Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-02-02

m ACT recalling u p0fil ~ of The deposl'c
fund, 10 meet certain clal1,s "n The Sin,c.
II The cieciion law was taken ~. and
several amendments were adopted which
were recommended by III. 'lninitiee.
II hc one of the most importance was
ia provision making void all certificates
ni the perf,rm inCc ot MILITARY service
during The last year alre,d; given, tx
cepl The certificates ni the commission.
ers upon mlilay claims.
Il IL was represented that n great many
II fraudulent returns had been made To the
coloncls. and consequent, %, a. num-
her of fraudulent ccr,iicnics given.
\ The House ihon adj jmrned ,ill three
o'clo'k.
i Ajiernooa-Thc House me, al three
tEo'clock.
" Tho petition Of Stephen Martin and
Others, fora charter ns ilic Second Yves
Illcynn Metrodi.i Church. w,s received
aud referred To tho Committee on Educa.
II ION. "
The petition Of Nathaniel Rlnd ~ W
crcdl"rs, VAS received aud referred to
he C0nmi'irc an the Judiciary.
H Mr. Amcs offered II ,cS"lr,tn respect
my the sale oi n ,hohsand :nn,k-is. lie
moved that the coInn.iticr, 60 ss ing of
General Carringt"n aud himself, should
have authority TO sell the Engl,>h m,,skcls
u the possession of the STATE. aud m
vest the proceeds ~ other arms ard
equipments, or 4" exchange The sInc for
nhcr aims and equipments.
An net providing tor tho organIZa'ion
of The iwo houses al the Gc lcral Assem-.
Dl, was read ard passed
An OH order upon HE General Trca-
'urcr for expenses during lhc last war
vas allowed.
The Committee on the judiciary re.
ported Il bill respecting the property oI
married women.
The petition oi Johnston Gu urdS. for
act of iDcorporaiion, WAS rcrivrd and
referred IO the coinmnicc "n the militia.
The House then adjrurm d 'ili Frld,,
n"rning II, 10 "'cl"ck.
Friday Morning, Jan. 27.-The
House met at ten o'Llock.
MIR. SIsson presented the petition Of
Wells Reynolds, to have his son, VIII
liam, released from fine Imposed upon
him by court martial. ll,s fine aud
costs were RENTED.
The PRAYER OF the petition OF the Bap-
tist Benevolent Society, for appointment,
K OF trustees, was granted.
The prayer of the petition Of Stephen
Martin and others for charter as the
Second Wesleyan Methods, Church,
was granted aud net passed.
The prayer Of the petition of the I,ap-
iisi Education Society Of the Warren
}np,is, Association was granted and the
act passed.
Mr.. Updike called up the militia act.
Mr. Blake said, he hoped it would
not be taken up to-day. II would be i'm
possible to get through il, and the effect
of taking it up now, would be a post pone-
mcnt. The House had business enough
for the rest of this week, and he moved
that this law be the special order for
Monday next
Mr.. Updike said, that he did not
wish this bill TO be postponed. The
people wished n militia law, and this was
one which they could understand, and
which reInedled the defects Of the other
law
Mr.. Amcs said, that another plan had
been proposed in the committee, ANA had
found favor among members Of the
House. This was, To have what Is call
ed volunteer system Of militia. The
vslpf nl n rnl militia
was good system for a time Of war, or
when armed men were needed, but it
was too cumbrous and burdensolnc !or a
time of peace. Men would not submit
cheeriully to the performance Of duty
which was not needed THIS system be-
siGes, did not bring out the militia often
enough to be Of any use To them for The
purposes Of disci pline. The voluntary
sy stem would bring out sufficient force
for peace establishment, and the other
system would be useful IN times Of dan
ger. IL the bill was postponed till next
week, sufficient time would be given for
these amendments Ia be drafted.
Sufficient business was found TO oc-
cupy the House for the remainder of the
week. The bill vas made the order OF
the day for Tuesday next.
Resolutions were received from the
State OF Georgia on the subject Of revu-
dialinn Of Stale debts They were I'M
strong language, expressing an abhor-
renee Of this doctrine of Reputation.
Mr.. Ames moved that they he refer
red to special committee. This was n
most lmporan. subject to all the States
of this Union.
The committee was appointed, con-
sisting Of Nlessrs. Ames, Blake, and
Cranston.
a commune alton was received from,
the same State respecting free negroes.
This was referred to Mcssrs. w. &.
DurIee, Updikc, Randolph, and Collins
A resolution was passed, directing
Samuel Y. Atwell, acting commissioner
on The Scituaio Bauk, to make report at
the next session.
The committee on the subject of dis
triciing the State for members of Con
grrss, reported bill repeating the new
law changing the time Of that election,
and restoring the old law This, IN the
opinion of the committee, rendered IL
unnecessary to district the State nj the