Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-24
Friday, March 20, lS40.

the removal of the Wnnebago Indians; which was o
dered to be printed, and referred to The Committee
Indian Affairs.
i Mr. MERRICK presented a communication fro
the banks of the District of Columbia presenting
exhibit of their situation and resources; which was
dered to lie the table, and ordered to be printed
/ Mr. ROANE presented the memorial OF Wlilial
Brent, r; which was referred TO The committee on r.
| reign Affairs.
| Mr.. BENTON presented document containing
summary of the proceedings of the British Mint for III
last twenty years; which was laid on the table
ordered to be printed.
Mr.. WEBSTER submitted the following resolution
| for consideration:
Resoired That the Secretary of the Treasury inform
the Senate hat proportion of Treasury notes, issue
under the authority of the act ofOctobcr i, 1897,
subsequent acts has been paid TO public creditors of h
United States in discharge of their claims, and wha
proportion has been used for the purpose Of raising
ney from banks or individuals; together with state
of the rates of interest borne by the of the
several issues respectively And tina, he also inform
the Senate whether the Treasury notes bearing inter
est have been deposited in banks for the purpose OF
raising credit and to be drawn against bv the Urea
sury Depa. tment and if any such dcpostcs have been
made, to state the dates and amounts thereof and the
dates and sums of the drafts made thereon.
Mr.. NORVELL submitted the following resolution,
which was considered and agreed to-
ReSolred, That the Secretary or War be directed TO
communicate TO the Senate such information may
the application ofa mineral solution to the preserva.
ton of timber called "kyanisng, in the report othe
Sa ess 81 # sbshpaaS anS cost q ~
particularly in reference to the construction OF piers,
ettces, and other similar works, well Is FOR naval
structure.
The resolution submitted yesterday, by Mr.. Lump.
kim proposing to substitute u for X as the hour OF
meeting orthe Senate being taken up, after some re-
marks from Mcssrs. LUMPKlN, HUBBARD and
KING, it was laid on the table for the present
The bill to provide for the payment OF damages sus
tanned by individuals in the wars with the Indian tribes
since 1880, coming upon its third reading
Mr. LuMPkIN moved TO rccommt the bill back to
The Com attee on claims with instructions to strike
on, ,a, clause which required the Third Auditor to re-
port the claims to Congress- before they were settled
The reconmitment was further advocated by MeSsrs
LUMPKIN and CLAY of Alabama, and opposed by
Mr.. WRIGHT and, the question being taken, II was
decided in the ncgativc-aycs 9, noes ~
The bill was then read third time and passed
The Senate then went into Executive session, and
adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The journal having been read,
Mr. RIVES said he did not find, from The reading of
the record any notice of the motion he made 10 refer to
the Committee of Elections the additional evidence
laid before the House yesterday by the Speaker in
relation to the New Jersey contested election. The
gentleman from Louisiana Mr.. R. Garandl moved to
lay it on the table, and he MIR. made the motion to
refer it TO the Committee of Elections.
MIR. R. then made motion that ii be amended IN
that particular; which was agreed to.
The CHAIR announced that the business first IN
order was the resolution reported from the Committee
of Elections by Mr.. Campbell their chairman propos
ing to print all the testimony connected with the New
Jersey contested election and the amendment OF Mr.
R. Garland of Louisiana to discharge the Committee
Of Elections from the further consideration ohe papers
in relation to the New Jersey question
NJ hair Of l, 'a,pn IF
Elections said he had been instructed by that commit
tee TO move resolution modification OF the one
now before the House, to have the report made
the 18th instant included in the proposition TO print
Messrs. TRIPLETT and STANLi objected
Mr. CAMPBELL said it was matter of very little
consequence The motion was made to save the time
Of the House; but objected to, he would not
press it.
Mr. BROWN of Tennessee continued hs argument
rom the point at which he left of yesterday, aud took
up, and successfully reuted, the objections made by the
Opposition members OF the committee 10 the nstrnc
lions ofthe House, under which they had acted. The
great objection was, not against the right OF the House
give ouch instructions, the competency oi the
mittcc TO make report but that the Chairman OF the
Military Committee Mr. Johnson OF Tenn. had moved
the nstruct TONS and thus interfered with the affairs Of
he Committee of Elections The gentleman from
Connecticut ,snk great alarm at the word 'inr' W.
and every body eloquent appear OF tie
gentleman 70 the House. to the committee from The
n,rusions of this man OF war They might almost APP
prehend from the gent!einans alarming iorebodings,
that this warlike individual would rslI into the com
mittee room, pull down their chairs and tables, and
turn the committee neck and heels out OF doors Inc
gentleman in poIraying the daring usurpauons winch
had been attempted by the chairman OF the Military
Committee threw back their attention to scene IN the
French Chambers of Deputies when Napoleon entered
a, the head of his genaders and turned the deputies out
of doors But when he turned aside from The conlei-
platoon of the genteman's gloomy picture, and look
la Hama nrn IA ms
from Tennessee, he forgot the scene in the French
Chamber OF Deputies, and thought how little likely 1t
was that any outrage the rights Of the House, or the
could be committed through his agency
Indeed he iorciby reminded OF the truth OF the
maxim that there is but step from the sublime to
the ridiculous After answering the other objections
made TO the instructions of the House. MIR. b. took up
the complaints made against the House for having CON
rned the report The majority of the House had been
CHARGED with having acted with indecent hurry with
madness and blindness and he would appeal TO the sober
second thoughts of the minority of the committee who
made this charge whether the facts OF the case would
Justify them in the use of such uncourteous language
Did not the records show that the House was IN posses.
sion of all the evidence material to the case decided on
Was not that decision made after long and protracted
debate when every gentleman who desired IL hao oeen
heard on the subject; And again. 1t had unJustly and
falsely been alleged that the majority OF the House mao
BROUGHT ia these FIVE New Jersey members to enaole
them to carry out some favorite measure Of the Adm
nistraton Did the gentleman sllude the Sub
sury bill, to the resolution against the assumption Oh
the State debts TO any other OF those great measures
on which II was well known that there was large
majority of the House committed before these members
came in, But see the inconsistency OF this part OF the
gentleman argument. The House, by large MAORI
ty least thirty voted in these FIVE members they had
majority sufficiently large to commit what the gentle
man considers such gross outrage, and with such IN
decent hurry, and yet with this large majority the!
wanted these five additional members to enable them
carry out their favorc measures. The inconsistency
and ubsurdty Of this argument carried with II ITS own
refutntion.
Mr. d. next answered the complaint made, that the
H.".e wG.d not give Tie mn9TY the Liberty OF sub
offered, the gentleman from Virginia Nr Botts) moved
TO suspend the rules TO receive it, when the House was
engaged on the majority report, and the motion faet
because it was KNOWN and il was SO decided by the
Speaker, that, II prevailed, it would superedc the
action Of the House on the majority report But, a
the FIRST moment, after the majority report was decided
on the gentleman from Virginia again offered his re-
mort when It vas received by general cons0at and the
question OF reception supposed to be decided when
Tho gentleman from Louisiana (alr Garand) ogre'eo
=. % L.;n, rac,vpd in this way, and denanto tlt