Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-01-31

sideratiOn, because the Senate was thin
The vote " as recOnsidercd, u the miotiuu TO
strike out the enacting clause. rejected
yeas 23, nays 20. The bill was ordered
To be engrOssed.
The House, last night, sat till eleven
o'clock. engaged upon the resolution TO re-
fer, 10 Select Committee, the SUBJECT of
the dcialcatiOn ol Mr.. SwartwUut The
motion 10 elect the CommEtce IN Luftot,
was agreed to-yeas llo, nays iU5.
lhe Committee, as ciiuscu, consisted of
Alr. Harlan oi ky., MIR. Gurus vi N. Y,
Mr.. Wise Of Va, MIR. Elnorc Of s. g.,
MIR. Smith Ut Me-, MIR, Dawson Of Ga..
MIR. Hopkins vi Va, Mr.. iiuuIcy Of Pa,
and MIR. Cushnan Oi ~. IL. So there were
tour W higs, two Conservatives, aud three
Administration men, supposlns Mr.. + tmlurc
10 rank among the latter.
In thefiouse oi Representatives., to-day,
MIR, EimOre, " no was chosen Us Que ui tie
Comuiittec vi OiinvestI.atiOn, rose ana asked
10 be excused from serving on the Com
mittec, Tor reasons winch lie proceeded 10
Sive. II was cviueutiy the intention vi
tie House 50 10 constitute the CUinIIIIttce
as IL represent It's various poiitLai inter-
csts, anu ne could uOt DC iuIslaKen III inc
suppUsillUn thai ne Was cnOscu as one " nu
was presumed tU Oc u friend Ol the ADMIN
istrd,iou. AllnDuSn lie nad suppultcu lne
Administration III Svnc pOiu.s anu suUuffti
cUltinue 10 do 50, ds iViIg nc considered
their course correct aud proper, ycl ne had
not been aud was not nov All A0u,IuisIra-
lIUn man III the oruluary scusc y Tie term.
He was III d position Tree to take sucn Il
course On ANY IiIcasure, as lie iuilht deem
proper, aud he could no' properly ue con
sldered Us owing aiivslduCe ~ any party.
1t was ii prlncipie men lie HAD uu,luriliy
and irO,n MS youth, ctIc, lsiIeu auu .,Cieu
upon, that the government " as eutllIeu ~
support, Ill all cuses "nere It's acts and
puncy were correct; but, II tue OppusitiUm
were put IN pow er, To- ilurrow, ,tIe wuuiu sus-
tam them To- the same ertent, anu OH The same
principles. MIR. T.. adued a further rea-
SOU, mat MS uine was already eusIusseu
ny the duties ol other Committees. Mr..
" Ise opposed the nIOltOn tor THE cAcusr OF
MIR. kiinOre, anu remarked that, arcUr-
ding 10 his own snewing, he " as not enti
lied TO 10 excused. lie had gwen the
Desl possible reAsuns Why lie snvulu not
tie excused, VIA; that tie ~ u jar man.
lne result W as, That aitei II long debate,
MIR. ElinOrc was excused, yeas 40, nays
%.
Mr.. Cushman and Mr.. Hubley, we're
then excused Un the score vi other eus age
meuls.
The House ballot,ed for three more Ad-
mlnisti alton men, but as tho " nnxs and
CouserS dtIves ran one ticke, aud The Van
Buren, auOtner, aud as there were sDn,e
scattering vOies, M no one was elected.
When the result ui the ba,iuttinK was
announced MIR. Haynes oi ga, II i,,cud oi
the ADMINISTRATOR, who " rs vOteti iur,
rose and stated that a number OF ballots
mad, he perceived, been cast for iiiin. lie
respectfully requested thuse g-utieilien to
al, instead oi hun, tor he would decline,
serving, II elected. Mr.. ii. was called To
order by Mr.. Boil, who said that every
gentienlan voted Tor, might be allow Ell 10
explain, if he could. lhe Speaker s,a-
ted that the gentleman wOuii nuke u mere
explanations, but could not 20 into reasons.
DR. Taylor. ot New York, then rose and
also requested that gentlemen would no,
waste utl,e IN voting Tor HIM, tor. II chosen
he would not serve. MIR, Patton made a
similar explanation; several Intellectual at
teinpts were made TO adjourn, and call
Of the HOu vas moved, but rejected.
On the second ballot, the opposition
elected Messrs. Taylor Of New York, NJ ar
tin of Ala, and Wasgener of Pa. Those
gentlemen insisted on being excused, and
the House adjourned after much disorder
ancesontusion, without settling the question.