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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

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