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lid tnd iw barsi 1(1 8 (»g. k«, Pol. Brad*/ lurt and 1 | inch) iD<l aliaat erican sheel- sb e e t , I cast « r s ' Sc lit and ;s and unent of • IM&I^ 7 Of I, H a l l , oXf and iiperior ' E S Wtt and andEng. list that cturad 4t (till* and repairod) k general I. on tha . menlion- yof Au. ihtrilf' 'ingston. oi> in' tha bur coro- :anctM in 1 O R E . Form their rallj that ipriaing a od the pob. at hie old cut* all or* in a ftehieQ. w t i i i p m n V O L U M E 1 . C E N ilSB C s. r. AL OfiM fire doort aortb of the Poet Offlee. TERM S . Tibera, w I m ) mt * Uie paper Iraeee. T o iboae To Tillage aubecribera, wbo lelt at their houaea, 9 ^ .^ in adi who call at the effloe, f 2 in ad« iraetpAKi within the firat aia cempinioa of aia or mora, 91.50 in advaaea, or 9S if not paid within the firtt three aiontbe. To moil iahoeribor*, 9 ^ >■> adraaee, or 93.50 at the •nd artb * J9mr. AdvertioMnonta iniertid at the oraal ratea. A lihoral doduetien to thooo who adrertiae by tha Praaa th* Com ritr mmJ H m f u irtr. T H E SUB-TREASURY DESPOTJS.M. The progreeo of abeolutism, to be aure, must be gradual and inaidioua. An effort to enalave our People by force would be at the outset resisted and rebuked. Violence would be met with vtolence, and open E.t- eentive usurpation would be baffled by pop ular re VolutioiL When Gen. Jackson first suggested the eetablishntcnt of n Treasury Bank, its dangers were so boldly unmnsk- led by Mr. McDuffie, and to held up to the sober condemnation of the people, that the Geoeral himMlf, bold u he wot, never da. red to propose it a second time. The Peo ple were theo jealous of their liberties^ and vigilant in their defence. ContrcM was c o m p a r a t iv e ly In c o r r u p t. T h e H o u v o had not been disgraced and degraded by the shameful acceptance of Executive largess es. The senate had not been defiled, as it now is, with men ready for submissiun, and fit only to be the instruments of ty rants. The command of the Executive was not law. It was not considered I son to Party, to discard the suggescjoi the President The infiuence, and pat ronage, and power of the crown, had not ovenhadowed Ove oaturnl and constitution al sovereignty of the People. tien. J a c k in , therefore, did notda. . ,o renew his insldiou.s proposition. Nearly eight years have since elapsed.; years of tumult, violence, corruption, commercial d isaster, personal and political d e g r a d a tion, aliiKist without a parallel ia the hwto- TV of free govemisents. The military chieriaio has passed from the stagti witli- out cffocling his original object A suc cessor is in power, pledred to follow in his footsteps; a timid, hoaroesa, cold-blo»^>dcd politician, solicitaua only to mtiatain hti own 9 k»c^a(la.chcy» a.ni 4 ta r«ciist tHo ruffian cabal, whose creature fod instru- m e n t h e ia. A n d th i s n m n a d v a n c e s a scheme altogathor worm objocuooablo and more dangerouv than ihr lugg^sied Trea*- u r y B a n k o f G e n e r a l Jack s o n ; and ibis scheme is not only upheld by the fnends of the Administration, but excites no-im m e d iate oxpresaion o f indignation and a- larm among the People. Look a moment at the new expedient, developed in Mr. Woodbury's Report, and Mr. Van Buren’s Mesaagn. The Public Revenut,* is to be collected in Gold and Silver, and is to come ulti mately into the hands of eight or ten re ceiving and disbursing ogents, appointed by the President with the advice and con sent of the Senate. Tho whole reveaue is to pas* into their possession. They are responsible to •,ho Executive, and can be dUinissod from office at his pleasure.— Here then the whole revenue of the Coun try is to be placed by law at the absolute disposal of the Chief Magistrate. Wheth er tea millions or fifty millions it matters not— ^he President holds the key of the Treasury, and can at any moment poeecs* himself of the entire revenue of the repul>- lie. Now can the People safely confide this power to the PresidentI Can they do it, and retain a competent security for their /fee institutionsl Is not the President strong enough now without augmenting hi* opportaaitiea of evilt Is there ao dan ger in reposing in him such an unaecessa- ^ “ Not the l e a ^ ” says Mr, Van Buren ; “ fear of public jealousy and diwcpprtbction will deter the President from an interfer- ence with the Public Treasure, even if higher motives be not found operative.” That is to say, our security is in the vigi- lance of the People, and in the character of the Chief Magistrate. It depends on fdw ^ s having an honest and patnotic Pre- ■idHk, to govern a watchful and virtuous • community. Supposing, then that the People should connnue as jealous of Pres idential assumptions and usurpations as they have been for the last eight years, and that we should always be bussed with Chief Mtgiatratei a i pure u Martiiy Van Burea, a rc as little aihitrsry, aspiring, or ambitious of power as Andrew Jackson— we adpait that it is mite possible that they might retain their form of government for soiM sy^rs under the proposed system.— Such Roman virtue in rulers, and such jealous rigilaace in the ruled, would save our iiutitutioos from all perils of Executive But imagine, fora moment, adiflerent state of things. Suppose that in t ^ lapse of lime aod progress of corruption, the People shotlla be lulled into an unstwpl- cious se^^urity, and that soem President less pure than Mr. Van Bureoi and lest deferential to paUic opinion than Mr. Jackson, should in ao evil bqur attain the Chief Magistracy of the Republic,—Com- xnander-in-chief of the army—master of an hundred thousand office-holdei (aiaed in all quarters by every influence that his vast constitutional patronage ( ^rehase,—what is to prevent him fr seiang the public Treasure and using it to <he perpetuation o f bis own power? The procew would be a very sknplo one.— Them am to be but eight or ten Treasury offices, and he can caail' ■asuryl propositKAO. If it ndopttMl o u r cunstitutiooaj republic will ultimately merged in a tJrvpotm i, shall be d riven to vindicate it at h** p-iii o f th*; lisyonet. Thi: n-sult is n cvttabl« I f this accursed sysli-m la o n e r favtrnr 1 up<)n us, our goveriuiM-nt wUJ s » o c r bier terminate lo a monarchy, 0 | the pe< pie be driv e n to revolution for TIIK TREASURY REPORT. T h e .National In tellig e n c e r thu i pithil disposM of thli mass of incoherent wordu: A p e r u s a l o f thU rep o r t h a s lad ly U) some conclusions which Bj prar have e w a p e d the honorable S» cretai Lhougb thi-y lay m dirrctly in his ray one would have luppuacd be cod 1 hardlj mlvs them. The first is founded on th« rtartlioj fact, for the first time*offirially i iv-!.>.e< the p e o p l e , th a t , w it h I'J o r f 1 3 ,0 0 0 ,' OOO in ihc Freasury, c.xrlusive of tlia w h ich IS deposited with the Sti t.<s. Secretary of the Treasury, aftei havirt) in vam podnavored to obtain a st pply ready money by further sales of I lods, under th«» necessity of calling upi o Coo- rresa for “ so m e c o lla t e r a l aid.'O “ vice of a much larger number. If hia cciven shall prove refractory he co^ld dismiss them, and appoint other obey without inquiry, and to at quiesc^in unsuspecting submunion; it wo ild reqi DO great address or managemei t to c a ^ through this scheme of plund ir. T le “siraplidity” of the “ machine” which I le administration proposes would • nable a ambitioutoPresideot to grash at the pos sr of a monarch, ahd put into his iwn I the means of securing his domi lioo. Nor is this danger so remott or so i probabley as men may imagine, or os A Van Buren would induce us to believe. Take a ease that may be develo led in k m under the pystera with perfect {jcurily. A man might play with lighted i latch'-s in a powder house, for an hour or two wii v out injury; but he would certain! r be son wliat c.xposcd loan cxplosionj ai d no pi >- dent man would br* dlipoMf-H to ti y th- •r t- periraent” But suppose Thomi s H. Be t- lon, should succix'd .Martin Van Burin the P resid e n c y — a m a n con-st tutional y dithoncMlI— d e stitute o f m o ral p -incipli an ingrained ruffian iu his heai t — g r a s p ing— a r b itra r y ---- oppreaoive,— a tpiring ----- would you give Mm litr key of y wr Tn suryl Would you loovo a m y and vy at Au com m a n d — a n d place no nv a | ^ of ita support at 4 i 4 disposal I Vould I e find an y difficulty in filling the rcceivii g offices with men as abandoned an 1 as rec less an h i m s c ir — a n d o f m a k in g M lea s t trial for the Crown? What the audacity of («*n Jaekw n c o u ld not co m p a o o , M r. V a n B u wn h o p a to effect throufh fraud. There i aothii | in the kiotory of Jackson's ---- ' to compare in boldness and this Suh-Trei a d m it istratioi insol ;nce wil 1 g r e s s f o r ' lulFiciuncy can he coJlecied'’ ordinary exoeiises of the (JoverrmenL— From thi .1 fact, we come at one » to the iking LIV IN G S T O N M U N T Y , N. Y ._T U E S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 98 , 1897 . 'i f d i U m m f i m K U M B E B '2. conclusion that the predictkvn by iJ e Whig statesmen and presses of theconsc juencei which must inevitably follow from striki down the admirable system of adr linisl tion of the finances, under w| ich country liad thriven and flourish^ d frorr 1791 to HIO, and fnim 1^17 to 1 33, arr now realized Icetheir full exicnl it n-gan to the finaaces of the People. T>i is a ou conclusion. Our sressd conclusion is, that here ii ■o way but one by which thi ae wht administer tho Government can in an] coosidcrabile degree repair the wron( they have done; and that is, by r itracin] their stepo, and doing it at once. The] have driven the car of State into a fnoraas in which hfy every convulsive r ffort li ■ ag it out, thepr plunge it only de id deeper. 1 here is neither rtad solid ground in the direcuoo th it the] are passing on. Before them, an 1 on al sides of them, is a wilderness of in bog wok.’- quick of old Than ' where armies wliole have is no safety nor any bone for t lem bu in retreat. The only patn by wh :h the] can retreat is that by which they advan ced to where they are, and, rr tumin( ipon that, they will arrive at th i poio from which thev sUrted, and may again in the oafs mad, which, ir the in tuxication and vanity of power, U ey wit fully departed from. This is oui h m u eoncluoion- Tho course which wo recomroe id is si obviously the dictate of common that evea a dumb beast, placed in he pro dicament of the Administratioo, woult through the mere force of instil ct, un doubtodly follow i t And it rsall; mov« one’s compassion to see the infinit' of la bor and ingenuity which those w\ O hol( tho reins are exerting to keep the r lachint of State from being toundered alte geihei rather than resort to the obvious n eon* o righting and sariiig i t This pci in prepoetorous experimenta, te ^ Itov muebt^uackorr, m addItioQ to icti il w( feriog, the People can bear, is i tadnesi itself, or it is worse. This is our third cooclusioo. > hart some others, which perhaps we ns j hav< time to commit to paper bereafterj Ft 0 m lA« AUmmiJrm OmmmUm. The Secretory of the Treasury Isu no tilled the members of Coogtaas tS U theii pay can bsihad in gold and sOvei. H« such a cirenlar been iasaed to ths t lachan k s a t work on tha public or 9 m haodi at the Navy Yard! And wl tl righ hna the Seeaetary to makn disliac liana h paying the pQbtto crediloni A f i M f f ii honest mechanics of the oountry, who work for the Goveroiaaat, as much eat^ tied to gold nod silver for their wagos as tho members of Congrasat And yet this is a democratic sdmiaistratioal this is the administraUoa of the paopleV frieodsl this the work o f the dear lovers of equality I Oh! how we toatbe such rank and abom inable imposture and bypocrisv !—Rags are givea to the people—GOLD to ths people* rulers! And if a mechanic a t work in Wuhingtoo for thu Government were to ask for specie, he would be diar barged for bis iMrt'oam;a, and his wife aod littJo ones deprived of their bread; while at the same moment a member of Congress goM to the IVeasury aod draws M m pay in G old ! Are not these things enou^ to awake and arouse tnu JkmmcrmUf R E P O R t OF TH E POSTMASTER GENERAL. P4 st O rric* DarASTMB.'rr, ? September 4, 1837. 5 Ijranedistcly after the suspension ie in specie to meet the draAs of the depart- mediately ailcr the auspens of ipecie Mymenu by the banks in Ni urlt, in ^ a y la-o, a circular was a ting all postmasters who I icted to (k-posite the proccedi their offices in benko, to retain Yoi out, been insti ecie payn ;, in May directing instrfctec To pay direct Jar i«aji toc nl bilitics anc bu haii been instructed y lo contractors, anotlicr circu- nt. rcinm d u ig them o f th e ir ba- dutics m reference to (he inon- :cived and paid by them under existing la wi Instruct onl have «edently been prepar- , d i r v c t l n g the •u a n o e r i a w h ic h retu r n s band ire twretfler lobe n d e ed, d ir e c t 0( o f i ^ t i o o loaning < puhliblic B pu lot any purpose whatsoever. In relsl on to upwards of 10,000 of the post-oificei, 7 nwneys belonging lo Isiioos made no igc efleelcd by them IS, ll at almut 1100 piwtinastcrs who formerly C ^pvnited tjicir incotae in banks, :kly. III nithly, or quarterly, acrord- ing to iu a nount, now retain the inuoey m their ow i hands till drawn for by this departmen. To about nine-tenths of thrae, tho icw system is more convenient than the ul( . as il sates them the trouble of going u i icoding to the banki and pr»> eur\ng ceri ificoles deposite; it w euuaJ- ly sale, os their entire balances will he drewD fur IB ulVoM ih«y • re d y n i t e J ; postm o s ten w h o m ight negh-d to dcposilc Mill not vet tu re to dishonor s drafL The Fos^nastera who will nut close tlirir accounts qliarterlv, will not, proUWy, e x e e e e d 1 0 0 ; s n J the b a l a n c e s in th e ir handv, frotji (quarter to quarter, arc o<>( likely; uiytr a pntper adituniiMratioo of the depertifienL, lo exceed, in ordinary times, 1 or 9300,000. As they are re quired lo hgve their lieiancea always reodv gold and Silver, the department will al- wsys have ^ mmosof mretiog lU en- gBge;ncats;i and if a default in an individ- csso slMtold uccssionaJly hspfiea, noth ing like a gitocral refusal to pay, as m tlie case of the late dc|>osite banks, is ever to be appn-he tided. It will evkr be the true policy of the da* parUneut nok to have a large surplus; and nsequcntly, there will be Uttie to entrust to the custof y of postmastora or others.— .Moreover, jibe number of post offioc# now iiistruc|ed Iu retain their funds, will be largely rMuced upon the odjusUneat of the coUectiop system the msil service, as arranged wAbin the lost twelve months. Though 'in some places convrnirnt, banks are n ^ neersoary to the collecboa and disbursiment of the funds of this de- partmenL |u reference to more tbaor 10- 000 p>ost ufficea, the collections and dis bursements kre effected more expodiUousJy and more cobvcniontly without the interpu- sitioa of bauks, than they could be with it The contractors who are creditor* of the department, are its collectors fruoi post masters, and the collectipn and disburac- ments are bht one operation. It is gener ally in a IVw days after the cU ^ of each quarter. The operation is the Hame where the postmasten pay the cootrmet- ora upon iW drafts of the departments, though it is pwre tardy. T?i« few offices in refereoceto which bnakiare a coovriuenco arc those who are large, and are not like ly to be absorbed from quarter to quarter by the drafts of the departrocoL They have generally iron cheats or safes where sj>ecie is k e p t; and, with a strict su pervision, and careful attention to their bonds, they will seldom, if ever, be found in default The ooceeaary transfers of funds are effected by department adthout iooon- veoieoce or |osa On the inisrior mail- routes the expenditure is generally greater than the inemne ; so that, aAer the eoa- tractors have received tha eatire revenue of the officei fupplied by them, bnlaoces are still due. T h m baouices are as rea- >ff by drafts on the poetinasteFs in the cites V ^ r e the surplus arises, they could bh I 7 checks on banks in the •oiBB p l o e e o . ' 'INio p r o c e s s i s ren d e r e d t h e more easy from the fact thnlthe henvi«:s( surplus s cerpes s i those point where funds are the most valuable, particularly at N. York, 10 thal the drafts o f the dspartmenl to pay any t)alanc.-w in dte DKMt diataa* parts of XJnioo a r t gwwmUy better than cash, being avaibafale for mercaadk ^ T>u* the ly lo chnaiiB, i vooid become nscmseiy for the departmeia ■> transport t-pteBSS m an one point to anodmr, if theie wee eel a beak in existenee. U p e n ttnM e n m o n o rffie hnaha, mC fofte tefin in mom qim rtm to ettete ioee,J tVoe thi the tmpartoaent are readily eflheS- i as ^ stale o r things Is not liko- Id MldaiB, , if m r pel the department to roeeivo irredeema ble and d^recialed p am r for postages.— Law, jttrtice, sad pub^ poBey, reqoired aa inflexible nnistance o f these efforts.— Gold and silver are the only ooostitutional Unit vatent, eao'be legally cdTered to the puLk: and legal currency of the iJnited Btata^ and nothing but currency, or its creators iu payiMot All the taxes and poetagee aro impoeed in this currency and sil eootrocts e re made upon its basts. The public faith could be kept, and the public business suceessAilly carried on, o ^ y by a Strict adherence to the piaio letter, u well as obvious spirit of the law. T h s aodersinsnd is happy m stale, fliat all attempts to force the department to re ceive depmcialed paprr were soon aban doned} that link diflicuJty has been expe rienced in coUecting p o s tag e in specie, ai)d none where the circulation o f change tickets has been wcceMfully resisted; a ^ thal the credit of the department has been reserved unimpaired. Nor is any diffi- ‘ y apprebeodod, so long os are coliocted io the oomUtutiontl curre d * cy of the United States. But should the department be compelled to receive, and of».-r to its creditors, tho depreciated notes isoued by huiulreds of embarrassed fsith- Icas o r b ankrupt corporations o r individuals DO sure calculation .could be mode os to the future; and there is reason to spprehend general discootenU exteostve tiailum, and deplorable diaortranizaltoD throughout the mail service. With what face could the Departmeot insist on and oornpel s strict performance of contract obligaUoas by oonlreelort, when stnpt of the power to perform the n»nat vital port of the coo- irici, (K fir u tin innreit of the coo* tractor is ooocem ed) 00 its own part.— Justice and sound potiey alike deniaod a firm a d h erence, in the mail service, to the standard of value, aad the boots of coo- tntets, proKribed by the constitution, and hitherto strictly mointaiaed, (except for a -S>rt period) amidst the cahunitii'S o f war. On the whole, no Irgislatioo is necesaa- ry to m atntsin the riedil o f this drpartntcnt; or to coablo it to manage its firtral coo* cents ; the existing laws being deemed ample for thuoe purpoaea. t f have the honor lo be. your ob*t serVt, AMOH KFINDALU To ihp Pmidrntof the I oited Stika. TWENTY-FIFTH CO.NUHESS. ssacixL saasiio*!. HOUSE OP REfRESE-NTATITha. Tuesday, SepL 6, D»37. leng. of New-York, M'Rim of .Msiylaod; Ihvena, of Georgia ; Sargeont of Penn. ; Hanirr, of Llhio, Jones, of Virginia, Fletdher, of Maaa; Atherton and Rhett, The Speaker announced the appouit- FOt o f the Standuig Cofnmttees. isMttss eg wwys sad sissos Cat 4 r, er, of South Carolina. Eirctmta Buchanan, Griffin, Hair- kino, Kilgore, Mauiy, Townea, Brooeoo, PcDoybacker, and llasluiga CUtau —Whittlesey, of Ohio.Grenaell, Chambers. Darlington, Graham, of N. Carolina, Ruasell. Campbell of Tcnnea* see, Clark, and Carter, of Maine. Comumeree Stnith. Philips, Johnson, of IvHi., Cushman, Do Graff. Lrgare, Tuiand; Curtis, and .Mason of Va FuAitc Immds —Boon, Wiilioms, of N. C-, Uocoln, Casey, Chapman, Harrison, .knderson. Dunesn. and Turney. Past eficta sod post roodM—-fZoanox^ ggo. Hell, Clevelaad, llMkins, Hub- lev, Calhoun of Kentucky, Palmer, aod Briggs, 1 , Cleveloiid, llopkitw, Hub- W orthington. DtMtnU sf CoMmhio —Bouldin, A. H. tcppanl, Jenifer, Dawson, Ciller,Pren- tiaa, Bieme, C. H. WiUiatns, and Hun ter, of Ohio. Jadkiarf —Thomas. Robertson, Tou- sey. Martin, Corwin, Bynum, Garland of V a . Hoffman, aod Potter. RtrmimtiomaJj dam. Muhlenberg, Craig, U n d rrw o ^ Taliaferro, Elimore, Foster, Parmentcr, Harper, of Ohio,aod BirdsalL PaUie esfemdihum —Holey, Ogle, Alex ander. Titua Stratton, Runwey, Fktch- er of VermooL, Crockett, aod Patterooo. Agrimhaes—Deberry, L o g u . Phclpa, W eeka Noyea, Davia Ran dolph, and MitcbelL P ^ i c land cloMau —Mav, Garland, of Louisiana Calhoun, of ^ a s a , Harlan, Bruy a Mallory, Beatty, and Leodbet- Af«aWael*eM—Adam*,Web*teT, Whit tlesey, of Coooecticut, Holsey, Slsde, Biddio, TUlinghMt, Vail, Naylor. ladUm i^stes—Bell, Everett, Haynea Chaney, lioolgoniery, P a r k e r .C a in ^ l, of South Carohna Murray, and & W. Morris. MihUrf ir/inrs—McKay. Colea Glaa- cock. Th*W*>Ot Gboboa Miller, Rivaa MUklian orTean. aod Kemble. jrihtM—<Jlascock, Wagener, Carter, of Tennessee HoK, Hsmmoad, Pratt, Hunter, of Virginia Halstead, and AF ten of Ohio. A’oaa/ —Ughom, Minigaa.Reed. W m 6 , Gnutthtod. Moore, RichtrdioB, IVyaSar, aad Williams of New Hamp- shira fw i i t h t i m n Howard, HaiMr,^ CwduBg, Jackson of Geortoa Drom- goU e T w » c lter, Pope, C latente, tad PairflaU. Tbrvtetetoe— PWtoo, Potto, FiclmHi Psarea Borden, Gravna l>avea, Jooaa of Nsw-Tocfc, aad Parrington. Bm h dtkm f a nfo— gansmith, Bwnd.FfT, Johnson of T itd tin , libtoy, Ewing, oiniy, and LoonHs of Olua /■■■Ilf f t nitons T bytor, Williaan» of KitoMftjr, AB m of T«f- mom,. McCblian of New Yodt,Pefnhan, bili of Kentucky, rifaxyiaad, Bick- nd White of Indi- Stuart, Herod, Reily and Slaoky. JRaada amd eojtalM —Mercer, EyanaMo- Lenoon, Snvdar, Wbil Filmore, Jofonon oT I nell, of New-Tork, and Rniaal imjmitked tmtkt$a Mason of Ohio, Noble, Southgate, Henry, and Pock- .dccewus—Johnson of YirgiaiB, Orant, McClure, C. Shepard of North Caralina, and Jofasisoii of Maryland. ExpeuiitMrtt of Un Departmni t f Btete — M. Morris of Pennsylvania Jaekaen of New-Totk, mwpkr, York and An* Expendttarta o f tha Depertswtfsf tha Traortiry— Alien of Vermeot, Shaiefler, Ayorigg, Gray, aod Holsey. EapemdiUtraa ^ tha War Dapartmant — Vanderverber, Holt, Morris of Ohio, and Marvin. Eapendituraa ^ tha Navy Dapartatant —Broadhead, Maxwell, Gooda Inwards, and Graham of Indiana. EipandUurea ^ tka Past Ofca Depart. sioiF— Chikis, Dennis, Hawes, Gallup and Plummer. Eipanditurta ^ tha Pah&c Baildinga — Sawyer, Cranstoa Menifee, Dunn, and Ridgeway. ebair announced, in accordance with the rule, thal he would to-morrow colt fur petitions and meinoriols in the or der of States and Territoriea. Bl-MNOas or TNX EXTEA SESSSON. Mr. Smith, of Maiaet ofiered tho fol- lowinr reaoluUoo : AsssFssd, That the aetton of the se- verol standing coaunitlees o f this H o u s e , oo oil matters Dot em b raced in the m ee- aace of the Preaidenlorthe Uniled Statea, submitted at the opening o f the seeston,he suspended until the coounencemeot of the annual session of Congress, and that the coQsideratJoo of all petitioDS 00 all such suspended resulutions, be also postponed Mr. Smith iTisude same remarks, ex pressing his great object to be to avoid bringing up at the present session the many queatioos which could not fail to cxciie tlie House deeply, aod to leave the whole conununitY in doubt aa to the great objects for wmcb the sesaion has b c o n c o o v e n e < l. The debate wu coobmiod by Mown. Whittlesev. Bell, Cam b rels^. Wntiams, Wise, Sinith, Jenift r, Cushing, Duncan, Leaia, aod Boon, when the queabon waa token, and the re^utkm was adopted. IN SENATE. Wednesday. SepL 13. Mr. Morris prsacoied several metnori- ala frum Ohio against the anuexatjon of Texas to dm (J. States on any oooditions whatsoever, which were Mrf oa the table. Mr. W'right from the Committoe o n Pi- Aoe, jrporsed a Bill to authorias the is- auingt^reaaury notea, [the Bili author* ixed the tasuing of T r e a s u ^ notes to the amount of milliooa, in notes of not less tWn 9100, bearing ii coeding fl per ceotum per notes to be taaued and aicoed by the Trea- ■urer. Tbeae notes to be roocivabk for debts and taxes to the United States, and lo be tendered to public credilora. The bili cootnioed 11 sectioo*.] The bill waa read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. b right from the same Coovnittee, ported a Bill authorising a further ex- isioa of the paymem of duly booda— The extension is for six months on out* standing duty bonds. The bill was order ed to a second reading. Mr. W’right from tne same Committee, reported a bill to adjust the remaining cltoms in the Deposite Banka. This bill authorixes the President to continue to withdraw the public funds from the D»- poaite Banks, in the manner in which he has already done; the money due to the U.^ States lio be repaid in three instalments beajiog interesL This bili was ordered to a s^xtod reading. The bill to postpone tha 4th inaSafanent of the deposites was then taken up for coosidcradoA, as in committee of the whole. .Mr. Calhoun requested a postponement until all the mcMuros were reported. Mr. Wright had no particular anxiety to pres* this subject to day. He did not any bills were behind wbicb would materially oflect the action of ths Senate on this. But the biUs he bad just eporled hsd a bearing on that measure. O b mocioa of Mr. Colboon, the forlber oonaiderktioa of the bill w u poetponed until to morrow. H O U S E O F R E P R B S E N T A T I V E & Wednesday, Sept It. Tbs Speaker, in oonTormitY with the itlea, ealUd the Slates for pewioaa. Mr. J. 0 , Adanw preaealsd a pelitioa from an individual wno ofien to npply the U. States with cwv«Mir-~fw- Csrred to the Conanittee on Way* and Means. Varioos metnorials aad pedtioiw were esentsd, sotne in rg la tion to the carvea- ey; many of whieb preyed for the -^Jhiltohment of a Nattonal Bonk. TaajLStiaT Noras. Mr. Cambrelenff, from the Chmaiittee a Ways aad Means reported, A BulloauiiHnM theimnliigefTraar aury Notes l read tmioa aad caarnktod, todweoimaiiiee.gr dw . Whole oa IN ' of the Uaioa,' Not t fawsinw ithaolW prgmpfly , whmi M; i A t a i mtUbikhnU yesterday oflhnd W uiba li ffiipidid N ein . ■ s i M ' ' - * taken up for eenffiSeadwiL ^ Mh R o i ^ M laafce i . and the datioli, i o d w to have a di«cu»* sion upon ft at lUe dine. The leaolutiaa i was agreed to. The second rekohdioo in regard to dm eorrespondenoe on the subjeot of the mta. ■exation of T exN heuf taken op. Mr. Wise steied that ha a h ^ vote againrtlt, because it w u witiui huote* knoWledgs that the oorraspobdeaen jcfer- ved to was not in a aitnation to be made public at this tkne. Mr. Haynes olgectad to die fbna .ordw resdutioo, it having no qualification. He hoped it would be so modified a* te oall for the corretpoodcooe provided, in the opinion of the President, it shall be oom- p^bte with the public interest He made that motion. Mr. Adams staled Us reasons for emiu tiog the rcstrtetien. The reeolutioo called for the simple fact whether such a propo- sitaon bod been made; and he ceotendad that it would not be incompatible wiffi the public infterMti tn die opiiuoa o f die Pres- ident, to make Dablic (stets of sneb great interest to this Union. He further eonten- ded that the only aoswer to ba^ mads to •uch a propositiao wu that neitNr Con gress Dor the Executive bod the right, un der the Constitutioii, to receive such a ' propoeitioB. No poweron earth eodU flo It but the of <he United Bmtss aad tlM pfioplfl OTTflSIlt tfld U iflMleUe ma jority o f the people of ths Unitsd amiss would, be befecTcdf prefer i m il d M l - tioB of ths Union to the annexaiiooto iiaf the republic of Texas. He said it wna competent for the gentlemaa to offer the amendment, and fur the House, if they saw fit, to adopt i t Mr. W.,ThompeoB waa o f the opinion that the publkatioD of the cormpoodeiioe would not do any good, and might do harm, aad be should oppose i t Texas, the g en tleman from Massachusetts had heretofore informed us, was lost by T reaty, in impo sition to his eflbrts; and certainly it would not be uocoutitutioQal to reeover H hy T ieaty. ' Mr. Pickeu called the atteotioQ ef ffifl Hooae te tha remarkable issue presented by the genUemon from Moasachasetts, and to the quarter from which it caino. We «rerc tedd that a large mejority x>f the peo ple would prefer duunim to the annexa* boo of Texas. Mr. Adorns ooid be bod ueed the wor ds '*ilarn portion of the people.^ M r. Petrikin moved to lay the resolution on the table. Lost—^71 to 117. IN SENATE. Thursday Sept 14. Mr. Buchanan preecDled twomamori- als from the city and county of Philadel- pfaia, against the aonexatioo of Texu to the Union. Mr. Webster said be had in his pos session some memorials of a similar c b ^ actor, which bo had withheld from pre sentation until a proper time should ar- not been paid, may be warehoused for a period not looger than three years, A second, imposing 00 certain officers, sui- ditional duties as depositors o f the public funds. Aod s third, to revoke the char ters of such banks of tho District of C»- lurobia as refuse to resume specie pay- Tbese bills having been read by ffiair titles, and ordered to a second readio|^ the bill providing to postpone the October instalment o f the siirplus revenue was to- Mr. Rives alluded to the reports which. * conunittoe of &o> s surprise (bat tho (ported, inooBformi-, ty with the suggestions of foe message, a measure on another subject He expec ted the committee would bring forth, **a biU to designate the fwods in wkiok tilt public revenue shall be received. That sulijwt jwas stroogly dwelt upon by the PrMtdent It was one'of moil momentous importance ; and be tboughC the conanittee o u ^ t to have preaeated its views on that question, and brought for ward a bin in coneepondence with theua Mr. Wright said the Conunittoe of lT^ naaoe bad had very fiill eommuniealipte with the Secretary o f (he Treasury, aadr especially respecting the* subject a l l i M Mr. Rives, aod he was now directed, by that committee to say that th ^ Imva leportod afl the bills they intended to re-. Wiih regard to the Khree, the by MV. ^hree, the desuraatioa of thu funds reoeivabie for tbs p t m rereflae»b9 said, they have concluded thal they vffi allow tike law on the euldect, stow exiaSia||g,^ to remain sail stands. M r. Rivea ooid be expected oomnutlee would report n s itoW aili|^•. Stood that tharewsi no repoit to b i . w f l on the Bot^t; aad if aoxioua for pronpt was an Sssentisl toad an u w i* ^ diem ^ if-todO .,) Mr. S om tft aai 1 N . ' I
