The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-03-01

WAsH1SeroN, Feb. IA.

HoUsE-Mr. Harlan nominated j. CoombS,
of Ohio, as candidate for printer. The House
then voted as follows: -"
Follett, 10; Farnam, s; j. Watson Webb,
SIS; Wendell, 70; Sargent, 8; Durfees, IL;
Coombs, 81; scattering, 9.
Mr.. Stanton made an Intellectual effort to
to have the House printing executed under
the superintendent of the Printing COM
mittee Of the House, until the lst OF Decem-
Der next. =
The House then voted agai
Follett, 26; Wendell, 81; Farnam, 8; Sar-
gent. 8; Durfees, Is; Coombs, 8; Webb. Z;
Prentice and Knapp | each;
Mr.. Wendell was declared elected.
Mr.. Washburne offered a resolution for
the election of Chaplain.
After some opposition the resolution was
adopted, when the following standing COM
mittees were announced:
Ways and MeansACampbell, of Ohio,
Cobb, Jones, of Tennessee, afterwards OK
cused at his own request,) Davis, of Indiana,
Sage, Campbell, OF Pa, and Dewitt.
Observation-Disclosures, Me-, Stevens, Wat
son, Skinner, Oliver, Mo-, Hickman Colfax,
Smith, of Alabama, and Bingham.
Claims-Giddings Letter, Bishop, Jones,
Pa, Dunn, Knowlton, Taylor, Gilbert, Mar
Shall, ILLINOIS,.
Commerce-Was@bu rne, Of ILL.,, Wade,
Wilson, Mcqueen, Tyson, Kenneth, Pelton
and Cummins. 4..- .....g
Public Lands-Bennett, New York, Har-
Ian, Cobb, Ala, Lindley, Culom, Walbridge,
Rrenton, Maxwell and Thorrington.
Post Offices-Mace, Norton, Flagler, Bar
clay, Day, Powell, Walker and Herbert.
District of Columbia-Meacham, Dodd,
Goode, Cumback, Dick, Harris, Bennett, of
Miss, Tralton and Bell.
udciary-Simmons, IL. Marshall, Bar
bour, Caskie, Galloway, Harris, Of Alabama,
Lake, Wakeman and Tappan. ~
Revolutionary Claims-Ritchic, Murray,
Smith, of Virginia, Fuller of Maine, Allen,
ClawsCn, Cragin and Emmitt.
Public Eypenditures--Dean, Covode, Kel-
ley, Mott, Pearce, Vail, Elliot, Walden and
Branch.
Public Land Cams4-Porter, Horton, of
Ohio, Harrington. Thorridge, Bowie, Dan
bridge, Herbert, Robinson, and Horton, of
New York.
nufactures-CIark, Wright, Crawford,
Bliss, Durfee, Edwards, Dowdall, Campbell,
of Kentucky, Ricaud.
Agriculture holloway, Brady, Grow,
Bell, Campbell, of Ohio, Morgan, Sabin, Gull
len, of Nd, and Miller.
Indian Affairs Pringle, Orr, Bellinghurst,
Greenwood, Lester, Hall, of Mass, Todd,
Carouthcrs and Herbert.
Military Affairs-Quitman, Allison, Sapp,
Faulkner, Williams, Stanton, Sawyer, Buff
fington and Washburne, of Maine.
MIilitia-Kunkle, Whitney, Harrison, Hof-
man, Foster, Parker, Matthews, and Wright
and Hall, of Mass.
Naval Aftairs-Benson, Stranahan, Burci,
Haven, Winslow, Seward, Davis Of Mass,
Boyce and Wildwood.
Foreign Affairs-Pennington Bay ley, Cling
man, Aiken, Fuller, of Pa, Matteson, Shcr-
man, Burlingame and Thurston.
Territories Giddings, Purviance,
Richardson, Houston. Granger, Zollicofler,
Melville and Perry.
Revolutionary Pensions Brown, Albright,
Edmundson, Miller, of New York, Miller, of
Indiana, Craige, Knapp, Woodruff and Hall,
of Iowa.
Expenditures of Navy Departmcnt-Ha
ris, of Illinois, Wheeler, Washburne, of
Wisconsin, Underwood and Wright, of Ten
nessee.
Expenditures Postoffice Department
tit, Cox, Williams, Burnett and Read
Expenditures for Public Buildings-Mc-
Mullen, McCarty, Stewart, Swore and Zippe.
Expenditures of Treasury Department.
Waldron, A. K. Marshall, Kidwell and Claw
son.
Expenditures War Dcpartmcnt-Cragin,
Walk, Jewett, Rivers and Covode.
Engraving-Kelsey, Damsel, and Wright,
of Tenn.
Printing Nichols, Cragin ard Flaslcr.
Invalid Pensions-Oliver, of New Yo;k
Pike, Florence, Savage WEIGH, Ii. Talbot
Dickerson, Simpkns and Robbins.
Roads and Canals-Knox, Ileighson, Ruff
fin, Scott, Peck, Moore, Hartsdale, Brad
shaw and Rust.
Patents-Morsan, Chat, Smith, of Tenn,
Paine and Emrie.
Publ Buildings and Grounds-Pall, Todd,
Keith and Roberts.
Revised and Unfinished Business-Sabine,
Knowlton, Warner and Clark, of \. Y.
Short Accounts-Thurston, Cadwalader,
Burlington and Carlisle.
Mileage-Sneed, Brooks, Kelsey, Evans
and Woodwork.
Joint COmmittees.-On Library-Aiken, Ty-
son and Petit.
Enrolled Bills-Pike and Davidson.
Expenditures of State Department Brooks,
Smith, Tenn, Packer, King and Donncll.