Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-06-14
ordered TO be engrossed for third read

ing.
a bill to authorised Daniel Tyler to i'm
port an iron canal passage boat in detach-
ed parts, with the necessary machinery,
tools, and working utensils therefore,
free from duty, was ordered to be en-
crossed.
The Globe.
Mr.. Webster said he did not often trou-
bic the Senate with any thing personal to
himself, but friend had pointed out to
him paragraph in the Globe of this morn.
ing, which was so fagtiously talse' ana
which so directly affected his conduct as
the head of an important committee OF inc
Senate, that he thought it due even 10 the
Senate itself to refute the calumny. Ihe
paragraph is in these words:
ut is most remarkable thing that,
while the Opposition in the Senate every
day parade before the Public the seven
millions in the stock of the Bank Of the
United States as part of the surplus IN
the Treasury, they so contrive it that not
a dollar of il can reach the Treasury.
Judge White, Mr.. Calhoun, MIR. Clay and
Mr.. Webster are ever and anon pointing
to the seven millions Of bank stock as a
fund for distribution, while MIR. Webster,
as chairman Of the Committec on Finance
holds back for months, from the action OF
the Senate, the bills passed by the House
of Representatives to provide against the
notorious conversion by Biddfe Of the
means Of the old bank to the purposes of
the new"
Now sir, Csmd Mr.. w. the journals
show that neither | nor the committee
| have held back any thing from the action
fthc Senate. All bills ia any way re-
specting the late Bank of the United
States, which have been referred TO the
| committee, have been reported TO the Sc
nate long ago, and are now on the list OF
orders, to be taken Hp in their turn. If
this Iibellcr had not been willing >cvcn to
traducc and injure friends, rather than to
lose an opportunity ofinjurlng opponents,
! he would have remembered that a majori-
| ty Of the members of the committee on
Finance are supporters and friends of the
Administration. am happy to bear my
humble Testimony to the diligence and
prompttude with which these gentlemen
discharge their duties, and every body
knows that it is in their power at any time
| to report any measures they may choose
to report, or to call up any business which
| they NAV desire to call up.
1he bill to which the foregoing para
| graph refers was referred to the commit.
tee April IA, and was reported by the
committee, without any amendment, April
2l, rs appears Ivy the Sccretary's minutes,
endorsed on the bill: "Act repeating the
l4th scctien of the act to Incorporate the
Bank of the United States. April IA.
Read twice, and referred TO The Commit
fec on Finance. April q. Reported
with amendment"
will add, sir, that this IS not the first
timethat have been Obliged to take no.
ticc Of statements in this paper respecting
my conduct as chairman Of the commit
tee, which were in direct contradiction OF
tie printed journal OF cur proceedings,
and of its own diarnal report of fhem-
On motion of Mr.. Kent, the bill to ex-
tend the charters of certain banks in the
Distlicto Columbia was agaia taken up.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. =
Friday, June 3.
The bill to change the Reorganization
Of the Post Office Department, and TO pro-
vide more effectually for the settlement Of
the accounts thereof, coming up on the
question of its final passage.
After considerable debate, the main
question being on the passage Of the bill,
was ordered to be put, and decided in the
affirmative.
So the bill was passed.
Mr.. Jarvis, from the Committee on
Naval Affairs, reported the following res
olutiOn, which lies over:
Rcsolred, That select committee be
appointed to inquire into expediency of
purchasing for the Army and Navy Of the
United States the right to use Reverend
Henry Red's improved truss.
The bill from the Senate to change the
time of meeting Of Congress TO the first
Monday IN November, and to fix the time
Of Adjournment Of every second session
after considerable discussion was passed
by a vote Of 1Ol to 8.
Potomac Bridge.
A part efthis bridge having been des.
troyed by recent freshet, joint resolu-
ton passed for its repair an nnexpended
balance Of the original appropriation for
building the bridge.