The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-12-23
g birtirtb Congress.
lST SESSION.
MONDAY. Dec. Il.


val Committees were ordered to be increased to
en- members each. Twenty thousand copies of the
report OF the Secretary Of the Treasury were order
cd printed
The Crairmcn of the Standing Committees were
thon elected follows, without opposition. They
are the names agreed upon in Locotoco caucus:
On Foreign Relations Mr.. Sewer; Finance-AIr
Anterior; Commerce-Mr Dix; Manufacturer
Mr. Dickinson; AGriculture-Mr Sturgeon; Military
Alfars--Mr Cass Mitia-Mr Rusk; Naval Affairs
--Nr Fairfield; Public Lands-Mr Breese; Private
Land Claims-Mr Yulee; Indian Affairs-Mr At
crimson; Claims Mr. Mason; Revolutionary Claims
Mr. Bright; Judciary-Mr Ashley; Post Offices
and Post Roads-Mr Niles; Roads and Canals-Mr
flanagan; Pensions-Mr johnson Of Louisiana
District OF Columbia-Mr. Cameron; Patents and
Che Patent Officc-Mr Westcott; Retrenchment-Mr
Turney; Territories-NIr Douglass; Public Build
ings-Mr Hunter; Contingent Expenses-Mr Fetch;
Printing Mr. Bradbury; Engrossed Bills s. Mr..
Downs; Enrolled Bs-Mr Rusk; Joint Commit
tee on the Library-Mr Pearce.
The Senate adjourned without filling up the Com
mittces-
Housc,-the Speaker announced the Standing
Committees, as tollowss
Committee Of Elections -- Richard W Thompson.
a.; Joseph Mullin, N y; Lucian b Chase Tenn;
Nathaniel Boydcn, N. c.. Timothy jenkins, N. y;
John Van Dyke, N. j.; Samuel W Inge, Ala; j
Dixon Roman, Nd. Hezekiah Williams, Nc.
Of Ways and Neans- Samuel Vinton, Ohio
1topOlh IOohIBSj Vii JaIlGS y MChay, N. y.
Charles Hudson, Mass; George S Houston, Ala.
Charles S Morehcad Ky. James Pollock, Pa. Sam
us d. Hubbard, Ct ; Henry Nicol, n. Y.
Of Claims-John A Rockwell Conn. John Gro
well, Ohio; John r Daniel N G; William Nelson
n I; David Wilmot, Pa; George G Dunn, Ia
thomas Ihomas " Lyon, Md; Thomas Flournoy, Val
James Thomas, Tenn,
Grlnnoll, Mass; r + Simpson, S C; Moses Hamp-
ton, Pa; Bannon ThibodeauX La; John Went
worth, Ill Dudley S Gregory, NJ; Archibald At
kinson, Va; Kingsley Bingham, Mich.
Or Pa5Gc Lands-Jacob ColIamer, VT; Alexan-
der Stephens, Ga; J McClernand, Ill; Garnet
Duncan, Ky; Richard Brodhead, Pa; Harvey Put
nam, John Jamison, Mo; Alexander Evans
Md; w w Cobb, Ala.
On Post Office and Poet RolB-Wm LGorgin,
Va; Joseph Root Ohio; Charles Brown, Pa
Daniel B St John, Y; John Phelps, Mo; Elisha
Eimorec Ina George W Jones, Tenn; Abraham
Lincoln, Ill; David Kaufman, Texas.
On District Of Colun5ia-John G Chapman, Md;
FREDERICK A lallmadge, N Y james Mcdonnell,
Va Washington Barrow, Tenn; Orlando Fickn,
III; William Henry, Vt; Alexander D Sims. S C
Thomas Edwards, Ohio; Benjamin Thurston,
RI.
On the JH7iciary-Joscph IngersaIl, Pa; George
Ashmun Mass; John Petit, la; Nathan k Hall, n
Y; John II Lumpkin, Ga; James Dix, Ct; Richard ii
French, Ky; Jno. L. Taylor, Ohio; Richard X.
Meade, Va.
o" Revolutionary Claims-Daniel King, Mass
Chester Butler, Pa Franklin W Bowdoin, Ala; Ro-
bert ]. Rose, n Y ; Alfred Iverson, Ga David Out
law, Z Jonathan Morris, Ohioi William A
Newell, j; Ephraim Smart Me.
On Public Experimentation l. Clingman, y
Z; John Stronhm, Pa; Henry Bedingcr, Va; Arte-
mas Hale, Mass Willard 2 Hall, Mo; John W Jones,
Ga; Emile La Sere, La; Franklin Clark, Me
Harmon Conger, Y.
On Pirate Lind Cltims-John GAYLE, Ala; Jas
per = Brady, Pa james B Bowlin, No; William
W Wick, Ia; David Ramsey, Jr. N Y John II
Harm9anson, La; Patrick W Tompkins, Miss; Rich
ard Candy, Ohio; Andrew johnson, Tenn.
On OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Stewart Pas Amos
Abbott, Mass; Joseph Woodward, S G; John w
Houston, Del; Joseph Edsell, N j Eliakim Shcr-
~, Y; VIM Brown, Va; John w Crstield
Md; James II Johnson N H.
On agriculture Hugh White, NY; A II Shep-
pard, G; VIM Sawyer, Ohio; John G Pallrey,
Mass; Sampson W Harris Ala VIM Rockhill, Ia;
Hiram Becher, Me; VIM Thompson, Iowa; John !
Slingerland, NY.
On Indian .4!6airs-Mcredlth P Gentry, Tenn;
Daniel NJ Barringer, N c; Jacob Thompson, Miss
Abraham Mcllvaine, Pa; Charles W Cnthcart,
Ind Joshua Gddmgs, Ohio; Lucus Peck Vt;
Aylett Suckner, Ky; Robert W Johnson Ark.
On Military Afairs-John NJ Bolts Va; Armi-
stead Burt, S G; James Wilson, N II; Hugh A Har-
alison, Ga; John Dickey, Pc; Linn Boyd, Ky; Dud-
ley Marvin, N VI William 7 Haskell, Tenn; David
Fisher, Ohio.
On Miia-John B Thompson, Ky; James A
BLACK, 5 G.; John Blanchard, Pa; Robert NJ Nc
Lane, Md; John NJ Holey, N Y Charles II Peas
Ice, n H R T l. BeNe, Va Winfield S Feathers
ton, Miss; Rudolphus Dickinson, Ohio
On Na,ul .A6airs-Thomas Butler King. Ga; Is
nae Holmes, s c; Robert Schenck, Ohio; Hugh
White, n Y; Thomas II Bayley Va; Lewis c Lc-
vim, Pa; Frederick Stanton Tenn L Darlington,
Cabell, Fla; Amos Tuck, n H.
On Foreign A.6iars-Truman Smith, Con; Henry
Marsh, VT Barnwe Rhett, c. John SG Pen
dleton, Va; Robert McClelland, Mich; Daniel Dun
can, Ohio
On TerTitoTes-Caeb b Smith, Ind; Robert B
Cranston, Il L; Howell Cobb, Ga; Julius Rockwell
Mass; james Thompson, Pa; Daniel Colt, Y;
Isaac Morse, La; Nathan Evans, Ohio; Timothy
Pillsbury, Texas.
On Revolutionary Pensioners William NJ Cooke.
Tenn; Peter II Sylvester, N Y John D Cummins,
Ohio; John Freddy, Pa; Thomas S Bocock, Va
Richard S Donnell, N G David Hammond, Nc
William Strong, Pa; Sidney Lawrence, N Y.
On Asra1id Pensions Henry Mes, Pa; Andrew S
Fulton, Va; Geo Fries, Ohio; VIM 7 Lawrence, N |
Y; Abraham W venabe, c; Robert A Thomp- |
SON ya Geo y Eckcrt, Pa; james S Wiley, Me;
Geo Petrie, Y.
On Roads a,m Canals-Robcrt c schcnck, Ohio
Elias B Holmes, N y Robert Smith, Ill; Alexan
der Irwin, Pa; W II Clapp, Me; Cornelius War |,
rem, N Y; Samuel o Pcyton, Ky; VIM A Newell, |
n j Job Mann, Pa.
On Pateats-John W Farey, Pa; VIM NIaclay,
I; Thomas J Henley, Ind; John W Jones, ca
John Miller, Ohio.
On Public Buibtiags and Gloufds-John w IIous-
ton, Del VIM Preston, Va; j J Faran, Ohio
Robert McLane Nd; Gideon Reynolds, n Y.
On Rerised am Unfinished B,tsiness-John W
I!ornbcck, Pa; Frederick W Lord, Y; Artcmas
Hale Mass; Thomas Turner, Ill; Hugh l. W Hill, |