The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1841-02-17
H00E.ISLAMD REPUBLICAN.
NEWPORT:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY II, ls4I
Doings in Congress.

~ s1'' 'n0 passage {
sd-o7 10 ,nr ,',, ~ "'"a'e 'e'u'
, tho RanLs If ,ho Di.,.;l. r " 'e''".r'e
Joint resoIu,ion ap,bo,i.on tho ,1.nSc. u "
State Of Maryland of The stock held by the r
S. in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 70 49,,
read a third time and passed
The General Bankrupt Bill cams bsfo,o Il,
Senate on the special order. the oues,io, HEN
on pro position to Include baoklno co,oo,,,,o,
in the comnuIsorv ,,oo.., 49,.
consent of three founhs of the cyed,o,s IN d,
mount TO the release of IN. d.b,ox &. ~
remainder of The dav w,s ou,,o, :, ~
Clay Of Ala, Sewer of Ark. CaIbonnof r.
| Wright of n. Y. and Sm,,b or Coaa
ting this motion. bn, No final n.LN,
the ou.s,,on.
| The House wen, early ;o,o oo,,,,,,,.- e.,
whole on the General Pension R,u and NJ
WaGdy Thompson moved AN ,,,o,,1.,,a...
propriate 100000 TO nepo,ia,. aa.I "p
Ilendly relations with tho SeminoI.s M.
mendment was warmIv oprosod b, Al. ca
dines of Ohio. and .n,,n,,od
having been based upon communicate, fxo,,,
the War D.oarmso, and r;u .,.,,.
end ,o the wa, .., r'' W.
''0P''"''o'S ''''e
% Vi'o'f'i0o'
Tuesday. Feb. 0.
:" ''e "h"AIE' the morning business was
'",'"P0'''n'' "no 'he Bankrupt bill was then
VI, "s 'he Spee'a' order and debated by
'enuerson ana alker OF Miss, Hub
'''' " ~ H. O''houn ana Wright. until the
"'"'u''
:" Tue HOUSE the hour Of meeting was
"'s ~ "o"' 10 II o CLOCK The bill max
P'"P'''''o"s 'of pensioners was taken up,
VIZ" 'e'e'eoce more particularly
'''r'oeu '"'enu''eh' making an appro-
-, O" u 0ioo'ooo Tor closing the Florida
nv . ''ocN' 'ne committee rose for
" f'0'"'" a"l inc house adjourned.
Ve"msaay' February 10.
nus was 'he DAY Tor counting the votes for
'''''e"' ""u wee PRESIDENT. The galleries
= '"e 'i"' u representatives where The cere-
P'''e' were "' "u carry hour' crowd
- VIZ" ''''eS' ana an unsuccessful effort was
= " "o'''' '"e'' 10 tue moor OF 'he House.
''e "'P'se "' tue 'a'f auditory the reply /
: s'""'' '''''o" was "n utmost uh"ersa'
AtIo o.clo.t ,o So ,.,,.,..
a;ce,s ard b, ,h. W.. D.--,,
In '' e"'e'eu '"e
:. oy
lno wee ifes'ueht
"' y '"0 sue 'i 'io ePe"her and' al
81 '"c senators anu members were seated, he
D'e ",'d announced the purpose OF the meeting.
he ie"ers' consisting OF Mr.. Preston Of the
eha'e' ana Messrs' Gushing and Jones of the
rouse 'hNn proceeded TO open and read the
et"hca'es returned from the several States
ne process occupied some hours. and finally
lie result was announced, viz-that William
'enry iiafrlson' OF oh'o' was elected Presi-
en' OF the Cnited States for four years, after
'e ioufth OF March next; and that John Ty- ;
r OF virginia. was, IN like manner elected
ice PRESIDENT =
lhe result of the votes. as declared. s-For I
illam Henry Harrison. 234
srtin Van Buren, go. Fer Vice President I
'hn Tyler, 234; Richard NJ. johnson, is;
itlleton w. Tazewell ,2I; James X. Polk, l.
hen the result was declared, there was some {
spping Of hand $ in the galleries. which was ]
,wever. soon surrcssed by 4 call IN order I
Before the business was taken up. III. uousc {
scussed the Pension Bill; and the resuI, was. t
resolution to take it out of Commiuee ON v
thursday. C