The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-12-22
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! Roth Houses, in conformity 9Th the common
Jaw Of G. nsrcss, adjourned over from Friday To
Monday. The committees of the HORSE have
been announced aud are such as give satisIac-
ton 10 the dominant party not varying much
! from those OF last year Ynu will perceive thai
+ .jr Burgess OF II. l. whose vii, eloqueuce aud
integrity have been 80 auneyins TO the oppu-
sdnpn, mas been superseded by The aTsd haaJ0F
Mitchell, oil Trunessee. ms Chairman. Of me
committee on military pensions and that MI.
Burgrss's name dues not appear on the list,
though. for Two sessions past, he was the active
aud eflicieai organ OF t.o Important com.
mittees. This omission is neither accidental
nor ia conformity With usage. IL Is the result VI
heurty spite, A., Indeed IL is . poor spite Mr..
! Burgess arrived several days before the commit
tees we're announced. |, - true he did not At
tend the meetings al the house, ID consequence
nj temporary indlsposiiion and of this fact the
speaker will probably avail himself as an ex-
cuse for his course. But the bubble will n,t
do. u will be recollecied that last session, Mr.
Speaker Stevenson, appointed Mr. Martin OF 5.
{ member of the Committee On manusc
lures. although MIR Martin had not arrived in
the city, and had not been qualified. The Spea-
krf has also taken occa -ion 10 give specimen
Of his hbeIality in the removal OF Mr.. Sloane
from the committee ofelrc,ions, of " high commit
tee he had been the chairman Tor several years,
and last year, by Air. Stevensons own appoint
ment Mr.. Stevenson has also removed Mes,rs.
Bailey, Buck, and Murlindale fl ON the Com
mire fpubIic expenditures, for he reason,
probably, that they refused their assent. last
year, to partial and imperfect statement ri the
expenses of the government The Senate will
choose their committee. by ballot on Monday
No material change will be m,dr. Mr.. Ta2r-
well will succeed MIR. Macon as chairman of
the committee OF foreign RELATIONS committee
oil which he was, IN met the organ, during the
last session. la the Judicitry committee, we
nave lost the valuable services oil Mr.. Van Blu
rem. think Mr.. Webster would be chosen as
chairman of that committee, If he were here
but AS he Is not, the choice will fall, and very de-
servedly, on Mr.. Be rien. After the organization
ofths houses business will proceed but very
slowly until after Christmas.
In the Senate, Col. Johnson, of Ky. as usual
" drew the first blood HIS project was the
preservation and repair % The Cumberland
Road. thought he would have adhered to his
old hobby-the abolition of Imprisonment
for debt Mr. Noble has also renewed his p, o.
position for the continuation Of the Cumberland
Road, and MIR. Benton, with unparalleled perse |
verance, has again brought forward his odious
and unpopular graduation hill" All these |
are electioneering topics. and the former meas
ures are iayoriies with the friends of internal i'm
proyements, aud will probably he carried |
through. In the house, no demon traiion has |
been made as yet towads any business OF i'm |
portance. The an,,arif gentlemen have so far |
shown nothing but their cotton and wool clothes. |
1t is uncertain when they will bring forward |
their projects. On Monday, when the roll WA 5 |
calling, not single South Carolina member an |
swered to his name until the cleik reached the |
iagt nf A
thought, for moment, that these gentlemen |
had indeed, " abandoned lheir seAts' IN com
pilance with Mr. hamilton" suggestion These
gentlemen, or mos. OF them have however, since
arrived. Mr.. John Randolph, concerning whom
public curi slty is ever AXE, has been IN th' |
CITY for several days. do not know that he
-. as, Ms yet appeared 10 the house. Those who
have sen ard convers,d with INN say that he
looks unusually well, and is in good spnils. He
has troublesome cough proceeding from Il
complaint otthe lungs, aggravated by cold Ia
ken IN las journey - the city.
The Annual Report of the Secretary of the
Treasury Is the last document OF the sort we
may expect from the present administration,
aud 40 document could be- more honorable
to any Administration.
II is not possible that this clear and per-
The country, so hatlering 10 the national
pride, so creditsele TO the closing of the Ad-
ministration of the Government and so hone
ful for the future, should mol have a Ia
Vonrabe effect GU the national resources AT
home
The conden sed review, continued in the
Report, OF the fiscal administration for the
,asi four years, has the effect TO surprise. and
even astonish the reader, 10y the demonstra
ton which is exhibited of thr fiscal and com.
merciRl prosperity OF the nation during the
epoch reviewed.
We caunot help drawing the attention of
our readers to The Passages oft in which So '
Just aud honorable tributes are paid to the
memory ofHetdndtr Hamilton and Robot
Morrss, his early predecessors ip The relatj IN
viii h he holds to the Government TE.,sa
Two great men were the untouhted four,rers
of our system of finance bringing order m,
of chaos creating, arranging c0ntroIl;pe-
the Que almost saving his conntry DURING The
Revolution, the other laying and consoiida,.
ing The tonndations OF public credit after its
awful financial she cis. Yet hay. nearly tor
iy years passed away, and ihei fame has
slnmbered; IL was time thru r. cir names
should find hsnor with their successors. who
have derived so much aid from the nm;nous
track they left behind Thorn. MIR Rrs8 has
done himself credit by this act OF magnani.
unity and &c nerous acsnowledg ,ment
Nat. Int.
The Iarig-The decisive vote of Wednes.
Gay, against considering a proposition from
sI. NEEas, on that subject, seems to leave TO
do abt OF" present disposition not to agiare
ne question at all al the present session The
anc''an question, however, seems seriously to
NNafIt Il
upon auctions of foreign goods was Yesterday
presented by Mr. johnson, from the c,tizens of
New York, having ten thousand signatures at.
ssc"ed 10 Al. lNaiio"al Alsitgenccr.
From the Nat. Intcllgenccr.
fobLlC MttliNGS IN AID OF TIE co.
LoNiZAIl0N SOCIETY.
Pursuant to public notice aud invitation by
th.sR dotl