our next. There is said 10 have
been much debate; and no little excitement. But no
question wus taken, decisive Of the measure 10 be adopt.
ed, when the House adjourned at that late hour.
VOTE ON THE REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE on TIE DUEL"
Alter twenty days spent in battling the proposition TO
print the report, &c, OF the committee appointed 10 in.
quire into The circumstances Of the breach of the privi.
leges Of the House committed in the case of Mr.. Ciiley,
q vote was obtained 10 day by the application of the pre-.
vious question. The twenty days struggle made it ma
niiest, that the party in The House, which dare not brave
public sentiment, by a direct vote against the report and
resolutions Of the committee, would, by special pleading
on preliminary points-by insisting on q retaking OF all
the testimony on a trial before the House-andb by speech.
es multiplied ad intnitum by n hundred lawyers, speak.
ing from day to day against time, prevail at least 10 con.
sumo the summer in The utterance OF mere Verbosliy,
and defeat the business Of the nation. The result would
then be the loss of the main objects OF a Congress, IN
an attempt 10 retrieve and protect its privileges
The House resolved 10 postpone what concerned It's
own dignity and security, 10 The pressing puolc inter-
ests, and voted to lay the report OF the committee,
The papers, evidence, and journal, on The table
When this was carried, the proposition to PRINT was
brought upon the wincing Opposition by the previous
question. A negative Of the motion 10 print The report
would argue an opinion in the House that 1t did not de.
serve its Considerations was false, unfair, or partial. To
refuse to print the testimony and other papers would ar
que that the committee had been false to its trust of in.
vestigation; OF, if this belief could not be INDUCED, that
those who voted against II were afraid 10 let the truth 60
before the public in an authentic shape. The effort of
the great body of the Opposition, therefore, was to de-
feat the printing by ndirection-s,ayin off by vexatious
propositions and speechifying, until the indispensable
business of the body compelled the throwing aside Of the
whole subject. Attempts Of this sort were made even
after the previous question was demanded. One mem.
Der proposed q reconsideration of the vote laying the re-
ports on the table, SO that an obstacle to the previous
question might he again brought forward, concerning
which il would be unjust 10 the parties implicated TO cut
off debate in that way: Alter this failed, Mr.. Adams
thrust in the way all The difficulties he could contrive,
as will be seen from the proceedings. This failing, too,
the question being divided 80 that the House might indi.
cate its opinion on each separate matter proposed, the
vote was so taken. The votes on each are given in the
report Of the proceedings in another column Globe.
SrrclE PArMEN1s.-In the New Orleans Courier of
the 9th inst, we notice the following advertisement, from
the Louisiana State Bank
"Notice is hereby given, that this bank will redeem
with specie, all lis notes payable on demand
We are informed that certain negotiations are going
on in this city 10 prevent the post notes and bonds OF
MIR. Biddle's bank, falling due abou, this time, from
meeting the same fate which attended them in Boston
where post notes 10 the amount of $l09,O coo have been
put in suit. AS nobody here is willing to take peni.
Tertiary notes, as the notes of the old United States
Bank are called, we understand that the agent Of the
bank has offered, in case the holders of the paper now
becoming due will consent 10 a renewal Of thirty days,
10 pay them at the expiration Of that term IN specie or
its equivalent.-N. Y. Er. Post, .hay9.
MORE SPEcIE.-Ihe packet snip Wellington, last
from London, brought about $3.50, 900 in specie. The
other papers stated that this vessel brought none. Other
small sums continue 10 arrive from The South, Of which
no account is made.-U.
The circumstances related in the following paragraph
present q new evidence Of the necessity Of legislation on
the part of Congress, 10 protect the persons and proper.
" Of travellers IN steamboats,.
From The Wheeling Gazette, .4pTil 30
DIsGRAcEruL OUTRAGE.-We cannot find language
sufficiently strong in which to express our opinion OF
a most rascally occurrence, which has just been relat.
ed 10 US. The steamers Ontario and Pioneer in com.
ing up the river, came together about 100 miles this
side of Cincinnati. The former, in attempting 10 pass
the latter, as we learn, ran into her, without doing any
material injury. A short time afterwards in attempt
ing again to pass, the pilot of the PIONEER, it. rider
to return the compliment, ran into the Ontario stik'
ing her near the stern, MASKING in her guards, and Kill.
LING ONE PERSON, "a girl of about twelve years
of ageO and DANGEROUSLY WOUNDING TWO
OTHERS. a lady and child. The pilot we understand,