Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-04-19
CASH PAYMENTS.

CASH PAYMENTS.
The bill requiring the Government and
! Post Office Departments to make all their
payments under $50, in specie, and all
equivalent on the spot to specie, was taken
up and considered as in committee Of the
whole.
Mr.. Niles moved 10 amend it by reducing
the $40 to $40 for one year; which
motion was carried by yeas %, nays 10.
Mr.. Porter moved 10 amend the amend.
nncnt by adding a proviso thai nothing
herein contained shall be construed to
make any thing but gold and silver legal
tenders in all payments by and to the
| United States.
The amendment as amended was agreed
to.
! The bill was then reported to the Senate,
and the amendments being concurred in, the
bill was ordered to third reading.
/, Thursday April 7th.
RAILROAD CONTRACTS.
! Mr.. Grundy, from the Committee on
Public Lands, made report III favor Of
authorizing contracts with railroad com.
panies, for the conveyance Of public pro.
perty and the mail. The report was read.
Mr.. Ewing moved the printing OF 5000
extra copies ofthc report, which was agreed
| to.
INCENDIARY PAPERS.
The bill to prevent the circulation Of
inccndiary papers and pamphlets III the
mail, was taken up and farther considered.
Mr.. Davis opposed the bill at some
length, saying that he regarded it as the
commencement Of an entirely new policy
of the Government in regard TO the Post
Office Department.
Mr.. D. touched on many other minor
points of objection to the bill; and con-
Guided by saying that he did not think it
necessary now for Congress to act in, the
case. He thought a law OF State, pro.
bibiting the circulation ofsuchpapers within
its limits, under heavy penalties after they
had left the post office, would be amply
sufficient to counteract the evil. At least
| such a measure ought first 10 be tried.
Mr.. Calhoun said, he would now make
only one or two preliminary remarks. All
that the bill requires, is obedience to the
laws Of the State where they respectively
reside, which the State has the unquestioned
power Of enacting. The publicity is not
new. The principle on which it rests, has
been used before, and would now be only
newly applied. He moved an adjournment,
and the Senate adjourned.
April eth.
Mr.. Grundy asked and obtained leave to
introduce joint resolution to change the
commencement of the contract year in the
General Post OfiB Department. [lt chan.
ges it from the Ist Of January to the lst of
July y which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on the Office and Post
Roads.
NJ. Hubbard prcscnteG Solutions of,he
Legislature ofNew Hampshire, instructing
the Senators from that State to vote in favor
Of the expunging resolution; which were
laid on the table.
The Senate proceeded to the general
orders, and considered q bill giving effect
to the eighth article of the treaty Of 1919
with Spain; which, after being amended
by Mr.. King, Of Georgia, was ordered to
be engrossed for third reading.
The Senate them proceeded to consider
bill to grant to the State of Missouri certain
lands for the purpose of internal improve
mcnt.
Mr.. Walker movedto amend the bill by
introducing an equal grant Of 100000
acres for the State Of Mississippi.
On this question he asked for the yeas
and nays, which were ordered.
Mr.. Nicholas moved to amend the bill
by introducing similar grant for Louisiana.
This amendment was accepted by Mr..
Walker as modification of his motion.
Mr.. King, of Alabama, moved similar
amendment as regards Alabama, Indiana,
and Illinois; which was also accepted by
Mr.. Walker.
Mr.. King, of Georgia moved a similar
amendment, so as to include the State Of
Georgia.
Mr.. Clay moved the indefinite postpone.
ment of the bill.
Mr.. Walker asked for the yeas and nays;
which were ordered.
After some observations from Messrs.
Benton, Ewing, and Walker,
Mr.. Calhoun moved that the bill be laid
on the table; and the yeas and nays being
ordered, it was decided as follows:
Yeas 26. Nayss.
April llh.
Mr.. Naudin presented certain resolutions
passed by the Legislature Of Delaware, in
structing their Senators to vote against the
expunging resolution which were laid on
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