Dixville, Dummer, Kilkenny, Millsfield, Shelburne Addition and Success. All of which is respectfully submitted. On motion JAMES FARRINGTON, For the Committee. Resolved, That said report be accepted, On motion of Mr Sawyer of the House of RepresentativesThe convention rose, and the Senate returned to their chamber. IN SENATE.. A message from the House of Representatives by their clerk : "Mr President, I am directed to inform the Senate, that the House of Representatives have passed a resolution appointing Messrs. Harvey, Peaslee, Wilder, Ingalls of Shelburne, Perkins of Alexandria, Marden, Webster, Manahan, Hale of Dover and Bean of Moultonborough with such as the Senate may join, a Committee, to wait on His Excellency, Samuel Dinsmoor and inform him of his re-election, as Chief Executive Magistrate of this State for the current year; and that the legislature will be ready at such time as he may appoint, to receive such communication, as he may please to make, in which they ask the concurrence of the Senate." On motion of Mr. Farrington Resolved, That the Senate do concur in the above resolution. Ordered, That Messrs. Farrington and Barton be joined on the part of the senate. Ordered, That the clerk notify the House of Representatives accordingly. A message from the House of Representatives by their clerk : "Mr. President, I am directed to inform the Senate, that the House of Representatives have passed a resolution appointing Messrs. French, Wilcox and Wentworth of Sandwich with such as the Senate may join, a committee to audit the accounts of the Treasurer of this state, in which they ask the concurrence of the senate." On motion of Mr. Corbin Resolved, That the Senate do concur in the foregoing resolu tion. ! Ordered, That Mr. Corbin be joined to said committee on the part of the senate. 1 Ordered, That the clerk notify the House of Representatives accordingly. On motion of Mr. Tuttle The Senate adjourned. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1833. The Senate met according to adjournment. The President of the Senate announced the appointment of the following Standing Committees, viz. Messrs. Farrington, Tuttle and Blodgett. On Military Affairs. Messrs. Barton, Brown and Corbin. Messrs. Blodgett, Drown and Brown. On Manufacturing Establishments. Messrs. Carr, Barton and Wild. On Banking Institutions. Messrs. Drown, Lovell and Tuttle. Messrs. Wild,. Drown and Farrington. On Schools and Seminaries of Learning. Messrs. Corbin, Lovell and Blodgett. Messrs. Tuttle, Barton and Brown. On Printers' Accounts. Messrs. Woodbury, Carr and Brown. The President of the senate also, and at the same time announ ced the appointment of the following Joint Committees. On Engrossed Bills, Messrs. Drown and Corbin. On the Library, Mr. Brown. On the State House and State House Yard, Mr. Woodbury. A message from the House of Representatives by their clerk : "Mr. President I am directed to inform the Senate, that the House of Representatives have passed a Resolution appointing Messrs. Atwood, Smith of Rochester, and Rogers, a Committee with such asthe Senate may join to prepare and report Joint Rules, for the two branches of the Legislature, the present session, in which they ask the concurrence of the Senate." On motion of Mr. Farrington Resolved, That the senate do concur in the appointment of a joint committee agreeably to the foregoing resolution. Ordered, That Mr. Lovell be joined to said committee on the part of the senate. : Ordered, That the Clerk notify the House of Representatives accordingly. On motion Resolved, That a select committee of one be appointed, with instructions to wait on his Excellency, the Governor and the 14 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE. Honorable Council, with information that the vacancy in senatorial district No. 9 has been filled by the convention, by choosing Nathan Wild, Esq. to said office, and request his Excellency to issue a summons to the said Wild, to attend and take his seat. Ordered, That Mr. Carr be said committee. Mr. Farrington from the joint committee appointed to wait on his Excellency, Samuel Dinsmoor, and inform him of his re-election, reported That the committee had attended to that duty, and that his Excellency will meet both branches of the Legislature in the Representatives' Hall at eleven o'clock this forenoon. Mr. Carr, who was appointed to inform the Governor and Council of the election of Nathan Wild to fill the vacancy in senatorial district No. 9, reported that he had attended to that duty. A message from the House of Representatives by their clerk : "Mr. President, I am directed to inform the Senate, that the House of Representatives are now ready to meet the Senate in convention." On motion of Mr. Farrington Resolved, That the Senate will now meet the House of Representatives in convention to proceed in the elections. IN CONVENTION. The Senate and House of Representatives being met in convention in the Representatives' Hall, and the time, appointed by the Governor elect, for meeting the two Houses, having arrived, his Excellency, Samuel Dinsmoor came in, attended by the joint committee of both Houses and the Honorable Council, and declared his acceptance of the office of Governor for the current year; and in presence of both branches of the Legislature took and subscribed the oath of office, which was administered by the Honorable Jared W. Williams, President of the Senate, who, thereupon declared His Excellency, Samuel Dinsmoor, Governor of the State of New Hampshire, for the ensuing political year and presented to him a copy of the constitution of this state, as a guide in the discharge of his official duty. : His Excellency, the Governor and the Honorable Council then withdrew. On motion of Mr French of the House of Representatives- IN SENATE. The Secretary of State came in, and presented to the Senate the following written communication from His Excellency the Governor. : 1 Gentlemen of the Senate, MESSAGE. and of the House of Representatives: In accepting the trusts which our fellow citizens have confided to us, we have assumed a high and solemn responsibility. Constituted, for a time, the guardians of the public interests, the manner in which we may perform the duties incumbent on us in that relation, cannot fail to have an influence favorable or adverse, upon the honor and prosperity of the State. Sensible of the obligations this charge imposes, it will be my most anxious desire to consult, on all occasions, the best good of those whom we represent, and it will always afford me pleasure to unite with you in such measures as may be designed to advance their happiness and welfare. Fortunate as our State has ever been, at no period in its history could its condition and prospects have been more truly the subject of grateful thanksgiving than at the present time. Other States may be renowned for greater extent of territory, a more fertile soil, or more magnificent schemes of public improvement. In these possessions and achievements of powerful and wealthy communities we must be content to remain undistinguished;but in every thing which contributes to the moral and intellectual elevation and rational happiness for the individual, and to the sound and durable prosperity of the community, we should be ungrateful not to feel that we are conspicuously favored. By - necessity and habit, industrious and frugal;-moral and educated from the example and institutions derived from a pious and enlightened ancestry; and free and equal from the practical operation as well as theory, of our government and laws, our citizens are in that happy condition most favourable perhaps, to the growth and security of liberty, intelligence and virtue. It is gratifying to be assured, that there are few if any subjects of general interest or importance which the public voice urges upon your consideration at this time. We have reason to believe that little remains undone, which is required for the protection of individual rights, the encouragement of industry and enterprise, and the preservation of the public peace and safety. Our laws, though scarcely felt from the lightness of their pressure, are sure and effectual in their operation, and in no community are they more readily or cheerfully obeyed. If there be a single cause of dissatisfaction which may be considered as an exception to the general truth of these remarks, it is to be found in the still difficult and perplexed posture of our militia. The apparent acquiescence in the present system, which has succeeded the loud complaints against it, is no evidence, I fear, of its having become more acceptable to the people, but is believed to have been produced by a general conviction that such a unanimity of sentiment in regard to the extent and mode of change as is required for any essential and permanent modification of it, cannot be looked for at present. The fruitless deliberations of the Legislature upon this subject through many successive sessions certainly go far to show, that all action upon it is embarrassed with great, if not insuperable difficulties. It may, therefore, be thought importunate in me to persist in pressing it upon your notice, but believing as I do, that the preservation of the militia in some well organized form is of vital importance to the country, and being well persuaded that unless something is done soon to sustain it, it cannot long survive the too general disfavour into which it is rapidly falling, I feel it to be my duty, more particularly than ever, to ask your immediate attention to it. Every year's observation affords additional proof that the interest felt in supporting the system as at present organized is fast declining. The zeal and activity of the Department having charge of its administration, seconded by the efforts of spirited and intelligent officers, and the example of numerous corps distinguished for their excellent discipline, perfect equipments, and all the military ardour of the militia of the state in its best days, have been vainlyexerted to continue it upon thatfooting of uniform respectability which is either satisfactory to its friends, or likely to render its benefits equivalent to the large amount of time and money expended in maintaining it. It cannot be doubted that a disposition hostile to certain features of the system, exist pretty generally throughout the state, and in some parts to a degree, which renders it impossible to carry it into effect. Some companies are without officers, and officers are found without adequate commands. Instances are not rare in which the provisions of the law requiring the stated appearance of companies for drill and inspection is not even in form complied with. In others, when an appearance is obtained, the occasion is not unfrequently seized, for converting what was intended to be a school of discipline, into scenes of levity and insubordination. It is with reluctance, and from an anxious desire to preserve to the militia its usefulness, by raising its character and dignity, that I feel constrained to speak of any portion of it in terms, other than those of unqualified commendation. It must be painful to every one to see an institution which our fathers cherished as the natural and sure safeguard of their liberties--whose achievements fill the most brilliant pages in our history, and not long since a popular favorite, sunk so low in public estimation as to have become an object of mockery and derision. No one can be more ready than myself to do justice to the large and respectable portion of the militia whose honorable exertions to keep up the credit of the system, under many discouragements, are worthy of all praise. In all |