The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-08
The Generaf Asse rs,v.

The General Assembly.
The General Assembly convened a,
Providence on ;aiesday, the 9th inst.
"a quorum no! being present on Mon
oay' the lime fixed by law for its meet
.ng) and commenced the work of the
session. The creation Of the new town
of Fall River adds one to the number
of the Senate, and reduces the number
in the House, the new town and liver.
ton, each having Senator and Repre-
sentative. A brief synopsis of the pro-
ceedings we copy from the Journal:-
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn.
ment. His Eycellency the Governor
in the chair.
The roll was called by the Clerk
and quorum found to be present.
The Secretary Of State read the pro-
ceedings Of the last day of the May ses-
sion, together with the docket of bills
and petitions pending before the Senate
when a message was sent to the House
that the Senate was organised and ready
to proceed to business. n . 355ae.,. Il
q The Commissioners appointed to re-
wise the Public laws reported that they
we're ready to present the Revised Laws
for the action Of tho General Assembly.
A letter was read from A. Il Burn
side, rendering his resignation as Major
General Of the Rhode Island Militia /;
also, copy of letter from his Excel
lency the Governor to General Burnside
accepting his resignation. -
Halsey p. Clarke, Senator elect from
Richmond, appeared, was sworn and
took his seat. iaita .Lsf.t
The Senate adjourned till IL O'Clock
Wednesday. sea tay b..
The House was called to order by Mr..
Speaker Thurston, at half-past ten o.
clock, when the roll vas called, and for
ty-six of the seventy -one members an
swered to their names. l- .f
Mr.. Allen presented the credentials
Of Thomas r. Lanphear, elected rep
resentative from the town Of Warwick,
in place of William Sprague, deceased.
Mr., Knowles, OF Newport, presented
the credentials of Daniel +. Larkin,
elected representative in the town OF
Westerly, in place of John K. Weeden,
resigned. uasg eas 81
Mr.. Jenckes, of Providence, presen-
ted the credentials of Frederick Boomer,
elected representative from the new
town of Fall River
The Secretary ofState came in, ad-
ministered the oath of Office to the mem
bers elect, and they. took their seats.
Mr.. Munro, of Bristol, presented a
communication from his colleague, Will
liam H. Church, rcsigning bis seat as a
member of the House /; which was re-
ceived and read. s.
On motion of Mr.. Baker, the House
then adjourned to meet again at eleven
o'clock on Wednesday morning.
The proceedings in the Senate on
Wednesday were wholly devoid of inter-
est I-.L I'd ..-.... ~.
In the House, Dir. Parkhurst of Prov
idence was elected Speaker pro tempore,
the Speaker 1Mr. Thurston having
been called to Washington on profession
al business. .,i-a
The petitions ofa majority of the mil
itary companies in the STATE, and which
have been for some time pending, were
all summarlly disposed OF by being strick-
en- from the docket. The members of
the present House do not seem so fav-
orably disposed towards the military
arm of the government as some of their
predecessors. The expenses of the mil
tia during the past year, under the act
OF January last, are said to bave arisen
TO sum Of extraordinary magnitude,
much larger even than was expected at
the time and passage Of the sc.
The condition OF the Rhode Island
Central Bank, whose capital has recent
ly been increased TO large .;seunt,
and whose circulation las been sweIled
TO nearly as great sum, wss brough,
to the notice Of the House OF Mr.. Whip.
pie, Coventry. DIR. Wheaton, Of this
city, stated--a fact Cor the 6pt time
made public that the bank was put ia
com mission by the Governor in Novem.
Der last, aDd, thai report upon it, pres
ent situation would shortly be communi
lcated 10 tho General Assembly. div