South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1834-12-27

Ways and cleans, reported bills, pro.
viding, by law, for the deposite of the
public money the U. S. in certain
local banks. .. F or the sale the Gov
eminent Stock in the Bank of the U.
Sand for the repeal ofthe Act max.
ing the Bank of the U. S. & its branch.
es Commissioned Of Loans in the va
rious states. These several bills were
severally read twice, postponed TO the
fist Monday in January, and made
the special order of the day for that day.
In SENATE-Dec. %.
FRENCH INSTRUCTIONS.
Mr.. CLAY rose and said The
Senate would recoIect that that part of
the Presidents Message which relates
to our foreign affairs was referred to
the Committee on that subject shortly
after its organization. 1t was deemed
essentially necessary, in order to form
a correct judgment on the measure re.
commended by the President, that the
instructions transmitted to our Oiplo-
matte officers, near the coast of France
together with the correspondence that
passed between the two Governments
since the I'd Of February, 1882, should
he submitted to the Committee for the
purpose of enabling them to form an
opinion on the subject. Entertaining
this view Of the matter, letter was
addressed by the Chairman Of the
Committee to the Secretary Of State,
who very promptly transmitted the
documents but he did so, based upon
the condition that they were to be re-
garded as confidentially communicai.
ed. Now, it seemed that the President
had recommended a public measure,
and that recommendation had been
publicly referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and as that Commit
tee was to make public the report, they
could not recommend any legislative
action under the restrictions imposed
upon them by the Secretary on trans.
hitting to them. the correspondence.
That officer, in his letter, minated
that il it should be deemed Of impor-
lance that these documents should be
made public in any contingency, he
expected that call would be made on
the Executive in the usual form. 1t
was on that account that he presented
this resolution, which called for the
documents to which he referred. 1t
would have been his personal wish
that The Senate should have adopted
the resolution to-day but, in conse-
quence of an intimation which had
been given him by an honorable Sena.
Tor, that he wished it to lie upon the
table one day, he forebore to press i, at
the present time. Mr.. c. then offered
the blowing resolution, which was
laid upon the table for consideration
until tomorrow
RESOLVED, That the President be re-
quested to communicate to the Senate
IF in his opinion it shall not be incompat-
ible with the public interest) the instruc-
tons which have been transmitted from
time to time, since the 4th of July. 1881 4.
to the representatives of the United
States at the Government of France, re-
lative to the execution of the treaty which
was signed on that day between the u.
States and France, and also all the corr
respondence which has passed at Wash
ington or at Paris, between the two Co.
vernments, respecting the execution of
the said treaty.
The Chair communicated memo.
rial from the Convention lately assem-
blsd at Baltimore, praying further aid
from Congress. for the extension Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; which
was referred TO the Commiltee on Roads
and Canals.
ILLINoIs.-The Legislature of this
State assembled on the LIST inst. The
message Of Governor DUNCAN gives
an interesting account of the present
tiourishing condition ofthe State, which
is soon to become one of the most i'm
portant members of this Union. The
Governor urges at length the prosecu'
ton of the great works of internal i'm
provemeut already projected and in a
state of forwardness. Among these,
one Of the most important is deemed,
the Canal from Chicago to the Illinois
river. which will mite a navigation by