Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-12-24
uo>oRE@s--aD Session
WEDNESDAY. UEcEaBER % 1852.

TIE Chair laid before ne Senate communication rom
the Secretary of the Treasury enclosing p"h 'o' "c Gas
On motion Of Mr. Rush. The Chair authorized TO nj
the vacancy on the committee vi H''an affairs raSc" y,
the election o Mr. Atchlson as PRESIDENT l'i' 'ro''
Mr. Wade introduced hill rrIin1uish TO The Slate O
Ohio The unfinished portion ot The CHmoci"n" 'ol" "'''
Ar Hnond from The committee conference on the dis
agreeing votes Houses on the vote Tor ti'c rene
OF the widow Of Gen. Worth, reported 'a' e fi"ue e'e"
Ar BmIand introduced joint resolution, explanatory OF
The &C, maxim. appropriation for The removal oil ne heo
river raft 80 :, ,,o,;o, :,
railroad with branches and the establishment o! postal a.
ranremens The Atlantic and Pacllic Oceans. ne
moved il BIZ made the special ORDER or lc TENN vi 'aa'
next -, l, ., ,,,4
the special order for that day
The bill giving further remedies 10 rentees was taken
M and after debate POS poncd till Tuesday next
III, Senate then took the bill changing the concnSa
ton OF Senators and members ol Congress rom .c
allowance annual salary oil Two thousaha a"'h;S
with the present mileage computed however by straight
linz. and deducting dollars for each days absence from
Congress- unless in OF illness oil HIMSELF WIFE, OF GNU
, such excuse 10 be sustained on oah
Mr. Underwood addressed the Senate in support OF the
bill. ..-,..,,,,
yeas honehe inadequate opposed 10 any bill on ms
subject, He commented npon the provisions OF inc Oi' a
containing false exaggerated lmpual!ons upon INC co
Duct and integrity oil The members
The debate further contrned, ana then, on hoon "
Mr. Badger the bill indefinitely pustponed-yeas Il,
:, nays l9.
HOUSE Or REPRESENTATIVES,.
The first business before The House was Inc taking inc
yeas and mass upon he motion OF Mr. Seymour TO refer the
subject Of riversn committee OF commerce; which
was agreed by vote OF 81 10 b3
Same discussion follow cd motion OF Mr.. L0rnnn ci
lndana to print 20U additional copies of The report OF the
commissioner on public lands; upon which the and NAYS
were demanded and which was agreed o-ycas 9o NOES
Tie Speaker then called for petitions from States Oehe
the regular order o' BUSINESS ana subsequently io '.
The yeas and nays were taken a resolution authorizing
rne clerk Of tie House pay 10 John 5 Litte OF Pa the
allowance of member Congress- who contested the seat
Of John Robbins m until the lth September, 1850 when
the election decided on by the House oil Representa-
lives which agreed ,U-yeas S. nays "a.
A similar resolution submitted in favor Of HendrcS
b. Wainhrs Pa the I'd July last who contested the
se7t the present member Henry NJ Fuller last session.
which was agreed TO; yeas lUU, nays 6O
Mr. Davis of Massachusetts offered the following rcsolu-
Resolved That the Clerk nj this House pay 10 John la.
liafero of Virginia. the compensation per diem ana
mileage that allowed 10 members OF Congress conlpu'
ting the the commencement o! tue fst stS-
The twelfth Congress Till the second oi December
lSll also that pay The said Taaicrro like copensa-
lion per diem and mileage from TIE commencement o ihc
first session OF lie thirteenth Congress 10 ana ihcinone
The second of August lsl3 and the Ike compensation per
diem and mileage, computing the per diem from The com
menccncn OF the second session OF Tie thirteenth Ion
gress Ia and including February IL, loll
MIR Davis said that Mr. Taiaerro member Of tho
House forty or fifty years ago In the FIRST contest the right
10 the seal declared in his favor but he received
his pay for that time. In the second oE strIcl pnrty vote
his opponent prevailed The gentleman IL now living III Tins
city, aye eighty years poor and entitled tn The
money for the payment OF which the resolution provides
Nj Lctcier wished know whether Ie antiquarian com
mrtec Of Elections had extended their inquiries any further
back
Mr. Davis said he did not care whether there hun
bred thousand such cases IL they were honest ones
Hr. Getcer should like 10 know II This was iar case
why had not been paid before now.
i Mr. Davis believed il would have been paid long since
had the genean's scrupcs OF deicary prevented MN
rom urging his claim.
Mr. Williams said evident the House did not under
the in his opinion the claim was not the less
but rather The more morous because it went back forty
years. Mr. IulitcrIo was al that time gentleman oil Tor
tune and prevented by feelings Of drcacy from press
ing his claim. The Government should not plead the statute
of limitations against Il highly honorable man.
Mr. Davis said in reply 10 MI Lctchcr. II was perfectly
right to scruniz: n claim dating far back. But all the
facts are IN record and nothing is left 10 conjecture.
Mr. Lecer remarked he did not want 10 vote blndt1l IN
| a claim which has been sleeping for lofty years.
Mr. Davis then read the report OF the committee OF Einc
tuns, which was unanimous, giving inc Pifcudla VI "'
Mr. Ashe offered amendment to The resolution, 10 pay
tho money agrccabY 10 Inc law al ha nh'r IN '"ce' anu
this agreed TO.
Tie first branch Of the resolution then adopted By
vote ui-ycas 81, nays -; and
i The second branch rejected by v"!r o-yeas 81
nays a.
/ MEETING; OF THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL so
CiErY-lne sixth annual meeting q" The Virginia llsto-
rica Society held in the Lecture loom 81 "" A'"
TO learn that attendance both nj members and VISITORS
extremely small owing possibly TO the 'ncIe'nency Of
the weather. -
| VIM Fl Nacf.rland ESD on taking the Chair, cntc!tain
ed the audience several minutes in remarks appropriate
to The OCCASION which wcc aenvcly listened 10 ana nap
ply received.
RrpoRrMr Giles then read the report Of the Executive
Committee which submitted 10 the Society ana adopted
DoyAr,oss-Mr Maxwell the Secretary and Librarian,
nry presented list of donations of books, paintings &c,
received during the past year which lie rcau '"wina
up with somc important statements o"c""S '' """''' u
the Society :,
DIscounsE-Conway Robinson Esq. then favored the
Society with able graphic and highly entertaining dis
course on tho Arthur Lee before the Declaration Of
Independence with an interesting account OF some ~ me
events which led 10 that memorable result AS me EXccu
e tive Committee have asked copy for publication, We wI
not mar lis beauty by attempting 10 present sketch OF H.
Mr. Robinson having concluded the following resolutions
were offered and unanimously adopted
THASKs-On motion of I'll. Robertson Esq, o! Norfolk,
il was Resolved That thanks Of the Society be- and
they are hereby presented Conway Robinson Esq, for
his able valuable and interesting discourse read this even
np and that be requested furnish the Executive Com
m,ee with copy of for preservation IN inc atchlVes ana
for publication in such form AS they may think proper!
PoRTRAIT OF P0cAHoSTAs.-on mol'on o ut nia1W
il was Resolved That the thanks Of the Society be and they
are hereby presented 10 Thomas Suy Esq OF Phadephi
Tor his pornil Pocahonias which he has so handsomely
and generously painted for the ornament oil our 0On anu
which cannot fail 10 associate his fame with that of
incompatible heroine In the most happy and honorable man
ner for years and ages TO come
solved That The thanks Society be and they arc here
by rendered Robert Su, ESQ., nrlst OF this CITY, Tor MS
q valuable and interesting portrait D'"'"
and The nrophet painted by him and most obgngy pre-
4 sencd the Society.
SrasT,yTIAL ArD-O On motion Of DR.. Maupin it was Re-
soyed That the thanks If the Society DC and they are here
by nrescntcd 10 the gentlemen Philip ST. George Cnckc
Esq and Others who hnvc so generously contributes me
sn of 300 each making together the OF OU0 10 in
crease , fund {" the Society and so To insure
The sabi, Of institution, and 10 enlarge and extend its
,py operations and Influences for the benefit and honor
, of Stale
, sf the Society for tho ensuing year:
William g. tvcs Esq President.
James NJ. Mason, Esq William II. Maciarlnd, Esq and
John Y. Mason. Esq, Vice Presidents.
VIM. Maxwell, Esq, Secretary and Librarian.
+ George n. Johnson, Esq Treasurer.
EXECUTIVE CohNITrEE-The officers present elected the
following gentlemen members OF the Executive Committee
for the ensuing year:
Conway Robinson, Socrates Maupn, Gustavus 4 Mycrs,
Thomas r. Giles, Thomas II Ellis, Charles g. Lee and Ar
thur a. Morson
HosoRARy MEMREas-The following gentlemen were
elected honorary members Of the Society:
Gen John H. Cooke Of Fluvanna; Rev BcnJ II. Rice ID.
D. Of Prince Edward; John j. Allen, Esq. President, tho
Court of Appeals; George W. r. Curtis. Esq. nj Arlington
d. C.; Thomas Suiy, Esq. OF Phiadcpha; Edward Eve