Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-01-01
WAsHrNGros, Dec. %.

- w AsHINGTos, Dec. 90.
- IN the Senate yesterday Mr.. Brown, Of North
Caroiina appeared was qualified, and took his sent
Memorials and petitions were presented and res.r
red. Two resolutions offered on Thursday wen.
adopted, and Others were submitted Several bills
from the House of representatives were rsaa ,h
second time and referred. The bill to grant nra1
einpton rights TO settlers on the public lands was
taken up and ordered to be recoinmitted
In the House of Representatives n oreat n,,rober
q petitions were presented and referred Various
resolutions were then offered aud adopted NJ
Hunt OF Vermont then moved the consideration az
the resolution which he had offered some days since
on the subject of the distribution of the proceeds az
the public lands for the purposes of education and
internal proycInent among The several States and
the motion was decided IN the affirmative But as
Mr. Martin of .. c., who had moved an nrnendroen,
vas absent, on motion of Mr.. Speight the fDrther
consdcratonof the resolution was postponed tl to.
day. The various bills whichon Thursday were or
dered to be engrossed for third reading were reaa
q third time and passed. The House then acted in
Committee fthe whole, on sundry bills, one of which
to establish rule for the computation of milea1e m
members OF Congress- caused some little discussions
and was finally reported to the House with amend
ments Before any decision was had uDon this hill
a successful motion to adjourn was made bv Mr.
WickliHe, who desired to take the sense Of tho
House when members were present, ON mn =.
fneDdment, adopted in Committee, to which he was
opposed.
:, A bill was yesterday presented in the House Of
Septesenta'lyes, from the Judiciary Committee, and
received Its first and second readings the provisions
OF @ch, as lar as we understand them, meet very
fatrly4the necessity which invites legislation Oh TIE
SUBJECT OF the organization of the judiciary.
The bill proposes that The Supreme Court shall
hereafter consist of Chief Justice and eiDbt A..
sociate Judges, INSTEAD ofsix as at preseht INA.
the 7tb Judicial circuit shall hereafter eo,sjs of The
Districts Of Ohio, Indiana Illinois, and Missouri: ,at
the Districts of Kentucky and Tennessee shall con-
stitue the 9th crc and the district of Aississnoi
the Eastern District OF Louisiana and The Southern
District of Alabama, shall constitute the OIL, circuit
that IN accordance with this arranpement tbere
shall be appointed 18th Associate Justice to reside
IN the 9th circuit and tosttend that circuit until
therwlse allotted; and an eth Justice 10 reside in
the 9th clfcuit, until otherwise allotted that these
Judges shall attend and compose a purt of the Su.
prerne Court
The details of the bill Of course accord with this
new arrangement of Circuits, &C..
Among the petitions presented in the House of
Representatives. on Thursday last one by Mr.
lrwIn OF Pa praying for an appropriation of one nil
lion OF dollars, to be applied TO The construction of
the western section Of the Chesapeake and OHIO
Canal
On the same day Mr.. Ramsey presented n reso1g
ton OF the Legislature Of the State of ennsylvana
expressive of an opinion decidedly favorable 10 Tie
objects of the American Colonization Society," and
recommending appropriations Of public money TO-
wards the encouragement thereof
u IS stated in the Pbiladcir ia papcrs that Messrs
Carey ~ Lea have received and sent to prcss ST.
Walter SCOTS History of Scotland in two voln,nc
The work IS to be succeeded by Sir james Mrfoe
toshs History of England, III three veIs,no. 49, =
History ofIrelaEd by Thomas Mtore.