Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-03-21
From Washington.
MONDAY. Feb. 81.

mittec on Finance, reported resolution, which
was ordered TO be engiossod, inslructng the
Secretary Of the Treasury to settle with the
bank Of the IT, S., on the terms named in the
late memorial Of that bank. The Senate u
nonimously adopted the resolutions, requesting
the President 10 demand redress Of grievan-
ces from Mexico.
The Hou'e was engaged in appropriation
bills for the civil list, diplomatic, &c and al a.
bout O'Clock al night found itself without
quorum-a large number of members having
taken the liberty TO 90 home and to sleep,
thinking, no doubt, that it vas high time for
honest men to be in bed, call OF the House
was ordeicd-thc Sargent at arms und his
bows were sent through the streets, arousing
The sleeping honorabes and bringing them to
the bar of the House. Among the sleepers
was r. Nj. Johnson, who gave an excuse tina!
he found it necessary 10 abstract himself from
the House in order to prepare himself for his
new station in the Senate, Something like n
dozen were fined 81 each, and at about A.
M. the House adjourned.
TUESDAY, Feb. 2S.
In the Senate, the fertilization bill (rom the
House, was considered, the question being on
proposition of Mr. Wright, from the Finance
committee, 10 strike oUt the clause for diS.ri-
button of The surplus, which had been inserted
by the House, Oh motion Of MIR. Bell Mossrs
Wright, Buchanan, Bivcs, CutLbou, Niles,
Brown and Benton (ull V. B. man) supported
the motion TO strike out, opposed by Messrs
Calhoun, Clay, Crtiendcn and Ewing (ol o..
hio,) Tho amendment was adopted, by par
ty vote, &c to 49, and SO the Senate refuses to
distribute The surplus among the states.
In the House, the bill making appropria-
tons FOR civil and diplomatic matters was up,
and Waddy Thompson (of s. c. moved an
item of $4,000 FOR the Minister 10 Terqs,
@hen the President shall receive satisfactory
evidence that it has become an independent
republic; agEced TO, l21 to &c.
WEDNESDAY, March |.
A correspondent writes as follows, enclos.
ing the bill from Senate repeating The Treasu-
ny orders
"The inclosed bill has just passed the House
Of Representatives, by a large majority, and
only wants the approval of the President to
be a law think he will Sign it,"
From the papers we learn that the vote was
more than two 10 one in favor Of the BILL Cam
breleng's amendment having been cut eff by
the previous question. MIR. Garland, from the
Whihey committee, made a report for The ma
jority, six V. B. men-and Peytu1 made Q
csunter report from the minority Of tire,
anti-V. Buren, men. The majority report tina
Whitney was employed by some Of the pc
sury Department, and for other services. Pey
ton moved that the minority report be com
United to a committee of tho whole with in
sirucions 10 report u bill TO prohibit the trans
mission of secret Intelligence, by the Trensu
ry department, to The dcposite or any olhe
banks, which concerned all banks alike: Pey
ton supported the motion.
In the Senate, The Independence Of TeSa
was chief matter of discussion.
Correspondence OfMe NY Daily Express.
WAsRIEGroN, March 1st eve.
The way business is done now in Congres
IS by steam; and the Secretary Of tho Senate
and the clerk Of the House arc bur Two LOGON
olives 10 cary bills from one part OF The carl
ial to the other. Vain are all attempts to kre
up with it now, or to make calculations. 70
must wait f)r The end which is beginning :
Oe!--bul in the mean time | wish The D, opl
OF he Uniled states conid look in 0 tlic IiaI
OF the House OF Representatives. and mark n
manner m Nhic. The most important measure
are shg!lcl off--wl,hou, ceremony now
without form, when all along before lhis, tier
would he The most ii>ry debates even ugun III
crossing oi a =.
The Distribution PiincipIe was voted dow
an the Senate last night [ayes q, noos g.
-Four or five Of the friends cf the dislrbntio
were absent (among whom was Mr. Clay
while all the Van Buren unAnchin4 men wGl
al band, which turned the tide so decidedly
his favor Thus the B,l! with The amendmel
out goes back to the iiausc. The House,
IS said will adhere 10 their amendment, bl
the bill, as il IL, as | wrote you last night, ca
never become Il law.
have nos time TO comment on this higl
handed exercise fpowcr by The Senate AS
deserves. The simple question was, "Sha
tho Surplus Revenue remain in the dcpoe
banks at two per cent. per unnum, or in Il
pockets Of the people, where It is worth from
10 so or 40 per cent?" The Senate decide
to give IL TO The banks, and by party vot,
Thus, we see, il is the determination of VI
Burcn to have tho use of the public money
all hazards-and the sum that will be thus
lie use ill, 1889, f the Land and Tariff bil
do not pass, and the appropriations are n