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circulation of small notes, which was valuable
to tin* bank, and substituting the precious
metals in their place.
It is my intention to exert myself to have J
a substitute at the present session lor the I
law of the last session, free of objections ;'
also to obtain a repeal of that part of the
latter requiring the payment of interest by
the deposite banks, both re.respectively and
prospectively.
It will aid me much if the directors of the
various banks to whom I send this will address
letters to such members of each House
as tliev may be acquainted with, impressing
upon them the onerous duties which have
been performed by the deposite banks, the
injustice done many of them by the exaction
of interest as the law is now construed, and
the magnanimity which Congress would
display by a lotal relinquishment of interest
altogether, both pa>t and for the future.
Another argument might he employed,
bur it would l>e impolitic to make use of i4
with members, which is this: that us soon
as the sum in the Treasury comes to be reduced
by the operation of the deposite law.
the banks winch will be continued will hardly
find it an object to subject themselves to
tue expense ot acting as fiscal agents, for
the use of the small sum which each can
have, oven without paying any interest
whatever. Before the close of next year,
we must go back to as small a number of
deposite banks as were employed prior to
the passage of the deposite act; consequently,
with but few exceptions, the newly sobanks
will have to become as they were.
All tiiis pan of the subject bad better be
promulgated here ; it is my intention speedily
to counnence upon that subject, first, by
enlightening Cougrcss in rclatien to tlie facts,
of which 1 am sure most of the members
are ignorant, and then to proceed to carry
through my object; and I hojie I may receive
ail the support possible from those
immediately interested in the way I have
pointed out.
I shall send this communication to veryfew
of the hanks not of the original selection,
and 1 trust that all to whom 1 do send it will
view it as one not to be made public, thougli
nut marked confidential.
im t nir> clmiilf!
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lost in adopting such measures us may be
considered expedient.
I would add one further suggestion?
that, in all casiis where letters may be written
upon this subject, a willingness be expressed
to aid in future to the full ex'ont of
lfte ability of the bank, as fur as circum.
stances will permit, the carrying out of the
measure of substituting a metallic tor a pa.
Kit medium, within the limit fixed by the
resident (20 dollars.)
I am respectfully, your most o'*edient
servant,
R. M. WHITNEY.
P. S. I shall be Itappy to leam what
steps are taken by those to whom this will
be addressed, as well as to receive instructions
from tiiose whose agent I am.
LEGISLATURE OF N. CAROLINA.
Senate,?Thursday, Jan. 12. Received
from the House of Commons a message
stating that they liad passed a Resolu ion
authorizing the Governor to make provision
for receiving the surplus revenue: which
was read three times, passed, and ordered
to be enrolled.
Mr. Edwards moved thut the Senate consider
the bill to provide for the investment
and snfc keeping of tlie moneys to be deposited
with this S:atc, under the act of
Congress to regulate the public deposites;
decided in the affirmative, yeas 27, nays 18.
The Senate resolved into Committee of the
whole on the said bill, and afcr some discussion,
rose, reported progress, and obtain,
ed leave to sit again.
Jan. 14. The Senate proceeded to con.
sider the bill prescribing the manner in
which contested elections of Governor snail
be determined in this State; which was read
the third time and ordered to be engrossed.
Monday, Jan. 16. On motion ol'M?. Edwards
the Senate proceeded to consider the
bill entitled a bill to provide for the investmeat
and safe keeping of the moneys under
the act of Congress, to regulate the deposites
of the public money; which was read
the third time?wlien Mr. J. W. Bryan
moved to strike out all after the words ua
bill," and insert in lieu thereof a substitute
therefor, embracing the two-fifth system.?
The question recurring thereon, it was de.
cided in tlie negative, yeas 23, nays 24;
when Mr. Hargrove moved tliat the bill lie
on the table; which was divided in the negative,
yeas 17, nays 30. The question
then recurred ou the passageof the bill the
third reading, which was decided in the
affirmative, yeas 26, noes 21.
The Senate proceeded to consider a bill
n hill tn amend an act nasscd in the
1933, entitled an act to establish a Bank in
State ofNorth Carolina; which was read
the first time and passed; when Mr. J. W.
Bryan moved an amendment providing that
if the bank refuse the amendment to their
charter, then the money proposed by the
bill to be invested ia the bank shall be do.
posited to the credit of the public treasurer,
which was agreed to; the bill then passed
tiie second and third reading as amended,
and ordered to he engrossed.
The Senate proceeded to consider a bill,
entitled a bill concerning the Bank of Cape
Fear; which was read the first time and
passed; wl?en sundry amendments were of.
tered by Messrs. Joyner, Morehead, and
J. W. Bryan. The bill then passed its
third reading,, as amended, and ordered to
be engrossed.
House of Commons.?Wednesday, Jan.
11.?Mr. LouJermilk, from the Committee
of superintendence reported that John L.
Bailey had received a majority of the whole
number of votes, and was duly elected.
Mr. Hoke introduced a resolution authori.
zing the Governor to make provision for
receiving the Surplus Revenue; read, 1st,
2d, and 3rd time and ordered to be engrossed.
Jan. 12. The House was principally engaged
in Committee of the whole on the
consideration of the biil from the Senate,
Tmt#rr*rr2 b :':' . 'X *i ' v.' -'x .-r r,:i '!: *
ville, Cincinnati and Charleston Kail Road
Company; and in heaving an able and J
eloquent address from Mr. Ricinmingcr, in :
I support of the same, as connected with his ?
I agency. On motion of Mr. Haywood, the
I Committee rose, and obtained leave to sit ;
| again. <
Jan. 13. Mr. Farrow presented a bill to <
provide for draining Mattamusket Lake in i
Hyde County, which was read the first '
lime and passed. Mr. Moore presented
a hiii concerning depositions of persons
confined in Jail, which passed its third read- ,
ing and ordered to be Engrossed?A meso
o
sage from the Senate, informing that they
had passed the Engrossed resolution relative
to the appointment of an additional engrossing
Clerk, and asking the concurrence
: of this House: the said resolu ion was
?amended, read three times and passed as
amended.
Jan. 14. T lie House again resolved it.
self into a committee of the whole, and took
up the bill to confer banking privileges on
the Louisville. Cincinnati and Charleston
I la 1 Iloud Company. The Chairman repolled
thai lie was instructed by the com;
niitlce of the whole, to report the time.
Mr. L. A. Gwyn, move I that said bill lie
on the table, until the third Monday in November,
183S ; the question thereon was
, decided in the negative, yeas 49, nays 53.
Mr. L. A. Gwyn, moved to amend the bill
by inserting the following : " Provided,
J that should there be nt any stage of tlie
charter, an amount of subscriptions of more
| than is authorized by the charter, that the
subscrip ions of non-residents of those States
which have or may hereaf'er sanction this
| charier shall be stricken off before any rej
duction shall be made in the subscription of
. the citizens of those State, whose sanction
is required by this charter." Tlie question
tliereon was decided in the affirmative, veas
j 103, nays 1. Mr. L. A. Gwyn offered
, the following amendment, viz:
n *
** Be it further enacted, that no Bank
j Cor|>oratio:i, shall subscribe or hold shares
in this hank, directly." The question
! on the adoption of this amendment, was
decided in the affirmative, yeas 65, nays 39.
Mr. Irion, moved to'ainend the bill by an ad
ciiiionai section, in tiie following woras;
: viz:
u Be it further enacted, that wlien said
Hank, or any branch or agency tliercof,
shail refuse to redeem any no'.e or other
, paper issued by said bank or any of its
' branches or n -ncies, on demand in gold
j or silver coin of liie United States, tl?e char|
ter of said bank shall then be forfeited and
| expire immediately." The question on
tlie adoption of this amendment was decided
in the negative, yeas 40, nays 64.
Mr. L. A. Gwyu, offered the following
amendment: viz:
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"JOC irjuriner rnucica, iuui iiiu suwcwu.
ing Legislature of this S:ate, shall have full
power and authority, to alter, amend or re.
peal this cliarter." The question on the
adoption tliereof, was decided in tlie negu.
live, yeas 41, nays 63.
i Mr. Irion offered the following amend,
mcnt, viz:
Be it further enacted, That the Legislature
of this State, shall have power to aher,
amend or repeal this cliarter at any time
before the States of Kentucky and Tennessec,
have given tlieir sanction to this cliarj
ler." Tlieqscstion 011 the adoption of this
i amendment was decided in the negative,
| yeas 40, nays 64. The quesion sliall the
bill pass the ttiird reading, was determined
in the affirmative, vcas 53, navs 50.
' ' ?
CONGRESS.
IN SENATE.
Jan. 5. The Chair preseuted the letter of
resignation of Hon. Alexander Porter, Senj
at or from Louisiana; which was read.
MICHIOAN.
The engrossed bill to admit Mich'gan into
I the Union having been read a third time, and
! the question pending being upon its passage.
Mr. Calhoun spoke in opposition to the bill,
I characterizing it as eminently irregular in its
principles aad revolutionary in its tendency.
mnli^rl chirfli? in vindication
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! of his own opinions in relation to this bill, and
! of the Baltimore Convention.
Messrs. Buchanan, Davis, and King of Geo.
also spoke on the subject of the bill. (
The bill passed, yeas 25, nays 10.
Friday, Jan. G.
THE TREA8URY CIRCULAR.
On motion of Mr. Clay, (Mr. E wing,of Ohio,
j having been called home by sickness in his
i family,) the Senate proceeded to the further
I consideration of the joint resolution repealing
1 the Treasury Order of July last, &c. The
auestion being on the substitute offered by Mr.
Lives, for refusing by the United States the
paper of such banks as should issue bills under
certain specified denominations.
Mr. Southard addressed the Senate on the ,
subject at large, in continuation and conclusion
of his former remarks on this subject.
Jan. 7. Nothing worth reporting.
Jan. 9. The bill supplementary to the act
for establishing the Mint and regulating the
coin of the United States, was read a third time
and passed.
TREASURY CIRCULAR. '
On motion of Mr. Clay, the previous orders ,
; were postponed, and the Senate proceeded to
the further consideration ot the joint resolution
" ? e 124a I
rescinding the Treasury oruer 01 Juiy, xwu.
The question being 011 Mr. Rives' substitute,
Mr. Strange addressed the Senate on the subject
generally.
Mr. Webster followed Mr. Strange in a
few remarks, explanatory of his opinions rela.
ting to this subject, expressed in 1816, which
had been several times referred to, and he
maintained their entire consistency with his
opinions on the subject at the present time.
Mr. Rives having obtained the floor for tomorrow,
On motion of Mr. Grundy, the Senate spent
some time in executive business, and then adjourned.
Jan. 10. A message was received from the
President of the United States in regard to a
i communication by canal or railroad between
! the Atlantic and Pacilic oceans, in the vicinity
| of the Isthmus of Panama, intimating the ini
expediency of any action at present by the U.
j States.
TREASURY CIRCULAR.
! The Senate proceeded to the further con:
sidcration of the joint resolution to rescind the .
! Treasury order of July. 1836, &c., together
' with the substitute offered therefor by Mr. 1
j Rives.
j Mr. Hives spoke r.t large oi: the sarye"! of i
Jan. 11. Petitions and memorials were
^resented by Mr. Preston, from sundry citizens
of Charleston, South Carolina, praying
lie establishment of a Navy yard and naval
lepot on the Southern coast. Mr. P. accompanied
the memorial with a few remarks, urging
the utter destitution of the Southeni
:oast in these respects, the great inconvcniince
attendant on such destitution, and the
importance of supplying the deficiency. The
memorial wa6 read and referred.
The following resolution was offered bv Mr.
Walker:
Resolved, That the State of Texas, having
established and maintained an independent Government,
capable of performing those duties,
foreign and domestic, which appertain to independent
Governments, and it appearing that
there is no longer any reasonable prospect of
the successful prosecution of the war by Mexico
against said State, it is expedient and proper,
and in conformity with the laws of nations
and the pract ice of this Government in like cases,
that the independent political existence
of said State be acknowledged by the Government
of the United States.
(Mr. W. accompanied his resolution with a
few remarks, urging the consistency of the resolution
with the President's message on this
subject, and stating that he had this morning
received information that the attempted invasion
of Texas by Mexico had utterly failed;
the invading army had been broken up, and
the small remnant were destitute of arms, ammunition,
and subsistence.)
THE TREASURY CIRCULAR.
The Senate proceeded to the special order,
the further consideration of the joint resolution
rescinding the Treasury order of July, 1SW,
&c.
Mr. Clay addressed the Senate on the subject.
Mr. Niles moved to refer the whole subject
to the Committee on Public Lands, and, in
connexion with some desultory remarks, urged
the great and growing importance of the subject,
as demanding such a reference.
This motion was opposed by Messrs. Calhoun,
Black, Tipton and Webster; it prevailed
ayes 22, nays 19.
So the whole subject of the Treasury order,
-e toon tlia Pmnniittnr
Ol JUiy, 1 ouu, was iuiluvu lu vuv
on Public Lands.
Jan. 12. Mr. Preston offered a resolution
that the Committee on Military Affaire be instructed
to inquire into the expediency of causing
an examination to be made by a board ol
officers of rank and experience, of the improvements
in fire-arms made by Hall, Cochran,
Colt, and Barn HackettTSXAS.
The resolution on the subject of the independence
of Texas was postponed to Wednesday
next.
EXPUNGING RESOLUTION.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration
of the next special order, the expunging resolution
of Mr. Benton.
.Air. Benton spoke at length on the subject.
Mr. Dana followed.
Jan. 14. A resolution previously offered by
Mr. Davis, calling on the President for any correspondence
with Santa Ana or the Authorities
of Mexico relating to the independence ol
Texas, was called up, and postponed till Monday.
The resolution on the subject of restricting
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been taken up, it was advocated at length by
Mr. Walker, Chairman of the Committee on
Public Lands, who stated that the Treasury
order requiring specie in payment for public
lands would be dispensed with.
EXPUNGING RESOLUTION.
Jan. 16. After receiving petitions, the expunging
resolution was taken up, when it was
opposed by Messrs. Clay, Bayard, Hendricks,
Ewing, & Webster, and advocated by Messrs.
Buchanan and Strange, after which it was
adopted. After a long preamble recitifig the
resolution to be expunged, and the reasons for
expunging, the resolution follows in these
words:
Resolved, That the said resolve be expunged
from the journals; and, for that^ purpose,
that the Secretary of the Senate, at such time
as the Senate may appoint, shall bring the
manuscript journal ofthe session ofl833-'34 into
the Senate and, in the presence of the Se
nate, draw biacK lines rounu me saiu rceuiw,
and write across the face thereof, in strong letters,
the following words : 44 Expunged by order
of the Senate, this 16th day of January, in
the year of our Lord 1837."
On agreeing to this resolution, the vote was
as follows:
Yeas?Messrs. Benton, Brown, Buchanan,
Dana, Ewing, of Uliniois, Fulton, Grundy,
Ilubbard, King, of Alabama, Linn, Morris,
Nicliolas, Niles, Page, Rives, Robinson, Ruggles,
Sevier, Strange, Tallmadgc, Tipton,
walker, Wall, Wright?34.
Aays?Messrs. Bayard, Black, Calhoun,
Clay, Crittenden, Davis, Ewing, of Ohio, Hendricks,
Kent, Knight, Moore, Prentiss, Preston,
Robbing, Southard, Swift, Tonilinson, Webster,
White?19.
So the resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Benton, observing that nothing now remained
bfct for the Secretary to carry into effect
the order of the Senate^ moved that that
be forthwith done.
The Secretary thereupon produced the record
of the Senate, and opening it at the page
which contained the resolution to be expunged
did in the presence of such of the members of
the Senate as remained, (many having retired,)
proceed to draw black lines entirely round
the resolution, and to endorse across the lines
the words 44Expunged by order of the Senate,
[he 16f/i day of January 1837."
No sooner had this been done, than hisses,
loud and repeated, were heard from various
parts of the gallery.
The Chair, (Mr. King, of Alabama.) Clear
the galleries.
Mr. Benton hoped that innocent persons
would not be excluded from the gallery. Let
the ruffians alone be apprehended, who made
the disturbance. Let the Sergeant at arms
sieze the ruffians. Let him apprehend the
bank ruffians, lie hoped they would not be
permitted to disturb the Senate as they did
when this body was under the power of the
(J. S. Bank, and armed ruffians insulted us
with impunity. Here is one?the Bank ruf[ians.
The order to clear was revoked and the
sergeant at arms ordered to apprehend the offenders.
He brought down one, a tall well
dressed man. Mr. Benton moved that he be
brought to the Bar.
He was brought to the bar accordingly, and
Mr. Benton?remarking that lie was sufficiently
punished by the public arrest?moved to
lischarge him. After various motions and
10 small confusion the motion to discharge
prevailed, with only one dissenting voice.
Upon this, he stepped towards the Chair, and
said, w Mr. President, am I not permitted to
speak in my own defence
Ciivir, (to the sergeant at arms,) "Take
lim out." Thus ended the Senatorial farce.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Dec. 30.
On motion ol Mr. Underwood, the petirion on
r <-* 4 f:r> T f(V> 'O. PrD**!!I1* fiO
grant remuneration to certain individuals
claiming to have been the inventors of steam
navigation, was referred to a select committee.
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, moved to
suspend the Rules to enable liim to offer the
; following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Public
j Lands inquire into the expediency of prohib!
iting by law the purchase of lands, at auction,
! with a view to forfeit them and afterwards tc
! obtain them at Government price of one dollai
! and twenty-five cents per acre.
Mr. VV. called for the yeas and nays on the
motion to suspend the Rules for this purpose
which were ordered; and, being taken, were
yea? 154, nays 38. So the House suspendet
the Rules.?The Resolution was adopted.
DEPOSITE BANKS.
Jan. 3. The House proceeded to the consideration
of the following resolution, hereto
fore offered by Mr. Garland of Virginia.
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treas
j ury communicate to this House, if within hii
j power, the dividends and surpluses which wen
I declared by, and the surplusesjand contingen
j funds remaining in the several banks in whicl
! the public money is deposited, for years 1833
11834, 1835, and 1836, severally,
1 l.-ol' unOAlntinn thn fftllniriTKT JmOTld.
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; mcnt had been heretofore offered by Mr. liar!lan:
,
"And that be state also, whether the salan
I or compensation of an agent at the seat of th<
/General Government composes a pert of the
! said banks; the name of the said agent, ant
I the several sums paid to him by the said insti
j tutions respectively.
The question being on the following amend
' mcnt to the amendment submitted bv Mr
! Vanderpoel.
j "And whether the Treasury Departmcn
has any agent or attorney to correspond o:
i communicate with said deposite banks in re
lation to the public depo6ites; if so, who ii
such agent or correspondent; what compensa
tion is allowed to him, and by whom is sucl
allowance made or paid."
Mr. M'Kay moved to amend the resolutioj
by calling for the amount of public money 01
| band, in different years, in those banks, am
also, for a statement, as far as he may be abb
to make it, of the profits made, during the sami
year, by other banks, than the deposite banks
' I Mr. Garland accepted the amendment as s
P1 modification of the resolution.
The question on the different branches o
the resolution was taken separately, and car
' ried in the affirmtive. The last branch wa
agreed to unanimously?yeas 199.
Air. Wises resolution lor an appouuuieu
| of a Select Corainitte to consider and repor
upon that part of the President's Messagi
which speaks of the ability and integrity wit!
which the several offices of the public Depart
1 ment have been discharged, was taken up.
Mr. Pickens spoke at some length in suppor
of the resolution; after which
The House adjourned.
Jan. 4. Mr. Allen, of Kentucky, offered <
resolution directing an inquiry, by a Selec
' Committee of one member from each State
' into the expediency of granting each of th<
old States the same portion of the public lands
I for the purposes of education, which has beet
granted to the new States for that purpose
I to report by bill. ,
Mr. Vinton moved to amend the resolution
; by adding a provision tha* said Committee, ir
' j any billAthat they may report, shall insert i
l ^laiioa i.nmnnneatinrr thp npw Sfatox for thf
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improvements made by them on the public
lands, and also paying them an amount equivalent
to the taxes which the new States hac
j been restrained from imposing on the lands ir
their limits. Mr. V. contended that the Government
had not granted land enough to Ohi(
to pay for the improvements which the State
j had made through the public lands.
, Messrs. Briggs, Parker, and Allan, of Ken
tucky, supported the resolution, and claime<
' for the old States an equal share in the public
lands, on the ground that the old States hac
acquired these lands by their blood and treasure,
and that their citizens had settled anc
improved the lands.
Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, denied that the
grants of land in the new Statce were considoe
<lnn9?i/tna tt'hnn thpv U'PTP made.?
i Tliey were granted as an equivalent for the ex.
, emption of the public lands from the taxatior
f for five years after tiieir sale. He moved so tc
amend the resolu ion is to embrace in the pro.
I posed distribution the new States as well af
i the old.
Mr. Allen accepted the amendment as a
( modification.
Before the question was taken, the House
proceded to the orders of the day.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
\ The House resumed the reconsideration o
j the resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Wise
i for the appointment of a Select Committee, tc
; inquire into the management of the Executive
J Departments.
The question being on the motion of Mr. D
I. Pearcc to amend the resolution by substitu.
! ting for it a proposition for an inquiry into spe.
I cific charges against any department or buI
reau.
Mr. Robertson,of Virginia, who was entitle*:
to the floor, rose and spoke at great length it
opposition to the amendment, and in support
of the original resolution.
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IJ <U1? U? iiumuig nuiui IV^A/I
Jan. Z. The unfinished business of the
! morning hour was the resolution heretofore
I offered by Mr. C. Allan.
Mr. Lane who was entitled to the floor, proj
ceeded to address the House at length in op(position
to the resolution. He denied the
truth of the assumption that the lands were
ceded as a donation; and contended that they
were grants made upon contract, and for
which, not a nominal, but a full, fair, and bona
/^consideration had been paid by the States,
by the surrender of the right of taxing the pub|
lie domain, and by the construction of works
i of improvement, which had enhanced, to a vast
J extent, the value of the public domain in the
several States in which it was situated.
Mr. L. had not concluded his remarks when,
the hour having elapsed, Mr. E. Whittlesey
j called for the orders of the day.
MICHIGAN.
The bill from the Senate for the admission
j of Michigan, was called up and postponed till
. Tuesday.
: ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
1 Jan. 9. Mr. Adams presented sundry peti|
fions from inhabitants of the State of Massai
chusetts, praying Congress to abolish slavery
i in the District of Columbia.
The house was occupied the entire day in
: the consideration of the various motions for
j reference, reception, and rejection, &c.
There were two important motions decided.
On the presentation of the first petition, a rao:
tion was made by Mr. Glascock that the peti|
tion be not received. After a debate, Mr.
i Parks moved to lay the preliminary question of
reception on the table, and this motion prevailj
ed by a vote of 130 yeas against 69 nays,
i On the presentation of the second petition,
' of a similar purport, Mr. Glascock renewed
It*^ thit r'"'r,!vr?d i
i! which motion, after a long and desultory debate,
(which was arrested by the previous
question,) was decided in the affirmative?
Yeas 137, nays 75.
, So the House determined that the petition
, should be received.
This petition was laid on the table?Yeas
i *51, naj-s 50.
. 1 A third petition, of a similar character, was
; presented by Mr. Adams, and Mr. Lawler ob,
jected to its reception. A debate followed, in
r* which Messrs. Underwood, Reed, and Bynum
participated. The latter gentleman had not
, ! concluded his observations when he gave way
to a motion for adjournment.
And, on motion of Mr. Taylor the House
1 adjourned.
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION.
Jan. 10. The House resumed fhe consideration
of the resolution of Mr. Wise, provi*
ding for the appointment of a select committee
to inquire uito the administration of the
Executive Departments; together with the
' pending amendment of Mr. D. J. Pierce to
i confine the investigation to specific charges
? or inai-<iuiiiiiju>irauu<i.
l Mr. Hamer, who held the floor when the
subject was last before the House, rose to
* conclude his remarks, but yielded the floor for
a moment, to enable Mr.French, of Kentucky,
to present, with a view to have read, a resolution,
which he would submit when in order :
the resolution was read. It provides, in substance,
thatflso much of the President's message
as is contained in the sentence eulogistic
of tli? officers in the Executive Departments
be referred tojite select committees, one for
I each Department, and to consist of seven
! members each, with instructions to inquire
i into the manner in which the duties of the se1
veral Departments and tlieir bureaus have
been performed; into all alleged abuses, corruption
and frauds, which had taken place under
the present Administration j and if any
such fraud, corruption, &c. existed, to inquire
by whom an>. what injury had been thereby
done; aud that tlie said committee have pow;
er to send for persons and papers.
The Speaker said the resolution which had
been read was in the nature of a motion, and,
of course, was not before the House.
Mr. Hamer then rose, and concluded his remarks
in opposition to the original resolution,
and in favor of the amendment,
i Aftor Mr Ham#?r rnnr.lnded Mr. McKeon
1; obtained the floor, but gave way to enable the
r House, by general consent, to take up
TIIE MINT AND COINAGE DILL.
g; The amendment of the Senate to the bill
s i supplementary to the acts regulating tbc Mint
. ! was then read and concurred in, item. con.
! [This bill, having now passed both Houses, rea
j quires only the signature of the President to
' ! become a law.}
1 The House adjourned.
Jan. 11. Mr.Cambrelcng from the Committee
of Ways and Means reported a bill to rcj
duce the Tariff in 1838 as far as the compro!
miscbiU provided for reducing it in 1842.
^! Jan. 12. Mr. McKeon, by consent, offered a
| J resolution, that the Committee on Commerce be
i instnvfpH to umiiiro into the exDediencv of
I placing light boats near Sandy Hook.
The greater part of the day was spent in a
* desultory debate on the Bill to reduce the Tariff
a motion to lay it on the table was lost, and
' one to print it, prevailed.
Jan. 14. Many reports from committees were
1 { made, after which the bill for gifts of land to the
1 old States was discussed bv Messrs. Lane and
; | Bell.
Jan. 16. The day was consumed in receiving
' petitions and adopting resolutions. A number
j of petitions were presented on the subject of
abolition, on every one of which a preliminary
1 motion not to receive was laid on the table,
which disposed of the subject for the time.
I Jan. 17. Mr. Underwood moved to suspend
' the rule to enable him to offer a resolution for
- * - * -_i_ ?-i
| the preservation 01 me journals* auu w iwuuu
j | the Judiciary Committee to report a bill to
J j punish any person for mutilating them. The
j motion to suspend was lost
Mr. Wise's resolution to inquire into the
j administration was adopted without amendment.
Ayes 121* nays 52. Amendments
were shut out by the previous question.
Jan. IS. A resolution previously offered by
Mr. Hawes that abolition petitions be laid on
the table without debate* and that no further
action be had on them* was carried* yeas 129*
1 nays 16. 1
i CHERAW GAZETTE.
TUESDAY* JANUARY 24, 183T.
L ?
We owe an explanation to our Western
1 subscribers for not sending their papers by
; last Tuesday's mail. They were ready
f j and carried to the Post Office in time to bo
? sent off, but the clerk in the office refused fo
! unlock the mail and drop them in, contrary,
' no uin Innrn fmm the Post Master, to his
I W?J UV 1VU? 1? IAVM* ? ? 0
' express direction. He had repeatedly as.
. sured us that papers sent before the depar.
. ture of the mail, should be put in. The
I i large packets we had dropped into tlie
, | Stage, but retained the small ones till next
;; trip, lest they might bo lost.
| The Rev. John 0. B. Dargan has re1
{ ceived and accepted a call from the Bap.
tist Church iu this town to become their
I pastor.
We have received the list of those who were
i drafted for the Florida campaign from the 30th
! Regiment, but, so late [that we are obliged to
I postpone it till next week.
CINCINNATI AND CHARLESTON RAIL ROAD.
No subject has given rise to so animated and
I ihln aion in thn T.norislatiire of North
Carolina during the present' session, as the
| bill to grant banking privileges to the corporai
tion for constructing this great work.
| The bill, after having been first rejected in
i the Senate, was again re-considered and passj
ed by a mijority of three votC3. After a de|
bate of several days in the House of Commons f
it also passed that body with some amendments
by the same majority. When returned
to tli? Senate for concurrence in the amend,
inents, they were all concurred in, two of them
by the casting vote of the Speaker. But another
amendment was added, the fate of which in
the Commons we have not yet learnt. It precludes
foreigners from holding stock, and it
i was feared by some would at last defeat the
| bill. Col. Memminger, the commissioner from
I this State, addressed both Houses, on the snbi
ject, and with an effect perhaps rarely, if ever,
produced upon such a body by any public speaker.
When CoL Memminger reached Raleigh,
almost the whole Legislature was opposed to
the project of gran* in? bmking privileges to t!:c
company; but such was the change effected by
tiic power of his eloquence and reasoning that
the bill passed both Houses. The in^antiM*
! however areso em ill that we are still apprehensive,
it may possibly fail upon an incidental
question on some of the amendment prapseed.
A most unreasonable jealousy of the omMK
was entertained by some, from the strange
suspicion that it was a disunion project of the
Nullification party of this State. It m difficult
to believe that sensible, well informed men can
be sincere in the utterance of such a suspicion.
A bill has passed the Hooae of Commons of
North Carolina to incorporate the Kiileifh and
Columbia Rail Road, to ran above Fayette ville,
through Richmond county, and probably
through this place. Capitalists would beyond
doubt find the construction of such a Rail Road
if it continued to Augusta a most profitable investment
of funds.
It was not certain at the date of our last
accounts from Raleigh, what disposal the Le
gislature would make of the "surpio*" bat tW
probability was getting stronger that liberal
appropriations would be made for Internal ion.
provements. There is before both Houses a bill
authorizing the Treasurer to ausscribe to the
Fayetteville and Western Rail Road 940th*
000, when individuals, shall have, ?hwiihei
0600,000. ; ;
R. M. Whitney, from whose circular to the*
depo'ite banks an extract wiBbe found in an*
other column, is the sunewfte deliberately
committed perjury before a committee of the
House of Representatives a few years since:
The committee had been sent by dm House
to Philadelphia, to investigatethe afinsef the
U. S. Bank; and having summoned Nr. Whit*
ney, who was clerk or some other agent in the
Bank, before them as a witness, he tcstifcid,
en oath, that, an a specified day, Mr. Riddle*
President of the Bank, in his presence, gave
directions (the nature of which we do not now
recollect) in relation to the afhfri of the Bank,
j And to impress it the mote strongly on the
committee and Congress and the public that
t here could possibly be no mistake* be farther
testified that he immediately committed to
! writing both the direqjSons and the date. It
afterwards appeared Bohr ever, on the most indubitable
evidence, that Mr. Biddle was in
Washington City at the very time when Whitney
swore that he was in Philadelphia giving
these directions in relation to the afikirs of the
Bank.
Now whether Mr. Biddle did really give the
directions testified or not, it is moat manifest
that Whitney, in order to strengthen his testimony
to that effect, did deliberately swear to
what be at the time knew to be an ontrutk..
He might, at some subsequent time, have made
i an entry on his journal, or note book, of what
was really a fact, and entered what be then,
supposed to be the date of its occurrence; but'
he could not have made the entry immediately,
nor could he afterwards believe that he did;
unless, indeed, he is so destitute of the power
r\( rornll^rhnil So >hn0nthflr to fifltHlKfr him
for being a witness of put occurrences; which
no one pretends to be the case; and which be
himself would be the last to admit. It exhibits
a wretched state of public morals whea the
Government patronizes such a man, or institutions
which give him employment:
Stations of the Preachers of the 8ot0h Cant*
na Annual Conference for the year 1887, as
read out at Wshnmgton, North Gsretfmt?
January 11A.
Charleston District?N. TaBey, PrtsHMng
Elder*
Charleston?Bond English, James Searefe.
J. N. Davis, J. W. Welbora: Black Svamv
?William Martin, R. J. Lhneboose: WaL
terboro?C. G. H2,T. L. Yoeng: Orangeburg?J.
C. PosteB, George K TaBey; Cypres*?Samuel
Dunwody, J. G. FosteO: Gtap
er River?John Bunch.
SCISSIONS.
Beaufort and Neighboring Islands T. &
Le&dbetter, A. W. Walker: Pocofalign
Charles S. Walker: Combaneeana A?>??
Charles Wilson, T. 8. Daniels: Pompom
Robert J. Boyd: North and Month ftsuftn
John M. Coburn, Abrata Netties.
Cokesbury District?Henry But, Presiding
a Elder.
Barnwell?BartletThomson, John Tarrant:
Edgefield?}. W. Tmsssn, Paul A. Wflhaas:
Cokesbury?James DanneSy* P. O. Rswisu:
Pendleton?Thomas D. Turps, J. C. Qusdlrr:
GreewnBe?C. A. CroweD M. A* MrKibbin:
Yorkville?A. M. Foster: Pros J. Wart*
J. A, Bfinniek: Laurens?J. B. Anthony:
Newberry?Frederick Rush.
Columbia District?M. McPherson, Presiding
Elder. Columbia?:Wflbain
K. Kennedy: Ctiw
bio?T. E. LeGette: Wuuwisss' 8. WCapers,
W. C. Kirkland: LancaHerv&a?lru
JL. 1'OUCT, ly. amivilBlwi ? ? !???111. ?? aawM
Crook, Samuel Towssen; DarRngtm Joseph "
H. Wheeler, L, Scarborough: Chester}UM?
Campbell Smith.
miiioin.
Manchester?Samuel Leard: Waierte?W.
A. Gamewell: Peak*?David LeGette.
Wilmington District?C. Belts, Presiding EU
WUmington?H. A. Walker: Brunswick? ?
VV. M. D. Moore, A. Green; Bladen?M. C.
Tarrentiue, N. Monroe: Faycttev&e?A. Me.
John McMakin r Cheraw?WilSam
son: Peedee?SampeonD. Laacy,J M.Bradley
: Black River?William Whitby, lames
Collins: Georgetown James Stacy: Weccamau>?Willis
Haltom, H. H. Durant. ?.
xmma
Black River and Peedee?W. T. Hamssos
1 Waccamaw Neck?T. Hoggins, J. L. Belie.
' Lincobiton District?A. Bamhy, Presiding EU
ier.
Lincolnton?A, Armstrong, William Patterson:
Rutherfordton?John K. Morse, W.
Clark: King s Jfounarin?David Seal: Jlforga?g<m-A7B.
McGilvanr, .ope to be rappfied:
Charlotte?Wiffiam IL &mth, J. P. Kertoci:
Centre?David Derrick, A. Horle: Wmdesbo.
ro* D. G. McDaniel, WilliamM. for: Montgomery?M.
Rusml, W. Holiday: Dmf River
t_W^T Ferrel, C. McLeod.
Rector Cokesbury Manuel Labor School A.
A. Mitchell.
Editor Southern Christian Advocate?Wtiliam
Capers. i
Agent for R. F. Macon College?W. M.
Wightman. /
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