Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-01-01
WASHINGTON Cry. Dec. 90. 1852.

from the Hon. NmEh Ming, inc Io1loWInS Oh res
ignaton of the Office of President pro tempore of
the Senate:
WASHINGTON CRY, Dec. 90, 1852.
Senator's The feeble state of my heath rem
ders me unable to discharge the duties of Presi-
dent pro tenn. Accept, l beg you, my resignation
of the honorable position in which you have plac-
ed me- In taking leave of you, Senators, permit
me to express my grateful Acknowledgements for
your uniform personal kindness, and the generous
support you have never failed to give me in my eff
forts to preserve order and enforce the parliament
tary law. May merciful Providence preserve to
each of you the greatest Of all earthly blessings
health.
With the highest respect and esteem, am your
obedient servant. WILLIAM R. KING.
Mr.. Butler desired to submit a motion, for
which he read precedent. His colleague, who
had beed elected by the Legislature of South Car
DINA to fill vacancy occasioned by the Hon. R.
B. Rhett, was now in attendance. The prece-
dent was, that when the Hon. w. r. King first
appeared in the Senate there was no presiding Of
fcer, and on motion of Mr.. Bayard the oath of
Office was administered to him by Senator. He
now moved that the oath of Office be administered
to his colleague by the Hon. John Davis.
The credentials of the Hon. W. F. De Saussure
were then read, and the motion having been agreed
to, the oath of Office was administered to him by
the Hon. Mr.. Davis.
Mr.. Atchison, of Missouri, was then appointed
President pro tenn ofthe Senate, and on taking the
chair, he made short speech in which he referred
to his predecessor in highly complimentary terms.
In the matter of Mr.. Dixon's contested seat the
debate was continued by Mr.. Douglass, Mr.. Cass,
Mr.. Rusk, Mr.. Seward, and Mr.. Mason. The
question at last being taken, it was decided-yeas
81, nays 16-in favor of Mr.. Dxon's right to the
seat; and he was thereupon qualified.
uousE or REpREsENTA Trvrc
Mr.. Brown of Mississippi, by unanimous cou-
sent offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the following be added to the
rules of the House of Representatives.
There shall be appointed a standing committee
of the House of Representatives, to consist of fif
teen members, to be called the General Committee
on Claims whose duty it shall be to report bill al
each session of Congress making appropriations fol
the payment of private claimants 1t shall be the
duty of the other committees of this House, when
they have prepared written report in favor Of
any claim, to transmit their report, together with
the evidence which it is based, to said General
Committee on Claims aed if said committee after
due examination shall concur in said report, they
shall insert an item for the payment of said claim
in the bill for the payment of private claimants,
and thereupon submit to the House the report and
evidence aforesaid to be printed, Otherwise dis
posed Of, as the House may direct And upon
the demand of single member, a vote shall be had
on any section of said bill separately, notwthstand
ing the previous question may have been moved
and seconded.
Mr.. Sweetser opposed the amendment More
than one half Of the claims he thought oughtnever
10 pass and the treasury was already sufficiently