Litchfield enquirer., 1837-09-21

commltlse to say that they:hawe reported all the biIls they intended to report. With re- gard to the subject spoken of by Mr. Rives, the designation ofthe funds receivable for the public revenue, MT. w. said they have con- cluded that they will allow the law on the subject, now existing, to remain as itstands. Mir. Rives said he expected the committee to report. He now understood that there was no report to be made on 4herslbiect and though he was most anxious for prompt ac- tion, yet as there was an essential and mntu- al dependance between all the bills reported, he wished to examine them all before he could give his vote on the bill made the spe- cial order for this day, Qhat relative to the October instalment,) and therefore he mov- ed, in order to give time for consideration. that when the Senate adjourn, it adjourn i'll Monday. MT. Niles opposed the motion t0 put of the discussion, and earnestly urged the necessity for immediate action. MT. Wright said he was only anxious to meet the wishes of the Senate in regard to the when, and at what rate these measures should be proceeded with, and he cheerfully left the motion of MT. Rives to the decision of the body. MT. Rives took ground in reply against all the expedients of the Administra- tion. He said he came here to benefit the country, HOt the Administration or the GOrey1l- ngem. MT. Webster referred to his expres- sed intention to interpose no obstacle to the progress of the measure. He would there fore give them, by his vote, as early an oppor- tunity as they wished to proceed with their plans. Mr. Rives then, in deference to what appeared to be the wish of the Senate, with drew his opposition. Mir. Webster is now upon the floor, giving his views in relation to the Presidents Message. He says what is very true, that 1t recommends every thing but the important measures most wanted by the country. The Senate is iammed and crammed from top to bottom. 1t is expected that an adjournment will follow MT. W's speech. & 74lpa Y soe sM# WASHINGTON, Sept. IS.
 Well, contrary to all expectation, the bill to postpone the payment of the fourth install ment of the depostes, as amended by MT. Buchanan, has passed the Senate by vote ot 2S to lo. The Senate has been the scene of very warm and animated discussion un- til long after o'clock. The momentous question before that body was we'll calcula- ted to call forth the remarks of the several Senators. Preston made one of those tre- mendous speeches for which heis soremark- able when suddenly excited. During the time he was speaking the Senate was wrapt in the most profound silence -the Hobbies and aisles were crowded to excess. This effort was in reply to MT. Brown, of North Caroli- na, one of the champions of Van Burenism. MT. Brown said rhewas tired of the nostrums of the opposition. Preston fixed on him ono of those whitening glances that seemed to strike him mute with astonishment. What, sir, said he, does the gentleman talk to ns of '' nostrunas" " after, the nation has been bled and purged and drenched with warm water until it was on the very eve of dissolution by that illustriOWs Sangrado, whom to mention in the Senate is considered sacrilege. Talk to us of nostrums, sir, when in their wild Utopi- an schemes they were to call gold and silver from the vasty deep, till it was to have been as plenty on inc great father of Rivers as it was on the stream of Pactolus; and then to come with proposition about treasury notes, and talk to us of /" nostrums - Does not the gentleman recollect when our gallant ship of state, freightcd with plenty and gladness, had her full sails spread, gliding on, the smooth and glassy ocean of prosperity, the gentleman and his party called to us to look ut the gallant bark and her joyous crew suddenly by a bold experiment of her political commander, she is struck aback, her rildder lost, her pilot incapable of managing her, and she sinks at sea, aChile all $ smiIing trGnquily! Talk to us, Sir, of nostrurns and experiments though we cannot get rid ofthe experiment. would that we could get rid of the erperimen- ters. The gentleman tells us there Is no dis tress-nine- -tenths of the substGntiGl men of the country are free from it--happy am l, Sir, that he and his are without it's pale- From my very soul rejoice at it; but for myself and the staple State represent, it is, grieve to say, far otherwise. The cotton. the rice, the indigo, all are prostrate, and prostrated by nostrums and experiments.
 sN. Y. Go.rier.
 The Deposise Banks.-That part of the report of tho Secretary of the Treasury, which relates to the depos ite banks states that since the first of May their ds counts have been reduced S20 3S6 776 their circnla-
 ton 499l 79l; their ,dep0sites l56O7 and their specie less than 100000 or 66 banks employed ae
 the time of suspension, ten or eleven had paid over a the money which was then in their possession to tho credit of the Treasury. The amount in half the ptf. CTS does not exceed $7O0,0O0 in the aggregate, snd the balance remaining in a amounts to l2,4lS,O3l.- The money has been withdrawn as fast as It was wanted for public pur21ses, and as new degos.oIes make reasonable efforts te discharge drafts on them their bonds have been delivered over to the Sictor of the Treasury 10 be put in suit This conrse has been pursued with nine. The Secretary considers the United States secure against ultimate loss Heis of opinion that no further indulgence ought to be al lowed to the banks still in debttO the government, ox cept on the condition of an early resumption of spe- cie payments, and the payment Of interest; in
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