Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-12-20
TwENTY.sECOND CONGRESS.
sE ND ssIo N.

The following were announced as the
Standing Committees during the session.
Foreign Relations. Messrs. FORSYTH,
King, Bell, Mangum, and Tominson.
On Finance. Messrs. Smith, Tyler,
Silsbee, Johnson and Forsyth.
On Commerce. Messrs. King, Dud-
ley, Silsbee, Johnston, and Bibb.
On Manufactures. Messrs. Dickinson,
Clay, knight, Miller and Seymour.
On Agriculture Mcssrs. Seymour,
Brown, Robinson, Waggaman and Foot.
On Military Affairs. Messrs. Benton,
Troup, Kane, Clayton and Upton.
On the Militia. Messrs. Robinson,
Clayton, Waggaman, Clay & Hendricks
On Naval Affairs. Messrs Dallas
Smith, Robbins, Webster and Bibb.
On Public Lands Messrs. Kane Tip.
ton, Moore, Holmes and Prcntiss.
On Private Land Claims. Messrs.
Poindextcr, Naudain, Prentiss, Rugghs
and Knight,
On Indian Affairs. Mcssrs. Troup,
Benton, Poindexter, Wilkins, and Fre-
linghuysen.
On Claims. Messrs. Ruggles, Bell,
Naudain, Brown, Moore.
On the Judiciary. Messrs. Wilkins,
Webster, Frelinghuysen, Grundy, Man
gum.
On the Post Office and Post Roads, -
Messrs. Grundy, Hill, Ewing, Tomlinson
and Buckner.
On Roads and Canals. Messrs Hen
bricks, Sprugue, Dallas, Hill & Buckner.
On Pensions. Messrs. Foot, Chambers,
Dickerson, Sprague, and Poindexter.
!. On Inc District of Columbia. Messrs.
Chambers, Tyler, Holmes, Clayton, and
Miller.
On the Contingent Fund. Messrs.
Knight, Dudley, and Tomlinson.
|! On Engrossed Bills. Messrs Robbins,
Robinson, and Ewing.
The president Of the Senate communi-
Gated report of the Secretary of the
\ Treasury enclosing the statements cal
led for in relation to the Bank ofthe Uni
ted States-rcad and ordered to be print
ed. So much Of the Presidents Message
of Dec. 4th, as relates to the Finances,
Commerce, Post Offices, and Naval af-
fairs, was taken up and referred to their
appropriate committees.
Tuesday, llth--Agreeably to notice
Mr. Wilkins, of Penn. introduced bill
to provide for the satisfaction of claims OF
American citizens for the French spolia.
tions, prior to 1900. Read and referred
to Messrs. Webster, Chambers, Dudley,
Brown and Tyler
The Senate then proceeded to the e.
lection Of a chaplain for that body, wher
on the fourth ballot, the Rev. Mr. Pisc
of the Roman Catholic denomination wa:
elected by majority of6 votes.
On motion Of Mr. Smith, Of Md. the
Senate then proceeded to the considera-
ton Of Executive business, and when the
doors were. opened, adj.
Wednesday, l2th.-Mr John Black,
senator from Mississippi, in the place
OF Mr. Fills resigned, appeared to day
was qualified and took his seat.
!, Public Lands. Agreeably TO notice
given yesterday, mr. CLAY of Ken. in
troduced his bill of the last session, to ap
propriatc the proceeds Of public lands il
proportion to the relative population o
! the States Of the Union After some
preliminary remarks on the part of M
Clay and a rejoinder by mr. Kane, TIN
bill was referred to the committee Of
public lands.
n On motion of mr. Grundy, the senate
then proceeded to the consideration o
Executive business, and the doors wer'
closed.
! Thursday, 18th.
Mr. Smith, Of Md instructed by tn,
committee on Finance, offered the fol
lowing resolution:
}. Resolved, That the Secretary Of th
Treasury be directed with as little della
as may be, to furnish the senate with
project of a bill for reducing the dutie
levied upon imports, in conformity wit
the suggestions made by him in his all
nual report.
This resolution lies on the table ii
Monday as matter of course. The bi
to provide for the payment of interest {
the several States on their claims again.
the General Government, was referred I
r the committee on the judiciary. On me
ton Of mr. Forsyth, the senate proceedr
to the consideration Of Executive bus
ness, ,altcr which it adjourned to Monday
the 18th inst
In THE House. OF REPRESENTATIVES,
: Mr. Drayton, of South Carolina, Mr. M,
Duffie, Of South Carolina, Mr. McCart,
Of Indiana, and MIR Allen, of Virginia, al
peared this day.
The following Committees were al
= nounced to have been appointed by II
is Speaker in pursuance of the order of Il
. House Of Thursday last.
.,N On Elections. Messrs. Claiborne, r al
!, = dolph, Holland, Griffin, Bethune, Col
ar ,uJ rool1