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Domestic News
December 13, 1819
Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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Congressional proceedings on December 8: Senate passed bills to second reading, postponed committees, elected Rev. Reuben Post as Chaplain, read Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce memorial on bankruptcy. House announced standing committees, received petitions on manufactures and deaf education, reported Missouri statehood bill, ordered census and militia compensation inquiries, and land office extensions for Illinois.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Thursday, Dec. 8.
SENATE.
The bills, of which notice for leave was yesterday given by Mr. Burrill and Mr. Hunter, were brought in, read, and passed to a second reading.
On motion of Mr. Gaillard, the appointment of the Standing Committees, of the Senate was postponed until Tuesday next.
The Senate proceeded to the election of a Chaplain on the part of the Senate, and, on the second ballot, the Rev. Reuben Post was appointed.
Mr. Roberts presented the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Philadelphia, on the subject of the establishment of a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States, and urging the expediency of providing such a system; and the memorial was read.
And the Senate adjourned until Monday next.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Two other members appeared, viz from Pennsylvania, Mr. Boden; from North-Carolina, Mr. Edwards.
The following committees were announced as having been appointed by the Speaker, pursuant to the orders of yesterday:
Of Ways and Means.—Messrs. Smith, of Md. Burwell, Trimble, Crawford, Moseley Shaw, and Tyler.
Of Elections.—Messrs. Taylor, Whitman, Herrill, Tarr, Brown, Tucker, of S. C. and Sloan.
Of Claims.—Messrs. Williams, of N. C. Rich, M'Coy, Samuel Moore, Culbreth, Edwards, of Conn. and Metcalfe.
Of Commerce.—Messrs. Newton, MacLane, of Del. Tomlinson, Mason, Allen, of Ten. Hill, and Foiger.
Of Manufactures.—Messrs. Baldwin. Meigs, Little, M'Lean, of Ky, Forrest, Parker, of Mass. and Ross.
On the District of Columbia.—Messrs. Kent, Cobb, Mercer, Neale, Swearingen. Fullerton, and Smith, of N. J.
On the Public Lands—Messrs. Anderson. Hendricks, Jones, of Ten. Nelson, of Mass. Cook. Ballard, Smith, and Stevens.
On Private Land Claims.—Messrs. Campbell, Pindall, Rankin, Robert Moore, Bryan, Tracy, and Eddy.
On the Post Office & Post Roads.—Messrs. Livermore, Sampson, Russ. Culpepper. Tompkins, Walker, of Kentucky, and Burton.
On Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.—Messrs. Rhea, W. P. M'Lay, Settle Allen, of Mass. Linn, Street. and Jones, of Va.
On Public Expenditures Generally.—Messrs. Simkins, Slocumb, Hunter, Hazard Dowse, Plummer, and Ford.
On the Judiciary. Messrs. Sergeant, Beecher, Robertson, Reid, Brevard. Lincoln. and Tucker, of Va.
Of Accounts.—Messrs. Smith, of N. C. Bateman, and Upham.
Of Revisal and Unfinished Business. Messrs. Morton, Butler, of N. H. and Ball. of Va.
On the subject of the District of Maine Memorial.—Messrs. Holmes, Hill, Phelps, Allen, of N. Y. and Hooks.
On the Missouri Memorial.—Messrs. Scott. Robertson, Terrell. Strother, and De Witt.
On Foreign Affairs—Messrs. Lowndes, Holmes, Nelson, of Va. Dickinson, Randolph, Barbour, and Archer.
On Military Affairs—Messrs. A Smith, of Virginia, Van Rensselaer, Brush, Cocke. Ringgold, Cushman, and Parker, of Virginia.
On Naval Affairs—Messrs. Pleasants, Silsbee, Johnston, Wendover, Warfield, Hall of N. Carolina, and Dennison.
On the Slave Trade.—Messrs. Hemphill. Mercer, Strong. of N. York, Edwards, of Pa. Rogers, Lathrop, and Abbot.
On the Militia.—Messrs. Cannon, Quarles, Herrick, Floyd, Strother, Richmond, and Kendall.
On the Civilization of the Indians.—Messrs. Southard, Wallace, Walker, of N. C. Williams of Va. Kinsey, Richards, and Baker.
On Roads and Canals. Messrs. Storrs. Crafts. Pindall. Merchant, Hendricks, Davidson, and Street.
On the Public Buildings.—Messrs. Cobb. Lyman, Garnett, Murray, Fisher, Case, and M'Creary.
On the Revolutionary Pensions.—Messrs. Bloomfield, Claggett, Pitcher, Alexander, Adams, Clark, and Patterson.
COMMITTEES ON EXPENDITURES.
In the Department of State.—Messrs. Holmes Peck, and Hibshman.
In the Department of the Treasury.—Messrs. Trimble, Hall, of N. York, and Gross of Pa.
In the Department of War.—Messrs. Brush Overstreet. and Gross, of N. York,
In the department of the Navy,—Messrs. Archer, Fay, and Buffum.
In the Post Office,—Messrs. Livermore, Hackney, and Monell.
On the Public Buildings.—Messrs. Meigs, Strong, of Vermont, and Hostetter.
A great number of petitions were presented this morning, amongst which were the following of a general nature.
By the Speaker.—The memorial of sundry citizens of Philadelphia, praying that additional encouragement may be given to the Manufactures of the country. [This is the memorial of the Philadelphia Society.] Referred to the Committee on Manufactures
By Mr, Meigs.—The memorial of the New York institution for the education of the Deaf and Dumb, praying for a donation of public land for the support and encouragement of the humane objects of this Association. Referred to a select committee.
Mr. Scott, of Missouri, from the Committee yesterday appointed on that subject, reported a bill to authorise the people of Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government, on an equal footing with the original states; which bill was twice read and referred to a committee of the whole House.
On motion of Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, a committee was ordered to be appointed to report a bill providing for taking the fourth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States.
On motion of Mr. Cannon, of Tennessee, the House came to the following resolution;
Resolved. That a committee be appointed to enquire into the expediency of paying the soldiers and officers of the Volunteers and Militia, for horses and other property lost whilst in the service of the United States on the Seminole campaign, in all cases where such loss was sustained in consequence of a failure on the part of the general government to furnish the necessary forage, and without any fault or neglect on the part of the owner.
On Motion of Mr. Cocke, of Illinois, the House came to the following resolutions;
Resolved. That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to enquire into the expediency of establishing additional land offices in the state of Illinois, for the sale of the Public Lands.
Resolved, That the same committee be instructed to enquire into the expediency of extending the time for completing the payments for lands heretofore purchased from the government within said state, and that the committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
The House adjourned.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Thursday, Dec. 8.
SENATE.
The bills, of which notice for leave was yesterday given by Mr. Burrill and Mr. Hunter, were brought in, read, and passed to a second reading.
On motion of Mr. Gaillard, the appointment of the Standing Committees, of the Senate was postponed until Tuesday next.
The Senate proceeded to the election of a Chaplain on the part of the Senate, and, on the second ballot, the Rev. Reuben Post was appointed.
Mr. Roberts presented the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Philadelphia, on the subject of the establishment of a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States, and urging the expediency of providing such a system; and the memorial was read.
And the Senate adjourned until Monday next.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Two other members appeared, viz from Pennsylvania, Mr. Boden; from North-Carolina, Mr. Edwards.
The following committees were announced as having been appointed by the Speaker, pursuant to the orders of yesterday:
Of Ways and Means.—Messrs. Smith, of Md. Burwell, Trimble, Crawford, Moseley Shaw, and Tyler.
Of Elections.—Messrs. Taylor, Whitman, Herrill, Tarr, Brown, Tucker, of S. C. and Sloan.
Of Claims.—Messrs. Williams, of N. C. Rich, M'Coy, Samuel Moore, Culbreth, Edwards, of Conn. and Metcalfe.
Of Commerce.—Messrs. Newton, MacLane, of Del. Tomlinson, Mason, Allen, of Ten. Hill, and Foiger.
Of Manufactures.—Messrs. Baldwin. Meigs, Little, M'Lean, of Ky, Forrest, Parker, of Mass. and Ross.
On the District of Columbia.—Messrs. Kent, Cobb, Mercer, Neale, Swearingen. Fullerton, and Smith, of N. J.
On the Public Lands—Messrs. Anderson. Hendricks, Jones, of Ten. Nelson, of Mass. Cook. Ballard, Smith, and Stevens.
On Private Land Claims.—Messrs. Campbell, Pindall, Rankin, Robert Moore, Bryan, Tracy, and Eddy.
On the Post Office & Post Roads.—Messrs. Livermore, Sampson, Russ. Culpepper. Tompkins, Walker, of Kentucky, and Burton.
On Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.—Messrs. Rhea, W. P. M'Lay, Settle Allen, of Mass. Linn, Street. and Jones, of Va.
On Public Expenditures Generally.—Messrs. Simkins, Slocumb, Hunter, Hazard Dowse, Plummer, and Ford.
On the Judiciary. Messrs. Sergeant, Beecher, Robertson, Reid, Brevard. Lincoln. and Tucker, of Va.
Of Accounts.—Messrs. Smith, of N. C. Bateman, and Upham.
Of Revisal and Unfinished Business. Messrs. Morton, Butler, of N. H. and Ball. of Va.
On the subject of the District of Maine Memorial.—Messrs. Holmes, Hill, Phelps, Allen, of N. Y. and Hooks.
On the Missouri Memorial.—Messrs. Scott. Robertson, Terrell. Strother, and De Witt.
On Foreign Affairs—Messrs. Lowndes, Holmes, Nelson, of Va. Dickinson, Randolph, Barbour, and Archer.
On Military Affairs—Messrs. A Smith, of Virginia, Van Rensselaer, Brush, Cocke. Ringgold, Cushman, and Parker, of Virginia.
On Naval Affairs—Messrs. Pleasants, Silsbee, Johnston, Wendover, Warfield, Hall of N. Carolina, and Dennison.
On the Slave Trade.—Messrs. Hemphill. Mercer, Strong. of N. York, Edwards, of Pa. Rogers, Lathrop, and Abbot.
On the Militia.—Messrs. Cannon, Quarles, Herrick, Floyd, Strother, Richmond, and Kendall.
On the Civilization of the Indians.—Messrs. Southard, Wallace, Walker, of N. C. Williams of Va. Kinsey, Richards, and Baker.
On Roads and Canals. Messrs. Storrs. Crafts. Pindall. Merchant, Hendricks, Davidson, and Street.
On the Public Buildings.—Messrs. Cobb. Lyman, Garnett, Murray, Fisher, Case, and M'Creary.
On the Revolutionary Pensions.—Messrs. Bloomfield, Claggett, Pitcher, Alexander, Adams, Clark, and Patterson.
COMMITTEES ON EXPENDITURES.
In the Department of State.—Messrs. Holmes Peck, and Hibshman.
In the Department of the Treasury.—Messrs. Trimble, Hall, of N. York, and Gross of Pa.
In the Department of War.—Messrs. Brush Overstreet. and Gross, of N. York,
In the department of the Navy,—Messrs. Archer, Fay, and Buffum.
In the Post Office,—Messrs. Livermore, Hackney, and Monell.
On the Public Buildings.—Messrs. Meigs, Strong, of Vermont, and Hostetter.
A great number of petitions were presented this morning, amongst which were the following of a general nature.
By the Speaker.—The memorial of sundry citizens of Philadelphia, praying that additional encouragement may be given to the Manufactures of the country. [This is the memorial of the Philadelphia Society.] Referred to the Committee on Manufactures
By Mr, Meigs.—The memorial of the New York institution for the education of the Deaf and Dumb, praying for a donation of public land for the support and encouragement of the humane objects of this Association. Referred to a select committee.
Mr. Scott, of Missouri, from the Committee yesterday appointed on that subject, reported a bill to authorise the people of Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government, on an equal footing with the original states; which bill was twice read and referred to a committee of the whole House.
On motion of Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, a committee was ordered to be appointed to report a bill providing for taking the fourth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States.
On motion of Mr. Cannon, of Tennessee, the House came to the following resolution;
Resolved. That a committee be appointed to enquire into the expediency of paying the soldiers and officers of the Volunteers and Militia, for horses and other property lost whilst in the service of the United States on the Seminole campaign, in all cases where such loss was sustained in consequence of a failure on the part of the general government to furnish the necessary forage, and without any fault or neglect on the part of the owner.
On Motion of Mr. Cocke, of Illinois, the House came to the following resolutions;
Resolved. That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to enquire into the expediency of establishing additional land offices in the state of Illinois, for the sale of the Public Lands.
Resolved, That the same committee be instructed to enquire into the expediency of extending the time for completing the payments for lands heretofore purchased from the government within said state, and that the committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
The House adjourned.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Congressional Proceedings
Senate
House Of Representatives
Standing Committees
Memorials
Bills
Missouri Statehood
Census
Militia Compensation
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Burrill
Mr. Hunter
Mr. Gaillard
Rev. Reuben Post
Mr. Roberts
Mr. Boden
Mr. Edwards
Mr. Scott
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Cannon
Mr. Cocke
Domestic News Details
Event Date
Thursday, Dec. 8.
Key Persons
Mr. Burrill
Mr. Hunter
Mr. Gaillard
Rev. Reuben Post
Mr. Roberts
Mr. Boden
Mr. Edwards
Mr. Scott
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Cannon
Mr. Cocke
Event Details
Senate: Bills by Burrill and Hunter read and passed to second reading; standing committees postponed to Tuesday; Rev. Reuben Post elected Chaplain; Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce memorial on uniform bankruptcy read. House: New members Boden and Edwards appeared; Speaker announced standing committees on various subjects including Ways and Means, Elections, Claims, Commerce, Manufactures, and others; committees on expenditures in departments; petitions presented including Philadelphia on manufactures and New York on deaf education; Missouri statehood bill reported and referred; committee ordered for fourth census; resolution for militia compensation on Seminole campaign; resolutions for Illinois land offices and payment extensions.