The North-Carolinian., 1843-12-09
2Sth CONGRESS-.


= The prospect opens brightly i!armo-
ny prevails in Congress, SO far, contrary 10 tue
hopes and wishes Of our whIg opponents.
Below we give all the news we have received,
Vi, to the time of going 10 press on Friday
evening:
On Monday last the two Houses of Con-
eress met. The Senate called TO order
at II o'clock, by its President Willie P. Man
gum. % States represented, some OF them
however, by only Que Senator. Hon. Wm.
ii. Haywood, Jr., appeared in his seat.
The Senate after receiving the credentials
of and gratifying all the newly elected sena-
tors, adjourned.
On Tuesday the Senate done little else
than hear the Presidents Message. The
Senate ordered 800 copies OF the Message
and Documents, and ? 2JO0 copies of the mes
sage without the documents. They then
went into an election of Printer TO the Sc
nate, when Gales & Seaton 90, % votes and
Blair & R!ves II: SO the torn;er were elected.
TIE HOUSE was called to order at ?
O'Clock on Monday, by their Clerk, hlauhew
81 SidiF Niutht, WHO !iotttbtd ~ @d'i "S
roll When the FIST name from New
Hampshire whose members we've elected by
general ticket had been called, MIR Camp
bell ol $. c., inquired whether those members
uuii etneuts OF the secoad section Of he appor-
tinn'neni act, which requires members OF
Congress to be elected by Districts. Cries
Of g order" were heard. The Clerk stated
tIla. he bad a certificate of election from the n.
II. u,eubers. EIr Campbell then sent a re-
solution tu the Clerk, to be read, which fesolu-
ton was in effect, that the Clerk should first
call The names of members who were elected
according to the law of Congress. and that
nnediatel, after, they should hear the claims
and decide upon the rights of the other
members (elected by general ticket to take
their seats This resolution the Clerk re-
fused To read, and some members ohiectcd to
its reading. Mr. Campbell then said he
would read it himself as he had fight TO do
Some members ininiated he had no right to
read it, in the then state of the House, and
Mr Camphel did not press the subject. The
roll as then called, and lS9 meiabers an
suered, (224 is the whole number.)
The Cleik then said if it the pleasure
of the House to cleo; Speaker, the members
would u epnre their ballots. MIR Barnard of
New York (whiy) desired to present paper.
|, was objected 10 by Mes<rs Ingersoll and
Dr"mg""Ie lde,ns.j After some talking, the
Clerk put the question to the House the
reading Of the paper, and 1t was voted down.
MIR Barnard then said the paper was nothing
bot solemn declaration on the part of
some of the members OF The House. of their
opinion of the utter Illegally and unconstit,,-
tionaity Of preceding to the election of Sneak
er with the aid of certain persons who had
answered to iheif names from New Hamp-
shire, Georgia, Mississippi, aud Misse uri -
1t was then agreed TO proceed to election of
Speaker, rira roce. Mr. JOHN WJONES,
of Virginia, received ISs; Jno. White f,he
old Speaker and whig} received 50 (the
whole whig stenethl; MrWillkins, of Pa, l..
Mr. Jones was elected.
The old rules ofthe last Congress were then
adopted as the rules of this. with one or two
amendments, one of which was abolishing the
rule allowing members only one hour to speak.
Another allowing the House TO suspend the
rules by majority instead of two-thirds. MIR
Adams, as usual, tried to have the elst, or alb
oilion rule abolished. On Tuesday, Mr.
Barnard, raised debate by trying to get his
motion Of Yesterday and the paper which he
wanted to read, spread upon the journals in
their regular order. The debate was inter
rupted by the reading of the Message, and
was not renewed to any extent $4,000
copies of the Message and 500 copies of the
documents were ordered to be printed.
- Hon. VIM Montcomerv Renresen