The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-12-30
SECOND WEEK or THE SEES
SION

ross having been made IN It.
No StarJing Committees, md several
!, Committees, have been announced,
cbapIains have been elected, IN both
,scs aud in the House "a Representa-
rho Office Of Assistant Doorkecper,
j had existed firm the foundations Of
Government, has been abolisIied---ihe
,1oelIon of number OF attendants out
Of the doors, and Of pages inside Ct
Hall, having perhaps rendered the Of
snpcrlluous.
An the documents accompanying the
psident's Message to Congress are IN the
[ds of the Members, and the principal
|, haze been very generally published
read 10 the newspapers. We doubt
ether any annual Reports from the
od. of Departments have ever been, on
whole, more generally acceptable,
n TO Congress and the Public, than those
,;ch the present Session OF Congress has
cited. If the new Secretaries Of War
NAVY, and the Postmaster General,
!. from the short time they have been
ol!cr, necessarily somewhat deficient in
penence, Inc industry and devotion 10
mes BY which they have made up for
DO them great credit.
The Annual Report Of the Secretary Of
9 Treasury, upon whom tho state Of the
finances imposes at present more than
na labor and responsibility, has cot yer
Eea sen, in, but may, VIC presume, be ex-
cted 10 tue course Of to-day. The plan
4 a Fiscal Agent, referred TO in the Presi-
ats Message as forthcoming II called
Z, has hecn required from the Secretary
the Treasury by votes IN both branchcs
Congress; bat Il the rumor be true Of
/ being vet under consideration ~ the
|abIpot, cnn hardly be expected to be
|ansmit;cd to Congress for somc days to
|,me. Both these papere, the annual re.
nj and The fiscal scheme, are looked fof
IT'D more than ordinary interest.
Almost the only reports from the Ese-
|ii'c Departments received IA Congress
|lring the lac, week are those OF the Con-
|a-eu, Expenses Of the several Depart
ea,s, which ere required by law 10 be
innally made at the commencement Of
acb Session.
A uLmser of tills have been introduced
b leave IA each House during the last
Irrs, and among ,hem arc sotne Of coli.
lcfablc Consequence as, for example,
be bill to repeal the Land Law of last
'ession the bin TO establish Board Of
commissioners to hear and determine
lain, agains. the United States, the ne.
essiiy d which may be Judged OF BY the
&c, that the Petitions presented ~ the
lous9 Of Representative alone in ouc dag
IS, week (rncluding the revival. Of old
ncsl exceeded four hundred in numner
Mia ss ss I is;iFgta rs be due ' TO tls
lates Of Maine, Geofgla, and New Hamp.
hire the bil! 10 make appropriations Of
i9asy lof the continuation Of Cumberland
Dad and tho bill TO organize a govern.
icai IN Inc Oregon Territory. one bill
IS already passed the House Of Repre-
.s,a,ives, Tar in advance Of the march Of
be main body OF bills, and will probably
D. the Senate today being the bill Inak.
x partial appropriations for the pay Of
IeRocfs aud other expenses Of she ses.
on Of Congress.
1'hr busiacss &c the House Of Repre-.
natives has been greatly forwarded and
eil,a;ed BY tic adoption Of new rule,
tho suggestion of Oag o: the oldest aud
orthicei Members, according to which, %
ntcu rcques, by any Member 10 tho
Jerk Of the House, any Memorials, Pom
oas, OF Resolutions presented TO that
isnsO Of tho las, Congress, and moi finally
tied on, and any bulls passed by tho
Iousc and no, acted on by tho Senate, or
llefred 10 committees Of the House aud
II reported upon, may be again referred
/, the committees to which the same were
,spectivcly referred at the last Congress.
his rulc has lhe effect to replace npon
lc docket u he HonsN, IN an nclp9ui
tate, nearly all tho unfinished business Of
le last Congress, the amount Of which the
eader may remember was very great.
Besides notions for inquiry by commit
'es Which ar: generally agreed to as mai.
" Of course, several interesting proposi.
ops we're made last week which did not
same the shape Of bills such rs, ono
roposing TO fix the number Of officers Of
ach rank, Of men, and Of vessels IN the
'afy, SO as 10 lake away the existing dis.
itiionary power Of the Executive in those
another 10 abolish the revenue
utter service, and dcgolvo its duties on
be Naval establishment f; another to make
. appropriation TO improve the navsa.
on OF the Ohio, Mississippi, aud NSsou-
rivers, BY the removal OF distractions IN
lelr bed>, &c.
The business Of originating propositions
The form of bills or resolutions IN the
louise OF Representatives was brought TO a
land Oh Thursday BY the intervention ol
debate, not ct may bel premature, but
ct not looked for, upon the knottiest Of
u questions that can arise, the Tariff and
: various interesting relations and aiiIn.
es' The debate continued 10 thy end OF
he sitting Of Friday, when the House aJ.
'nrned itself and the debate over TO the
.sg'nnlng Of this, the third week of the
'asspon.