Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-01-10

without concluding, he gave way for motion to ad
iourn which prevailed.
And The House adjourned until to-morro"
Friday, Jan. 6, s43
SENATE.
The PRESIDENT FRO tim. laid before the 81 nate
report from the Secretary of the Treasury covering
report from the Commissioner OF the Land once 10
relation TO the survey of land in the Greensburg, late
ST. Helena land district, in the State of LOUISIANA
Also, report as 10 the damage done to some OF the
lands in Mississippi BY the Cherokee Indians
| THE BANKRUPT LAW. .
Mr. BUCHANAN presented 4 memorial from cIti'
Gems Of Philadelphia, asking Congress TO repeal Inc
| Bankrupt law.
THE EXcIEorER.
! Mr.. IA LLMADGE presented 4 memorial nunler-
ously signed BIZ citizens o! Brooklyn, New York, ask
ing Congress to establish the Exchequer scheme Also
memorial in favor Of the same object from cizen' OF
New York. ,.,,
! The following resolution, submitted by Mr.. HUNT.
| INGTON some DAYS since was taken up tor conSloera
| lion viz:
Resolefd, That the Committee on the Post once
and Post Roads be instructed to enquire into the exPe
dency Of so modifying The existing laws ss that each
Assistant Postmaster General shall be appointed by te
President by and with the advice and consent oil the
Senate.
Also. whether il be expedien 10 repeal modify the
law which prohibits contractors for the conveyance Of
the mail from carving without the consent OF the Post
master General newspapers other than these carried IN
the mail.
MIR. HUNTINGTON thought TINT both subjects
should receive the attention of the Senate and The COM
mi,,ee OH the Post Office and Pest Roads and that
the Assistant Postmasters General shond all be aP
pointed by and with the ndyice and consent Oh Inc Se
nate rather than by The authority oil the PRESIDENT ana
Postmaster General. The extent Of power was very
prcat With regard 10 the carrying of newspapers
outside of the mail he said that the subject was one
which agitaled the public mind, and was deserving oil
public consideration The power to grant or dsaiiow
these privileges placed the hands nj any one oicer OF
the General Government, liable TO abuse and was
anti Republican.
The resolution being one of inquiry merely, was then
adopted.
u Mr. BhYARD, on leave, intHdnc Dill 10 regu
late enlstments in the Army Navy and Marine Corps
which was ead twice and referred 10 the COMMITTEE on
Naval Affairs.
BOUNDARY LINE.
The bill for the rest of persons residing within the
1aeg UJhnssls se H SI,M44 and Lsass
and the Republic of Texas, established by the com
missopers appointed 10 the same was dehaec
by Messrs 1nEnKiEN. ALLEN, SEWER, FULTON
! sfcROBERTS, WOODBURY. and others.
The material question discussed to the right
of citizenship where citizens shut from
the country BY new boundary line placing them be
yond its borders.
The bill finally ordered TO be engrossed for
: third reading.
On motion of Mr. BERRIEN, it was resolved, tina,
when tie Senate adjourn it adjourn 10 meet Monday
next.
On motion of Mr.. ARCHER, the Senate took up the
bill for the payment of slaves taken from board the
Comet and Encomium at Nassau and it was after q
brief explanation, ordered TO an engrcssment.
i This bill appropriates $780, balance placed in
the Treasury by the late Secretary of State Mr. For
syth, from the indemnify received from the British Go
vernment for slaves taken from board the Comet and
Encomum
The Senate adjourned until Monday next.
uDIrSP or REpRESEETA
INFORMATION IN RELATION TO STEAMBOATS,.
Mr.. TRlPl.ETT submitted the following resolution,
| viz
Resored, That the Secretary of The Treasury com.
mgncae TO This House, cs early possible, the num-
her Of steamboats, and their tonnage employed on the
Mississippi river from January ISL, 10 January ],
lS43 and their probable cost value and the value OF
the ca!goes transported in them the number oil persons
annually employed in navigating them, and the mum
Der OF persons conveyed passengers on them Tor The
years aforesaid; the number and value of the steam.
boats lost or materially damaged in each OF The said
years, and the cause of such loss or material injury;
und the LOGS sustained by The destruction or damage OF
the cargoes Of such boats with al aggregate OF The
loss and damage Of boats and cargocf, distinguishing
between those lost by the boats running snags, bars
and rocks, and these lost from other causes also, the
number Of lives lost during the SAID time, making the
same distinction
Mr.. TRiPLETT said that the reason why he offered
the resolution was, that the information could be more
accurately furnished by the Treasury Department than
| from any other source
Mr.. FILLMORE suggested TO the gentleman to in
clude vessels on the Northern Lakes
Mr.. TRIPLETT accepted Of the amendment; and the
resolution then adopted.
WIDOWS OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS.
| Mr.. TORRANCE, from The Committee on Revolu
nnary Pensions, reported bill TO revive the provisions
of the act of the 9TH of july l-5, granting pensions
TO widows of Revolutionary soldiers; which was read
Tvs ice and committed to the Committee of the Whole on
the state of the Union
| TENSION AGENTS.
MIR. TAItAFERRO, lrca' the same committee, re-
ported two hilis-the first making compensation for
pension agents, and the second, 10 continue The office
Of Commissioner OF Pensions until tie Alb March, 1896
which severay .ecd twice and committed 10 the
Committee Of the " hole on the slate OF the Union.
Other reports, o no public Importance, were mace by
several Of the standing committees
THE FINE IMrosED on CEN. JACKSON.
| The resolution heretofore submitted by MIR. Bovine,
nstructng the Committee on the Judiciary TO report,
Thursday next bill to refund the fine imposed upon
General Jackson al New Orleans, was taken up;
Which Mr. BARy.ar had proposed TO amend by in.
struciing tile committee report to this House, with
all convenient despatch, the principal and material facts
in relation 10 the fine imposed on Genera! Jackson at
New Orleans, by Judge Hall, and The opinion If said
committee upon the material questions OF law involved
in the imposition OF such fine, and the acts leading
thereto"
Mr.. ADAMS, this morning, submitted the following
amendment, viz
Strike out oil after the WORD "SfSored, and insert
That the Committee the Judiciary, 10 whom has
been referred that part of the Message of the Pres
dent of The u States at the commencement Of the
session. which recommends the reimbursement Of the
fine imposed Gen. Jackson by the District Court Of
the a. S. at New Orleans, March, 1915, be instruct
ed to report within = days, ndment, 10 be pro
posed TO the bill No. 3G3, now in Committee Of the
Whole the state Of the Union which shall make the
bill conformable to the recommendation Of the Preti. |
dent, "erhOm designing any reflection the Judicial
tribunal phieh imposed The fne.' And that the said
committee do further reDor their opinion whether the
declaration of martial law by General Andrew Jackson
at New Orleans, was within the competency of his
oficia power By the laws Of war, without violation Of
the Constitution Of the United States; and if So whether
snn aeni of Qarnick a Hall. udae Of the