The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-09-08
Congress.

The United States for special meeting Of
Congress, both Houses assembled a lie
cap,lcl.
IN fhe Senate. ihe Hon. Richard n.
Johnson. Vice President u The Uniled
States, took The chair Mere shan loriy
members we're present. Stephen Hsighl.
laie door keeper. Was unanimously elect
81 Sergrant-al-Arms, il lhe nom 81 The
la,e Sergeant, Mr.. Shsckford, deceased;
and Edward Wyer was elected Doo,keep-
er, in place Of Mr.. Hight
In ths House Of Representatives.. die
roll being called. 224 memher. answered
70 iheir names. An election was then
held Tor Speaker. which resulted in The
choice Of The Hon. James X. Polk. OF
Tennessee, Speaker o. lhe lasi Congress.
The votes we're Tor Mr. Polk lIe. for
Mr.. BeIl 1903, Scattering 5.
Wsller ). Franklin was re.elecled
Clerk Of The House, Dorsey, Ser
gesn,-a, Arms, and 0verlOn Carr, Door.
keeper.
. When lbe Clerk was proceeding TO
call The roll Of the House. on reaching
the uamssof the delegates from Mississip-
pi, Nc. Mercer rose. and sfler referring TO
The constitutional objection 10 the yalidi-
Is Of the late elections IN that state, NOV
ed resolution declaring lha, The house
was not in possession Of sufficient evil
dence Of the election of Messrs. CIai-
horne and Gholsnn 10 eniille them 10 take
ihelr seats IN the house. This motion
gave rise TO quite an animated debate. in
which Mtssrs. Mercer. Ghoison. Bynum
Rhei,, Boon, HsmeT. Wise, Williams Of
NorllI Carolina. Parton, Robertson. Reed.
Thomas, Gushing. M.Kay. Everett. Hal-
sey and Briggs Iook part. The diseus-
slon turned chiefly on the manner in
j which The House should be organized,
though The Mississippi election was nc.
caslonally ad,eried To. The resrIuiian
! was tinslly laid on tho table by a vote Of
! l3l ~ s.
TIE Message of the President was
communicated 10 the two Houses of Con.
grrss on Tuesday, and copies II il we're
received in Raleigh by the express mail
on Wednesday; but owing to some un-
accountable circumstance which We are
! unable 10 explain. not a single copy has
. yet reached this place. We shall doubt.
less receive copies Of it by the mail TO-
night, and i! il be not ton long, shall en-.
deavor 10 give il entire 10 our uexI pa
per ~4
! FIR the contents Of the message, We
avail ourselves al a postscript in The
Raleigh Star, and slip from the ofiire u
the Fayetteville Observer. From these
We learn, that the Preslden, goes against
all Banks--is IN favor Of the Subj
sury Sys,em--fM receiving nothing bu
specie 10 payment oi public dues--and
Tor withholding from the sta IL the re-
manning instruments due them under the
depesne act. .. .s -.
The slip from the office Of the Ohser
yer says that the message is of grea
length. aud j. altogether occupied with ;
> dlsrusslnl ~ Inc CMsrs which have lei
10 The present embarrassed s,1te ol IN,
country; reserviug uIl the perod 4 ,h'
annual meeting oi Congress the geuera
information as 10 the state of the Union
J The Observer gives the following as al
abstract Of the contents OF the message:
$ lie attributes the embarrassment to th'
great aud sudden expansion Of Ranking
Capiial and Bank ISSUES since 1894.
The consequence Of thIs redundancy
of credit, and the spirit of Speculation h
J. alleges il 10 have engendered. were. I
! foreign debt of more than 30 millions q
dollars. the excessive extension OF credit
for supplies in the interior. the invest
ment OF 40 millions Of dollars in UMPIRE
duclise lands, The diversion TO other put
suits of labor hitherto applied to agricul
lure, shereby leading to heaVyimportation
Of grain, and in addition to many othe
(unenumera,ed) causes, the rapid growl
of luxurious habits, detrimental to tn
! morals Of the people.
- The Banks, Repositories Of the publ
funds, having suspended specie payment:
the President states the constitutions
/ ohiertions WHICH forbid the recent uf dc