Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-06-22
TwENTY-sEvENT CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION.
SENATE.
"WEDNESDAY. June Is.


Memorial, and petitions were presented ind
fsrred: BY tho President pro from tho Mayor
and Council OF Philadelphia relation TO the de-
fence Of the Delaware river from WIN Johnson
sskns remuneration Cor expense Of outfit rs mem
her ofscenti6c corps accompany exploring erpe-
ditions BY Ms Porter from citizens of Michigan.
praying the GRAFT of years salary to the family of
the late President By Mr. Buchanan from the wild.
ows Of revolutionary soldiers. praying tho continu-
ance Of pension act Of 1898 BY Mr. Clay from ei,i.
Of Rochester, ~ \. praying passage OF bankrupt
law: also from citizens of New York and Conn
praying increased duties on silk hat bodies.
Mr. Smith Of Iniiaas, from tho committee on pub
lie lands reported the resolions OF the Legislature
of Missouri. asking the establishment Of a river
land district. back to the Senate. and asked that
they might lay on the table.
Mr.. Benton moved to take up the resolution sub.
mited by him some days since, calling the treas
ury cor schedule of the payments made from the
treasury during the months OF March, April and
May.
MIR Clay opposed taking it up upon the ground
that il had been laid on the table with view to
have il lay there because the resolution I adop ted
would require OF the department great labor and
prevenris attention to important business and
open a.xnie Geld for debate in the Senate upon
subjects connected with the purpose, Ior which
Congress convened.
MIR Calhoun and Mr. Woodbury. favored the mo
ton TO take up. This debate continued until the
Senate went into executive session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
JUsE l6. 1911.
We have the satisfaction Of stating reader
that this body at length organised on the md
is now prepared proceed to business. On the
opening Of the house the 10Th Mr. Stewart of vir
ginia offered the following resolution.
Resolved. That all the rules aud orders OF the
last House Of Representative, not superseded by
any rule resolution adopted the present session
and now i'm force, be. and the are hereby O.
dopted for the regulation Of tho House the presen
session; and that the Select Counitiee upon the
Rules. heretofore raised. proceed to revive and a.
mend the rules hereby adopted and that they have
leave TO report AT all times
MFR Stuart spoke some length in favor Of it,
bir Nsbet Of Georgia followed a Noble and ami
mated castgation Of those who had thwared the de-
sire Of the members and the people by. protracting
debate this question Mr. Rhett and Mr. Brown
efPa- followed in opposition to the call for the pre-
Sious 'pncsii0n. dhe debate continued by
Messrs Afford. Pickens. Gamble, Wauerson. Stanley
and others. After which by a vote OF I 10 TO I0l
The main question wus then taken and resulted
follows
YEAS-Messrs Allen, Landafrw Andrews. S J
Andrews, Arnold, Aycrigg BabcOck, Baker. Barnard
Barton. Birdseye Blair, Boardmnn, Borden, Bolts
Briggs. Brockway. Bronson NJ Brown. jeremiah
Brown. Burnel Calhoun, William Campbell,
Thomas Campbell, Caruibers, Childs. Chitendcn,
John c Clark, Staey N Clarke, Copper. Cowen.
Cranston, Craveas Gushing. GarTet Davis. WIN c
Dawson, Deberry. John Edwards, Everett. Fessen.
den Fillmore, A LFoser. Thomas Foster. Gam
bic. Gates. Gentry. GddIngs, Goodin. G. Goode.
Greig Habersham. Hall. VIM Hastings. Henry.
Howard, HudSon, Hunt. James Irwin, William w
Irwin. james. John p Kennedy. Lane, Lawrence
Thomas + Marshall. Samson Mason MalhiOf, Mat |
socks. Maxwell. Maynard Moore Morgan. Morrow |
Nisbet, Osborne, owsley, Pondoton, Pope, Powell,
ProfTlt. Ramsey. Benz Randall, Randolph Rdgway,
Rodney, Russell. SalronsfaIl. Sergeant. Shepperd.
Simonfon, Slode Smith. sprigg. Stanley. Stokeley.
StrsttOn. Stuart Summers, Taalero. Thomp-
son, Richard w Thompson, Tillinghast. TOland.
TOmlinson, Tripeii, Trumbull. Underwood Van
Rensselaer, Wallace, Warren. Washington. Edward
ID White. Joseph l. While, Thomas w Williams.
Lewis Williams Christopher II williams Joseph
J. Williams. Winthrop, Yorke, Young, John
Young-lI9.
NAYS-Messrs Adams. Afford. Arlington. Ather.
ton Banks, Beeson Bdlack, Browne, Boyd, Brewster,
VBrown. Charles Brown, Burke, Sampson n But
Ter, William Butler. William Butler. Green w 4
Caldwell, Patrick c Caldwell. John Campbell. Cary
Chapman, Clifford, Clinton, Coles, Daniel, Richard !
ID Davis, John Dawson. Dean. Doig. Eastman
John c Edwards, Egbert, Ferris, John G. Floyd, (
Charles a Flodd, Torrance, Gerry. GilmeT, William
% Goode, Gordon, Graham. Cuisine, Harris. John
Hastings. Hays, Holmes Hopkins. Houck. HUBBARD,
Hunter. IngerSOll, Jack, w Jobnson. Cave John
son, John w Jones' Issac Jones, Keim. Andrew
Kennedy, King Liulefield. Lowell, A Mcclellan,
X Mcclellan. Mckay. MEllory, Marchsad, a Mar.
sball'J IT Mason, Mathews Medill. Menwether
Miles, Newhard Oliver. Pamenier. Partridge Payne
Pickens, Plumer. Rayner, Reding, Rencher Rhoti,
Riggs. Rogers. Roosevelt, Sanford, Saunders Shaw
Snyder. Sellers SIeenrOJ. Sumter. sweeney, Turney.
Van Buren,. Ward Wauerson Weller, Westbrook
J W Williams. West. wood-l03
80 tho resolution adopted and Mr. Stanley
moved decentralization for the purpose Of settling
fho matter. hHsky. The molOn lost without a
count, aud the house adjourned.