Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-12-22
Congressional.

| From the Baltimore Sun of the 14th., we learr
that, on Monday, the Senate De-eleeted theil
former oMcers and elected the following gsntle.
men chairman ofthe respective standing commit.
tees s,
Foreign Relations, Mr.. Sewer; Finance, Mr.
Athefton Commerce, Mr.. Dix; Manufactures
Mr. Dickinson /; Agriculture, Mr.. Sturgeon Mil.
itary Affairs MIR. Fairfield; Public Lands, Mr.
Breese Private Land Claims, Mr.. Yulee; Indian
Affairs, Mr.. Atchison; Claims, Mr.. Mason
Revolutionary Claims, MIR. Bright; Judiciary,
Mr.. Ashley; Post Office, Mr.. Miles; Roads and
Canals, Mr.. Hannegan; Pensions, Mr.. johnson,
Of La; District of Columbia, Mr.. Cameron
Patents, Mr.. Westcott Retrenchment. Mr.. Tur-
ney; Territories, Mr. Douglass; Public Build
ings, Mr. Hunter; Contingent Expenses, Mr..
Felch; Printing, Mr.. Bradley; Engrossed Bills,
Mr.. Downs; Library, Mr.. Peareei Enrolled
Bills, Mr.. Downs Library, Mr.. Peares; En-
rolled Bills, Mr.. Rusk.
Twenty thousand copies of the annual report
of the Secretary of the Treasury were ordered
to be printed. a -.
In the House of Representatives, the standing
Committees were announced The following
gentlemen are the chairmen:
Elections, Mr.. William R. Thompson, of Ia;
Ways and Means, Mr.. S. F. Vinton, of Ohio;
Claims, Mr.. J. A. Rockwell, of Conn; Commerce,
Mr.. N Hunt, of N. Y; Military Affairs, Mr.
John M Bolts, of Va; Manufactures, Mr.. An
drew Stewart, of Pa; Indian Affairs, Mr.. M. P.
Gentry, of Tenn; Mileage, Mr.. H. Belcher, of
Me-; Engraving, Mr.. L. c. Levin, of Pa; Revi-
val of Unfinished Business, Mr.. J. w. Hornbeck,
of Pa; Public Lands, Mr.. J. Collamer, Of Vt;
Post Offices and Post Roads, Mr.. William L.
Goggin, of Va; District of Columbia, Mr.. G.
Chapman, of Md; Judiciary, Mr.. J. r. Ingersoll,
of Pa. Revolutionary Claims, Mr.. D. P. King,
of Mass; Private Land Claims, Mr.. John Gayle,
of Ala; Public Expenditures, Mr.. Thomas L.
Clingham, of N. c.; Naval Affairs, Mr.. T. B.
King, of Ca; Foreign Affairs, Mr.. T. Smith, Of
Conn; Revolutionary Pensions, N. w. Cooke, Of
Tenn. Invalid Pensions, Mr.. Henry Ness, Of
Pa; Roads and Canals, Mr.. Robert C. Schneck,
of Ohio; Patents, Mr.. John N Farrelly, of Pa.
Public Buildings, Mr.. John w. Houston, of Del !;
Joint Library Committee, Mr.. John q. Adams,
of Mass; Agriculture, Mr.. Hugh White, of N
Y; Military, Mr.. J. B. Thomason, of KY; Ter
ritories. Mr.. C. B. Smith, of Ia; Expenditures of
State Department, Mr.. D. M. Barrenger, Of N.
c.; Treasury Department; Mr.. J. M. Root, of
Ohio; War Department, Mr.. John H. Crozier, Of
Tenn; Accounts, Mr. Lynn Boyd, Of KY; Ex-
pendituresl of Navy Department, Mr. P. N
Tompkins, of Miss; Post-o Office Department, Mr.
James Wilson, of N. H; Post-otfice Buildings,
Mr.. E. c. Cabell, of Florida; Enrolled Bills, Mr..
James G. Hampton, Of NJ.
The Pittsburgh Gazette, of the 10th, contains
a Telegraphic despatch of the day before, stating
that in the Senate Mr.. Calhoun offered the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were ordered to lie
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Resolued, That to conquer Mexico and to hold
it, either as province, or to incorporate it in
our Union, would be inconsistent with the avow-
ed object for which the war has been prosecuted
"a departure from the settled policy of the Gov
conflict with its character and geni-
us, and in the end, subversiye Of free popular
institutions. t3
Resolred, That no line Of policy, in the furth-
r. prosecution of the war, should be adopted,
which may lead to consequences so disastrous.
In the House, message was received from the
President, containing the reasons for his Veto of
.he Harbor Bill of the last session.