The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-09-14
Congress.

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.9s Tho us. Senate met at nine O'clock
5olii Tuesday. a resolution submitted
5by Mr. james, for the appointment OF
"a select committee, to sit during the
recess, to examine Witnesses on oath
atin relation to frauds III the imPorta-
stion Of goods, Was taken up and dcba-
tied; iterwhich it WAS adop,cd-ycas
se26, nays ID.
NIessrs. James, Dawson, Bright,
sSBell, and Shields were elected us said
scolnmittee.
Ss5 AT ten minutes before eleven the
8 Senate went into executive session.
SAT twenty minutes before twelve the
doors were rc-opencd. at - o'clock
"a smcssag was sent to the President
5Sithat if he had no further communities
: lion to make the Senate was ready to
sa,tdjourn. A reply Was received, that
3he had nothing further to communicate.
4 A vote OF thanks was then passed for
the ability, dignity, and impartialty
gwith which the President pro. tc"s. had
discharged the duties Of his Office dur
ling the session. Mr.. King made a
@sholt and appropriate response, and
4 declared the Senate adjourned sine
& die
~. The session Of The House WAS dcvo-
ted to closing up the business Of the
session. The general appropriation
4 bills not previously disposed Of were
4 finally passed, and various resolutions
/ ordering the printing oil documents,
granting extra compensation TO en-
S'ploycrs of the House, Sc, were agreed
fsto.
IL The WasLiH
q %Stho Char lefgZ84e61fier rcmarks:-
assg la|sssg Ncu'9 all the land bills which oc-
aipied So much, this session, have
sssed-including the homestead bill,
td the general land distribution bill;
aso, Miss DiN's bill granting ten mil
sph Of acres of public land to the scv-
Fiji States, for the Ecnciit of the indi-
gent insane.
& ahIhe great measure Of the session is
the River and Ilarbor bill. The poll
s8cy:of the measure was Il subject OF
radical difference of opinion, and 'it
was. to be decided ut this session,
whether the policy be discontinued or
IiUr. Iii ftcC lad been, for years
= no no4appropriations at ali for these OBJ
jects. The result is the adoption of !,
very liberal mcasurc-cmbracing am
: pie provision for the Improvement Of
!, Lake Harbors, and those :. Inland seas"
which Mr.. Calhoun designated in his
9 Memphis report. 1t is settled that u
system OF river and harbor improve
.a.Inents may be complete and liberal,
sbbut still not come under the democrat
denunciation OF general system"
q The y. 5. Senate III Executive Scs-
sion, confirmed the following appoint
+ ncnts:
N. X. Hall, Judge Of the Northern
!. district courts Of New York.
. Hon. Samuel ID. hubbard, Of Conn,
TO be Post Master General.
& Ii. j. Thorn, OF Ala, and llianl
Hall, of VT, commissioners of land
claims in California.
Col. Craig, vice Gen. Talcott, has
!. been confirmed.
John r.. Towers, of Washington.
{ confirmed Supcrintcdcnt Of the Public
Printing
Gen. Educy, Charge to Guatemala.
The nomination Of f. A. Bradford.
Of La, as Judge ot'thc Supreme Court,
vice Mckinley, deceased has been
] laid on tho table for the present
.. The nomination Of Gen. James
4 Wilson, Of New Hampshire, as com
missioner of land claims III California;
8 has been rejected.
Jerome Fuller, Chief Justice Of
i Minnesota Territory, WAS rejected.
24 The Corwin committee will pruba-
bly, meet i'll about ten days, meantime
r summoning witnesses.
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