Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-07-10

Of th,u war ur1 longer II those who seere strangers !
their interests ard feelings, and who knew nothing per
sonally Of the horrid cruclties which were carried ci u
thai, unhappy Territory. He wished to make j; eInp:a
ticaIly Il Florida war; to be conducted by the pcopio
The Territory. who should be empowered 10 select those
most dcenIv interested in the result. The presenting
lila of Florida were greatly reduced and exhausted By
previous labors and sufierings IN this contest. l1ewas
for receiving volunteers, and empowering them 10
choose their own officers. The bill empowered the Gov.
ernor and Council TO distribute lands to those whose
property had been dilapidated and destroyed By he
SAVAGE foe. In reference TO this last provision, he Cd
served that Mr.. Benton's bill, from the Senate, propose
to give 3 200, 600 acres of the soil OF Florida to thpe
who would settle on il and take military occupation Of
The country. That was more than would cover all Tia
was proposed to be granted by this bill; and the Senate
bill was understood to meet the appreciation of the Ike
cutive.
Mr.. ID, traced the III success of the war in Florila
10 the want Of a commander and the employment of a
force not adapted to the nature of the contest.
MI. CAVE JOHNSON said he never would con
sent to send such a bill to the Committee ofthe Wilde.
and moved to lay j, on the table; and on this notion he
demanded The yeas and nays; which were ordered, and,
being taken, resulted as follows: Yeas 7S, nays 81
No quorum having voted, the roll was again calLd.
when the yeas and nays resulted as tollows-Yeas2 rs
nays 81.
So the bill was laid on the table and ordered t. be
printed.
MIR. TRIPLETT, on leave, presented a meinoiaI
from certain tobacco planters; which was referred.
Mr.. PICKENS wished 10 offer a resolution for anap,
preparation Of $4,000 for deiraylng the expenses Of a
survey of the Northeastern boundary; but
The House, on motion OF Mr. Anterior, rcsolvcdt TO
90 again into Committee OF the Whole on the state OF
the Union, Mr.. Lincoln in the chair and resume the
consideration of the
NAVY APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. CRARY resumed his speech in favor of an
amendment offered by him, proposing that the journal
of the Navy Board be presented TO Congress at the
commencement of each session, and continued TO ad
dress the committee till a quarter past II o'clock.
Mr.. REED, of Massachusetts obtained the floor, but
yielded it to r
Mr.. ADAMS, who censurcd the Committee on Ma
val Aflairs for not having considered aud reported on
the plan submitted by the Secretary OF the Navy 'm
the substitution of Naval Bureaus III place OF a Boart
of Navy Commissioners.
Mr.. REED then went into a reply to MIR. Crarys
speech noticing the most prominent points, denying
his charges, demanding proof, and euloglzlng The Com
missioners and the Navy generally.
He was followed by Mr.. HOFFMAN, who, while he
admitted that there might be defects IN the existing
plan ola Navy Board, and protested himself u be pre-
pared TO examine the Secretary's plan for naval bu.
reaus, toward which his preference leaned0 ~rpelled
the charges adduced by Mr.. Crary against the manage
mcnt of the Navy and the construction and arimng OF
our ships of war, and lowered into a most eloquent and
stirring ~culoglum on the glorles Of our naval achieve
mcntS.
lie concluded at half past : O'Clock, when te ques'
ton being taken on the motion OF Mr.. Crary, !. was re-
iected nem. c0n. The House then took a recess.