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iiyoid catoff altopportities ira ~ti~fl rohuhsi~Aresglutions5 ouq tch might be brou ha - e th e ha placed On our des honwhici Congresswould ~injt~t~gste..upon, andJliere I - V5aresolU oid revent themi talking o-aett.. He gave no4ce he onanothe ga ed and would express sntimelts freely 'and fully on eve bet that was preene Clay replied -he adverted to td - ~ 'iirne,~numed in . debating useless ques Sh could lead to no practical re ' ..slts; and instanced thsedebate respectung| t he transfer of Gen. Arbuckle. If-'this course was.persisted in, the session would be interminable)Next week a bill woul be broughtochartera United States Bank. I consisting of perhas thirty Geeorfot sections. If the morninghourwasco 'W eg eb tn r an o l m xpas s of mere- curisity, ith te tem months io get through and thelpli b' - - . iness. He trusted there was no Senator there who wished the session protractd beyondJuly. The country, the agonised -cuatry wanted action, and she had a right h ei t that they wold pact not talk: -nCalhoun opposed the resolution as a high handed attempt to gag the minority of the body, the Representatives of sover lin States of the Union, and disarm th.em - of tbe most efcient means of protecting the rights oC the august constituency they represented.. He pronounced that it was a more fatal suppression ofthe freedom of public scrutinythan thatwhich led on the * despotic career of the elder dams; and that being done at a moment when ever dangerous, every monstrous scheme which Federalismihad devised from the begin ming, to erush and extinguish the Demo cratic principlesiherent i our igstitutions ,ias returning to life, he looked upon the proposition as one of most gloomy augury. He trusted the Senator from Kentucky would withdraw his resolution. Mr. Clay-Question!question!-I shan't withdraw it, sir. Mr. Calhoun--Then I move to lay it onfi the tle. nthtwhhle n h 7 The tquestion was taken by dividing. and some Whigs up in favor of lay tng it on the table; but.the yeas and nays having been called, they fell back into the trace,.and the motion to lay on the table. * was lost-i 6 to 27, aser.nAllen of Ohio then opposed the reso iosith great energy and abilty. He oulaid it was the despotic will of one man attempting to feter t r action. f a wdawich waginver palsied before. * Gveat Elbueasierebrough bfore.theri prpsnga comlte andi radical change on t acton of the .Goverament, thetime which these wiere to be divused.and ierfected was marked .out-and limited ot beyond the month of July-and here wasan attempt to force2th7segreat and portant measures througpostthis body suberting the most indubitable and in ima sle' of the senatorial miority - 'atdthoig. them the- feeaocrase pat a aeses. Kid,Buetandodg Calhoun and Clay of Alabama in pposition to the resolution, and Messrs. Clay of Kentucky aic Bayard in ts favor ; and eventually, Mr. Clay perceiving the unwillingness or some of the more consentious of his par to enact this most unnecessary and ty * rannical rule accepted a modiacation, .which made it almost word for word, the Iam. with the existing rule of the Senate; atid the resolution was then passed. Mr. Walker submitted the following res olutions whichrwere agreed to. -Resolved, That the Select Committee, to whom was referred the questien of e porting to the Sedate on the subject of a fiscal a ent for the Government of the nited States be directed to inquire into the expediency of vesting the control of said agency in a board of six directors, located * at the city of Washington, to be chosen by a joint vote of both Houses of Congress, two of said directors to be elected at each successive vote, each member being per mitted to vote only on each occasion for one director, so as to prevent said board be * ing placed under the control of the Execu tive or of any part. Resolved, That said committee be also instructed to inquire into the expediency * of tendering to the States branches of said fiscal agency, on the condition precedent that said Statesh have first entered into an agreement with each other for the gradual and prospective limitation or abandonment Resolted, That said committee be also -instructed to inquire into the expediency of confining said agency to the use of gold and silver, and of bis receivable of the Gov - ernment of the United States of large de nominationS, excluding all the paper of the Statebanks, and so as to retain an ade quate supply and circulation of gold as well as silver at all times in the United States. Resolved, That said committee be also instructed to inquire into the expediency of applying, prospectively the bankrupt power of this Government to the State *banks.- .. * The Chair then presented a Report from ther Secretary of the Treasury containing b is plan of a Fiscal Agent, which was read. On motion of Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, the report and accompanying bill were re ferred-so the Select Committee on the sub ject, and 1500 additional copies ordered to Tebill to distribute the proceeds of the -sales of the public lands among the States, wa- read-a second time-and referred to the (,oiimittee on the Public Lands. d motion by Mr. Preston, the Senate the'n proceeded to the el6ction of a Chap. * ain, and the Rev. Septimus Treston, of the Presbyterian Church, was elected. On motion by Mr, Preston, the subject L- 6f Mr. Webster's correspondence with the day,and thin Senate adjourned.. In the House several Abolition petitions were- presented, which gave rise'to angry - remerks, ad occasioned much lossof time. -During the sitting, the yeas and nays were # called seven times, and each call occupying 30mindues, threehours and a half were thorn wasted. Towards the close of the sitting, - .n mrann Qna-lkhird of the membe nRthe odseh ~'t Nore c Hott at iwom ~ig the r ~eo ~ .At was. co~ae by rons roaing to con a jiiirOouse at the present session.te the ,"ation of the objects specially r-fer it inthe President's messjAge, excep, -case Congress should think proper, thai >f a general bankrupt law. Also, that all etions not relatiiig'to the abovesubjects, )e laid on the tableon ttir pres'enAtmonind to action had thereo'n it the presentsssiion. These Resolutions, bya rather strinfent ourse of.action were foried through, and it 6 o'clock-the House adjourned. WASHINOTON, June 14. In the Senate to-day several -memori tls praying the passage of a general bank( upt law, were presented. *Mr. Wriift >resented a memorial from a portion of he New York Chamber of Commerce, -emonstrating.Againstthe charter ofa Uni ed States B'idk. Mr.vSiir-ealled up he resolution submitted byf hijilsome days ince, inquiring-of the Secretary. of War be -names of the persons alludedto in his -eport as conniving at frauds perpetrated in he disbursement of public money for the ubsiistence..of 'enigrating Indians. Mr. Vlorehead, (Mr. Clay's colleague) opposed he motion, on. the ground that the iuves: igation was not'yet complete; and that no ndividual had been inculpated by name. Kr. Sevierrieplied by asking why the Sec retary had been in such haste to hold up to public odium a large body of men, when he was not prepared to .specify his charges or to name the individuals. There had been but two emigrating agents concerned in.the isbursements alluded to-Captains Ste venson and Armstrong. The former cea ed his connection in 1839, and the latter is itill retained in that office. The imputa tion was then evidently intended for the Former, at least such will be the impression afall who understand the position in-which e stood to these disbursements. That gentlemati courted investigation,- and he (Mr. Sevier) asked in the most public manner to obtain the testimony on which these chargesjad been made against the agents and contractors of the Southiest, and for the names of these charged with corruption. He did dot know whether such things did or did not exist, but he main tained his right to call for information on the subject. If there is an investigation going on, let it not be a star chamber in vesigation. Mr. Morehead still persisted in his op position, and the resolution was laid on the table-ayes 24, nave 22-Messrs. Archer and Barrow with thbe minority. The correspondence between Mr. Web ster and Mr. Fox was then taken -up, and Mr. Preston spoke for upwards of an hour and a half in defenceiofthe course pursued by the Secretary of State. His points ere that the law as laid down by Fox and admitted by. Webster, was correct, Thai admitted, it was the-duty of the Secretary, promptly to take such measures as would ensure the saityiiidirelease' of McLeod. He eulogised the letter of'Mr. Webster iu gloiing terms, chareeterisqgiL as a noblei ream of- afgument, mjesttcaly. pouied rorthcirrying the. heart'pnamd the ?magiua tion wi . AtL.H ontrsted the presenl - - foraner b abline no' qunoched Inh :tremendoits gult~ He al luded with afueh-bitterness to the report of Mr. Pickens at the last session, denouncin it as violent, infiamatory, and senit to the world to. excite a panic, when he and his frieds could do nothing else than make panics. Mr. Benton followed, and commenced his speech by warning gentlemen of the danger of taking sides against our country in a controversy with a foreign power. He denied that the act for which McLeod was in custody was an act of war. A number of Englishmen in Cpnada, of their own voluntary uet, without the knowledge of the colonial authorities, had banded to ethr, crossed the Niagara, attacked an narmed vessel and sleeping men whoc were within ihe jurisdiction of one of the Sovereigu States of this Union. That it was a mere simple act of robbery, arson and murder, nnd did not come within the pale of the laws ofrnations, but wvas subject to the municipal laws ofthe State in which the act was perpetrated. He denounced the instructions to Mr. Crittendon ns illegal and disgracef ul to the country ; illegal as be had no right io comimand him to go intc a State sovereignty, and oppose the course f her municipal law; and disgraceful, as they were given in the face of a threat rom a foreign power. He admitted the ability of the letter of Mr. Webster, which was foriy days in preparation,'but denied that it was an answer to the letter of Mr. Fox: the instructions to Mr. Crittenden were the answer; the letter was an argu ment "for Buncombe,"' to justify and glaze over by brave words the instructions, and in proof of this, he said that Mr. Fox had never taken the least notice of it. Hie con eluded with a powerful appeal to the Ad ministration to devote the revenues of the nation to the public defences, instead ol squandering them in schemes of distribu tion, and investments in the stock of a Na tional Bank. In the House, Mr.~ Wise spoke for five hours and a half on the subject of A bolition, giving its history from the commencemeni until the present, dealing some severe blows to Mr. Adams, and some sharp hits to the Speaker for the preponderance of. A boli tionists on thse Committees. A t the con efsion of his speech a vote was taken upori his motion to reconsider the vote by which the Committee to revise the rules was ap pointed, and it was carried-ayes 106; noes 104; and then the House, having un done all, or nearly all, that has been done in the way of organization, at about eighi o'clock, adjourned. WassineoToN, June 15. Seate.-The first business wan the elec ion of a Printer. The Democratic Mom bers insisting that Blair and Rives were by regular contract the legal priote~6sihc Senate, refused to vote at all, .a.itgwas only after several attempts that !iigeir. alists could succeed in gettinga quo~r.gim. Thomas Allen of the Madisornan,.a.branch of the IntelLigentcer, was elected. .Ifi sare. marked-as a coincidence, that on the morn ing before the -election, the Madisonian come out for the first iine in fioffhi "Fiscal Agent . ~ - M'r. Wnodhur1 maishla nwpinrt to brine eUrterofdoingW ha *wthe even aftLr'ith ma a basl 66ss of..he Sn Mr ia*dently as ro desired'AFatr ehO'ul& sift -the-itatejigets o-rl tar. The su ject was -ear 41r Buchanan Oanswe e tacks that had beew mad (ni\ ondhei -.dplomatieror-res Th~is broght out Afr..Clay, w dM. Webster'proceedings, subject *st hen.referred.to t. teeon oise of gRepresenta' of -the utter -corifusion U, ki ;the Housei et on-Tuesday 6a' frois thefoll~~iiextract frrn dings' on- Mondfj ight 4fter the Af Mr Wise'had;eben-carried for' ringll that had been previously d er. Mr A iami desired to hether thire wei-einy rulie Xnow Te keaker said the r ortedby conmitt~idadopted j b oise on Saturday were inexistene Mr. Adamsi- W t, no te ap pointing.that comtmittee h aecon sidered - Great confusionhere p that it was.impossible to-hear. etriess. A motion was then made ;Houise do now adjourn. Mr. Rayner insisted thit katitled to the floor; and, expresin intention to address the House- to. nio morniag moved:that the House do r MrBriggainquirede-6 there was now any hour-to which laad journ. The Speaker repHedi as-not. Mr' Botts rose-for infor, Oihad beensummoned toatiend a g ofthe Comimittee of Ways.and -mor rowmorniog. He ished t whieth er (under the vote. justIt' at com mittee was nowin existet Mr. Wise called Mr. Boi ider Mr. Stanly called MiW order. The Speaker..o - re to Mr. Boots) said that' was no^ estion-be fore the House. 'The ques. as o'-.ad journing. - - Mr. Raynerto the Speak hallIbe entitled to the flor to-morro The Speaker. The ge ill be entled to the floor tw:heneve proposi tion co es up. Mr. derwood propose end the motion for adjourning by thereto "until to-morrow at- oclop The Speaker sailI that th %d been a separate resoiliionildopted b e ouse, distinct from the rules, fUt dclock as the daily hour of ieeting id fur-ther order.o Mr. W. C h .Tohnson i - 60 the question. being taken- on the rament. Mes'srs.-Wise, J. C. Clar alory, severally rose toaorder., The yeas and nays were on the motion to adjourn, whieh we d, and being taken, were yess l'6, . So the House at, 8 p. m .a Andin this t mper h met n Tuesaay. *nijt * ope ogs,a ClWr. Willieins of $' .asked leave to oer a resilutio ging the hour of iseting from 12 to10 pk, a. m, intil otherwise ordered. Objection being made, Mr. WVillidims moved a suspension of Lhe rnl~es prescribing the order of bsiness. Mr. Adams inquired whaidrules the gentleman refer.'ed to? - Mr Williams replied, the usinmon law ofParliamnent. Mr. Underwood prested -aajority could agree to consider the re~tion. But Mr. Rayner being entitled totefloor, and declining to yield it, the reouion was not presented. - - The vote by which the House-had adop. ted the resolution appointing ift5mmittee to report rules for the government of the H ouse, and adopting temporarlthe rules and orders, except the 21st,'of the last House, having been reconsidei-skon yes terday, the question again recifrea on the resolution ; for which Mr. Raguir hiad of fered the following, as as-ubs4(uite. Resolved, That the standiqggeules and orders of the Inst House of fteresentaiives be adopted as the rules and orner, of this House for the 27th Congresgairovided, that the House will not consider ahy sub jects at the present session exeppt such as are embraced in the Presiden'i. message and thilt all petitions and memo als on all other subjects, receivable unde the rules and orders above mentioned, bs e laid on tbe table, without referenc o'onsider ation. Mr. Rayner, having withdrj his sub stitute for the present.. Mr. Barnard raised the on as to the position in which the or resuion now stood, and what was the jestion be fore the House, . -After abrief statement by tlfehair. Mr. Wise inquired wvhethe be under stood him as saying that the previous ques tion was still in force? The Chair replied in the i nmative. Mr. Wise said that the decnleft the House no chance to amend ti solution, the vote adopting which the reconsid ered. He therefore appe the de cision of the Citair. Mr. Proffit moved the prevuiq uestion; which was seconded. Mr. Adams moved a-call..ah House, but it was not ordered. The main question was..tlmorered to he put-ayes 116, nays 96. Mr. Fillmore asked if,.he ndht have a paragraph read from the Man i? Cries of "No! no!" froiua parts of the House.. -Mr. Wise called for the yea.Inys on the main questioni; which weeed. Mr. Marshall inquired if ai!wd he in order to ask that the: -C~j in state -the question befare Ihp . The Chairsaid thaig Mr. Morgmn hoped-thai~ e would come to order.- - :-x~ :After quiet wras resta -ed~,; The Chair again si tAetion. Some desultory cogyierea ere took place betweenM asn allory, anid the .Spg'ei,~j T~he queation was statedtihlhe de feiionof the Chairstan imen of the House!" and decided in the nega tive-yeas 105, nays,112. So tho decisioof the Chair was rever sed. h "e'supposed to be under dis cuss .following resolution of Mr. tiiaed the day before and in endeatv ev-a .ery-thing right again. RXi5ved, That the standing rules and Trders of the lasitHodie of Representatives be adopted as the rules and. oiders of this House sfor.the 27th Congress: Provided, That this House will not conideitny sub jece at the present session except such as are embracedo ..ii President's Message; and that all piioiis and iMemorials, on all other subjects, receivable under thke rules Id orders above mentioned, shall be laid op the tablli*ithout'rcference or consider tion.: Mr.$ayner claimed the floor through all this chaos of potios. and at last made a violent speech-ia favor of peace and mod eration.:-. Oiher members-followed, urging t absolute necessity of getting calm and ,bing quietly to'business, till fGoally they t into a general row, a chaos of scream iunidtelligible in the main, but through din of whicli could be occasionally hoard words "9oice," "order" "forbear ine" and the like. EDGEFIELD C. H. -X,.. -VTIURSDAY, Jurir 24, 1841. 7 Notice.-The subscription price of the PLOUGH BoY, will be $1 50 for a sin gle copy, four copies for $5, or ten copies for 810i Persons holding lists, will please forr id therm to this office. (QMWe gratefully acknowledge the re eipt of sundry documents and newspapers r' nih4 Hon. F. W. Pickens, and the Hon. R. B. Rheti. (GI.At *'Meeting recently held, of the citizens of this place, HR. SPArNS, Zsq., j~appointed to .deliver an Oration, on the -next Anniversary of American Inde pendence.' (7'In consequence of the: great press of Congress proceedings, which are looked ,for, by our readers, with great anxiety, we have been compelled to omit a number of articles, prepared for this day's pa'per. 07' We call the attention of our readers, to the irticle undir our commercial head, relative to the Augusta market, from our Cor'respondent "Argu,",hich can be relied onfor correclness. We hope our cogesiiondent will often favor us with a nodee of the "g&d" or -" had," times in Augusta., fxity . GoonoDI, Esq., has been de clared duly elected a Representative to the Q LtatLegislature, from'be ParishesrofSt. Diel Horlbeck, Esq., has been elected leik of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston District. ' Ojicera of theg Branch& Bank.-T he fol lowing gentle2*fere elected, on the 9th instant, by the Board of the Mother Bank in Charleston, officers of the Branch of the Bank of the State of South-Carolina, at Columbia: President.-R. H. Goodwyn. Caushier.-M. A. Moore, Direclors.-J. J. Chappell, Theodore Stark, James Fenton, Wade Hampton, Sr., P. M. Butler, 1. D. Mordecai, B. F. Taylor,J3. H. Hammond, James Cathcart, C. Booktor, C. S. Sims, W. Hopkins. Louisiana.-A lexander Mouton is the Democratic candidate for Governor of Lou isiana. Maryland.-The Democratic Conven tion of this State, at its late meeting, at Baltimore, has nominated Francis '[ham as Esq., as a candidate for the office of Governor of that State. Wim. Cost John son, Esq., a member of the present Con gress, is the Whig candidate. The Magnolia.-The June number of this valuable periodical has come to hand, and the lovers of Literature, cannot help being much pleased with its contents. The Literary character of this work encreases 'with its growth, and we feel justified in saying, that long before it reaches its teens, should its Conductors persevere in " well doing," the Magnolia will be the finest flower the ~sunny region of the South has yet produced.. The following is the table of contents of the present number-entirely original. *Poetryj.-Moonlight Clouds-from the 'French of La Martins; by Miss M. E. Lee. Arcana Angelorum, or the Mysteries of the Angols, part fourth; by John Love Law rie. -Auger; by Miss M. E. Lee. Lines on the Death of Gen. Harrison. Prose.-The Knights of the Golden Horse-Shoe, a traditionary tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion, by the author of the 'CGavaliers of Virgi nia,' &c. &c. Modern Improvements. The Loves of the Driver, a Story of the Wigwram; by the author of." Yemassee," &c. re. Wit e. Ariiient. Astronom ical Scraps; by Prof. C. J. Hadermann. A Night upon Olympus: by Ludwig in kle, fLetter to the'Editor ; by a Puritan. Edito's Table.. Post Office Law. Ex change Newspapers. Notices ofthe Press. Gen. Wm Hoenry Harrison, late President nf he Unie States. Price $5. in advance. The Philadelphia; Ledger of'ihe 9th inst., says-"The President, Directors i and Company ofthe Bank-of the U. States, ha yesterday entered a suit in tde Didtuict Se Court against the late President, Nicholas Biddle, Esq. There is no mistake about this matter. The attorneys engaged are TO Willian Rawle, ThonasJ. Wharton, and Ferdinand W. Hubbell, Esqs. It is said that John Cadwallader, Esq., the regular the Solicitor ofIhe Bank,"declined participat- ur ing in the action." a p - --1 The Tllahassee Star,,,states that Wil lis Alston, who killed Gen. Leigh Reid1 the some time since, and who hAis been close- bee ly confined in jail; was brought-out un- ted der a writ of habeas corpus, before Justi ces Hilyard, Browu and Lee, and after a wh patient hearing of the case, aud mature de- noi liberation, was admitted to bail, in the sum wit of $10,000. sid wh We cheerfully copy the following, as an wh act of justice to the Bank of Augusta, and Po' cal more especially to Mr. Poe, its Cashier; tio but we feel assured,. knowing, as we do, try the correct deportment of Mr. Kendall, as the conductor ofa public press, that he must the have used the name of the Bank of Augueit, th in lieu of that of some other institution, 1n1 PC whose Cashier has marched of, to the tune die rf875,000, through mistake; occurrences wi of the kind, being at this time, so cornmon.' Gc We doubt not Mr. Kendall will repair, as ca far as it lays in his power, the injury his Pu th( paragraph may have produced. del From the Augusta Chronicle. pa THE BANK OP AUGUSTA. St Kendall's Expositor of the 9th inst., con- to tains'the~following paragraph: U " The Cashier of the Bank of Augusta, re Ga., lately ran off with about $75,000 of a1 the bank's funds." sh . What could have suggested this gross in libel upon a meritorious Bank officer, we c cannot imagine, for nothing has occurred in the afflairs of this institution from which to any thing prejudicial to the credit or char. :th actorofits officers could in the remoteeite degree be inferred. In justice therefore t the public, the Bank, and to Mr. Poe, who tei has been thus wantonly slandered, we take pe pleasure in giving publiiitytr the subjoin. th ed note from the President af the Bank of Ye A ugusta,gid we hope those papers with ; which we exchange will give it a place in their columus. pa Tt/Ihe Editois of the Chron. 8f Sentinel. u3 An infamous paragraph has appeared in wl Kendall's Expositor of the 9th of June, no chargihg a highly respectable officer of the B Bank of Augusta. with having "run IY of with 875,000 of the Bank funds." N!lii ui as every person here well knows, is'a s e fabrication, for which there has never eil the shadow of a foundation', but youwill 141 please flatly to contradict it, for the infor- S. mation of those at a_'distance. -Propi fir measorU -*ill iiinedidtily be-takeliwto-de ghe tedt and punish the .author. the Your ob'. servant, :o. From the followingit.splbiihat our Hon. Sen'idr, Wm. C.: Preston, in con- t junction withthe editor of his mouthpie2e' . in Colum-bia, was the cause of the removal t of that high minded and useful officer, Mr. nit Rawls, from the Post Office. Theeditor,- sti' we perceive, has received his fee, in.the otl shape of a " List of Letters," whether byfo authority of the Postmaster Generai oi-not, be we do not know, but presume that the printer to the Post Office was removed for Bi the purpose of promoting the interest of the o worthy editor, if not the " public interest.'i se Mr. Preston-s friends have denied his tak- he ing .any part in the removal of Mlr. Rawis, idt tb but the proof against him now, is as strong t as Holy Writ. i From the Chaarleston Mercury. toi TH E PILoscRIBEa OFIPUO5CRiPTioN!I PREs Si ToN AND RAwLs. -ata It has b~een deni 3d by his friends, that th< WV. C. Preston had aught to do with the of proscription of old air. Rawls. A billings gate wvriter signing hi mself "Touchstone," ag appeared in that mud and milk and water tic repository of the Wvashington Madisonian, thb and was copied into the congenial columns in of the Charleston Courier, wvho denied W- thi C. Preston's agency in the removal of by Rawls, and rashly referred to the files of be the Post Otfice Department to sustain his an denial. W~e stated that there was ai letter of from WV. C. Preston urging his removal. sa We could not obtain a copy of the entire leiter, but the first sentence of said letter, ti dated "A pril 1, 18411" is as follows: fr< "Not dotubting at all the propriety of re- di, moving promptly our Postmaster at this eri place, Mr. Rawls, I take it for granted, al it will be (lone ; and I earnestly urge it upon the department." b This Senatorial letter was seconded by it, a long and very abusive epistle from the in editor of the Columbia C'hronicle. e GREEYvILLE, C. II. June 18. of For more thtan two weeks past the weath- otl or has been excessively warm and dry for lo. the season, several days in succession, at 3 o'clock P. M. the mercury rising as p high as 90 degrees in the is.ade. On Tues- the day night last we were visited by light at showers, which were very much needed' ac as vegetation was suffering considerably ei from drought. Ti The prospects for good crops in this sec tion ofihe State were never more flatter- ait ing. Wheat looks very fine, and some m of our farmers have already commenced tb harvesting. Oats have been injured by ne the drought, but if we have a little more y rain, there will he about an average crop. thb Greenville Mountaineer. e Tite Weather.-We mention for the in- its formation of distant readers that for three , days we haie enjoyed a succession of co-. ce pious and refreshing showers, replenishing in our exhausted cisterns, and making glad the face of vegetable nature ; and from ap- ce pearances, we are induced to believe that the imbriferous visitation has extended er over the adjacent parishes, revivings the he drooping cotton and thirsty corn,-Clar- -da eston Counr, June 18, ti TheTlkitirg cT-ct for the este 6bh ht of aNational Bank or Fifi i edt, ibeen rccejied-by The -Senatehtiom the retary of, the Treisery. TaEAsUim DEPiARMEm' S J.une 12, 84 the President Se,,f _SCnate offthe fifn ed-States 51h:-I6 ob'edicnceo the drlAoitii f Senate,copttied in their resoijtii'o o 7th instakntthe eetaryp t( deareas has prepared, ind herewith submits, an of a Bank atid Fiscal Agnt. n the geseial plan and frame of saidin ution, he has endeavored to fre iti constitUtionalbjections5.WIic n urged against those heietforei.-e bv.Congressand as far as.praetiaUr hou- p ainag -ts usefulnese Po a ~j~etais- agains. abu - ic e :iiit i An v respectfull S h the hope** Ah essot ocrf Dration and .eA it.tayb at he did not 'resum to promise, t.bi ich he ea ~ tly desirestoisee t session ._0 e nation, a;Bank and .. Agent, ~-from constitutional Oe...gag is and adated to the wants of the-ou and convenience of the Governm ont It is proposed to incorporate- a Bank'ia District of Coluibia by thea'n i Fiscal Bank of the United States, .. ; a capital 6ft ' million dollar,4itbi wer to estabMil- 6fanches or offides -of count and depositein -the- several Swiat th the assent of the States; that W vernment subscribe one-fifth partf pital; and on the supposition thatitis th rpose of Congress hereaftertodirecb ) eourth instalment, appropriated posite act of June 836, shal id into the treasuries of the aeveral A atesit is also proposed that a subsriiiO - that amount be made in the na fl ited States, for-the use : ipectively; the stock t d become the property f- As all accept'the same, in the I atid Z the proportions,- and subject t''111he uditions provided and imposed by.th And for the amount of the-.sx afMil be subscribed by the United.States hb ir own account, and alsofor the afnount - be-subscribed for the use of the several ates it isrproposed that-asitoikbcre I, bearing an interest of fve r eda r annum, redeemable at tbe pleasrs Government at . any time aler -ars. - - - ? In case Congress should not see -fit 5 ike such a provWision as. is proposeifor ingsto thWStates thefotn sodtalment der the depqsite adt, it . "IW lI wilorth liie o consider weter the ates iight t-be'perinitted ~to take the slock of fii ink e'cording-to theirtlespectiVEiiifnt ypulatio, -to the extent of ten millins all, issuitg-therefor stock & frtirPogA iangsuih interest, and re-inibutsblint Dh periodsrai'ight be prescribied;:.'z t ih idendiitliesha igged .h -bee.--a'pled n the ir stock a furthe plj [nth e'iiof the Secretaryt' bl~ih sIes should bep t. ~kei iiWn tin one of thqoeg des,' orso nqrother mode in 'I~new in-' ;ution,-bui, if Congress should tiik erise, theaffis recommended that the ivrnmn6fthe United.Statessubscribe ten niillens ofstock,1aving twenty t'o subcibdhfndividuals. [cTs- propiosed that the affairs of the k be -managed by seven directors, two them tohbe appointed by the President, and wititle advice and consentif-the . nate, and five to be elected by the stock Iders, at their annual meeting. A pres ut to be chosen by the directors out of ir own body. - That the branches be managted by not >re than seven, nor less than five direc-* rs, two of them to be appointed by the -J ates in which the branches may be situ d if such State he a Stockholder, -and 3rest to he appointed by the -directors the bank. It is proposed that the Bank-be the fiscal nt of the Government. That the pub moneys he 'deposited in it; and when are, that they be deemed and taken to b the Treasury of the United States, andl it the deposites he not removed except law, anda that the notes ofthiesaid Bank receivable inihe'paymentofpublicedues, d that payments made .y the Treasurfer the United States may be by checks on id Bank. -- - That the said Bank receive the-ins of United States; that it transmnt 'them m one part of the Union to another,'atid atributo thorn for the payment of public aditors, and perform- the duty of penslon s et free of charge. . The ordinary powers and privileges o1 uking institutions beini; conferred upon and the ordinary liabilities and duties posed in order to prevent over hbaung, cessive issues, .fluctuations in the. ptje~ stocks, htid consequent speculations --- erein and -to secure the bill holdefrtid ir creditors-of the Bank fronm danger of is, it is pr~posd-. . - To limit the dividends to six per cent r anum, but if they fall short in-any year' deficiency, with interest thereob, sto-b terwards-ade good and when a surplus cumulates, exceeding two millions, tbe cess to be -passed to the- credit- of the reasurerof the United States' That the aniount.ofdebts;WDlhichi mayz any time owe shall .not exceed twenhat ilions over and aboive its dep~osts.Ta e 'debts at anflhiino due to -the bank shall t exceed the-amount of capital and-se ntyflye per cent. ,hereoni audthat when amount 'of-its bills''in circulation shall eed three tieoamouut of specie in vaults, no new 1'apashball he made, - That it shall not'dleal in .any inmg- ex pt coin,.bullion, -promidory a~tes, tad lan-d bills of exchange. e T-hat itsjiall take no more th ~is' ut, upon loans. Tht it shall discountnoapro d purliase no hill of exC bhicli morehn -aone huniired as -gt ys to-rn, 'or iiakte auy loan%* elonger