American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-12-23
Nineteenth Congress-1st Session.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 10.
IN SENATE

The following Select Committees we're annou
| ced as having been appointed by the Chair, purs
ant to the resolutions adopted on Thursday last.
On amending the Constitution. --Mcssrs. BE
4 tom Van Buren,, Dickerson, Holmes, Johnson
Ken, Hayne, Macon, White, Finday.
On the Organization Of the E.recutire Depal
ments.- Messrs. Seymour, Bell, Rowan, Branc
Cobb.
The following Petitions were presented. and sew
rally referred
4 BY MIR. King OF Alabama, the petition OF c,
William King, late of the United States army st
ting that he was tried by Court Martial imprope
" organized, and suspended fo- five year
which term has expired. During his suspe
sion, the army has been placed on the peace esta
4 lishment, and his name dropped from the list. Il
prays the Senate to take the subject into considers
lion, and make such disposition Of it as they ma
ihink proper.
BY Mr.. Chandler, the petition Of Benjamin Pc
ter, and others, who served during the Revolution
n any war, and were paid in deprecated currenc
They pray Congress to make good the pay the
4 were promised.
Agreeably to notice, Mr.. Dickerson asked. an
having obtained leave introduced the following es
olu,ion; which was read, and passed to secon
n reading:
Resolved By the Senate and House Of Represen
faiires of the United States Of .america, in Con
:;rc,s assembled t,co thirds Of both Houses concu
Wing, That the following amendment to the Consti
,ution Of the Uniled States be proposed to the lie
gislaures of the several States; and which, whe
Sraifed By the Legislatures of three-lourths of III
Estates shall be valid to all intents and purposes
part of the said Constitution.
mo person who shall have been elected Presi
dent of the United States second time, shall agai
abc eligible to that Office"
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration
Xof Mr.. Kanes resolution, relative to the erection o
ID Monument to General Washington, and ag,e
4 heisto.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr.. Brent. from the Select Committee on III,
4 port, accompanied by bill to enable the eya
=, spl esrntatiyes OF the Marquis de Maison Rouge
3and those claiming under him, to institute a sui
3against the United States, and for other purposes;
(which twice read and committed.
The following resolution offered on previous
3lay BY Mr.. Hamilton, of South Carolina, came up
Nor consideration:
Rssolred, That the President of the United States
HE requested to transmit to this House copies OF all
Akuch documents, or parts of CO respondence, mot
Incompatible with the public interest to be commu-
&icated) relating TO an invitation which has been
#extended TO the Government of this country "by
ral America to Join n the deliberations OF the Con-
a rtss to be held at the Isthmus of Panama" and
which has induced him to signify to this House,
Chat q Minister'S on the part OF the United States,
sl be commissioned TO Join in those Deliberations
Mr.. Hamilton said, that, since the meeting oil
8he House this morning, he has been informed, by
pm honorable Member whose official station gave
him the best means Of information, that it was the
&ntenlion of the President, in due time, to com
muncatc to the House all the papers connected with
#he call embraced in the resolution now on the table.
Me would therefore, pospone for the present, inv
%ng The House to consider it, reserving 10 himself,
3evertheess the privilege of calling i: up at u-
#ure period, should he conceive it necessary.
MIR. Forsyth, of Georgia, offered the following,
N hlch lies one day oil course:
N ResoLred That the President be requested 10
communicate TO this House copies OF such portions
~ the correspondence between the United States
land Great Biitnin, on the subject oil the Con-
entou for suppressDg the Slave Trade. as have
lot heretofore been, and which cen be communities
Cd without detriment to The public interest.
On motion OF Mr.. Wolf Of Penn. it was
hesotued, That the Committee on Military AT
lrs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of
s'aolshing a corps OF invalids, To be composed OF
lch soldiers of the late war who were dis
harged from the service at the close OF the war,
ha whose situation and circumstances will entitlc
EN- to be enrolled in such corps.
NJ YIN motion of Mr.. Peter, of Md it was
hesotred, That the Committee on Roads and Ca
aus be instructed to inquire into the cxpediency Of
a'horlzing subscription on the part oil the United
'a'es' 10 the joint stock company Incorporated 10
instruct turnpike road from the City of Wash
s'on to Fredercktown, in Maryland.