Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-25
TWENTY-siXTH CoNGREss---lst SESSION.
7ueSioY, JanHary u, $40.

The CHAIR submitted message from the President
Of the United States, furnishing information called for
by resolution of the Senate Of the Both ult IN rcla.
ton 10 the amount of money pad from the Treasury
satisfy private claims for the five years preceding
January. l-IC; which lad the table, and order
ed to be printed.
Also, letter from the Secretary Of State. explain
ing the OF delay i'll publishing the Biennial Re
g!ster: which was laid the table, and ordered 10 be
printed.
Also letter from the Secretary of the Navy IL rala
ton to the number Of clerks employed in thai Depart
ment during the past year. and their amounts Of
pensation which was laid on the table.
Also letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in
answer resolution of the Senate of the 9Th instant
in relation to the establishment of hospitals
the mouth of the Arkansas river; which laid the
table, and ordered to be printed
Also, report from the Secretary of War. showiur
the amounts appropriated and expended, and the h.-
iances remaining in hand, for the service of that De-
partment during the year s3:; which was laid on the
table, and ordered 10 be printed.
MIR PHELPS; presented the memorial Of n number
o! citizen OF tAr State of Vermont, praying such s.
Their legislation Of Congress will rfrcually aj,lsh
the foreign slave trade winch referred 10 tn" Gem,
mi.tee The Judiciary.
Mr. p also presented tho memorial of number q: Ct.
;zcns of Vermont, praying the passage Of law pro-
hib the local authorities in the District .: Columbia
from nprisCnng free persons of color and sell them
III satisfaction of jail fees, the presumption Of their
being slaves.
objected tlc MOTION rccrlVu
On motion by Mr. SEWER, ordered to lie on the
table.
Mr.. PHELPS, from the Committee on Roads ma
CanliS, 10 which referred bill 10 grant 10 The
States and incorporated companies engaged in the con
sructcn nf roads and canals. the right of way through
the public lands of the IT, 5, reported the with
ont amendment.
Mr.. SEWER, from the Committee on Indian 81.
fairs 10 which was referred bill TO provide fer tie
Of, ,o ,I,rt
dams o. the States Of Missouri and Arkansas
ported the same without amendment.
Mr.. FULTON, from the Committee the Public
Lands, TO which referred the memorial of the
Western Academy of ST. Louis, asked TO be DIS
charged from lis further consideration; which was
agreed to.
Mr. HENDERSON submitted tie following rcso.
luton:
Resolecd That the Secretary Of the Treasury inform
the Senate If there be cons dcrablc number land
what nuuhcr) Of donation claims or settlement rghts
under the act. o Congress Of sig and l-l! for lands
situate in The State Of Mississippi south Of the 81 de-
gree of north latitude, which have been proven unGer
these laws and surveyed, plotted and returned the
surveyors Office Of the district is the deputy surveyor
Of The IT, 5. appointed thereto, but the titles 10 which
are thereupCn suspended Impuation Of rrcgulary
the SURVEYS IN regard to form and location = Also,
whether not the surveys excepted to- exceed or d.
minish the quantity of land TO which claimants
titled. B. How long since these surveys have been
executed, and wha: proportion of them have been
ected in title 4. What is The description and quality
of land generally in which these surveys made. >
And whether, IL the opinion Of the commissioner, II
such surveys be irregnr it would not BE- better
noinv for the Government TO confirm them made,
than ncnr the expense of rc-survoy.
THE INDEPENDENT TREASURY ELL
Was then taken up, and, after speech of mGch abb
lity from Mr.. WALKER was, ov motion of Mr.. BU-
| CIIANAN, informally passed over.
The bill for the relief of certain persons therein
named, was taken up: and, after remarks from
Messrs. TAPPAN, GRUNDY, CLAY Of Alabama, and
ROBINSON, was ordered to BE- engrossed
I The Senate then went into Executive business and
afterwards adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Tncsday, january 81, $40.
The question before the House was the proposition
of Mr.. Thompson Of South Carolina 10 amend the
rules by the addition Of the following:
Rcsoi1ed, That upon tic presentation of any memo
rial i,r Of