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Day
23
Month
December
Year
1844
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Congres? met on Monday, Dee. 2. In the Senate, 27 members were present. W. P. Manguin, slaveholder, presides, and A. Dickens is Secretary. In the House, 183 membere appeared. J. W. Jones, of Va. slaveholder, presides, and C. J. McNulty, of Ohio, is clerk. The House continued in session for some lime. A resolutión introduced in regard to Chaplains gave rise to some debate. Mr. Pettit, of Ia., offered an amendment to the resohition that the Chaplains shall look to the members of the two Houses for their pay, and that the United States shnll not be Hable for the salaries or any part thereof. The emendtnent was rejected - Ayes, 20; Nays, 151. - The original refiolulion waa then adopted without a división. Mr. Adams gave noiice that he would to morrow move to reecind the 25th Rule, which prohibite the reception of Abolition petitions. Sec. Mr. Duncan gave notice that he would tomorrow introduce a bilí to provide for extending the juriBdiütion of the United States over the Oregon Territory and for other purpoaee in relation to said Territory, would be named in saíd bilí.Mr. Duncan also gave notice that he would to morrow, or at some other period of the session, introduce a bilí to provide for holding ihe elections for Electors of President and Vico President of the United States on one and the same day in all the Statee. In lhe House, Drc. 3, Mr. King of N. Y., gave notlce of a bilí to regulóte ad reduce the rates of poetagc Mr. J. R. Ingersoll gave notice of a bilí to amend the naturalization laws. Mr. Davis of Ky.. offered a joint resolution directmg the Secretary of the Treasury to pay over the 4th installment of the revenue lo the States, Mr. Weller moved to lay the resolution on the table which motiori, by a vute of 105 to 68, prevailód. On motion of Mr. Adams, the Gag rule was repealed by a majority of 28. The correspondent of the N. Y. Com. Adv. declared that t excited no interest whatever in Washington-"-1 one cared a straw fur it." 56 Democrats and 52 Whigs voted for abolishing the Gag, and 65 Demócrata and 15 Whigs against it. In the House, Ï5ec. 4, Mr. Burke ofFered a resolution for the appointment of a select committee to investígate the concerns of the bankw of the District of Columbia, ano inquire upon what authority they are doing business as banks. The resolution whs ogreed to, nem. con. Mr. Burt, of S. C, gave notice of his intention to introduce a bilí to redoce the duties on cotton bagging and gunny cloth. Mr. Phoenix gave notice of a bilí to reduce the dutiea on Railroad iron. Mr. Dúncan asked leave to introduce a bilíto make the election of President and Vice President uniform in potnt of time. The yeas and nays were ordcred, and were oyes 179, noes 0! Mr. Daily, of Indiana, was elected Chaplin. In the Senate, Mr. Tustin was elected Chap Hn. Dec. 0. In the Senate, the President nnnounced the standing commitiees. Mr. Woodbridge is Chairman of the Comnuttee on Public Lands and a member of the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Porter is chairman of the committee on Roads and Canate, and a member of the committee on Patenta and the Patent Office, and to audit and control the contingent expenses of the Senate. Mr. Tappan remarked that, in the Torritory of Iowa, which numbered a population of 83,000, delegates hod been chosen to a eonvention to fonn a constitution for a State government, and to ask for admission into the Union of the States. He had the honor of preeenting to the Senate the constitution formed by thnt convention, which he asked to have print ed and referred to the committee on Judiciary, which was done. Mr. Merrick gave notice that he would tomorrow ask leave to introduce a bilí to reduce the rates of postage and to abolish the frank - ing privilege. Mr. McDuffie gave notice that he would tomorrow ask leave to introduce a joint resolution for the reannexation of Texas to theU. States.In the House of Itepresentatives, the standing committees were also announced. Mr. McClelland is on the committee on Commerce; Mr. Hunt on the co nmittee on Indian Affairs, and Mr. Lyon on the committee on the Militia. The House went into cotn. of the whole on Dr. Duncan'8 bill to establish a uniform time of choosing eleclors of President and Vice President. The bilí provides, that the election shall be held on the same day and on one single day in all the States, and that this day ehall be the let Tueeday of November. Dec. 11. In theSenate, Mr. Benton introduced bis joint Reeolution offered last year for the Annexation of Texas. The next day, Mr. McDuffie introduced another joint resolution for that purposo, making the first eight anieles of the Treaiy rejected by the Senate last session the basis of Annexation. Thefollowing noticeof the doings of Congrese on Abolition is from the Detroit Free Press, the State paper. The marnier in which, three times in one paragraph,it calis attentiou to the orthodoxy of onr Michigan Members on the right of Petition, is quite instructive and significant. After going to the f uil extent for Texas and Slavery, no credit to which they can loy claim should be withheld from them!Abolition Petitions. - In ihe House of Repre6entativef, on the lOth inst., Mr. J. Q. Adams presented severa! petilions for the Abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Mr. E. G. Black objected lo the reception of the petition. Mr. W. G. Brown moved to lay the queetiun of reception on the table; on this last motion the yens and naye were called and resulted, yeas 90, nays 99. Messrs. McClelland, Hunt and Lyon voting1 in the negative. The qnestion then recurred: - "Shall the petition be received?" On this the yeas and nnys were ordered, and the resull was, yeas 107, nays 81. So the petition was received; MesBrs. McClelland, Hunt and Lyon voting to receive. A motion was then made to lay the peiition on the table, which was lost, yeas 88, nays 99; our members voüng in the negative. The petition was tben referred lo the Com. on the District of Colum bis.

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