American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-12-14

on Naval Affairs -Sfessts Hoffman, Bartlett Crown,
shield Carter, Miller, Dorsey, Ripley.
| On Agriculture -Messrs Van Rensselaer,, ToAne, Wi
son, OF Md Harlow, Hallock, Merwin, Cnlpeper.
On the Territories aIessrs Strong Clark of XIV. Saw
yer, Wright of Ohio, Runner Lea, Coater.
oh Military Penslons.Mcs Burgess, Mitchell, ofienr
bates OF Mass. Lawrence, Long, Lecompe, Forward
IN Unfinished Business. -Messrs Pearce Reed, " sor
of Pa.
On ACCOMPLISHMENTS Aller, of Mass Belden Plant
On Expenditures in the ).naytnent of State -.,iessr
Blair Letcher, Trezvant
On Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury =
Messrs Hall, Mitchell, of Pa. f,a,ringrr
On Expenditures in the Department of War.-NIessr
HAYNES, Woodcock Turner
! On Expenditures in the Department of the Navy
A1essrs Little, Lyon. Reese
On Expenditures in the Post Oifice--Nicssrs Holmes
Q" Expenditures Public Buildings. -aIessrs srrgg
John j. Wood, Swift.
The Speaker communicated to the House let
ter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompa
MED by his Annual Report on the state of the Fl
nances. The letter was read, and the report wa
referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
and six thousand copies thereof were ordered t.
be printed tor the of the members of the House
Mr. Hamilton, of South Carolina. rose and said
that while he was fully sensible Of the Kindness o
the Chair, in assigning to him distinguished sta
tion, for which his own merits furnished, him witt
no claim. nevertheless, from some particular cir
cumstances. with which it was unnecessary ht
should trouble the House, his serving on the Com
mlttee on Military Affairs would be peculiarly un
satisfactory. He would, the, efore, earnestly ash
the permission Of the House to be excused from
such service
And the question being put upon excusing Nj
Ham,fnn from serving on the Military Committee
It was decided in the negative So that Mr. Ham
'lton remains at the head Of that committee as ap
pointed.
The House then resolved itself into Committee
Of the Whole. Mr. Condict in the Chair. on the
Presidents Message; and partition of the differ
ent branches thereof was made amongst the stan
ding and select Committees.
The House, in obedience to the order adopted
on Thursday last proceeded to ballot for Chap
IAN to Congress, for the present session. on their
part
Upon an examination of the first ballet, it APP
peared that l84 votes had been taken; that
The Rev Mr. Post had 1l6 votes
The Rev Mr. Bailey As
The Rev Mr. Williams Is
Scattering
SO Tie Rev. Reuben Post was chosen Chaplain.
Tuesday, DECEMBER IL.
IN SENATE.
Mr. Eaton remarked that, on inquiry of the Sec
Rotary, he had found that no rule existed as to the
number of copies required by the Senate of sucl
documents as were ordered to be printed. lie
therefore offered the following resolution:
.Resotred, That unless when otherwise ordered
the usual number OF copeyof any document order.
ed by the Senate to be printed, shall be 6o1. ex.
ccpt bills and amendments, the number Of which
shall not exceed 400, to be distributed as hereto
fore.
The Senate then proceeded to ballot for the
Committees not appointed yesterday, when the
following we're designated.
Committee on Public Lands Mes'rs Barton, King, Eator
Ellis, Kane.
On Private Land Claims--Messrs Smith, Of 8 c.. Der
rieu, Mckinley, Kane, Thomas.
On Indian Afairs.--Messrs Benton Foot King, Cobb.
White.
On Claims -Messrs Ruggles, Bell Cobb Chase, Rowan
On the JudiciayMcssrs Van Buren, Seymour, Beriien,
Rowan. IIaync.
On the Post Office and Post Roads Ssssrs Johnson, of
Ky sIsbee, Ellis, Johnston, La. Tyler.
On Pensons-Alessrs Noble, Chase, Marks, Cobb Foot
On the District of Conmbia-Ncssrs Eaion, Boulgny
Noble, Chambers, Hhlsely
On Contingent Expenscs--Alcssrs Kane, Hendricks
Chambers
On Engrossed I}ills-sicssrs Marks. Parrs Willie.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Seventy petitions were presented this day, and
referred to the appropriate Committees, Among
them were the following:
BY Mr. Gorham-Of the WOOL growers and
Manufacturers of woolens, of Massachusetts, for
adequate protection of their respective interests.
BY MIR Drayton-Of the Chamber of Com.
merce, and of other citizens of Char!eston-as
also, of the Agricultural Society of South Carroll
ma against an augmentation of the duty on Wool.
ems.
These were referred to the Committee on Man
ufactures.
BY Mr. .,fercer-The Memorial of the Central
Committee of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Con-
vention, and Of the Commissioners Of Virginia and
Maryland. and those of the United States. appoint
I'd to receive subscriptions to the Capital stuck Of
the said Canal asking for aid fran Congress.
Referred to the Committee on Roads and Ca
nails.
On motion Of Mr. Little.
The papers on file relative to the construction
IF Public Road between Baltimore and phadel