The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-09-22
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c0ngrts'-latea.-This body has pfure M
'he midst OF ihings. On the lIth instant. a biII
was reported in the Senate for an indefinite posi-.
Ponement Of the payment Of the fourth instalnen,
oil money due 10 the States under the Distribntion
Law Ia the House, the Message has been refer.
req 10 committees, and reports may soon be ex-
Pce'ed upon II in that body. There are indi.
cations IN both bodies of disposition to consider
me present special session, for temporary pur
poses, and not session for general legislation.
In both Houses, on the 9th instant, bills ere
reported for authorizing an issue Of Treasury
notes, to enable The Treasury 10 meet the current
demands upon il. bill for this purpose will pro.
baby pass both Houses but il is doubtful whcth.
er any other act Of any sort will be passed at the
present session, unless legislation be thought nc.
cessary to authorize the proper extension of time
on the merchants bonds.
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IJOur friend Of the Salisbury Waterman, in
his last number, has pat TO US number of que.
ries relative TO the Officers Of the Branch Mint in
this place, which we suppose he expects Us 10 an.
swer, as be considers tho subjects referred to as
public matters, and relative TO which the public
have Alright 10 be specifically Informed. To ena.
bic Us TO them satisfactorily, both TO himself
and the public, we have obtained the necessary
Information; and We shall proceed to answer them
forthwith:
q. Where the officers Of the Mint
A. In Charlotte
z. What are they engaged in
A. la attending, as tar as practicable, TO their
respective duties.
q VIVA, quantity Of Gold have they in hand
for coinage
the MINT but We understand there is some $1,000
worth 10 the bank and several thousand dollars in
the peighborhood.
q What did It cost per pennywoight7
A. No Gold has been purchased by the Mint,
owing 10 The Assayer not being ready 10 test the
value Of the bullion.
z When will the operation commence
A. This will depend on The arrival Of materials
from Charleston, belonging to the Assaying De-
parineni, which, from the present State Of the ri
yer aud the difficulty Of transportation by ether
means, may be some time.
20 How IS the building furnished
A. For reasons of convenience and security. the
Government desired that the Superintendent, who
Is also Treasurer Of the Mint, should reside in the
building, and accordingly par, Of the building
has been appropriated or that purpose, aud The
house is furnished as ary other eenlIeman's resi-.
dooce should be, aud We Understand, chiefly out
of the SnPcrintendeuts private purse
q. l. there rocking chair among its furniiurel
\. ] there Is one among lis Furniture, II is IN
The pfrate quarters OF the house. and was not paid
for out OF the public money and the public have
just as much right 70 inquire into the pirate fur
nhnre Of any other person in Charlotte. *
q. What was the contract 10 pale in the lot and
tJ,ld the out.honses taken at?
A. Afer sufficient public notice in the news.
Ps efs Cd The DAY for receiving proposals u WIS LEI
ont 70 NJ. Best, Of Lincoln county. Cor Sl40o e-s
$500 than any other bid, including carrsge.
housc, balhing.hoasc. &c The whole il done on
= comparatively cheap scale, from what We can
lcAta. ard there is nothi9g but what is necessary
70 The couiort o. any person - no may be Superin.
ivndeUi. We DID not think il necessary 10 inquire
Or the dimensions Of The carriage and bathing
house, bat we suppose they will be sufficiently
large fof The purposes intended.
We have been tbps particular in answering the
above q1eriss. that the whole situation Of the Min,
raay be known, as far possible, to the public,
We are no, the apiaslst, of the officers of the
Mint nor indeed do they eKntl, ia 10 be, but we
lhirs they are clear from an blame or the shisers
not balng forth coming before tbs liue. All the .
rbccJs bat the A~saycr have been here for some
lire TO attend to their respective du,.fs, bot from
aumb,tless causes, with which VI are not acqusin.
ted The completion Of the Mat vas very much
retarded. The Machinery was no, received oil at
TIE same lime as to Dc put L p at once, and even
now the operations are retarded for tie want of
Ihc Necessary materials. As 10 the officers going
10 the sprinrs-Ihefe was none absent DO, the Su-
and he was only al The springs about
len days and from The situation Of the Mint, the
public interest ceuld not safIer by his temporary
absence. II blame rests any where, for the sala.
mes Of the officers going on, il is with the indyidu
u who had the appointment OF them, He should
have waited, We think, until the building fin
shed and the whole machinery erected. We
know ot no queer way in which the peoples mo.
hey is made TO fly hereahnuis. Our friend of the
Waterman seems, on this topic, "to be wiser in
his day and generation than even US who are
nearer the light
1TPawarnt If CoHgress.--Thc following letter