Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-01-06

S, s,,cks in which the said funds were invested;
the amount of interest withheld or reinseo ,ooe
md what measures have been taken by the Hecle.Ai
- recoyer The sane aso by whose agency the sa'o
| .,men,s were made; with copies oil any CORES
Of the Treasury Department with such agents.
relating thereto. axaa hv Al, HUNT
lies over day, under the RUE;
| ResoIred by the S.nGts and House o. i'reSe"'".to'
81 n. r. S Of .4mtriea IN Congress assemhed, t"o-
tn;,ds of both Houses concurrIng0 That the ioo"he
anne ndme MT the Constitution OF the " D oe
- the several Sites be valid to a lntens ara pu
noses as part of said Constitution ~nen ld.'ieu
aaI,nres of three ourlhs Of the said States, VIZ NO
hall he hereafter eligible TO the Office OF fresl-
don't If the IT, S. who shall have been previously elect
ID IN thu said Office and who shall have accepted the
same or exercised the powers thereof
! Mr. LEONARD offered the following; when also
| lies over: re. -, 4
Resored That the Clerk OF this House be au'hor'zen
to procure the printing of the illustrations accompany
inc the report Of Professor Espy upon his meeorooe,
cal observations and that The COST OF such uaPS Sa
not exceed % cents per copy. :,
Mr. BENTON offered The following resoiu'ion' whch
was adopted: ,,,:,:. - =.
structed 10 inquire into the expedency OF modifying
the militia laws of the u 81 SO as 10 require the enrol
ment of every white male citizen OF the respective
states cf the age Of 81 years, with The exceptions
made BY existing laws; and 10 report TO tins Hohse
whether or not, in their opnlon ihe burdens OF tne
present system OF militia organization may not De IN
ober RESPECTS greatly allevntsd without imParing It's
efficacy .:.L
Mr.. CARY moved to reconsider the vote, by when
the House refused to make the report of the Commit
Tee on the Rules the special order OF the day
| Mr. CAMPBELL observed, that the yeas AND nays
| had been taken upon that question
MrADAMS said the yeas and nays were not taken;
md furthermore he believed there was mistake made
in counting, and that in point OF iuct the Vo'e oil Inc
| House was - p.yNc
wbo remarked that if the subject going TO be de-
bstad it must lie over.
| Mr. CAMPBELL inquired if this motion could be
entertained at this tme when the States were being
called for resolutions
The SPEAKER remarked, that this offered as
a resolution.
| Mr. ADAMS said, motion for reconsideration was
always IN order-it was privileged question:
Mr. e.. JOHNSON suggested that the motion was
with the business, tor winch the rules had
been suspe nded. He thought it would come up more
properly when that suspension ceased
| The SPEAKER said, he considered It privileged
question, which could be made at any time
Mr. BOYD moved that the subject be laid upon the
table.
Upon this motion, the yeas and nays were demanded;
and. being taken resulted as fullows-yess So nayss7
Ycas-Nlessrs. Anderson, Barringer Belser, + j..
Black, j. Black james A. Black, Blackwell Bossier,
Bower, Bown, Boyd, J. Brinkerhof, Aaron v Brown,
w Brown, Burke, Burt, Caldwell, Campbell, Cat
| lin, "A. A CnapMHn, Siintoil, Souu SoIrs, SioSs,
Cullom Daniel, John w. Davis, Dawson, Dean De-
berry, Dellet, Dickinson, Douglass, Dromgoole, Dun
can, F,ckn, French Gmer, Byram Green, Hale,
foge, Houston, Hughes, Jameson, Cave Johnson,
Andrew Johnson, Geo. w. Jones, ? King, Labranche,
Lucas, Lumpkn, McClernnnd, Mcdonnell. Mckay,
Mathews, Moore, Newton, Norris, Payne, Pratt, D..
S. Reid Reding, Ritter, Russell, ST. John Saunders,
Simpson, Slidell, T. Smith, Robert Smith, Sieenrod,
Stephens, Stiles, Stone, Taylor, Thomasson, Thomp
SON. Tibbatts Weller, Wentworth, and Wood ward-S0.
Ash p,pn1rd RSard- lsV
Benton, Brodhead Milton Brown, Cary, Carroll, Ch,l-
ton, Clingman, Crauston, Garrett Davis. Richard ID
Davis, Dickey, Dunlap, Ellis, Elmer, Farlee, Fish,
Florence, Foot Ffick, Gidd'ngs, W Green, Order,
Hudson, Hungerford Washington Hunt, james b
Hunt Chas } Ingerso!l, Joseph R lngersoil, lrv'n,
jerks Perey B. Johnson Daniel 2 King Kirkpatrick,
Lyon, AIcCanalin, McCl.liand, Mcdowell, Mclvalne,
Marsh, Edward J. Morris, Morse, hoselsy Mes, Oven,
parmenter Patterson Peyton, Ramsey Rathbun, Chas
NJ Read, Relte, Rodney, Rogers, Sample, schenck,
Senter. Severance, David l. Seymour, Slmons, Albert
Smith Sts,son John Stewart, T'lden. Tyler, vance,
Vanme,er Vinlon, Wheaton, White, Williams, Win
throp and Joseph A. Wrght-s1.
So the resolution was not laid on the table.
Mr. c. JOHNSON then gave notice of desire to
debate it, and observed that 1t must, therefore, lie over
Some conversation followed, in which Messrs Har
ding, Cave Johnson, Beardsiey, ADAMS anu te oPeaA
err took parl; when
The SPEAKER decided that the question 10 lay The
resolution on the table having been decided in the ne
gative and the question being then on reconsideration
(Which was privileged queson,) the party moving II
had right TO demand decision on It.
Mr. PETIT Of Ia, announced the attendance OF his
Colleague, Mr. Caleb B. Smith; who qualified, and
took his SCAT
Mr.. JAMESON asked if he understood the Speaker
10 decide that the resolution OF the gentleman from
York did not lie over suggested, OH nolice OF DEBATE
BY the gentleman from Tennessee.
| The CHAIR said that the question being on recon
side ration it must according TO the invarabe pracuce
of the House, now come up
Mr. JAMESON said that, in that case, The object OF
the resolution Of the genean from Tennessee to cal
on the States for resolutions would be defeated, as this
question would probably be discussed, and occupy The
who'll day. lie hoped the Speaker would review bis
decision with reference to this state of The case, and
revise it. Unless the Speaker did so, he would be COM
PEELED to appeal
| Mr. C. JOHNSON suggested that the mover Of the
resolution should agree let lie over till after the
call on the States for resolutions was finished
Some conversation followed, when the resolution was
by general CONSENT laid till the call on the Stles
'''N'o REDUCTION OF POSTAGE.
| Mr. PRIEST ON KING gave notice that he would, on
rome future day. ask leave 10 Introduce bill providing
10 abolish the frankng privilege, TO regulate The rates
Of postage in accordance with the coins OF the United
States and 10 reduce postage to the lowest rates deem
ed sufficient 10 sustain the Post Office Department by
lis revenue.
| PENSIONS TO WIDOWS
| Mr.. SEYMOUR, on leave, and in pursuance OF no
given introduced bill to amend the act granting
half pay and pensions to certain widows and the
raj acts and regulations on the subject and extending
| the provisions thereof.
| The bill having been read twice,
| Mr. SEYMOUR moved to refer it 10 The Committee
of the Whole on the Of the Union; butt at the sug
ges,on of Mr. STEENROD, withdrew that ton, and
moved to refer il to The Committee on Revolutionary
Pensions which motion agreed 10
|
| Mr.. BARNARD asked leave to offer resoiuuon'
that the Committee on Naval Afilrs be instructed 10
inquire into tie e1pedency of providing by law, ior
gratuty of one years pay TO the WIDOWS aha orphans
of the officers and seamen who were lost IN Inc a,e u
5. schooner Grampus objected 10 by several, and not
received.
! TRADE WITH GERMANY
| Mr. A STEWART offered the following resolution;
which lies over one day:
Resoirtd Thut the President Of the U be request
ed to communicate to this House, il not IN his opinion,
incompatible with the public interest," The instructions
given to our Minister al Berlin, by which he has bee
authorized TO PROPOSE his letter of the 9th OF octo-
ber 1s43, the negotiation of treaty between this Co
yernment and the Germunic States or "Customs Uni
on for mutual reducon be made in their respective
tariffs together with the correspondence and dispatches
.,..o enb;ont not al communicated this