Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-04-26
Abstr Of the Proceedings of the
Twenty-fourth Congress. First Ses-
SION.
SENATE.

day.
The following resolution was offered:
BY Mr.. Calhoun;
Resolved, That the Secretary cf the
Treasury be directed to report to the Sc.
nate, with as little delay as my be practi.
cable, the amount of money in the Treasu.
rv on the 1st Of thissmonth, where deposited
and the amount of the liabilities of the sew
eral Banks Of depositc, respectively, with
their means Of Injecting the same and also
the receipts ofthc Treasury for the quarter
ending the 3lst March last, arranged under
the heads Of customs, public lands and Incl
dental receipts, considered and adopted.
The Joint resolution, introduced by Mr..
Niles, to leave q portion ofthe public lands
in Washington for the cultivation Of the
Mulberry for silks, was taken up, on its
third reading objected to by Mr.. Southland,
and referred to the Committee on the Dis
trict.
The bill to prevent the circulation of in
ccndarv papers in the mail, was taken up
and farther considered.
Afcr q heightened debate in which Mes.
srs. Calhoun, Grundy, Cuthbert, Morris and
Niles participated.
Onmotion ofMr. .Grundy, the farther con-
sidcration of the bill was postp oncd till
Tuesday next.
Apriz, Ia.
The bill to distribute for limited time
the proceeds of the sales of the public lands
among the several states, and for other pur-
poses, came up as the special order.
\ debate followed, in which Messrs.
Clay, Porter, and Walker, participated.
Bv unanimous consent. the bill was
laid on the table to be taken up to.mor-
row.
April -.
Mr.. CALHOUN presented the petition Of
Melville, formerly wcighcr and gaugcr in
the custom-housc at Newport, Il. |. and
who was turned out Of office in March,
1885, under circumstances alleged to be Of
extraordinary oppression. -
The case was admitted to be one which
required examination, and the petition was
rUitT1.d s0 ttrU r-vITriIitt.u |'~.,,r,n--~.
and. with the documents, ordered to be
printed
PUBLIC LANDS.
On motion of Mr.. HING, Of Alabama, the
Senate proceeded to consider the bill to pro.
vide for the distribution Of the proceeds of
the public lands, &c. when
Mr.. BENTON addressed the Senate at
length, for the purpose ofshowing that the
erection Of necessary fortiications would
absorb the surplus revenue, and that the bill
now before the Senate was antagonstical
to the system of national defence recon-.
mcndcd by the President, and the situation
Of the country.
Mr.. Ewing, Of Ohio. said few words,
on which he stated that the impression in
lis mind, fiom perusal of the message of
the President, was, that the President and
the Heads Of the War and Navy Depart
ments are not in favor Of such extended ap-
preparations as were now recommended.
Mr.. BENTON made a brief explanation,
when the bill was, for the present, laid on
the table.
The Senate then proceeded to consider
the resolution to change the time for making
the contracts in the General Post Office.
Some amendments which had been pro-
posed by the Committee on the Post Office
and Post Roads were agreed to, and the re-
solution was ordered to be cngrossed.
April IS.
Mr.. CALHOUN presented memorial of
Professor Lcber, on the subject ola Stats
tical work on the United States, in prepara-
ton by him, and praying for the aid of Con.
gress. Mr.. CALHOUN spoke ofthe work in
terms Of high appreciation, and moved the
printing.
Mr.. WEBSTER said he had the honor Of
an acquaintance with Professor Lieber, and
believed him to be q gentleman ofmuch cx.
periencc, and an accurate and iudicIous
writer. He had read, too, the memorial
which the member from Sonth Carolina had
presented, and he thought it very able and
comprehensive plan, or outline, for useful
and important work or the statistics the
United States. How far Congress might
be inclined to patroniZe such work, he
could not say, but he thought it would be
useful to give publicity to this plan; and he
hoped the member from South Carolina
would ask for the printing oftwicc the usual
number, SO that some few copies might be
distributed.
Nj. CALHOUN modified his motion so as
to make it for printing double the usual
number, and in this form it was agreed to.
Mr.. CElTTENDEN presented resolutions a.
dopted by the Legislature of Kentucky, in-
structing the Senators from that State to
vote for the Land bill; which were read, and
laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
WISCONSIN.
Mr.. BUCHANAN, from the committee Of
conference appointed in reference to the