Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-03-26

M4. FILLMORE Appealed ron 'hs aees'u" "a W,
n,n,.s;;on different from the measure une-I eoa'oei
at:on shall be admitted under color o. apen1'ieH.
A. visr s.d no would not debate this plain appeal
10 rssen, state Of the House, which CONSISTED oil
-, ' ,,, . cuorum Whenever they went into Com
ar th q hole the House deserted by many
members all Of whom were PAID eight ooiia'S udy' W
m,ny nj whom were not worth hall that sum ne nhoseu
, ;h committee rise for the purpose OF getting quo
- and no called for tcllers on that motion. ne TEL
crs repor,ed "a in the affirmative ano ID IN the
Total lO9-being less than quorum.
Tho Committee accordingly rose, AND the speaker
took the Chair. ,d;o,,, and
asked for tie ayes and noes thereon. ie ,, ~
move it with view to ADJOURN nut ~ VIZ
sentccs. oo ,,on ,s
follows-ayes u, noes l0.
NJ WISE said here was not quorum present, seve.
,al members who had voted having lett the House
NJ MORGAN offered a resolution, providing Tor the
I.o,;on of The names of absentees, but IL was not
Ar BRIGGS wished to offer resolution to stop the
nav Of absen,ees, but objection was made
Nr WISE moved call of the House.
The SPEAKER said that the commute mao risen
nlv far want of quorum, and the record showed one
., b in attendance and therefore the House must re-
so,ra itself into Committee of the Whole, and the
motion for call could not be entertained.
/. MIR. ADAMS appealed, and The question on The ap,
,eal was taken by tclers, as toows-ayes ca noes D.
which was less than quorum.
The House then adjourned
Moe, OF Mr.. GAYS LAST SrEEcnEs.-Mr' Clay
a;or,ned over the Senate yesterday tor what many
nosed n he his last speech; but from what fell from
IN The course of his remarks, the public will be APP
sad tina, il is only of many last speeches. The
ernrctaiIon of extraordinary display on sucn an
enocb in Mr. Clays life, thronged the Senate with n
fhp in
Tho circular gallery were filed with ladies' which wore
49, nav an appearance as The dress boxes OF thea
,,e7 we think the fair ones looked somewhat cha'
nrned at The political, as well as the poelca eorts
which were displayed on the occasion The speech
beran with the Compromise act-ran INTO Tue e.pt"'
,;,nres which Wing votes bucked on the last Admin
,r,,;o, hevond its estimates, to break 1t down-then
look The back track on the Tariff and ended with The
Innd Bill II was this latter topic when nfought ou'
Mr. Claws poetic illusions, which crmsoned many IAN
faces in the gallery with bushes Inc orator hSeG tue
attention of his female auditory on what he was ABOUT
IN reneat as applicable 10 the constant demands OF the
Democratic Senators for the restoration oil the land
revenue by saying that our ancestors were III the hao
of treating their countrywomen IN ralher feue way
and with homely language. He then rec'teo Inc FOL
owinr lines to illustrate the penance 10 whlch lie
would subject those who claimed the public lands as
norton of the means of the National Treasury
.sIIrre ! am riding black ram,
Wuh his tail in my hand, like aw-- rs an;
And for my crincnm clancum,
Have lost my bncum hancun,
And for my tabs game,
Have done this worldly shame;
81 pray you, Mr. Sheriff,
Irt me hare my land again." o.
After repeating these vulgar black letter lines ut
tie modified, as he said, MIR. CLAY added that NJ
would not insist that the Senator from New York, Mr.
Wright, and the Senator from New Hampshire, T., Ml
Woodbury., should be compelled to mount the black
ram in the Senate, when making their demand for tht
restoration of the public land but that they should give
some pledges that proceeds would not be squandere'
as heretofore.
This beautiful sample of The orator decacy oil 'asl
and refined feeling was exhibited before the grave Sc
nate of the Union, and circle Of the accomplishe
and elegant women of the metropolis, Just after pro
Jirious burst of nvecve against The Globe, denoun
cing it as most Hcentious print, for having cope
from the Bankers Circular OF London the account
the late indictment of Lord Ashburton at the Old Bal
ley ll-Globe March %.