New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-01-25
Things at the Capital.

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Things at the Capital.
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BATON RouGE, Jan. %, 1852
The only business of both Houses to-day worth motto
ing the cutting out great deal of business for the
Session. In the Senate resolutions proposing amend
merits to the Constitution passed to the third
| ing. message received from the Governor with
communication from the Attorney General in regard tc
the suit of the State the Succession of McDonogh
| which were referred to a select committee
Mr. Robb gave notice of his intention introduce
BILL tomorrow, to consolidate the City of NewOrleans
| and to provide for its affairs
The House crowded the clerks desk with many notices
bills resolutions etc Among them notice from Mr.
Lathrop. that he would introduce bill to abolish the
Mayors Court of the City of Neworleans The Speaker
| appointed the following standing committees
COMMITTEES THE HOUSE
Elections-Parham, Rivers, Hawthorn, Terrill Black.
man.
Ctaims--Harang, Robin Hopkins of st. Tammany
| Story Munday, Hough, Bartlett.
,Judtciny-Curry, Noise Sever, Parham Connolly.
Heard, Price, Pugh. selby, Phillips, Ryan.
Contingent Erpenses-Deverges, Fleming Solomon Cole
Walker.
Miifia-W Williamson, Lumsden, Powell. Devices An
gustin.
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Martin, Vaughn Peck, Lewis.
Public Buihiings-Barrow, Johnston, Thomson of ST
Helena, Meehan, Weisheimer,
Internal ipropements-Connelly, Campbell Rannev
Richardson Scarborough Morgan, Carr Williamson Ard
Grayson, Welsh
Public Ed,cattonRiyers Routh, Lathrop Sever Leeds
Payne, selby, Phillips Theard, Taylor Ryan
Rerisal and Unfinished Observation-Disclosures McCutcbeop
Lagrone, Ardneaux, Convilon
Public Prfnffns-Lumsden, Munez, Hawthorn, Chan
man, Castillo.
Commerce and Manufactures = Campbell, Waterman
Simpson Leeds. Hughes, Chapman Deslondes
.agriculre-Routh, Barrilleau, Foucher Edwards Des
londes Livingston, Rouquillo.
Paochtel .4fairs-Carr, Harry, Pujo Prescott Berry
Peritentiny-Day, Lumsden, Carr, Moss Hopkins of
ponte Coupee.
Federal Relaions-White, Parham, Alexander Sever
TAYLOR Robertson, Smart.
Public Ln,ds--Richardson, Dalferes, Mire Commap.
deur, Rogers, Chaplin, Thompson of Jackson
amendments to Constitaaon-Sever, Ranney Campbel,
Pugh, Theard, Lambert. Decoux.
Charitable and Public Neutrality-suspicious. Summarize
Price Looney Scarborough, Commanders Castillo MN
day, Lewis.
All the candidates for Senator good training and
approach the starting stand like nagsn of true mettle
caucus will settle the contest
BATON ROUGE Jan 23 1852
Both Houses continued to make the most fearful aeon
mutation OF business, From the amount of lumber
already thrown in among the many great works to he sc
comshed before our State lift her head in the pride
and majesty of what nature and her true abilities intend
her bea gem of commercial prosperity-it will deyove
on the committees to leave untouched all minor matters
referred to them The amount of labor already
would more than consume the entire session
II he
Committee on Internal improvements to prepare memo
rial to Congress for aid in completing the railroads of
most Importance tosthe State Mr. Richardson of Oua
chta gave notice of his intention introduce hill to
abolish the office OF superintendent of Public Education
ana vest inc untes IN farsh Or Municipal officers also
introduced resolutions returning thanks to Gen persfr
f. Smith, for presenting two chairs won as trorhos t.;
Mexico for the use of the presiding officers Of both
Houses They are both useful and ornamental and tbo |
taste of the hero of Churubusco is well asnoa ~ ~;
posing of them he has. ~
The Senate then took up the orders of tbo a ,,
Martins bill to repeal the sth section of an act h
an act entitled an act to provide for the militia If tb
State adopted 10th March 1872 passed 2lst March 1s
several amendments We're offered and lost when the hill
passed without further opposition 1t gives the commu
tation iuna TO 'he Police Juries of the Parishes and
the General Council of Notwithstanding -.
collected tax of 1851 shall be refunded =. :"
such fund, when applied to by tho mat the
the remainder of that year y 'he Keeper OF
Mr. Robb's Conso,- sc who have paid it, and
....+a, - tax shall not be collected
s,ar- ldation Bill was not presented as was
., his notice of yesterday The mass of the
of that measure have been taken little aback by
this movement, in the Senate pending negotiations to
settle some definite plan to perfect the scheme for
Lafayette and the Three Municipalities Mr. Robbs bill
understood to be the drawn up by Hon. John Sill
dell, and embraces the Three Municipalities There is
something wrong somewhere and you may expect from
me rather singular details in few days if not along
with this sheet inasmuch 1t reach YOU sooner
l than Mondays edition,
The House did nothing worthy special notice Every
thing yet so shapeles that it is hardly necessary en-
cuher you with it, Mr. Lathrop, of the city, who ont
Of the most ardent industrious advocates of full
sohdation, notice that he would introduce bill tt
consolidate the cities of Lafayette and NewOrleaus
seems to be determined the part of the true Consola
ohts mat the legal aeumen and financial adroitnes il
| the senate shall not iorestau them
! An attempt made in both Houses to adiour, owe
e Mssy II was feared by the various candidates AM
their friends that the members would not b in tbr scat
IN the caucus which is to place tonight and 1t wa
Soeu ao" Inc caucus is to be only preliminary ont
sort OF brush down the last quarter, to timber til
muscles OF the aspirants for U s. Senator and Publ
l Printer
The politicians are wary and mysterious The tste.d III
ana SOTO roe the Watcnu eye ana smiling
token of no ordinary concern about the Senatorsbin
is said that Gen Downss will not be presented an
probably, other democrats. The wings will decide
caucu,i should it be otherwise the Senator
II H,
BARON ROUGE, January "a, 1852
/ The caucus last night nominated Judge McWhorter +
State SENATOR unanimously and the Bee for State Print
by vote of 81 against &c cast for the Crescent 1t
by number of the members that the voting shou
tory us to justify suspicion of trckery The friends
the candidates for Senator feared the result of vote
adjourned until Monday morning. 1t appears to be