Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-12-22

States, which was read and ordered to n
second reading. This Bill makes the
number of Judges nlue.d ~ &
~ The resolution offered by Mr.. Benton
yestci d. y, relative "a the abolition Of the
Copper einngc. &c. wns taken up and
agreed to.
ELECTION OF CoMMITrEE7.
The Senate then proceeded TO the un-
t finished business, the election of the
Standing Committees. The Committees
were then filled as follows y
Foreign RcIationS.- Mcssrs. Hucha.
nan, I'alimadge, King Of Georgia. Clay
Finance ---NIessrs. Wright, Webster,
Cuihbert. Nicholas, Benton.
Comme, &c. = Messrs. King ofAlabama,
Davis, Linn, Brown, Rugglcs, .--,
Manufacturers Messrs. Niles, Morris,
Black, Hubbard, Preston.
AgricuItare.--Messrs. Page, Morris,
Kent, M'Kcan, Clay. ..'' .''.
I Military ADans.- Messrs. Ecnton'
Preston, Upton, Wall, Ewing. Of Illinois.
Milifio. = Messrs. Wall, Hendricks,
Swift, Ewing of Illinois, Moore.
Nurul AGairs.--Messrs. Rives. South-
ord, Taimodge, Cuhbert, Nicholas.
Public Lands..-Messrs. Walker. Ew.
ing ofChio, King of Alabama Rugglcs,
Fulton.
Claims. -Mcssrs. Hubbard, Tipton,
Prenliss, Crittenden, Ewing of Illinois.
Revolutionary Cldims.-Aiessrs. Brown,
White, Hubbard, Criltenden, Niles.
Jadicidry.-Messrs Grundy, Cri,tcn.
den. Morris, King of Geo. Wall.
The Senate then adjourned.
4 HOUSE.-On motion of Mr.. Loyal,
the House resolved iiscIfinto a Commit
tee Of the whole OH the state Of the Uni
OH, upon the Presidents Message, Mr..
j. @. Adams in the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Loyal, the several
portions of The Message were. us usual,
referred TO the several appropriate stand.
ing committees. ..l
Mr.. Dixon II. Lewis moved to refer
to Select Committee that portion of the
Message which embraces the topics of
indemnity TO citizens for Indian dcprcda.
tions and compensation for individual pro.
Perty taken IN Alabama and Georgia for
public use. After SONS conversation, IN
which Mcssrs. Lewis, Bell, Glasco,k.
Williams OF n. T.. and PeaTcc of K. |.
took part, the resolution was agreed to,
ia part, by the reference of the latter topic
to Select Committee, while the former
was committed to the Committee on
Claims, TO be decided upon existing laws
and Preccdonts. .. ..r ...
! The subject ofWeIehts and Measures
proposed by Mr.. Loyal to be referred to
Select Committee was, after some dc.
bate, referred to the Committee OH Cum
merce. ... .....
! Mr.. Underwood moved TO refer 50
much of the Message as relates to an
amendment of the Constitution in rci,r.
ence to the election of President and
Viee-President, to a Select Committee of
nine. His object, he said, was to asccr.
tain whether it was the intention Of the /,
House to act OIL those topics at this Session.
After some conversation, the motion
was agreed to. ......, l....... ......p /,
Mr.. Carter moved TO refer so much of
he Message rs reiates to- the compensa. I,
tion of the Tennessee volunteers, To a I,
Select Committee Of seven but, after ,
tsome explanations. it was referred to the ,
Committee on Claims.
Mr.. Wise moved to refer to a select
Committee, 80 much OF the Message as
relates to the manner in which the seve.
raj Departments have discharged their
duties, and the ability and msegriey of the
officers therein employed, with instruc.
tions to enqsAre and report nj reference
to all circumstances connected with this
subject. ... ..
Mr.. Wise commenced his remarks in
support ofthe above motion, by an al!u
sion TO the fact, that this was the last
Message of Andrew Jackson, &c. After
speaking at some length, in severe terms.
against the Message, Mr.. Wise saId,
/ come now, sir, to the immediate OBJ.
ject ofthc resolution" He then stat ed,
that there were many complaints against
sundry officers of the Government, and
the House as the grand inquest Of the
nation was bound to investigate them.
He therefore had offered the resolution. !;
The resolution was agreed to, Sc to
70, anu the II ouse then adJOurl ed.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. ii.
The proceedings on Wednesday were
not important. In the Senate a number
Of resolutions were offered; after which
they renewed the balloting for the re-
naming members of Standing, Commit
tees, not yet filed up, and The result, was
as follows: .. ~.' - y
Committee on the Post Office and
Post Roads --Messrs. Robinson, (Chair-'
man) Knight, Grundy, Brown, Niles. 4
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