Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-02-10

Stewart of Pennsylvania, Larrabee of Wis
consin, Tompkins of Ohio, Cooper Of Michi-
gan, and Morrill, of Vermont
On Expenditures in the Mary Department-Hat
ton of Tennessee, Underwood of Georgia. Blair
OF Pennsylvania, Hughes of Maryland and
Sherman of Ohio.
On Erpenditures in the Post Office Department
Palmer of New York, Martin of Virginia,
Moore of Kentucky, Landrum of Louisiana,
and Stanton of Ohio.
On Expenditures on Public Bmldings-Bray-
ton of Rhode Island, NOEL of Missouri, Wal
ton of Vermont, Harris of Virginia, and Mel
son of Tennessee.
On Joint Committee on the Lbrary-Pettit of
Indiana, Adams of Massachusetts, and Pugh
of Alabama.
On Joint Committee on nting-Gurley of
Ohio, Haskin of New York, and Dimmick of
Pennsylvania.
On Joint Committee on Enrolled BWs-David-
son of Louisiana, and Theaker of Ohio.
The Presidents annual message was then
read On motion of Mr.. Sherman it was re-
ferred to the committees of the Whole on the
stale OF the Union, and ordered to be printed.
The question of printing the usual extra num-
Der of copies was referred to the committee on
printing.
Mr.. FARNswoRTH was at his own request
excused from serving on the committee on In
dian affairs.
Mr. REAGAN was excused from serving on
the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, as
on it he could be of no earthly service to his
constituents. The interests of Texas had
been diSregarded in the matter of assigning
her representatives to places on committees.
Mr.. HAMILTON, the colleague of MIR. REA-
GAN, was also excused from serving on the
Committee on Private Land Claims, for SINH
lar reasons
Mr.. HUGHES asked, but failed to obtain
leave, to introduce bill to establish an addi-
tional executive department, to be called the
agricultural department
Mr.. STEVENSON presented the memorial of
James Crisman, cOntesting the seat OF Mr..
DAVIS of Maryland. Both memorials were
referred to the Committee on Elections The
House then adjourned.
Among the notices of intention to introduce
bills, are the following
BY Mr.. STEVENS of Washington Territory,
fer the defence of PugetS Sound and the en-
trance to Columbia River;
BY Mr.. BINGHAM, for multiplying all the leg
islation in New Mexico for establishing slavery;
BY Mr.. FENToN, for the settlement of the
claims of the officers of the revolutionary
army, and granting pensions to the soldiers of
the war of 1872;
By Mr.. OTERO of New Mexico, to provide
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create the office of Surveyor General
By Mr. Grow, to permit the creditors of
the government to sue in the courts of the
United States;
BY Mr. HELwICK, to reduce the compensa-
ton of members of Congress to eight dollars
per day, and reduce and regulate the mileage
BY Mr.. REYNOLDS for the improvement of
the navigation OF the Hudson river, at and
near Albany also, for the erection of post
office, custom house, and court bidding at
Albany.
JOHN CocHRANE presented a petition of
Benz. Price and thousand others, for the free
dom of the public lands to actual settlers.
This is but the beginning of flood of petit
tons of a similar character He also present
ed petition Of the Chamber of Commerce of
New York, for the tabulation Of the annual
receipts, and the capital employed in, and the
annual earnings of the commerce of the Uni
ted States, to be included in the census of
1860 He also gave notice of his intention to
introduce bill to simplify and arrange the
revenue laws. Adjourned.