The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-12-16
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

The Speaker announced the following o,
The Standing Committees:
I'm EtecfioRs-Messrss Hamlin of Maine
A. A. Chapman ofVirginia, Chase cf Ter
nessee, Dohbin ofNorth- Carolina, Ellsworth
oi New ork, McGyughey of Indiana. Chin
man OF Michigan, Culver Of New-York
! Hays and Neans-McKay of North e.,
olina. DIomgoole Of Virginia, J. R. Inoersnu
of Pennsylvania, Hungerford of New7YorI'
| Houston Of Alabama, Winthrop of M,ssa''
chusetts, Norris of Hampshire, Vin,or
of Ohio, Jones Of Georgia.
C7aims-VaDce of Ohio, Daniel of Nor,b
Carolina, Hoge of Illinois, Stephens or
Georgia. Gordon of New. York, Pollock q.
Pennsylvania, Lyon Of Maryland, >Leake of
virginia, Rocky ell OF Connecticut.
Oommerce-McClelland ofMichigan. Tib-
oatts oil Kentucky, Wentworth of Illinois.
simpson oil South Carolina, Grinnel o Mas,
sachusetts, Lawrence ofNew-York. GilcsoC
Maryland, Levin Of Pennsylvania, Thibo-
deaux ofLouisiana.
Public Lands--McClernand of Illinois
Smith Of Indiana, Collamer of Vermont,
Hunt Of Michigan, Moseley Of New-York
Morris Of Ohio. Relic of Missouri. Simpson of
South Carolina.
Post Offices and Post Roads-Hopkin, or
Virginia, Kennedy OF Indiana, Reid ofNorth-
Carolina, Cranston of Rhode-IsIand, Neil.
vaine of Pennsylvania. Thomasson of Ken
lucky, Martin OF Tennessee, Hough OF New
Yerk, billiard ofAlabama.
District of Observation-Disclosures ofVireinia
Mcdowell Of Ohio, Ficklin Of Illinois PAYNE
of Alabama. Marsh of Vermonr, Hunt of
New York, Chapman OF Maryland, Sims Of
Souih-CaroIina. McHenry of Kcntucky.
.Judiciary-Rathbun Of New-York, Petit
Of Indiana, Lumpkin o. Georgia. Brown of
Tennessee, Burlington OF Pennsylvania. Con
stable OF Maryland, Thurman Of Chic, Dixon
of Connecticut Briggs of North Crrolina.
RerolHti nary Claims-Leib OF Pennsvl.
vania, Ficklin oil Illinois, King of Massac6u-
sets ST. John of Ohio, Gridder of KENNEDY
Ewing of Pennsylvania, Clarke Of Nort6l
Carolina, Herrick Of New Y ork; CabelI of
Florida.
Public Ezpe,aditures.-Dunlap Of Maine,
ost eli Pennsylvania, Cunningham of Obio
Russell of New-York, Arnold of Rhode is'
land, HUNK OF New-Jersey, Huston of Del
aware Campbell of Pennsylvania, Lewis Of
New York
Public Ldnds-Buwlin Of Missouri. Yancv
of Alabama, Wick of Indiana, johnson Of
Tennessee, Adams of Mississippi, Morse of
Louisiana, Long Of Maryland, Toombs of
Georgia.
Ndral Afdirs-HoImes of South Carolina
Bayly of Virginia, Macay of New-York.
King OF Georgia. Schenck of Ohio, Darragh
of Pennsylvania, Stanton of Tennessee. Nc
Crate of Maine, Wood OF New-York.
Foreign 1fairs-C. J. Ingersoll of Penn
sylvania, REett of South Carolina, Payne o:
Alabama, Beddingcr Of Virginia, Cobb Of
Georgia Smith of Connecticut, Cullum of
Tennessee, Smith ofIndiana, Perry ofMary-
land.
Territories-Douglass of Illinois. Bovd Of
Kentucky. Graham Of North Carolina, Dill
idgham OF Vermont, Jones of Tennessee
Rockwell Of Massachusetts, Thompson Of
Pennsylvania, Price Of Missouri, Young Of
Kentucky.
utdctures-Adams of Massachuseu,
Woodward of South Carolina. Stewart Of
Pennsylvania, Hudson of Massachusetts
Yancy of Alabama, Brown of Virginia. VII
mot Of Penhsylvania, johnson efNew- Harnp-
shire, Martin of Kentucky.
griculiTc-Andcrson of vew-Yurk,
Black Of Pennsylvania, Wright of New Jrr-
sey, Perrill of Ohio, Grover Of New-York,
Dockey Of North Carolina, Smms of Ms
souri, Erdman of Pennsylvania, Root o,
Ohio.
Indian 1fdirs-Thompson of Mississippi
Benton Of New ork. Chapman of Alabama,
Yell ST Arkansas, Foote Of Vermont Bar.
ringer of North Carolida, Sawyer of Ohio.
Hampton af NewJersey, Cathcart Of In,ia-
na.
Revolutionary PensioRs-Brodhcad Of
Pennsylvania, Atkinson of Virginia, Parri.h
Of Ohis. Leaman Of New YORK, Owen Of In
diana, Barringer of North Carolina, jenkins
Of NewYork Hampton o. New-Jersey,
Toombs of Georgia.
Mijtia-Blacl OF Sonth- Carolina Hub
bard Of Virginia A bboft Of Massachusetts
Tildcn oil Ohio, Ritter OF PENNSYLVANIA. Gid
dings OF Ohia, De Mott Of New York. Edsail
Of NcwJersey, Hubbard Of Connecticut
Military 1fairs-HarralsoD Of Georgia.
Yell OF Arkansas Brinkerhoif OF Ohio, Burt
of Sonih Carolina, Ramsay of PennsylvanTa,
Niven ofNewYork, BeddSnger Of Virginb.
Baker Of Illinois, Thompson Of Massachu
sets.
Mr.. X. VI. t. Hunter presented memo
rial from Mr.. Brockenbrough, Clairaing the
seat now occupied by Mr.. Cabell Of Florida.
He moved its reference 10 the committee on
and also moved certain instructions
10 the committee.
A long debate sprang up, in which Messrs
Hunter and Baly of Virginia, and Douglass
Of Illinois. spoke in favor of the instrSs'isssi
and Messrs' Hamlin of Maine, { the Chairman
Of the committee on elections Davis Of Keh-
lucky, Cabel Of Florida J. r. Ingersall oil
Pennsylvania. Graham of North Carolina.
Schenck of Ohio, and Milton Brown oil
Tennessee. spoke against any instructions.
The memorial was then referred and ordered
TO be printed, and on the motion TO give in
strUctions, the yeas were S5 nays 100.
Pending motion 10 inquire into the
claims of those who hold their seats by an
ferfion IN oaner=I ficknt IN rOo.ion nf Mr. l.
Cobb, the House adjourned.
Mr.. Slidell, of Louisiana, late U. S. Sena
tor is the new Minister TO Mexico, mentioned
in the Message
Isaac s Pennyharker (Dem \ has been L