Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-12-22
CONGRESS lONAI..
IN SEN.4TE.
Moaday, December IL, 1843

their seats to-day, viz: Messrs. Simmons
and Sprayue, OF Rhode Island; Messrs.
White and Smith, of Indiana; Mr.:
Young, Of Illinois; Mr.. Linn, OF Mis-.
souri,; MIR. Woodbridge, of Michigan
and Mr. Fulton. Of Arkansas.
After the reading Of the journal OF
Thursday last, the President. pro fem.
announced to the Senate the standing
committees; but. previ"us to such an
nunciatioD, he was understood to say
that the Senator from Virginia. Mr..
Rives,7 who was chairman OF the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations at the last
! session, had expressed a wish to the Pres
.Slent pro tenn. 20 be excused from SER
Wing on that committee. aud gave reasons
4 for su-h wish, which were considered
ample.
The committees are as fellows:
On Foreien Relations. Messrs. Ar
cher, Berren, Buchanan, Tallmadg,2 and
Choatc.
On Finance Messrs. Evans. Graham,
Woodbury., Berrien, ard Crittenden.
On Commerce. Messrs. Huntington.
Woodbridge. King Barrow, and Wright.
On 1danuf,ctwes. Messrs. Simmons,
Archer, Miller, Buchanan, and More
head.
o.. agriculture. Messrs. Linn, Bates
Crafts. Smith Of Connecticut, and Stur-
gehn.
On Military .afairs. Messrs. Crit
tenden, Merrick, Benton, Huntington,
and Wilcox.
On the Melitia. Messrs. Barrow, Full
ton, Smith of Indiana, Williams, and
McRnberts.
On Naval affairs. Messrs. Bayard.
Graham. Williams, ChOate, and Barrow.
On Public Lands. Messfs. Smith Of
Indiana, TaIlmadge, Walker, Hunting
ton. and Conrad.
On .Private Land Claims. Messrs.
Henderson, Linn, Tappan, Fulton, and
Sprague. ;,
On Indian affairs. Messrs. Morehead.
White, Sewer, Phelps and Benton.
On Claims Messrs. Graham, Wright,
Woodbury., Woodbridge, and Phelps.
On Revolutionary Gains. Messrs.
Phelps. Clayton, Smith of Connecticut,
Allen, and Williams.
On MeiJudiciary. Messrs. Berrien,
Clayton. DAYTON, Walker. and Kerr.
On the Post Office and Post Roads
Messrs. Merrick, Summons, McRoberts,
Conrad, ard Miller.
o., Roads and Canals. Messrs Por-
ter, Wife, Young, King, and Cuthbert'
On Pensions. Messrs. Bates, Bagby,
Allen, Phelps, and Sewer.
n r ~ M
Miller, Bayard, King, Kerr, and Young.
On Patents and the Patent O6sce.-
Messrs. Kerr, Porter, Henderson, Viii
cox, and Sturgeon.
ON the Public Buildings. Messrs.
Dayton, Fulton, and Evans.
On the. Library. Messrs Woodbridge.
Tappan. aud Choate.
ION Eagrosssd Bills. Messrs. Con-
rad. ,Bagby. and Sturgeon.
On Esr6lled Bills. Messrs. Sprague
and Williams.
To .auditta1d !; Control the Contingent
Expenses. Messrs. .Tappan, White, and
Porter.
On Retrenchment. NMessrs., MOrehead.
Graham, Miller, Fulton ), and~Sprague.
o.. Printing. Messrs. Clayton. Will
ians aud Sprague.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The minutes of Thursday were read
and approved; and the following list
was then read of standing committees.
Committee of Elections. Messrs. Hal
s.ed. Blair, Barton, Borden, Cravans,
Gamble, Turney, Houston, and Reynolds.
Committee of Ways and Means. Messrs.
Fillmore. Bolts, Samson Mason, Wal
lace, r. F. Marshall, j. r. Ingersoll, J.
W.,Jones, Atherton. and Pickens.
ON Claims. Messrs. Giddings, Cow
en-, Osborne, Tomlinson, Warren, Hub
ard. Arnold. Burke, and Medill.
ON Commerce. Messrs. J. P. Kenne-
dy, Winthrop, leland, Childs. Rayner,
Benjamin randall. S. ]. Andrews, I.
". Williams, and Ferris.
On Publics Lands. Messrs. Morrow,
Casey, Truman>Smith. Gentry. Bronson,
Howard, Brewster, Chapman, and ia
cob Thompson.
On the Post Office and Post Roads
Messrs. Briggs, Joseph l.. Williams,
WIN. Russell, Brockway. Owsley, Hop
kjns. Andrew Kennedy, John 6. Flo, d,
and Plumer.
On the District Of Columbia. Messrs
Underwood. Summers. Alexander Ran
dali. Powell. Richard w. Thompson,
Hunter, McKeoa, aud Dawson. .
On the Judiciary. Alessrs. Barnard.
Trumbuil, Pearce. Milton browne Gar.
rett Davis, Chas.J. Ingersoll, Roosevelt,
and Saunders.
On Revolutionary Claims. ~ 'ssrs.
Hall: p. 6. Goode; Tripiett; .thos. !.
Campbell; .M4vnard; Washington; James;
Parmentsr; and w. q. Goode.
On Public Expenditures. .Nessrs.
Linn; Hudson, Morgan; Van Rensselaer,;
James w. Russell; Mitchell; Mark A.
Cooper Clinton; aud Littleftld.
On Private Land Claims. .M:ssrs
1x.ra. Joh,, Younos William T. John