Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-12-15

Island, So much ofthe message as relates
to Naval Affairs, was referred to the
Committee on Naval Affairs.
! On motion of Mr.. Woodbury., of New
Hampshire, so much Of the message as
relates to Commerce, was referred to
the Committee OH Commerce.
! On motion of MIR. Dick erson, of New
Jersey, SO much Of the message as re-
latcs to Manufactures, was referred to
the Committee OH Manufactures.
| On motion of Mr.. Chambers, of Ma
! ryland, so much of the message as re-
lates to the District of Columbia, was re-
ferred to the Committee OH the Distric,
of Columbia.
/ On motion of Mr.. Hendricks Of Indi-
ana, so much Of the message as relates
to Roads and Canals, and the improve
ment of the Country, was referred to the
Committee on Roads and Canals.
\ On motion of MIR. Troup, Of Georgia,
so much Of the message as relates to
Military Affairs, was referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs.
| The Senate then adjourned till l2 o.
! clock Tomorrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
i Tuesday, Dec. 7.
The House assembled at ~ o'clock,
when the Speaker MIR. Stevcnson) took
the chair.
Mr.. WicklifT, moved that, there being
a quorum assembled, committee should
be appointed for the purpose OF informing
the Senate that the House was ready to
proceed to business.
The committee in question, was accor-
dinghy appointed, and after a similar mes
sage from the Senate to the House.
Mr.. Haynes moved that committee
be appointed by the House in conjunct-
on with committee on the part oftheSen-
ate, to wait upon the President of the u
nited States, in order to inform him that
a quorum of the two Houses of Congress
was assembled, and they were prepared
to receive any commune alton which he
might be pleased to make to them.
The motion having been agreed to,
Mr.. Haynes Of Georgia, and MIR. John
son of Kentucky, were appointed the
| Committee.
H Mr.. Taylor offered the following res
olution, which was agreed to.
| Resolred, That two Chaplains, ofdif-
ferent denominations, be elected to serve
during the present session of Congress:
one by each House, who shall inter-
change weekly.
The following resolution was offered by
Mr.. Haynes, and adopted:
Resolred, That the daily hour to
which this House shall stand adjourned,
be l2 O'Clock, at noon, until otherwise
ordered.
/ Mr. Ramsay offered the usual ,esolu-
tion respecting the supply of the men,
bers ofthe House with newspapers, which
was adopted.
/ A message from the Senate was receiv-
ed, stating that they had, on their part,
appointed committee to wait on the
President.
After an interval OF about half an hour,
MIR. Haynes, from the committee OF
the House, reported that they had per-
formed the duty assigned them, and had
been informed by the President, that at
half past one o'clock he should be pre-
pared to submit commune alton to Con-
gress.
AT 10 minutes past one, the message
was presentedto the House, by MIR. Dom
elson, the Private Secretary of the Pres
ident, and read by the Clerk.
MIR. Hoffman moved that the message
be referred to Committee Of the Whole
on the State of the Union, and that six
thousand copies of the same, together
with the accompanying documents be
printed.
The motion was agreed to; and,
On motion of MIR. Davenport,
TheHouse adjourned.
Wednesday December 8.
Mr.. J. w. Taylor submitted the fol-
towing resolution?
Resolred, That the Standing Com
mittee be now appointed, pursuant to the
rules and orders of the House.
MIR. Hoffman remarked, that the Speak
er did not arrive till yesterday; that he
had been, and still was, laborng under a
painful indispostion; and he, therefore,
moved that the resolve lie OH the table, to
allow him further time to make selec-
ton of the Committees.
Mr.. Taylor hoped that his colleague
would withdraw his motion for the present
to give him an opportunity to explain the
reason which had induced him to offer
the resolution.
Mr.. II. having Withdrawn his motion,
Mr.. Taylor observed, that yesterday
the Message of the President had been
referred to Committee of the Whole