Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-01-14
coNGREss---ad SESSION
IN SENATE.
Thursday Jan. z, 1871.

FROM the Secretary OF War; containing Inst OF the SOL
ders engaged in the last with Great Britain, who
entitled to bounty land; which was laid on the table
and ordered to be printed.
Also, report from the Postmaster General, with
list Of the number and compensation of the clerks
gagged in his Department; which laid the table,
and ordered TO be printed.
Also a report from the Secretary of the Treasury,
transmitting statement furnished by the banking in
corporations of the District of Columbia showing their
condition the LIST of JAM 1S4 which laid the
table, and ordered TO be printed.
Also, communication from the Secretary of the
Treasury in answer resolution Of the Senate of the
9TH inst, relative to the settlement of the Mississippi
land claims; which referred to the Committee on
| Finance. eas.ts-
Mr.. LINN presented the memorial of the heirs and
legal representatives Of Major General Duportai Of
Brigadier- General Armand and Captain DE La Co
lembe PRAYING bounty land for Revolutionary service
which were referred TO the Committee on Public Lands
Mr.. WHITE, from the Committee Pensions re
ported bill for the relief of Samuel Crapn; which
YEAS read and ordered to a second reading.
Mr.. WILLIAMS, from the Committee on Naval AT
fairs to which referred the House bill making pro
vision for Navy Pensions, and in relation to half pay
reported the same with an amendment.
| MIR. KING, from the Committee Commerce, to
which referred the memorials of citizens of Mich
gam praying for the imposition OF Il duty on isn
brought from Canada, asked that the committee might
be discharged from their further consideration and that
the memoralsts have leave to withdraw their papers
Mr. h. stated for this motion, that tho
Senate had power by the Constitution to enact bill
imposing duties. The motion agreed TO.
MIR. WRIGHT, from the Committee OIL Finance,
to which had been referred memorials for the extern
sion of time the deposte Banks of Naichez for pay
ment money into the Treasury of the United States
reported Joint resolution authorizing The Secretary OF
the Treasury to extend further indulgence to certain OF
the late dcposte Banks which read, and ordered
To 4 second reading
Mr. W also from the same committee, to which was
referred bill TO authorize the payment OF equitable
commissions to the agents attorneys of persons in
whose favor awards have been made under three seve
raj treaties between the United STATES and certain TO
reign powers which awards have been retained IN the
Treasury in payment fdcbts due to the United States
reported the same wi,hou. amendment
! Mr. TAPPAN submitted the following resolution,
which was considered and agreed to:
Resoired That the Secretary of the Treasury be di.
rcced 10 communicate the Senate, at early period
as practicable in n detailed and tabular form all the in.
formation in the power Of his Department in answer 10
the following questions
| L. What amount has the Federal Government lost,
from its organization this tme by the employment Of
banks, by the of bank paper by its connections
in any wise with banks, including the depreciation Of
bank paper,
3 What amount the people Of the United States
have lost from the commencement of the Government
this time, by the failure and the suspension thanks,
and by the depreciation Of bank paper by the loss and
destruction of bank notes and by the existence Of banks
and The use o. bank paper generally
g. What have the people and Government os the U.
States paid, directly and indirectly, to the aggregate
banks of the United States for the of those nstu
tions annually for theSlast ten years;
a. What proportion Of the stock of the several banks
ofte United States is ut this time owned by fore gners
The bill for the relief of the legal representatives of
John J. Buow, jr.: deceased, being taken up
Mr.. BUCHANAN said he would ask of the chair
man of the Committee on Claims, whether the COM
mittee were in favor of making compensation for all
the losses of individuals occasioncd by the in Flo
rida.
Mr. HUBBARD said that question had not been
presented 10 the consideration Of the committee. If it
should be presented to that committee far he
concerned, lie decidedly opposed to any such prn
ciple.
MIR. BUCHANAN said he would tomorrow under
take to show that the bill which had just been ordered
third reading, involved that principle, and, if it
passed, would be the means of taking millions Of mo-
nev from the public Treasury.
Mr. HUBBARD would with pleasure listen to the
Senator's views the subject at his earliest convent
ence.
Some further conversation ensued as TO the prnci-
ples involved in these bills, in which Messrs WRIGHT,
HUBBARD and KING participated when, by equal
consent the bill under consideration was informally
passed over, with the understanding that it and the
others for claims in Florida, would be discussed to-
morrow
The bill to continue in force the for the final ad
ustment of private land claims in Missouri, approved
9th july 1882, and the act supplemental thereto, APP
proved Cd March, 1888; and
The bill 20 authorize the issuing of patent to the
heirs or legal representatives of Francis Rvard, de-
ceased; severaly considered as in Committee OF
the Whole, and ordered to be engrossed.
PERMANENT PROSPECTIVE PRE.EMPTIoN LAW.
The bill to establish permanent prospective pre-
empon SYSTEM in favor of settlers the public lands,
who shall nhabt and cultivate the same and raise log
cabin hereon being the special order of the day, ia
ken up the question being the substitute therefor
submitted by Mr.. Prentss.
After slight modification of the substitute by MIR.
PRENTISS,
Mr.. HUNTINGTON addressed the Senate in favor
of the substitute, and in opposition to various PROPOSE
tons of the bill, and was followed by
Mr.. HUBBARD, who submitted his views at length
in favor of the principle of the bill, and in opposition
to the amendment.
The debate continued by Messrs. GRAHAM
and PRESTON, whose remarks principally con-
fined TO the relative powers Of the General and State
Governments the subject of naturalization and c-
zenation.
Mr. ANDERSON rose with the purpose Of submit
n his views on the blk but it being late in the after
noon, he yielded TO a motion for adjournment;
And the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Thursday, Jan. Z, lS4l.
After the journal had heen read,
Mr. LEFT asked and obtained leave tn withdraw the
petition of the heirs Of Capt Richard Doarear late ut
the Revolutionary Army, and the accompanying docu-
ments.
The SPEAKER then announced, the special or
der, the consideration OF the report OF the COMMITTEE
Of Elections relative to the
CONTESTED PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION CASE
between Messrs Naylor and Ingersol
MIR. FILLMORE after alInd ding to the lndsposIt'on
Of Mr. Naylor, moved postponement of the case un-
I'll tomorrow.
Mr.. MONROE objected, on the ground that to-mor-
row was the day for the consideration of'prvate bills
MIR. FILLMORE said he had no objection to modify
his motion so to insert Monday
After some debate of conversational character the
motion was agreed to- and the further consideration OF
The subject postponed until NJ nday ne xt
l.tJNATiCs IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The ne III business was the motion of Mr.. Fillmore to
reconsider the by which the bill making temporary
provisions for unatcs the District had been rejected
| After some refremarks from Mr.. 'FiLLlNGHAoi ),
Mr.. MARVIN moved the previous question, which
was seconded
The question on the recoD siderat'0n was then
| ordered to be put whereon
Mr.. HUBBARD demanded the yeas and nays ~h nl
were ordered, and being taken, resulted-Yeas 90,
90