The Litchfield County post., 1828-12-18
TwHNT1ET CONGRESS.
 SECOND SESSION.
IN SENATE.
THURSDAY. DEC. 4TH.

lO among which was Bill for the graduation of the price of public lands.
 Monday, Dec. g..
 Mir Benton, pursuant to notice, asked and obtained leave to inir"duce the following biils which were severally read and passed to se- cund reading
 A Bill to authorize the President of the U. States to cause the reserN ea lead mines in the State of Missourie to be exposed to publick sale, and those on the Upper Mississippi t0 be leased
 A Bill allowing duties on foreign merchan- discs, imported into Louisville. Pittsburg, St. Louis, and Cincinnati,tO be secured and paid 1t those places:
 A Bill for the relief of Nathaniel Patten:
 A Bill for the relief ofT. & Wilson P. Hunt.
 A Bill for the relief of sundry citizens of the United States, who have lost property by the depredations of certain Western Indian tribes
 A Bill explanatory of an act entitled "An act to reduce and fix the Military Peace Es- tabIishment of the United States, passed Sd March 1521.
 A Bill to authorse the President of the U. States to cause the reserved salt springs, in the state of Missouri to be exposed to public sale.
 A Bill to graduate the price of public land, to make provision for actual settlers, and to cede the refuse.upon equitable conditions and for meritorious objects, to the states in which they lie.
 Also Joint Rt tsolution on the subject of repairs on the Cumberland Road. and other roads made in the different states by the Fed eral Government.
 Which was read <; and on motion of Mr Benton ordered 10 be printed.
 Mir Benton submitted the following resolu- tion
 Resolved. That the President of the Unit ed States be requested to cause a detailed statement Ofthc amount expended hy the Fe- deral Government upon works of internal i'm provpment. within the limits of the several States. to be laid before the Senate, SD as tu show how much has been expended in each upon such works from the adoption of the Federal Constitution t" the first day of Oct "ber last. with an estimate of the amount ne- crssary to the csmprtio of any work winch IS begun and not completed.
 STANDING COMMITTEES. mI The Senate proceeded to the election of the following Standing Committees by bal lOts-
 Committee on Foreign Relations. -Messrs IU, F. rien and Bell.
 Comm.ittee on Finance ce-Messrs Smith. off Md. (Ch"irnan) SiIsbee. Johnson of Ky. Wil- liams and McLane.
 Committee on Manuf1ctures.- Dick erson. (Chalrman) RnggIes, Knight, Barnard, aud Ridglry.
 Committee on Agricultuc.-Messrs Bate ma" Chairman) BouIiguy, Wiley, Marks & Chambers
 The President pro tempore. communicated message from the president of the United States. by John Adams. Esq. his Secretary transmitting report from the Secretary of the Treasury, pursuant to resolution of the Senate, of the 26th May last with statements relative to the estimate and appropriations of the expenses of the year 1928.
 HOUSE OF REPRE- RESENTATIVES.
 After the standing and select committees ordered by the resolution of Wednesday, 10 br appointed. had been anno'insGd. few re solutions were offered. Amnp1E 1Eothrrs a re- solution Was offer, d by Mir Sutlkriand to in struct the Committee on Commerce. to en. qAirr iuto the expo dency ofabulishng the present system "I giving credit for duties on imported goods. Mir Smith of Indiana, sub mItted resolution to the Committre on Ca 'A'S N''' AN""No 'i'' Oi tue ofthe Cumberland Road through the State of lndana, which wcs am+ndrd on motion of Mir Mclean. This resolution was bat bare ly carried. there appearing-ayes 69. noes 67.
 Thursday, Dec. 4.
 The following gentlemen compose the Standing Committees appointed by the Speaker in pursuance of the orders of the House.
 Of Elections.-Messrs Anderson, Aston, Claiborne, Phelps, Slower, Davenport, Ran doIph of N. J.
 Ways and Means.--McDuffie. Sprague, Verplanck, Dwight, Brent, Gilmer, Smyth.
 Ctai@s.-McCoy.-W Whittesey, Barber, M'- Intire, Ramsay, Lea.
 Commerce. Newton, Cor ham, Barney, Haley, Clark, Sutherland, De Graf.
 Public Lands.-lsaacks, Vinton, Jennings, Duncan, Shepard. Hunt, Gurey.
 Post Office and Post Roads.-M'Kean.Ya Yan- cey, Marable. Conner, Magee, Hodges, Rus sell.
 District of Alexander Ingersoll Weems. kremer, Varnum, Allen, Washing ton.
 Judiciary.--P. P. Barbour, Buchanan, Wicklifft. Rives, Kerr, St"rrs, Bell.
 Revolutionary Ctaims.-Wolte. Dickinson, nf N. York, Tucker, Fry, Healy, Wingate. Sloane.
 Public Expenditures Johnson. J. S. Bar hour, Gale, Maynard. Barnard, BartIy. Cham