Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-12-19
g.t.a lIs1'Is CUAesh i1S9.
SECOND SESSION.
Na>otY. DccfNsrR L, Si6.
II SE.tk It.
Mt. Banlon gave naIlee lh,, In .Ilnl.ld. le-n

Na>p,Y. DecfNsfp L, 40.
~ >EsAft.
Nj. Benton gave nniIrc that he sltniid, ,a-Ihnr-
rew. .lsA leave 10 miro &c hi granting IL hn
siate oI Missouri Ger am qoaa,iiy Of land Tor
l' pHreese ,l Internal Improvement.
Tie iolios,n. fc>o!allon VS. ailsled b, shlf'
Benton
Rsaife9, ri.u The COMMITTEE IN Finance br
instructed 10 inquire into the .sPedeael ri 'b"I-
sizing he ~. ,cut copper roinaee 81 lie l. STATES,
and 81 substituting th.fetur Coinage OF m1Srd
metal comp ,nu he'd 81 copper AMI silver, and call
81 n IN, rauch o,ini, 6Hon, aisp, TN the SAID
eo.nn,ire. ,nqurc iat, the expediene, al directing
4 .od coin al the ,,itc ol one dgdrto be- sianp-
I'd A. tie Mn, ot the l. State.
SECRETARY OF TIE SENATE.
On motion 81 Mr.. kWg. md n accordance y IIiI
Tn SENATE ouicr o Thursday ast, the SenaIc pro-
cer1ei - ballot for secretary oi the Senate, IN
p'sce ol W3.tc, LoNrir E.,q. te,ienea.
On the dr,tt .uol, Mr. A>bpgs bltsla, received
- VOTES: II ~. Arnold Nauden, ate oil The Sem
al, i, r.cuog , u beng necessary 10 il
ebuicf.
tn ll.sccond b,jIot, Mr. Dieklns received ? :;
Alf. Napsan Is; NJ. Ryan l. q being nece>sar'
ehnirr.
Mr.. D,cotns W., accordingly deeiued 10 be du-
Is elected Secretary Of tlt. senalc.
= ANlJI.NN' 'N'hhi i+f.'.
The Senate proceeded 10 ballot for the chair
men oil tu.ir several committees.
Inc several ol,clio,s resulted as nllows:
Mr.. Bactrntu, Chairman Of tie Committee ON
ior,il n ReiItlpn,. hv u woes.
Nj. Wright, Chairman oil the Committee on
Finance, h. 20 votes.
alr. kmr, Of Alabama, Chairman oil the Com
mitleo on Commerce, by % sotes.
MIR. Mics, Chairman 81 the COMMITTEE ON
Nuaniaetuc,, by p ,otc>.
MI Pc, Cniur,n ol the Commute" on
Agriculture, by y votes.
NJ Benton, Courman OF tn, Committee on
Allnnfe Anairs, u, 70 votes.
Nj " all Chairman oil the Committee on the
Militia, by 10 vote,
Nj. RWcs, Chairman of the Comnttce on
Naval htiars, by 20 votes.
Mr.. Walker, Chairman % the Co mittec on
pnhhc Lands, by II votes.
Nj. LINN, Chairman oil the Committee OF Pri-
vate Land CLAIMS, bv - volrs.
Nr " hilc, Chairman OF tho Committee ON In
dian Anr., by 20 VOTES.
Mr.. Hubbard, Chairman of the Committee OF
Claims, by lovUteS.
MI, Brown, Chaiiam oil the Committee .! Re
! yolutionary Claims, bv IL votes.
Mr. GrUndy, Chairman OF the Committee on
thu Judiciary, by - votes.
Nj. Robia.on, Chairman OF tho Committee On
the Post once aud Pos, Roads, by p votes.
Nj. Hendricks, Chairman i tho Committee OF
RoaiIs AID anal,, hN p votes
Nj. TomlluSpu, Chairman olIie Committee OF
j Pensions, h> 81 votes.
Nj kcnt, tud,rmaa oil the Committee lor th,
Disuiet ot tolumhH by ~ ,otes.
! Air. hnrtls, ChaIt,u 81 OF the Conltnlttr. Oh In
srossed Bill, by % votes.
81 off, Ia, me- tf
committee was 1cty,,'d uutd lo-mdfio".
Trcsp>t, Decrnaen sl2.
A,5ary nirbiu,, I'D elected Ss,r,Jar, Of ,t'
Sena,e, appeared ,o-.'ty. was qualified b, tahiu,
the prescribed oath. and took Ia, sell.
The resolution offered Yesterday by Nj. Ben
ton, iniuine ioqnry as IL TIE expectancy o.
the coinage of gold dollars, and oil substituting e.
the existing copper coinage OF tie United States
coinage consi,tmg OF mixture oil COPPER an,
liver, was ,akoa zap and adonted.
The Senate thyu proeecd,d by ballot 10 chno,
the remaining mcubr,s Of tie respective standiu
committees, whose chalrmea had heeu appoin,
I'd yesterday. The result Was as follows,
On ForeigH iGoirs-- MrssrS Buchanan, Tall
made', Ming, of Georgia, Clay, Rvcs.
o. finoncc.-- Ncs>rS. Wight, Wcb,r,
Cuthbctt, Nicholas, Denton.
On NeSsrs. kng, DAVIS, Lin,
Brown, Rnselc..
On .Hda4tart"rcs- Mr,,ls Nles, MORT
Black, Ilubbud, Preston.
On fgric"Itme.-Mess,s. PAGE Morris, Ken
.kran, Clay.
On military Aga1s.-Messr>. Benton, Pre-.
icn, IiP1on, W all, Ewing, of Illinois.
On NHfjG.-M">s \. Wall Hendricks, Swif
Ewing, oi Illinois, Mo re
On No.H lBabs.-al,s>r>. Rives, Soutl ar,
Tallmad4o, Cunhvrl, Nicholas.
On I'atHc Laads.--NIcssr. y alkrr, Ewing, ,
ohlo, Ning, Of Al,bAfna Raggle,. Fulton.
On Prirefe L0ad Cta,ms.-NleSsrS. Lin
Pouer, BNard, Preston, Sewer
On h4iian IBoirs. Me,sr.. White, Swift
fipnn, Lion, :, vnr.
~ CtdhmS.--M's Is. Hubbard, Upton, Prem
nss, Cr,ltcndcn, Ewing, oil Illinois.
Ga Revolutionary { aimS.-N ,ssrs Erowl
VI lile. iiu,hlrd, Niles.
On the JH HcarS. MessrS. Grunly, Criucu
den Morris, Hing, of Georgia, Wall.
Having proceeded thus far, tho Senate adjourn
cd.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
The appointment oi the following comm, tees
ne,de iA tbr Speaker Since the lasl Adjournment