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' '"V DEBATE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. j I Von) the Charleston Courier. Rcpealibility or Charters.? ^ e hav* I been favored by a correspondent with he following sketch of the debate in the J Hous.* of Representatives, on Friday and Saturday last, on the bill **to amen i the Con?ti- i lutio'u in relation to graining charters of in corporation." BILL. Be it enacted, &c., That every charter i of incorporation hereafter granted in this State, shall at all times remain subject to ai* teration, amendment, or repeal by the legislative authority." Mr. Rhett opened the discussion. He hoo?d that there would be no division in the House. The bill was intended to exercise ' wh desome restraint. It could have no | ??lfect on corporations now existing. Bii? a salutary pow* r was reserved by it to ail sue- , cessive Legislature*. Mr. Phillips was opposed to the hill. It tiio I^inshiture a reserved power which *"'* -- ? t? . would be so incor!M!*t? nt with the grant of charters of incorporation t^a* 10 individuals would he found who won d uni e while the Legislature hud h power ut dissolvng them at will. M". Bhck, of Rich! ind, followed on the game g:d*\ Mr. II. IV. Thompson was in favor of the bill. The itbu'O'g of corporations were so . pre?it tr?at it was absolutely necessary to apply a corrective to thern. Mr. Frokt moved to am-nd the hill by confin nif it to corpor.it iong for hanking purpogea. an I addressed the Hou^eat Imsf'h ?n favor of his amendment and in oppoaitio? to the * general pi incipleg of the bill. Mr. Henry, of Sp irtanburifh. was ?!ad tha* the amendment had beenolT*red. It re. lieved him of some d fficuhv. lie wnuM *u j port the amendment and w is oppos> d to the j ix'i. Mr. Magrath wag opp-med to the amend* j men! and also to the'bill, lie saw no reason ) why any difference sh u'd be made between ; corporations lor banking porfoen and corpnr- j atioua for other purio-e*. The evil hi corporations of all kinds was the tendency tiny induced to confide in th-m; and the! fn*qiient bankruptcies which ruined those who j Confided in them. Thig was an ev I emotion ! to all corporations and it i* the true evil to be t corrected. The bill in its prov sions d d not ; furnish the remedy. It punished the stock- I holders, but it punished the creditors and | sufferers also. Its operations would be to . - * ~ 4 4 ? ~' ? t t..n l<t entn r\p I ] annul cm? courier w ? u?rp? ?< >> ( the corporation to wind up its when j such a consequence would be ruinou? to those i who were creditors. The object ,oc to the i hill is that it affords no guarantee from the i stockholders as individuals to general credi.' tors, while a tyrannical fower is reserved !o the State. He would go for a provision that would make stockholders, in proportion to their shares, responsible to creditors in case of the bankruptcy of a corporation. Mr. Porry, from Greeny lie, Mowed on the same side and in oppneition to the bill. " Mr. Davie, from Chester, was in favor of the bill. He did not consider the objection to the bill good. It was competent for the Leg siatum to make such regulations as would preserve the rights of creditors as well as stockholder8. The question was one between these corporations and the State. He yvaj more inclined to trust the -8* ate. He dented that the Legislature wou'd ever be found disporsd to exercise tyrannical conduct ~ towarrs corporations. Mr. Afomminger addressed the House at length in support of the bill, tie contended that it was right that this power should be in fiie State. It would not be abused; He believed the State had the right now. ? Me, Bellinger, from Btrnwell. replied to A/r. j ; Meoiminger He was op|N>sod to the bilL i It proposed to give judicial lower to 'In* Leg. I Mature?it violated the Constitution. If! , there ig now a popular feeling against tor j puratioiHit, it exiats Cecause we h ive neglected to make proper conditions in the charter*. He admired the independence of the Judiciar>. and wouid do nothing that would indirectly reflect upon that hranchof the Government. * Mr. Tradeweil, of Richland, followed Mr. Bellinger, and in support of the opinions he had advocated. Mr. .tieronr'ngfT replied, and at the close or his argument the debate wag adjourned to Saturday, at 11 o'clock A. M. SATURDAY. Mr. Carroll, of Barnwell, addressed the House in opposition to the hill, and coneluded hy offering an amendment, to make stockholders liable in proportion to the share* held at the time of failure, or for one year ptevious?and that this feg. illation should npplv to hank*. Mr. H H Thompson, moved to strike out bank-. M, Rheit wnx opposed to the amend. I ment. lie did not think its proper place was in the constitution. Mr. Belli igt-r did not understand how the friends of the lull, from the Commit* tee. could opjawe the nmmdmwit. The amendment afforded substantial relief. The bill was vague, unlimited and ah O F surd. \ Mr. Memininger. moved to lay the amendment on the table. The amend* tuent was laid on ihetnhie. Mr. Adams, moved to amend, by in- j sorting, that no hanking corporation shall | he chartered. unless with the concurrence 1 of two. third* of earh house, nod that th? ! same n?ay be dissolved with a Vote of j i wo. thirds. On motion the limitation to hanking was stricken out, and the amendment was laid on the table. Mr. Btirt, of Abbeville, addressed the Ifmise in support of the bill fjoui the ! committee. , Mr. Speers, of Laurens, was opposed to the bill. Ho thought it violated some , of the fundamental provisions of the consf tution. If substantial relief was to be afforded, it could only be done by the passage of such a bill as was proposed by ? /? it Air, narrow. Mr. Walker, of Charleston, felt Rome ' hesitation in entering into the digression. ' His opinions during the last session were in opposition to the law of the last sea. sioii. He deprecated the idea of the Legislature interfering at all with the ! concerns of corporations. They had i vested rights. He could not toinfh. ttipua. He was opposed to meddling with j the constitution. The same purpose1 might be effected by a general act. To j ioucb, \be constitution, without pressing ncGyfsity was u lektfi, and therefore per. j ?!iicKtu% I Mf. ftant, nor < He 1:1!. '>uf J . ' the difference in opinion in the houie, on it the subject, was, in his opinion, a strong 5 reason against taking the vote now. He tl denied the truth of* the position that a p charter was a contract. It was absurd a to say that4^e bonus paid by a bank was f any thing more than an equivalent for ? taxe*. ' S Mr. Memminger insisted that the house ii should return to-the true question. All ? that has been said amounts to a distrust of the Legislature. There was no foun* dation for this* while the necessity for legislation was strong and pressing, Mr. Myers followed, and replied at some length to the remarks of Mr. Hunt. Mr. Sims of Darlington, insisted that the friends of the hill wished to bring hark the constitution to what it was originally. It had, through the process of judicial exposition, departed from first principles. The question was then taken on send, ing the hill to the Senate and was lost by a vote of 61 to 4<5. Mr. Hunt, then moved the following as an amendment. That no charter of incorporation should be granted, except j with the concurrence of two-thirds ot the < Legislature?and that all chnrters so r granted, shall be revoked by a vote of i two thirds of the Legislature, unless there * is contained in the charter an express ex- * 1 emption. t | Mr. P errv, strongly objected to the t amendment, and it was lost by a vote of < 53 to 53. i AGRICULTURAL AND GEOLOGICAL SUR- a VEY. * From the same Paper. r Columbia, Dec. 9. I Your liberal views on Agriculture in- t dure me to give you some sketch of the t debate on that subject, which took place on Tuesday. Mr. R >per called up the report of the Committee on Agriculture fi and moved the resolutions be read hii.I ^ adopted. A proposition was off-red to ( a consider them separately, nnd the two ?i first expressing the great advantages to <1 he derived from an Agricultural Survey r of the State, were adopted ; hut when the ti third was approached, which appropriated v the means of effecting this desirable pur- ( pose, n great many political?financial? ti social?scientific and superficial ohjec. g lions were marshalled against it. Mr. j l< Palmer thought we might procure a sta o tistical account of the value of the lands ti of the Slate from the tax hook?that a ge- a ological survev of the state might do some n good, but where could a man he procured u abroad, who could teach how to plant c cotton. Mr. Davie thought no good <| could result, he was satisfied with the p tax hook, and the exertions of the district a agricultural societies. Mr. Frost would h not vote for the appropriation till he could i see the good result to he derived? $3,000 n could not produce a full survey, and we p must spend more, and he was not satis- Ij tied as to an individual who could effect v it. Mr. Middleton was for a geological li survey, hut saw no advantage from an t agricultural survey. Mr. M" minger, t Chairman of the committee of Ways and | n Means, the great high priest of the tern- e pie of our mammon, approached, and put a the sword of the State to the throat of the * victim, pronounced a kind of funeral pan. p egyric ou the merits of the intended sac. * rilice, how we all lived by agriculture, and u how he hoped one of these days to he a ii votary himself; but declared that $3000 a would hardly survey one district?it n would require $30,000 to effect a survey, c and if gentlemen were prepared to go thus t far, they should so understand it-?-$3000 f would not effect a useful object, and there c were no means in the treasury. Mr. s Perry,?who last year delivered .an address r on agriculture, avowed he had heen caught t voting for internal improvement*, and e would not be caught again. Meantime ? the friend* of the measure wore not idle, f Mr. Roper maintained th it an agricultu* r ral survey was necessary to develope the p agricultural mu nitres and resources of the I State, that this would retain our migrating c population at home, and by the improve, v rnent of our lands create valuable capital v for the State to tax upon, and so increase It her resources; that we expended too p much for what we could proouce at home i< in the necessaries of life, as two millions h for stock of all kinds, and half a million i for hav, corn, oats, &c.? that hay which c we could so easily produce, was carried r even to Camden, and distributed by the ii rail road to other parts of the country, a lie mentioned the object of an agricultu- a ral survey and maintained its advantages n at this time over a geological survey.-? t The people were not prepared to take c advar.iage of the last; while, from the t first, immediate advantages would flow to t every rlass of the community throughout n the State. Gen. Adams m lintained that t while something wa* done for every r other class of people throughout the State, a nothing was done for tho planter?that 'i the tax collector could not give the in. i formation required by au agricultural i survey?that we wanted thn manures of ? tli* State sought out and analyzed, and j f hfe called on the planters to unite on the j i measure. Mr. Carroll said the property I of the State wax valued at one hundrud e and ninety-two million, of dollars, of 1 which the agricultural portion amounted c to one hundred and seventy-four million, t Mr..Bellinger begged leave to inform the I Chairman of the committee of Ways and r Means, that there were $5500 in thg <! treasury, the balance of a fund formerly r appropriated, an 1 not now requital, indc- r < ? - II f? i _! p?*nnent ot turner taxation. mr. ivneu j also said that there were $3500, which would not be re quired, for an appropriation for the C-dlege Library, that might l>e employed f >r this survey?thathe whs r no planter, but was aware of the advan- t tages to he derived from fostering that i pursuit?that we were foremost in passing i abstract resolutions on government, while ; ether Static were far outstripping us in t 0 \ 1 ?'< !'- fr-- '?? ? vfc. . ..* v ' *" ""* " """ mprivinjr their interna! resources-..that louth Carolina would soon tag behind he age. Mr. Henry, in a liberal and olished speech, advocated the survey? dverted to the advantages proceeding rom Van NuxemY researches, and the ine quality of iron ore, now produced in ipurtanbargh, and spoke also of the other ndications of mineral and other. wealth lid in the earth, which ought to be sought ?ut and employed. Mr. Poole "moved he indefinite postponement of the resoutiona, for the purpose, 'he said of invi ing discission, wiving ot 93 500 from he College and Library might moderate he taxes to that amount.' Mr. Roper, in the indefinite postponement, called or the yeas and nays, when {heproposiion was voted down. At last, after a lit. le more skirmishing, a final' vote was aken on granting the a^propriation vhon the yeas and nays were again railed for hy Mr. Roper, and the question lecided hy a majority of about 20, if I ecollect right, against the appropriation. [ ain told this was the most favorable vote he Legislature' has ever made on the mhject. If the planters fcrirf farmers ould hnve agreed, they wouJ'dhavo dried it; but we realize the fhWe"6f the Iragons' teeth and rfpring armed from the toil to destroy each orher. The House vas rather in tav??rof an agTiddltu'rftl sur. 'ey, but because the friends ofa.geologi. nl survey could not, accomplish,', their ibject, they rejected any ?x|iep9ieiit. The Senate was prepared to have accorded with any resolution of the House, irid from these petty feelings the measure vns lost. To-day Henry's resolutions if instruction come up, and somespright y discussion will ensue, hut the House vill not agree to the doctrine of instruc. ion. Columbia. Dkc. 11. 1841. The House was engaged a consi lerable >< rtion of yesterday, ifr .. discussing the >rop isition to amend the Constitution, so . to grant i o.v< r to the Legislature to niter r amend a c inrter after granting it. TIih liscussion was 'ransfcried to this day and i'sumed accordingly; and n hard- con tea. ed controversy it proved. The vote ras at length taken on an amendment of Jen. Adams, proposing that only two. birds of the Legislature should in future rant charters, but this resolution was >st ; and the question recurred on the bill f the committee, to aller the Constitu. ion, so as to give the L -gislatoro power to mend charters. On this the yens and inys were taken and tne bill lost. Im. aediatelv a motion was made to reconsidr. and the yens and nays railed on that uesiion and carried. Mr. Hunt then imposed, that after the enacting clause, n amendment which he offered should ie adopted. It proposed, that nr. charter n future should he granted unless by a najority of two.thirds, the identical pro losition of Gen. Adams,'only-in other inguage; hut the House refused, on a ote of yens and nays, to adopt the resolit ion. The bill was conarquerrtly rejeeetl. Mr. Memminger then pnoved t? nke up the resolution offered hv.the com. nittee, and called the yeas and, nays on \ery resolution. The lirst, 44 deprecating suapenaion of specie payments, nod hat it was the duty of the Legislature to irevent its recurrence hy jawful and con. titutional means," was carried nlmosi inaniinously. The second, " proclaimn<! that a i exemption from legislative uthority by any claw would establish an rixlocrncy contrary to law," was alxc arried without dissent. The third, " that he Bank of the State, the Smith Western tail Road Bank, the Planters and Mehaniv* Bank, and the Union Bank, de. ervc the confidence of the people for theii o operation with the State in promoting bnso measure* which have been deemed aaential to tho public welfare," was. very iiuch dissented from and discti**edr"nnl roni opinions hostile to the import of4be csolution, hut that it was arraying cor. loration* against corporations?that .the legislature took part with some of these orporations against others, a position in rhich it ought not to he found?that il ras uiKligiiiHe I and unworthy of a legi*. itive body?that the resolution was s >etti*h assault on the hanks who refused o comply with the act of 1840 Those auks were not applauded, hut werfe not o be condemned for defending what they onsidcredan invasion of their chartered ightx?and this expression of confidence n only three hanks might by inference iRect the stocks ot the hanks tilluueu to, nd for these reasons most or the votes gainst the bill were given?genllenrten bought the resolution unnereiwaryi iih< called for, ought to be stricken nut* and he legislature not exhibited at entering he arena of party feeling, hut tt)?-.ayep ind noes had their usual eff et and the bird resolution was adopted. The la*l exo ve had nohinj pnrticulaify objection ihle, and wa* carried by acclamation, rhis discussion carried us to five o'clock m i a recess wax then taken to half-past ;ix o'clock. Such labor is pretty severe, md I trust our constituents will show theii jratitude orin proper occasion. 1 rexuin* my pen to xay that on again convening he military bill camp up. An effort t# lefeat the encampment system was mall* mi! failed. A party then endeavored U lefeat the bill by parliamentary trick ol n-nri' Lmil?hv rrvisfnnf iirnenrlments? ,,v.v -J - - >y speaking?by calling t'??r yeas nnr jay*?bv motions to postpone, toadjourn kc., but the friends of the bdl stuck to it it two o'clock at night, finally got it or lered to the Senate, when life House ad ourned. tite distribl'tiox act. Columbia, Dkc. 13,1841,. Mr. Perry made an able Argument thii norning against the resolutions proposing o receive the distribution fund. "H< naintnined that the act was extremeh inpolitic and unwise, but that it was ai ict parsed, and the question was, hov night South Carolina to act ? That "tin States had bought tlie domain of Flor-1 idn and Louisiana, and the people's raonry had paid for it?and the other lands had lieen ceded to the people of the United States. That therefore the distribution fund belonged to the people, and the Leg* islature had no right to cone between the people and their property, and prevent them receiving, what of right belonged to them. That the portion allotted to South Carolina was not her fall share, that the people were robbed, but that what was offered was their own and they ought not to decline receiving it. He aaid, however, we ought not to act, now, but endeavor to get the act repealed. He said the reception of the surplus fund was a principle identical with this, and there was no hesitancy in receiving the amount there proffered ut. He aaid we should wait for a new representation* and as it was not absolutely necessary to act now, uait till the money was tendered. He then said in proper time he should offer some resolutions, dfr. Frost, thought we ought not to take too high ground, it was sufficient not to appoint an agent to re* ceive?we would not then be committed ?and he moved to strike out the word*. th? State of " South Carolina wdl not" ?hut retain the nronosition that the - ... - - r r Governor be enjoined to appoint no agent to receive the money. Mr.. Henry aup. ported Mr. Frost, he was not disposed to ' commit the State ; hut he thought the monny might remain on deposit till we could .<tee what ought to be the policy of the State. He would give no pledge that the State would never receive the money. Mr. Hunt was glad that gentlemen had brought the subject to its true issue?they were afraid to decli ne the money?we ought not to play the coquette, hut say at owe whether they will receive the money or not, for the act is unconstitu. tional. and the money ought to lie approj printed for a naw. The surplus fund 1 was a deposit, and ready to bo paid when public necessity required; and the case 1 entirely different from that now proposed Mr. Rhett thought the resolution did not go as far as was said, it simply stated that this Legislature would not receive the money?that this Legislature would not bind another Legislature or future generations of men not to receive a dollar. He thought the distribution bill, hut a base electioneering bribe, and a party move to elect a particular man. It will 1 be economy not to receive n dollar?because we pay more in taxes thun we r<*. cvive.' tMr. Palmer thought if gentl men thought the subject was unconstitutional they were bound to all eternity to vote a. gainst them, and ho was not willing to place the S'ata in an improper position. He was not disposed to commit the State, Mr. Henry again said he was for postpon. - 4 If _ | ing the action ot the ataie. ne wm nm for cutting summersets. It was a dangcrous feat for grey headed men. nnd he was not disposed to pledge the State at present. Mr. Frost said there wan many contingencies we ought not tn anticipate, 1 for, if fom of the States refused to accept mid accumulated n fund, and the que* lion came up to divide this surplus, how ought we to act ? Swell the proceeds to those Stales who were disposed to op. 1 press ti>?he apprehended not. Mr. Bellinger thought there was no necessity to decide the question of receiving | the money now?ought to use every ' I means to produce the repeal of this actnot to declare now whnt we ought 1 to do?he would not go further than de. clare at present we ought not to appoint 1 a receiver, and be careful of what Iangitoge we use now?wait until we find ' the act cannot be repealed, and then say what he shall do. If we cant do this, we f will thon receive it; as to refuse it will be ' playing into the bands of other States, and whilst assisting them we will be rob. 1 bed. Public lands are common property, ' and if so, we cannot any how the proceed* of the State whall be appropriated?refuse 1 to receive what i* tendered as her share. 1 If we refuse the 80 000, the deficiency in the treasury will still have to he supplied 1 .without helping us at all, and the money ' left idle. Mr. B. then proposed resolu. 1 tions simply saying that the State would not appoint a receiver of the money, but ' containing the spirit of the other resolu* tions they were received as substitutes. Mr. Perry moved to auhatitute others offered by h.m, in place?th*v were re. > ceived as substitutes. Mr. B*s. were ' then taken up, and separately voted on? ' the two first hv acclamation, unanimous. 1 ly. On the thi d, the ayes and noes 1 <vere called for Mr. Memminger said he : wonld then be glad to have the ayes and 1 noes on all the resolutions?or, u no per* ! son objected, to have them entered as un* aniinously agreed to. Mr. Blakely ohjec* ted. Mr. Memmingar then moved that ' the ayes and noes be taken on the two - first, sc|uirately, which were accordingly ordered. The resolutions were all . car* ried, and nil of thein nearly unanimously. ' Mr. Rhett then moved to lay the bill ol the Senate on the table, which was ' agreed to. The question was then taken " on the report, fend agreed to, and a recess ' taken to 6 o'clock. ? "Who Pays !?The counties of A > dams, Amity, Hinds. Jefferson. Madison, f Noxubee, Warren, Wilkinson, Washing -J v:?~ ....... * ion, anu fc ai iiiu lain oiuiuri I 2,500'majority in favor of paying th , State Honda. These ten counties pay in t to the State Treasury 8155,633 75, or 815,000 more than half of the whole rev. enue oftheState! Those who pay th* morft taxes are in favor of paying th? bonds at any sacrifice, while those wh' pay the least.keep up an eternal hurra a * bout the burdens of taxation. ; * The count) of Adams pays over 835 i 000 annually in taxes! This county f gave 440 majority in favor of paying th* i State bonds. The county of Lawrenc* 1 pays less than two thousand dollars taxes. 5 and gave 440 majority against paying the bonds, and thus silences the voice of Adams county!"? Vicksburg Whig. CONGRESS. Dee. 13?The Speaker announced the following Standing Committees: Committees of Elections.-? Messrs. Halsted, Blair. Crnvens. Benjamin Rand, all, Bordon, Barton, Turney, Houston, and Reynolds. Committee of Ways and Means.?Mes. srs. Fillmore, Bntts, Sampson Mason, Wallace, T. F. Marshall. J. R. Ingersoll. J W Jones, Atherton, aod Lewis. Committee of Claims? Messrs. Gid. dings, Osborne. Cowen. Tomlinso i, Ar. nold, Hubard, Burke, J W Williams, and Medill. Committee on Commerce?Messrs Ken. nedv. Winthrop, Toland, J C Clark, Rayner, Allen, S J Andrews, T W Wil. liams, and Ferris. Committee on Public Lands.?Messrs Morrow, Lewis Williams, Truman Smith, Gentry, Bronion, Howard, Casey, Brew, scr, and Jacob Thompson. Committee on the Post office and Post Roads?Messrs Biiggs, Joseph L Wil dn.o?.ll rf/j.botOW Owwlev. Hod* 11*11,IS, nu99CII| Ulm.n nu f , ? , , kina, Andrew Kennedy, John G Floyd and Plutner. Committee for the District o f Columbia ; ? Messrs Underwood, Slimmer*, Alexan| der Randall, Powell. Rirhard W. Thomp. son, John Campbell, Ward, Dawson, and Bidlnrk. Committee on the Judiciary.? Messrs. Barnard, Trumbull, Pearee, Maxwell, Thomas F. Foster, Milton Brown, C'has. J. Ligersoll. Roosevelt, and Saunders. Committee on Revolutionary Claims ? Meras. Hall, P G G<?ode, Triplett, Thos. Campbell, Maynard, Washington. James, Phimettler, and W 0 Goode. Committee on Public Expenditures.? Messrs. Shepperd Linn, Hudson, John T. Stuart, Meriwether, Green, Clinton, Littlefield. and MoClellan. Committee on Private Land Claims.? Messrs. Misire, A. H Stuart, John Young, Win. C. Johnson, R. I). Davis, Cross, Turnev, Pavne, and Charles Brown. Committee on Manufactures ?Messrs. Salionstall, Tilhitgha*;, Randolph, Shad ", Hunt, Hcurv, Hahershain, Aaron V. Brow:t, and P. C. Cal!well. Committee on Agriculture ?M *ssrs. Delsiny, R.dg.vav, Sunonion, Mattocks, Do.g, S.iaw, KI wards, P.itridge, and Joint l|:i>t.ri|!?. Committee on Indian Affairs.?Messrs. Ctniper, Cam titers, Chittenden, Sellers, ? ? tlf ii _ W. Butler, Wattersnn, Harris, vreuer and Jolin C. Edwards. Committee on Military Affairs.?Messrs Stanly, Pendleton, Goggie, William B Camphel', Stokcfy, Win. 0. Butler, Sum ter, Miller, and J. T. Mason. Committee, on the Militia.? Messrs Keiin, Coirs, Ward, Boyd, S. H. Butler Reding, Alfred Marshall, Sweeny, am Houston. Committee on Naval Affairs.?Messrs Wi?e, lU;', Calhoun, John C. Clark Rurnell, Fesseudeti, Graham, Mullory and Clifford. Committee on Foreign Affairs.?Messrs Jolin Q. Adams, Cashing, Everett, W. C Johnson, Granger, Gilmer, Hunter, Khett and Proftit. Committee on the Territories.?Messrs Pope,Cnristopher, H. Williams, Garre Davis, Sollors, Gates, Green, Caldwell Ha ys, Dean, nnd Charles A. Fioyd. Committee on Revolutionary Pensionf ?Messrs. Taliaferro, Rodney, Sfaley N Clarke, Mathiot, L. W. Andrews, Bah cock, Matthews, Fornunce, and Win Smith. Committee on Invalid Pensions.?Mes srs. Morris, Aycrigg, Baker, Gordon a,?uh?" n JniMw. Diian. S.inlord , and Augustus Young. Committee on Road< and Canala.? I Messrs. Lawrence. l?nnc, John B Thomp s<?n, W. W. Irwin Sprigg, Stcenrotl Wood, Daniel, and Rigg*. Committee on Patents.?M^ws R Me j Clcllun, Cranatoi , G. rry, Ramsay, am 3-inford. Committee on Public Building* am Ground*?Messrs Boardnian, Ward, Au guatus Young, Cranston, ami Bo<vnc. Committee on Revival and Unfinished Business? Messrs Eastman, Beeson, ( A Floyd, Jack, and Mattock. Committee on Accounts. M"ssr? Mart'liand, York, Carey, Staley N. Clark and Joseph L. Williams. e--? ?\fn?erc. Tlinm w/nw(u? I/II ?... a* W Williams, Meriwether, John C. E l wards, West brook, and Egbert. Committee on the Library on the. part a the House-?Mc**n Tillingiiast, Aycrigj, ai d Sumter. The Speaker also announced the fol lowing Select Committees, appointed un der the order of Friday last: Select committee on the Finance an Currency Messrs Cushing, John ] Kennedy, Gilmer, G Davis, Wise, Roosc volt, Protfit, MeKav, and Win W Irwin, Select Committees on the Apportionmn of Representatives.?Messrs Everet Cnilds Cat brut her*, Summers, IVarci John T. Stuart, Bidlaek, Cross, an Welbr. Select Committee on the Smitksonia RequesU"-Messrs J (| Adam*, Huhei | sham, Truman Smith, Underwood, Hen I M riliaroji J Inversoli. llunte t CJ-- ' - r Houston, and Bowne. Select Committee u/i the Xalioiial Foui dry - .Messrs. Win CJohnxon, Sanuo , Kin<j, Randolph, Mal.nry, Hun Kmm, Barmen ter, and Cave Johii?nn. Mr Talhaferro offered ihe follow in [resolution, which was read for infornu lion. Resolved, That the several memorial t petitions, ami resolution* presented 16the House of Representatives at the hftt Congress, and winch were not finally ac-df ted on, also ail hills which were reported, acted on, and lost in the Se'nate, and such hills as were referred to committees and not reported on, be again referred to the committees to which the saitte were j icSjM'ctrvely referred at the last Concrete, a written request*, to that effpict being handed hy any'mein^VtQ.fbo'j^qrkpfthe House, Whose duty it,shall bp. Je -.enter the same upon the jpurnalas if.pi^peuUd in the House. . ; ; Mr. Wise inquired whether thi* fien* lution would not ^mblftoe^Jiundry abolition petitions? . The S|>eaker replied;. Nonsuch petitions not having.hern received, the' rosolution would not embrace thetn. : Mr. W :sc said he had taken no ohjee tinji to the adoption of the resolution. [ And the resolution was aaopreu.; Mr. Underwood desired, to offef the lolfowihg Tesoluti6n,'which w a* rensl for informatibh: . ?? t-S': Resolved] Thai, the. Speak**engage the sei vires of four stt;jwgraf>h$tftr':*t ?a compensation not exceeding day for each, to be paid- out uf-*be?4<iM|?ft*g?nt fund of the H?u>e, whoKe rlutyrifc^tt be to report the debates and phSfftwin^ti of the House daily, iind truty,* fiir ^ilaniHion iir the newspapers published in 'ttfiS^city. The stenogbraphersYr engaged shall r*gulate among themselves th<3 time ^ which each shall employ In taking" shorthand notes of the debates and proceedings and preparing the same for the press. .They shall furnish the public printers with all practicable despatch, a copy of the'tf reports for insertion in their, paper, and j such printers shall publish the samu at v length in the newspaper edited and puh. | lisut'd by them without charge -to the ! Government ; and, in case they decline : doing so, the reports of the stenographer* shall he delivered to such other printer or editor as (he Speaker may designate who will insert the reports in his paper. Any stenographer so employed may Ins removed hv the Speaker at any tiine, and aYother einp'oved in his place. The 3pc..ker shall locate the stenographer* *o employed in s ich place in the Hall a* he 1 inay deem proper. The stenographers shn l make known to any mrmlier which ?i them reported any speech attributed to such member. ' > ' ' '' - s ? FOREIGN. STATU OK TRADK IX KNOL \Xt>. * Maxchkstku. Nov. 17.?-We rcgnt to sav. that, discouraging as the state of - business has been in the town for some weeks past, it was worse yesterday than . | on nnv former occassion Owing to the f j present severe weather, .thofft wat^hfinoiit I ia total cessation-in the purchase!* of .yum I for the continent: a rid:, the market - wm, * *- ii-? ^.:?u m j consequently, exceedingly uni, ?tm ? ' J decline of 1 2d to 4-Id. .per pound on 1 1 many description* of yarn. For goods, ' | t?Mi. the demand was very trifling, npd | prices of most descriptions continue grid* J rtully to decline. * ! $tatb?pf the cocxtby.. ? Chohlkv.?The rot ton-spinners of ; Ohorley having given notice of their., in* . tention torerluce the wage* of fhcirhartds t twelve and a half per cent., the Workmen , have attempted to'rrsist I Ho reduction try turning out. With on^ exception, the whole of the mills in Chorley ere .note v stati f ng; und. if tho di p tic be not speedi* * ly settled, the prospe L* of the Workmen during the wi tter must he Wry gloomy. Paisley.?The gloomy forebodings bn the subject of trade, consequent on tfto near approach of the most flat season of * | the year, are more than being rejiped. (During the "past week, the^ number *?f ' 1 O-- !_ i? I workpeople, tvnri meir wi?ra ???? ?->v lies, depending on the relief committee for subsistence. tins increased upwards of i, two thousand?-the total number being no less thnn eight thousand eight hundred . and thirty, site persons who have no means j J of supporting themselves except by chari* ,y* ? ' Stock 1'ort.?The dist reus of the work* ing classes of this town, instead df dirifii). ishing. is on the increase; Out" of*8,(k)0 persons who were assessed, upward df 2,* * 000 have been summoned as defaulters, and a new two-shilling rate has been 'fig* ured. ' *s ; * %,,f -"?lUrinrn litnmUT itarriwg ' kJV l#l I'O ?#? c and no less than nine , families bar* not tasted bread lor three week*. The street* i. are crowded with men, woman,'and Jchtl* |. dren seeking relief, while , the: seranrt shopkeepers are completely besieged* by f impoitunate beggars. * ; IRELAND. e V* FaILURK OF THK potato CtOf il|> i land ?The correspondent of the Mora* ing Chronicle says that he has u asser. '* taincd upon the best authority that the Irish peasantry will this year be exposed ^ to the terrible calamity of a failure of the P potato crop. The failure ia most appar* - i (Mil u|M>n the rich and heavy noila, such . | the southwestern.parts of Tiperary*. |t it! is now known that the wheat add oat r, | crops are one.third below the average. ?f The price of meat is rising, and is likely % (j to he further enhanced by a distemper a* w rrvmg the cattle. - We receive similar accounts of the potato crop frcm 8c of land, where the lands had been flooded in many places. * ' ' FRANCE. '* "'I - C..uarnmulll ( W?B*IwK1h? I n? r rtJiicu ? ?- . p| 25 000 inen at P;rpij.nm, and 25,OO0?t l* Bayonne. with a strong force at Tpuloae, n which is to a rawer the double purpueoof t, reserve f??r a Span<*h intervention, and p.> t c t< k *ep the Touteuaiatuquiet. Tkit g formidable army, to be collected at the u foot of the Pyrenees, ?s said tn be in conj .sequence of fear* - entertained by " tfrb * ' French of Spanish machinations. y- ft - *