The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-02-17

o. Mr.. Underwood of XIV. has brought
forward resolution, directing the clerk to
lay before the Ii. of X. a statement, show.
ing the mileage claimed and received bv
the different members Of Congress. Some
sensltiveness was shown at THIS by several
members ono OF whom, Mr.. Claiborne Of
Mss. moved, as an amendment, that a Sc
lect committee be appointed, TO report, what
deduction, il any, had been made by men,
bers, from their per diem COMPENSATION,
when absent, in attendance Of the Supreme
Court, or On the Courts IN adjacent States,
or elsewhere, or on their private business
and another Mr.. Yell, of Arkansas that
the same Committee enquire into the expe.
diency OF reducing the per diem compensa.
ton from So TO Sc ; and also into the eype.
diency Of providing for the removal of the
seat OF government to some point on the
Ohio or Mississippi river, on or before the
LIST day Of January, 1910. Whenever abus-
IS by members ofCongress are 10 be probed,
the enquiry Is sure to be smothered under
mass q Irrelevant topics. The physicians
DO not like 10 heal themselves. -Lyachjug
lsrgiaiaa.
The bill for the admission of the State Of
Michigan into the Union having on Thurs.
day received the appreciation of the Preai-
dent and become law, the Senators, Messrs.
Lyon aud Norvell, and the Representative,
Mr.. Crazy, of the new State. took the oaths
OF office and their seats in their respective
Houses. Thus the number of the Aner.
can Family of States has been precisely
doubled since the epoch OF the Independence
OF the original thirteen.
Hurricane IN England The southern
coast Of England, and the northern shores
OF France were visited on the Doth Nov.
by one Of the most awful tornadoes ever
known. The list of sh!pwrecks is irghtful.
The barque Isabella, Capt kurtz, from
this city 10 Amsterdam, had been wrecked
on the English coast. The hurricane swept
through The southern and middle counties,
producing dreadful havoc. Coaches were
upset, trees and houses blown down, aud the
stocks of farm yards scattered to the winds.
Many lives were lost III different parts of the
Kingdom, and much property destroyed by
The sudden foundations which succeeded tho
torrents OF rain. London did not escape
The fury Of The storm, but suffered great
damage.
A gentleman was walking yesterday in
Broad ST. aud seeing something which ap-
oeared like strips of silk floating in the AIR
caught one of them, and to his astonlsh.
nent, found II TO be bank bill. Surprised
II beng oYerlaken by shower of this de.
'cripton, which quite filled the air, be took
he bill 10 the bank where 1t was issued
which Immediately despatched its runners
o catch the shower as II might fall, or gath.
'r u? The dropptDgs. ltappeared that some
II the officers of the bank had been engag.
I'd IN burning It's old blls-and to make the
assurance Of their destruction doublv sure,
hey had procured two or three bottles Of
Ilcobol, to expedite the process. But the
.Icoho burned, and the wind took the bills
lp the chmney-and compelled the bank
nlo a larger " circulation than it had de.
asned. The bill caught by the gentleman
eerred to, was very slightly burned, and
If course returned to the Bank. There
we're probably none others So little injured.
: Boston Alas.
A Preacher Of the Gospel Murlcred.-
We learn by gentleman from the neigh.
,orhood in which the hoTud deed was per.
,elrated, that the Rev. Isaiah Harris,
ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church,
vas wsylald and murdered on the 23i uIt.
n Surry county near Cabin Point. He had
'een at a nelghbor's, three or four miles
rom his residence, and was returning in his
~; and when in about three or four hun.
red yards of his house, he was shot thro'
ne head by some one behind the gig. The
erpe,ratOr OF the horrible murder had NOT
zen discovered, Richmond Religious Tel.
Singular Delpsioa.-Tbe barn of Col.
elisha Hall, New Haven, was DESTROYED by
ire on Saturday, 24Ih ult. A Young man
" the name of Plat, deaf aud dumb, and
so deran2ed, acknowledges BY signs and
writing, that he set the barn on fre; that
lie had conceived the notion of gong to
eaven, as Ehlah of old, 10 a chariot of FIRE.
hat he set fire to The hay and laid down hv
he side OF 1t, expecting TO be waited up.
Yards; the fire scorched him SO that his
nth failed, aud he was induced to leave the
harlot and escape on foot
Fatal Rencounter.-The Augusta fGeol
enlnel says" We have just been shown
letter from Columbus, dated the as,h
december, which says :" About 20 minutes
20, | Witnessed a ouorral hetu,c,, 81 Il