Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-12-13

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wards, and agreed thereto.
R,soired, That the Standing Committees OF this
Honse be appointed on Monday neXt.
On motion OF Mr.. Edwards, it was
hes0fned, That The Senate VIII proceed on
Monday next to the appointment OF a Ihaplain.
And then the Senate adjourned io Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mcs-rs. Carey, of Georgia and Anderson. of
Maine, appeared, ard, together with Messrs Car
me-, oi Va aud Rankn. OF Mississippi, who had
appeared Ia the House previously " ere sworn and
took their seats.
Tie following Standing Committees were an
nounccd as having been appointed 10y the Chair, viz:
Committee IF CiectionS.--Me~-rs. Sloane
Hayden, fucker, OF South Carolina, Phelps, Holt
man, Powell, and Bryan.
0nimittse IF " dys and .Ue0ns.--Messr
McI-ane OF De,eware, Cook, Stevenson OF Va,
SicD";iie, Dwight. Marvin and Brent.
Committee Of Claims - M.ssrs Williams, Nc
Coy, Whi'lesey, James Wilson, Barber, OF Conn.
Msrindale and Owen.
Committee of Commcrce.-Messrs Newton,
Fomlnson, Canhreieng, Reed, Thompson OF Geo.
Msngum and Wurt>.
COmD,ittee on the Public Ldnds.--Messrs
Rankin, Scott, Jennings OF Indiana, Strong, Vim
ION, Wripple and Esull.
Con,aiittee on me Past Office and Post Roads
Messrs. Inghaln, Barley, Alexander OF Tenn, Nc
Kean. Nerriw ether, Porter aGd Baldwin.
Committee on the District Of Col,nnJia.--
Messrs. Kent, Alexander of Va, Thompson of
Penn. Lahrop, Martin and Humphrey.
Committee on the Neutrality-suspicious. Web
s,er, Livingston, Buchanan, Wright, Clarke, Diay-
ton and Dorsey.
Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary
Claims. -Aiessrs. Little, Allen OF Tenn, Smith.
Plurner, Hasbrouck, Tucker of New Jersey; and
Sprague,
Committee on Public Expenditures Messrs.
Edwards OF N. Caroline, Hobart, k.dIer, Markell,
Wa!es and Van Horne.
Committee on Prioate Land ClainS.- Me>srs
Campbell, Moore of Alab, Locke, Test, Fosdck
and Arnstrcng.
Committee or .HaRmfact,tyes -Mc.srs. MALTA
ry, Condict, Conner, WickIiife, Davis, white and
Burgess.
Committee on Indian .qfaiys.-Messrs. Cooke,
Mckee, Mclean oi Ohio, Backner, Taliafero O.,
McAIanus and Miner.
COMMITTEE on Foreign .qGairs-M essrs. For
Sy'h, Cro"ninsheld, Frimile, Archer. Worthing-
ton, Everett, and Stevenson OF Penn.
lSsz Coantiee on Military .3gairs.-Messrs.
Hamilton, Slchell OF nd, Houston, Tattnall,
vance, Lincoln and Ward
| Committee en- .fgricuiture.--Messrs.V Van Rens-
selaer. Harris, Haock. Mech, Merwin, Wilson
| OF ). Carona, and Taylor, OF Va.
Committee on .Harai .qfnrs.--Messrs. Stors,
Holcombc, Bartlett, Saunders, Markiey, +. John
son and Sands Ess
Committee or rerisal and Unfinished Busi-
neSs.--AlessTs. Moore OF KY, J. ). Mitchell and
HerrIck
Committee Of accounts --Messrs. Allen of
Mass, Peter, AID McNeill.
Committee on Expenditures il, the Depart-
ntent r. Stdfe.-Messrs, Bailey, Cassidy and
Ashley
Committee on expenditures in the Department
he a N
Davenport.
Committee on Expenditures ia the Depayt-
nlent Of ar.-Aiessrs. Mauocks, Kremer and
Badger.
Co".s'tttss on expenditures in the Dspq,..-
g.. and Miller of N. Y.
Committee on Expenditures in the Post Of
flee department, -Aessrs. W ilson of Ohio, Find
lay OF Penn, and DeitZ
Committee on Expenditures on the Public
BUfdtngS.- Messrs. Johnson DIVA, Swami. aad
Orr.
Committee on Enrolled BiHs.-NIessrs. Isacks
and Garnsey.
SELECT COMMITTEES.
Upcn The subject Of the .tIiiila-AIessrs. Met
caIie, Holmes, Barney, Findlay OF OHIO, Govan.
Ten Efck and Mitchell OF Tenn
On Roads and CaaaiS.-Messrs HempbiIl
Beechei, S'c'' art, Adams OF New York, tieorv'
Haynes and Ingersol.
Committee on the subject Of Post at the
Mouth ofMe Columbia riuer.-AIessrs. BayIies.
Barbour ofVrginia, Angel, Carson, Lawrence
Folk and Thompson, of Ohio.
Committee on the subject Ofa National Uni
rcTSity and Astronomical O6serodt0ry.-A iessrs.
Mercer, arter, VeTplaRck, Edwards of Penn.
Letcher, Sawyer aud Woods, OF Ohio
Committee on The subject of J9eirFis and
.NedSuTeS.--Messrs. Bradley, johnson of New,
York, Miller Of Penn, James Johnson, Trezyant.
X leoSg and Brown.
Committee on the Organization of the Ere
cutive Departments --Messrs. Webter, M'Iane.
OF Delaware, Forsyth, Hemphill Crowninshield'
Livingston, and Francis Johnson.
Committee on the subject ofa Monument TO
the Memory Of Gen. YaShington. -AIessrs.
BoS-ett, Aston, Rose, Henry Wilson, Kerr, Boon
and Wolfe.
Tie SPEAKER laid before the House sundrv
documents in relation to an election lately held in
the Territory OF Michigan for Delegate TO repre-
sent said Territory in the Congress of the United
States; which, together with the petition of D,niel
Huganin, above mentioned, were referred to the
Committee or Elections.
MT. HEMPHILL presented petition Of Sundrv
Delegates from the States OF Rhode Island Ne,y
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and S1ntl, Ca
roina, convened in the city Of Philadelphia. pray-
ing that Congress would provide by law for set
ting Tic claims Of the officers OF the Reyolutionarv
Army upon principles OF justice and equity
Mr. HEMPHILL moved that the memorial be
referred to . select committee, and supported the
motion on The ground that as the Presidents vjes
sage did not refer to the case of the petitioners
none OF the committees raised for the purpose of
considering The Message, furnished an approximate
reference The subject had been refer ed 10 a Sc
lect committee in 1910, and again in - 8; the case
OF zen. Lafayette too, which was Of an analogous
character, had been referred to = select committee
here d. IT,. l.
TIC resent case.
Mir. McCoY, opposed the reference. II was