The North-Carolina standard., 1843-12-20
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.


the Senate announced the following as the STAN
ding Committees for the Session:
Foreign ReLoti0ns-Messrs Archer Berrien, Buchan-
an, Tallmadge, and Choate.
FI1aance-Messrs Evans M 'Dufie, Huntington, Wood
bury, and Crittenden.
COr1DleTce-Messrs Huntington, Wol dbridge, King,
Barrow, and Wright.
.Ma1ufactures-Messrs. Simmons, Archer, Miller.
Buchanan, and Morehead.
observation-disclosures Upham, Bates, Sturgeon, Sem
pie, and Atchison.
military .afairs--Messrs Crittenden Barrow, Ben
ton. Dayton, and Foster.
Naval .d6airs-Messrs. Bayard Choate, Huger, Hay
wood, and Henderson.
Indian .qfairs-Messrs. White, Morehead, Sewer,
Militia CZaims-Messrs. Barrow, Fulton, Semple,
Fairfield, and Atchison.
Public L1nds-Messrs. Woodbridge, TalImadge,
Walker, Jarnegsn, and Morehead
Private Land CIoinls-Messrs. Henderson, Haywood,
Sprague, Tappan, and Coquitt.
Czainls-Messls. Foster, Wright, Woodbury., Phelps.
and Haywood.
Revolutionary Czain,s-Messrs Jarnegan, Fulton,
Upham Colqut, and Hannegan.
observation-disclosures Berrien, Clayton, Dayton, Wal
ker, and Huger
Posi- Offices and Post Roads-Messrs. Merrick, Sim
MONS Jarnegan, Fulton, and Atchison.
Roads and CdndiS-Messrs. Porter, White, King,
Breese, and Sturgeon.
Pensio,s-Messrs Bates, Sewer, Foster, Evans, and
Atherton.
District of Cohrun6ia-Messrs. Miller, Bayard. King
Merrick, and Semple.
Patents and the Patent Otfce-Messrs. Phelps, Por-
ter of Michigan, Bates, Sturgeon and Atherton.
Observation-Disclosures. Morehead, Miller, Hunting
ton, Fulton, and H henderson.
Public B1iIdtngS-Messrs. Dayton, Breese, and Bag
by
To .4udt Control the Contingent Expenses of the
Se11ate-Messrs. Tappan, White, Porter, and Wright
PTinting-Messrs. Simmons, Fairfield land Sprague.
Engrossed BiIs-Messrs Dayton, Bagby, and Sprague.
JOINT COMMITTEES ON PART OF SENATE.
On Library Of Congress-Messrs Choates Tappan,
and Berrien.
On Enrolled Bilzs-Messrs Hannegan, and Atherton
In the Senate, on the same day, Asburv Dick
ems was elected Secretary thereof; Mr.. Dyer Ser
geantat-Arms; Mr. Beal, assistant door-keeper; ;
and the Rev. Mr.. Tuston Presbyterian Chap
lain.
In the House, on the day, the following
members were announced, as composing the Com
mittee on Elections:
Committee on Elections -Messrs PAYNE of Ala
bama, Elmer of New Jersey, Schenck of Ohio,
Chapman Of Virginia, Newton of Virg ginia, Ham
lin of Maine, Ellis cf New York, Douglass of llli
nois,s and Garrett Davis of Kentucky.
The Protest of Mr.. Barnard, of New York,
heretofore enterered upon the Journal ofhe House,
was struck out by vote of 90 to 80.
In the Senate, on the 18th instant, the journal
having been read, Mr.. Benton rose to make for
NAL announcement of the death of his late col
league MIR. Linn. This he did in most faithful
and eloquent manner. We extract the closing
paragraph of Mr.. Benton's remarks:
{" In the character of such man, so exuberant
in all that is grand and beautiful in human nature,
is difficult particularize exceIlences to pick
any quality or circumstance, which should
claim pre-emInence over all others. II should at
tempt il, should point, among his measures for
the benefit of the whole Unioa 10 the Oregon Bill;
among his measures for The benefit his own
State, to the acquisition of the Platte CoUntry a.
mong his private virtues, to the love and affection
which he bore to that brother-the half brother
only-w only 13 years older than himself had
beento him the trndcresI of fathers. For twenty
nine years had known the depth Of that aft, con,
and never saw il burn more brightly than in our
last Interview, My three weeks before his death. !
He had just travelled thousand miles out Of his |
way to that brother, and his name still the
dearest theme Of his conversational conversation |
strange to tell which turned, not upon the empty |
and feeting subjects of the day, but. upon things
solid and eternal-upon friendship, and upon death,
and upon the duties of the living to the dead. He
spoke of two friends whom it was natural to be-
ieve that he should survive. and to whose memo
ries he intended to pay the debt Of friendship Vain
calculation! Vain imPusion of generosity and
friendship! One Of these two friends now dis
charges that moufnful debt to him: the other (Gen
JAcEsoN) has written rne. letter. expressing his
: deep sorrou for the untimely death Of our
friend, Dr.. LINN
Mr.. Crittenden, of kentucky, also made some
ouching and eloquent remarks upon the charac,
er sof The deceased Senator; whereupon, as a
mark of respect to the memory Of DR.. Linn, the
Senate adjourned.
In the House Of Representatives., on the same
lay, the following Standing Committees were an
lounced
of Waus and Ifeans-Messrs. Mckay, Lewis,
. R. Ingersol Dromgoole, Barnard, D. L. Sey s
nour Weller, Chappell. and Norris. H
Of CLaims-Messrs. Vance, Thomas Smith,
Cobb. A. Johnson, Bowlin, Strong, Stephens,
Clingman, and Ramsey. 4
On Conemerce-Messrs. Holmes, Dunlap, Win
hrop P. P. King, Hale, Labranch, G. NJ Reed,
nd Mcclellan.
On public Lands-Messrs. J. W. Davis, Boyd,
collamer, Hubbard, Houston, RaYner, Jameson,
IcClernand, and Patterson.
On the Post Office and Post Rcqds-Messrs,
hopkins, Kennedy Grnnell, s iles Hardin, Dana 9
}. S. Reid, Relfe and jerks.
For the District Of CoLumbiG-Messrs. Camp .
ell, kirkpatrick, A. Stewart, w. Green. G. w.
ones Chiffon Robinson, McCauslin and Bower r
On the Judiciary-Messrs. Wilkins, Saunders,
11ench, Dillingham;, Burt, Vinton, Petit, >Dckey
nd Catn.
On Revolutionary Ctaims-R. D. Davis. Ar
ington, D. P. King. Lucas, Stone, Stetson, Brod-
cad, r. Smith. and Senter.
On Public E.rpendtures-Mes Clinton, I
2eding, Cranston, A. H. Read, Matthews, GFider,
urdy, Sykes, and P. B. B.Johnson.