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Day
19
Month
December
Year
1842
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Public Domain
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The twö Houses mot on Monday, Dec. 5. - A quorum of the Senate was not present. In the House, afier the usual formal proccedinge, Mr. Eveiett of Vennont, gave notice thtit he ehould nsk leave to bring in a bilí to repeal the Bankmpt Act. Mr. Aláms ala gave notice that on ihe next day ho would ofler a resolmion to rescind the 21st Rule, prohibiting the reception o( Abolition pctitioiw. On the Gth, Mr. W. C. Johnson, in the House, gave notice of an Act for the reliclof the severa! States and Territories of the Union. Mr. Halsled, gave notice of á bilí to regúlale the taking of tcstitnony n cases ofcontestcd olections, being the same that was pocketed by Mr. Tyler at the close of the last session. Mr. Adnms. then offured his resolution to rescind the 2l8t rule, excludtng Abolition petitions. Mr. tVise again mude his point of order, but it was overruled by the Speaker, Mr. VVellcr then moved to lny it on the table, but his motion was lost, 85 to 93. The previous question on the res jlution was then callcd for and eccondiul, and being put, was lost, 84 to 90. In the Senate, Dec. 7.- Mr. Benton gave notice oí hs intention to biing in n bilí to repcal the actestablishinga uniform system sf bankruptcy. Exihcqucr. - Mr. Tallinadgo gavenotice of hisutciuion to introduce a bilí cmbracing tbc Exchequer system he has heretofore proposed. 4,500 copies of the Presidcnt's Message were ordered to be pñntcd. In the House, the first in order was a rcsolurion oíTered by Mr. Adama,' lor rescinding the twenty-first rule. It was scttled by the Cliair, that the fir6t question to be considered to-day wa3 - "Shall the niain question be now put?" Mr. William Cost Johnson moved to luy the wbolo Fubjcctou the tnblo; and the-yeas and nays liaving been ordered, Mr. Bidlack, of Penasylvania, nsked to be excused from voting, and requeated leave to state his reasons. Thev were, in substance. that he had lieretotore always voted with the South on this subject, hut regictted that Southern gentlemen themselves were not unitedon so important a question. Mr. BidlacU afterwarda withdrew his tnotioa íor being excused, and voled to lay the resolution on thc tablo. The motion of Mr. Johnson was negatived - ayes 90, uays 91. So the House reíused to lay on the table the resolution of Mr. Adams. The questioa then recurred, "Shall the main question (on the adoption oí the resolution) be now pul?" which was negatived- ays í)l, nays 93. So the subject was removed from the power of the House for this time. -

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