The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-02-23
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ries Of the Hall OF Represen tatives, whers H. o""
mony takes place, were, at an early hour c,o,.I'
with ladies; and an unsuccessful attempt wa. IVY
TO admit them 10 the floor of the House, ~.
astonsbment Of the fair auditory, the repv n w.t.
gallant motion was an almost univ ersal dsso, y"
| AT 12 O'Clock, the Senate, preceded by tbo;, ~
GERS and by the Vice President, entered the Han
Represe tatives, and were received by ,bs NV
bers standing. The Vice President took n s.,,
The side of the Speaker, and after the Senator. -,
members were seated, he rose and announced ~
purpose ofthe meeting. The Tellers consi,oa
Mr. Preston of the Senate, and Mossrs. Cp,hi,'
and Jones Of the House, then proceeded to o,,
and read the certificates returned from the sovs.
States.
The result Of the votes, declared is, for Pr,
ident, William Henry Harrison 234, Martin ",
Buren, CO. For Vice President, John TYLER 90
r. M. Johnson 4S, LttIeton Tazwell q, lama
Polk l. When the result was dec Jared, there v,,
some cIappng OF hands in the galleries, which w., \
however, soon suppressed by call TO order.
l.a Thursday, Feb H.
SENATE. On Thursday the Clerk of the Hou.
Of Representatives. announced TO the Senate iii, \
morning, as soon as the journal was read that fl,
House had chosen joint committee of two IA
wait upon William Henry Harrison, of Ohio. ana
notify him that he had been declared by The ,r,
Houses of Congress elected President of The Uni.
ted States for four years from the fourth of March
next; and farther that the House on their part ha
made choice of Caleb Gushing. of Mass, and Hen,
ry A. Wise, of Va, TO notify him of the fact Til,
message was laid upon the table. Mr. Preston, Of
s. Carolina, having been appointed on the p.u Of
the Senate, and with the members Of the Hons
having waited upon Gen Harrison during the day
made the following report as the Generals reply.-|
"That he receives this manifestation Of the conf,
dence Of his countrymen with profound gratitude,
and that he willearnesty devote himself TO the dis.
charge ofheduties it imposes, so s,accordng to his
best ability, TO promote the union and welfare Of
the country"
The Report was read by Mr. Preston and Ieii up.
on the Clerk table.
| The Bankrupt Bill was taken up and discussed
HousE. The Regular business of tho monr,
hour was laid aside, and the Pension appropri,la
| bill taken Up. Mr. Thomas Smith Of Indiana VT
| ter and malignant Locofcco, having the floor, gave
| the House the benefit of his views upon the mai
ter. He ranted and Sponted until just before lh
time agreed upon for taking the bill out oflhe CON
mittee. tt t.. .- gE.-
| The amendment, of Mr. Thompson, making an
appropriation Of one hundred thousand dollann
! close the Florida War, was adopted in COMMITTEE
and the bill thus amended reported TO the House
MIR Warren Of Georgia, spoke with great 0r.
and ability, in favor Of the amendment of Mr.
| Thompson. H. expressed his unfeigned surprs
u, the opposition Which The proposal had met Gon
certain of the Administration members When
their own officer, The Secretary of War, rccommM
ded the measure as a means Of closing the
much less expense Than il conld be carried on, bel
could not account for their opposition.
| The question was then taken the adoption N
the amendment, and resulted in the affirmative By
a large vote. Yeas 1875, Nays fourteen, all oil
whom were I.ocofncos. The bill was then read
| third time and passed without opposition, and sent
to the Senate. The House then went again into
committee Of the Whole on the state Of The Union
and took up the bill Of Appropriations for civil ondl
ldipomatc services.
The Bill is doubtless or great importance \" Tue
persons interested in getting their pay, but OF pre-
cious little TO any body else.
| fln a1 @ Friday, Feb. 70
SENATE. The bill to authorize the Issue OF ire"
ury notes, was ordered to third reading, read
third time and passed: Messrs Allen Benton, CNy
OF Kentucky; Clayton, Henderson, Mangum, rfS'
ton, and While voting in the negative.
! The correspondence relative TO the Amistad wa
laid before the Senate; also report Of the Os'0|
sustained by the government iom the banks Iw|
thousand extra copies of the latter were ordered
be printed. Petitions were presented from Indian
( alichigan and Mississippi, in favor OF Geneh
Bankrupt law. The bill making appropriationh
the payment Of pensions for the year IS41, va
read twice and referred to tho Committee on ~
nance. A number of bills which had been ordsnd
to be engrossed, were read third time andpas'd'
They were principally ola private character
HOUSE,. The day was spent In the cONsOss'
tion of private business. Among the bills Pas'sa
was one supplementary to the act granting land VI
DR. Perrine to introduce tropical plants in Flona'
1t will be remembered that the DR.. was killed W
the savages and this bill is for the relief OF the WV
ows and orphans of the DR. and those who Tell WIN
HIM. The bill was passed. .t ett %
so,iisz, tf,.t. 1854 Saturday, Feb ID
The Senate did not sit.
HOUSE,. Mr. Clifford of Maine, moved 10 ",
pend the rules, and to take up the bills to Prov.
for the further exploration and survey OF the wv
East Boundary, which divides the States Oh Wv"
and New Hampshire from the British ProVln NV M
A debate ensued on the appropriation ofS%