of Representatives be directed to purchase fifty copies of the sixth volume of the Laws of the United States, to complete the sets in the Library of Congress, wanting that volume, at the rate paid for former purchases of the Laws, being four dollars a volume. This resolution was read the first time. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1829. The joint resolution moved by Mr. Verplanck yesterday, "authorizing the purchase of fifty copies of the sixth volume of the Laws of the United States," was read the second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the resolution of this House, authorizing the appointment of Chaplains to Congress for the present session. And then he withdrew. The House then proceeded, by ballot, to the election of a Chaplain to Congress on its part, and, upon an examination of the first ballot, it appeared that the Reverend Reuben Post was duly elected. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. On motion of Mr. Storrs, of New York, Ordered, That, when the House adjourns, it will adjourn to meet again on Monday next, the 14th instant. The House proceeded to the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Condict yesterday, directing the appointment of the several Standing Committees; and the said resolution being again read, was agreed to by the House. Whereupon, A Committee of Elections was appointed, consisting of Mr. Alston, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Claiborne, Mr. Randolph, Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, Mr. Beekman, and Mr. Coleman. A Committee of Ways and Means was appointed, consisting of Mr. McDuffie, Mr. Verplanck, Mr. Dwight, Mr. Smyth, of Virginia, Mr. Ingersoll, Mr. Gilmore, and Mr. Overton. A Committee of Claims was appointed, consisting of Mr. Williams, Mr. Whittlesey, Mr. Barber, of Connecticut, Mr. M'Intire, Mr. Ramsey, Mr. Lea, and Mr. Lent. A Committee of Commerce was appointed, consisting of Mr. Cambreleng, Mr. Newton, Mr. Gorham, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Sutherland, Mr. Howard, and Mr. Wayne. A Committee on Public Lands was appointed, consisting of Mr. Isacks, Mr. Jennings, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Huntt, Mr. Potter, Mr. Irvin, of Ohio, and Mr. Clay. A Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads was appointed, consisting of Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, Mr. Conner, Mr. Magee, Mr. Hodges, Mr. Russel, Mr. McCreery, and Mr. Campbell. A Committee for the District of Columbia was appointed, consisting of Mr. Powers, Mr. Allen, Mr. Washington, Mr. Varnum, Mr. Taliaferro, Mr. Ihrie and Mr. Semmes. A Committee on the Judiciary was appointed, consisting of Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Wickliffe, Mr. Storrs, of New York, Mr. Davis, of South CaroJina, Mr. Bouldin, Mr. Ellsworth, and Mr. White, of Louisiana. A Committee on Revolutionary Claims was appointed, consisting of Mr. Burges, Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Fry, Mr. Wingate, Mr. Goodenow, Mr. Young, and Mr. Brown. A Committee on Public Expenditures was appointed, consisting of Mr. Hall, Mr. Davenport, Mr. Lyon, Mr. Maxwell, of New York, Mr. Spencer, of Maryland, Mr. Thomson, of Ohio, and Mr. Norton. A Committee on Private Land Claims was appointed, consisting of Mr. Gurley, Mr. Sterigere, Mr. Nuckolls, Mr. Pettis, Mr. Test, Mr. Foster, and Mr. Baylor. A Committee on Manufactures was appointed, consisting of Mr. Mallary, Mr. Stanberry, Mr. Condict, Mr. Martin, Mr. Daniel, Mr. Irwin, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Monell. A Committee on Indian Affairs was appointed, consisting of Mr. Bell, Mr. Lumpkin, Mr. Hinds, Mr. Storrs, of Connecticut, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Gaither, and Mr. Lewis. A Committee on Foreign Affairs was appointed, consisting of Mr. Archer, Mr. Everett, of Massachusetts, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Polk, Mr. Wilde, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Barnwell. A Committee on Military Affairs was appointed, consisting of Mr. Drayton, Mr. Vance, Mr. Desha, Mr. Findlay, Mr. Blair, of South Carolina, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Speight. A committee on Naval Affairs was appointed, consisting of Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Crowninshield, Mr. Miller, Mr. Ripley, Mr. Carson, Mr. Dorsey, and Mr. White, of New York. A Committee on Agriculture was appointed, consisting of Mr. Spencer, of New York, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Rose, Mr. Smith, of Pennsylvania, Mr. Standifer, Mr. Deberry, and Mr. Chandler. A Committee on the Territories was appointed, consisting of Mr. Clark, of Kentucky, Mr Green, Mr. Creighton, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Angel, Mr. Cowles, and Mr. Wm. B. Shepard. A Committee on Military Pensions was appointed, consisting of Mr. Bates, Mr. Lecompte, Mr. Forward, Mr. Chilton, Mr. Hammons, Mr. Bockee, and Mr. Ford. A Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business was appointed, consisting of Mr. Pearce, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Pierson. A Committee of Accounts was appointed, consisting of Mr. Halsey, Mr. Swan, and Mr. Broadhead. A Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State was appointed, consisting of Mr. Earle, Mr. Sill, and Mr. King, of New York. A Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury was appointed, consisting of Mr. Leiper, Mr. Crocheron, and Mr. Kendall. A Committee on Expenditures. in the Department of War was appointed, consisting of Mr. Maxwell, of Virginia, Mr. Muhlenburg, and Mr. Crockett. A Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy was appointed, consisting of Mr. Augustine H. Shepperd, Mr. Bartley, and Mr. Evans, of Pennsylvania. A Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Post Office was appointed, consisting of Mr. Yancey, Mr. Borst, and Mr. Scott. A Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings was appointed, consisting of Mr. Sprigg, Mr. Bailey, and Mr. Swift. The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Martin reported that the committee had, according to order, had the State of the Union under consideration, and came to sundry resolutions thereon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same were read as follows, viz: 1. Resolved, That so much of the President's Message as relates to the Political Relations of the United States with other nations, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 2. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the Revenue, the Public Debt, and the Bank of the United States, be referred to the Com. mittee of Ways and Means. 3. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to amending that part of the Constitution of the United States which prescribes the mode of electing the President and Vice President; and also so much of said message as relates to the limitation of the service of the Chief Magistrate to a single term, and the disqualification of Members of Congress for office within the gift of the President, be referred to a Select Committee. 4. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the modification of the existing tariff of duties on goods imported into the United States, be referred to the Committee on Manufactures. 5. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the Commerce of the United States with Foreign Nations, the amendment of the laws to prevent smuggling, and the establishment of warehouses, be referred to the Committee on Commerce. 6. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the Army, Military Academy, and Fortifications, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. 7. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the Navy; and also, so much of said message as relates to the claim of the representatives of Commodore Decatur, his officers and crew, arising from the re-capture of the Frigate Philadelphia at Tripoli, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 8. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the revision of the Pension Law, be referred to the Committee on Military Pensions. 9. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the Indian tribes, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 10. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the Post Office Department, and the transportation of the mail, be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. 11. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the extension of the Judiciary System of the United States; and also, so much of said message as relates to the release of insolvent debtors to the Government, be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 12. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to taking the fifth Census of the United States, be referred to a Select Committee. 13. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to Internal Improvements, and the distribution of the surplus revenue among the several States, after the payment of the public debt, be referred to a Select Committee. 14. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the training and equipment of the militia of the United States, be referred to a Select Com mittee. 15. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the transfer of the supervisory power over suits brought by the public, which is now vested in an accounting officer of the Treasury, to the Attorney General; and so much of said message as proposes an inquiry into the condition of the Government, with a view to ascertain what officers can be dispensed with; what expenses retrenched; and what improvements may be made in its various parts, to secure proper accountability of public agents, and private efficiency and justice, in all its parts, be referred to a Select Committee. 16. Resolved, That the said Select Committees have leave to report by bill or otherwise. The first, second, and third, of these resolutions being severally concurred in by the House, and The fourth resolution being under consideration, Mr. Taylor moved to amend the same by inserting therein, after the words "United States," these words: "with a view to the protection of Manufactures." This motion was disagreed to by the House, when Mr. Storrs, of New York, moved to amend the said 4th resolution, by striking out these words: "the modification of the existing tariff of duties on goods imported into the United States," and inserting the words "Domestic Manufactures," so as to make the said 4th resolution read as follows: 4th. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to Domestic Manufactures, be referred to the Committee on Manufactures. This amendment was agreed to, and the resolution, as thus amended, was concurred in by the House. The fifth and sixth of the said resolutions were then also severally concurred in by the House, and The seventh resolution being under consideration, Mr. Chilton moved to amend the same by striking out these words: "and also, so much of said message as relates to the claim of the representatives of Commodore Decatur, his officers and crew, arising from the recapture of the Frigate Philadelphia, at Tripoli," and to insert a new resolution, in the words following: Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the claim of the representatives of Commodore Decatur, his officers and crew, arising from the re-capture of the Frigate Philadelphia, at Tripoli, be referred to the Committee of Claims. This amendment was disagreed to, and the said seventh resolution was concurred in by the House. The 8th, 9th and 10th resolutions were then also severally concurred in by the House, and The 11th resolution being under consideration, Mr. Taylor moved to amend the same by adding thereto these words: "and also, so much thereof as relates to the transfer of the supervisory power, over suits brought by the public, which is now vested in an accounting officer of the Treasury, to the Attorney General;" and to conform the 15th resolution, by striking therefrom the same words. And on the question to agree to this amendment, It passed in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. Condict, The said 11th resolution was further amended, by adding thereto, these words: "and frauds on the Treasury." The said 11th resolution was then concurred in by the House, as amended, and is as follows: 11th. Resolved, That so much of said message as relates to the extension of the Judiciary System of the United States, and so much as relates to the transfer of the supervisory power over suits brought by the public, which is now vested in an accounting officer of the Treasury, to the Attorney General; and also, so much of said message as relates to the release of insolvent debtors to the Government; and so much as relates to frauds on the Treasury of the United States, be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The residue of the resolutions reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union were then severally concurred in by the House, the 15th amended, as hereinbefore stated. And thereupon, Mr. McDuffie, Mr. Haynes, Mr. Carson, Mr. Lea, Mr. Martindale, Mr. Stephens, and Mr. Hughes, were appointed a committee in pursuance of the third resolution. Mr. Storrs, of New York, Mr. Crane, Mr. Johns, Mr. Everett, of Vermont, Mr Richardson, Mr. Boon, and Mr. Cooper, were appointed a committee in pursuance of the 12th resolution. Mr. Hemphill, Mr. Blair, of Tennessee, Mr. Haynes, Mr. Letcher, Mr. Vinton, Mr. Craig, of Virginia, and Mr. Butman, were appointed a committee in pursuance of the 13th resolution. Mr. Thompson, of Georgia, Mr. King, of Pennsylvania, Mr. Barringer, Mr. Weeks, Mr. Craig of New York, Mr. Kincaid, and Mr. Cahoon, were appointed a committee in pursuance of the 14th resolution. Mr. Wickliffe, Mr. Coulter, Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, Mr. Lamar, Mr. Coke, Mr. Huntington, and Mr. Dewitt, were appointed a committee in pursuance of the 15th resolution. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting A list of balances on the books of Receipts and Expenditures, which have remained unsettled more than three years, prior to 30th Sept. 1829. Similar lists in relation to Collectors of Internal Revenue and Direct Tax. A similar list in relation to Receivers of Public Moneys for Public Lands, all received from the Register of the Treasury; which letter was read, and laid on the table. The Speaker laid before the House another letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting sundry statements received from the Third Auditor of the Treasury, viz: Statement of the names of such officers as have not rendered their accounts within the year, or have balances unaccounted for, advanced one year prior to the 30th September, 1829. A statement of the accounts which have remained unsettled, or on which balances have been due more than three years, prior to 30th Sept. 1829. Abstract of moneys advanced, prior to 3d March, 1809, on the books of the late Accountant of the War Department, and which remained to be ac counted for on the 30th Sept. 1829. Which letter and statements were laid on the table. And then the House adjourned. |