Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-12-18
CONGRESS.
MONDAY, DECEMBER ID, 1852.
IN SENATE.

RIs, SoULE and UNDERWOOD.
letter was received from the President of the
requesting MIR. AronIsos to reside during the day.
which was unanimously acqu.esced in and Mr. ATCHI.
SON called the Senate to or der
Mr. BRIGHT gave notice of his intention tomorrow Ia
refer the of the President of the nted
States to the appropriate committees and moved to us
pend the rule requiring committees to be balloed for
with view TO SAFE time. He held in his hand paper
IN which the committees with vacancies to fill had
been arranged.
Mr. HALE did not know if he should make any oh
eclon 10 the manner but he would like the Senator Ia
state Tor the benefit OF the public how the committees
were arranged Tor no man in the body was more
profoundly ignorant of the mode of proceeding than him
SELF
Mr.. BRIGHT said the committees were the same snb-
stantiay as they existed at the last session. with some
few excepons that the party to which he belonged had
organized them and they submitted to the Senator
from Maryland, who had made certain suggestions a r.
minority members which had been acquesced in.
The paper then sent to the Chair and read
Mr. WALKER asked TO be relieved from serving an tho
several committees in which his name appeared and com
planned that Wisconsin, with all her wealth her lands
Indian relations &c., had never been properly represent
ed III the standing committees Of the BODY .7-.-s
Mr. WALKER was then excused and the motion &C
Mr. bright to suspend rule unanimously
debate then ensued by Messrs HALE BRIGHT
CHASE, and WALKER, when
Mr.. CHASE moved to POSTPONE the sub;ect mill -
morrow, and asked the yeas and nays which were
ordered
Mr. HUNTER suggested the difficulty that would exist
agreed by general consent to dispense with calling it,
The question having been taken on Mr. CHAsEs motion
it was decided in the negative, as follows
YEAs--Messrs. Brodhead, Chase, Clarke Hale Sumner
and Wade--6.
NAYsMessrs. Adams, Atchison Badger Bayard Borland
Bradbury Bright Brooke Butler Cathcart Cass Charlton
Clemens Cooper Dawson, Dodge of Wisconsin Dodge Of
Iowa, Douglas, Feleh, Fih, Foot, Geyer Gwin Hunter
James Jones of Tennessee, Mason, Miller Morton Pearce
Shields Smith Soue spruance, Toucey, Underwood Upham
and Weler-3S. -
Some discussion ensued as to the rule to be observed
in filling the vacancies left in the list handed in byMr
BRIGHT and adopted, to wit, one on the Committee Of
Agriculture one on Private Land Claims two Revolu
tionary Claims Roads and Canals and one on the
Contingent Expenses of the Senate
The CHAIR decided that under the rule the vacancies
should be filed by ballot when after two balongs and
no quorum voting, 1t was finally agreed that the Chair
should fill them.
The following the committees as appointed the
vacancies to be supplied by the Chair:
On Foreign Relations -Messrs Mason, Douglas Norris
Mangum, and Underwood.
On fmdnce.-Messrs. Hunter, Bright, Gwin Pearce,
and Miller.
On Commerce-sIessrs. Hamlin, Soule, Dodge of Wig
consn, Davis and Seward
On Observation-Disclosures Sebastian Bayard James
Upham, and Fish.
On agriculture Messrs soule, Atchison spruance,
and Wade.
On Military 46airs-Messrs Shields Clemens Bor-
land Dawson, and Jones of Tennessee.
On the Mitid.-Messrs Houston Dodge of Wisconsin
Cathcart, Morton, and Spruance.
On Ndoat ABairs.-Messrs. Gwin, Stockton Mallory,
Badger, and Fish.
On Public Lands-Messrs Felch, Borland Dodge Of
Iowa, Underwood, and Pratt.
On Private Land C2aims.-Messrs Downs Cathcart,
Clemens, and Davis.
On Indian 46airs-Messrs Atchison Sebastian Rusk
Bell, and Cooper.
Qf Claims.-Messrs. Brodhead, Bayard Adams, Pratt,
and Wade.
On Revolutionary Claims-Messrs. Brodhead Foot and
Brooke.
On The Judictary-Messrs. Batter, Downs, Bradbury,
Geyer, and Badger.
On the Post O6fcc and Post Roads-Messrs Rusk soule,
Hamlin, Upham, and Morton
On Roads and canats.-Messrs Bright Douglas Adams,
aud Spruance.
On Pe1Sions-Messrs Jones Of Iowa Weller STOCKTON
Foot, and Geyer.
FOR The District 81 Co1a5a-M Shields, Bradbury,
Norris, Clarke, and Brooke.
On Patents and The Patent O6fce-Messrs James, De
Saussure, Charlton, Dawson and Smith,
IN Observation-Disclosures. Bradbury, Bright Felch,
Mangum, and Fish.
On Tvratories.-Messrs. Douglas, Houston, Weller,
Cooper, and Jones of Tennessee.
On Public Ba'ldiRgs.-Messrs. James Hunter and
Clarke
On Printng-Messrs. Borland, Hamn, and Smith.
On Ingrossed BRls.-Messrs. Bayard and Mallory
On the L'dTdry.-Messrs Pearce, Clemens, and Dodge
Of Iowa.
On Enrsiicd BMs.-Messrs. Jones of Iowa. and Badger
To 1udn and Control the Contingent Expenses ofe Sc
Ha'e'-Messrs. Dodge ofiowa, and Underwood
PUBLIC LANDS
Mr. CHASE presented resolutions of the Legislature of
Ohio, in favor Of the enactment of law granting land
TO actual settlers at the cost Of surveying and ocatngthe
same.
Mr. CHASE in presenting this resolution characterized
1t as an emnepty wise, just, and polite measure, that
met fully his views Of policy and happy that his own
great State had thus moved in the matter
The resolution vas laid the table and ordered 10 be
printed.
HoNoRS TO DECEASED MEMBERS.
message was received from the House of Representa-
tyes announcing the death of Mr. BENJAMIN THOMPSON
and 0RrN FOWLER, and the proceedings had thereon
On motion by Mr.. DAVIS the message was read; and
he ase called for the reading of the resolution adopted
some two years since in relation honors to be paid to
members dying during the recess which read and
he inquired the Chair understood the resolution
pend all further proceedingsY
The CHAIR having replied in the affirmative
Mr. DAVIS said that such being the terms of the reso
luton and such the decision given il by the Chair the
Senator's Of Massachusetts would feel ii their duty to
forego offering the remarks usual such melancholy oc
casions.
Mr.. SUMNER alluded to the fact that one month he
fore the adjournment of last Congress Of the dstn
guished of Massachusetts, had been snacled from
their side, and during the they called on to
mourn the loss of two Others to the first he said all
appropriate honors had been paid and to dwe on the
merits and the virtues Of the others would have been
grateful task. ittl.ta.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
On motion by Mr.. GwIN
Resored That the President OF the United States be re-
quesd to communicate to the Senate any documents in ad
ton TO those transmitted to the Senate last session.
from the United States Consul Acapulco from our late
and present Minister TO Mexico in relation the mpson
ment of the Consul and also any documents he may have In
his possession from said Consul in regard to the seizure
Of the American steamship Commodore Stockton s aJy
any documents IN regard to the imprisonment American
citizens mt Acapulco
On motion by Mr.. UNDERWOOD it was ordered that