Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-10-28

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aeer - ,tssro,Iecs wbei VAS but
~ f.evss nsde such ssasemcos ~
|. y. 1nnv in ''goij s!oae.
4 caro- mt VIA made .ne c M
~ = The reco.icc;soo - ~ ia r;vco
! kai srt;o6 was made una: - 80. anJ
I ~ q ~ The mcmoosy ~ 81 d;J -,
: Ss 1eH'a'' :" ''y '
q -. !, .ov ask the reading Of Ict'c.
: Arms, in reply TO ono nc mad
90 b. - e9ces calling on him TO state ,"s |
.uer;e was exhausted, snd ~oe.
- been denied being paid
essg 80 = hat letter Of the Secretary
|. ts1s:;.. vas tho letter addressed W
} - : DC sorsea''-a'- Arms anu 49, "
- Rss.rEsrATlvks, ~; ;n g, me #
: !. IN yos b 50 good a. 20 mf' r", -.
- socesd paying members q .,;o., e. The
. * ibe;s mileage ana Pc; i, me" ~, I've able
- ii. -1olc Of in specie for the present
b rn.~oss. Please answer this IN VIII
|, Is4 Yours, respectfully.
I, rcplv 10 the above, can only
U ~. draxn from the bank coin (cither
10y -, q, every meml,cr no has request
Icbsss..e now about s., 900 in specie drawn
|I-Aa e members, that IS now rcady :"
7 ~. -: and have been assured by tne
J E]Ae hank that they were prepared :"
Suec;c al ourchecks. -. ..,
|, respectfully, your ob't. scrvI;
, KOD'K. DORSEY.
, crL..ors.;,I he was in the room oil the
~ s.,. aboui an hour or so ago, and
Isess-.mhcr from Virginia being PAID IN
he ns M .oa then see that member III DIS
n'eG =. ,screupon asked Mr.. Dorsey whcth-
seat s.y;oe oG' members in gold and silver,
l,.I dat he was not. Mr.. ). asked
and d @,.s ~.s exhausted, and Mr.. ID. SAID
h'm - ~, conversation took place III
ns' $3.50. r. half a dozen members of the
,.e ri. ,rucstcd upon his own authority tue
1880 Ans told him So, md he sa" "'"
~ hu ovs eyes dealing out notes.
W. Ryes said he vas not the son'.c'.i'" i.o'''
Virginia alluded to, but he thought 1" '''is ,','
vas investigated, II would DC io'"" NJ ~"
member preferred taking no'cs 10 pei 'o' Co.:
MI hen o,bcrwisc informed. that that oli'ccr
"a ,,ock Of specie on hand, and had not refused
!. nav anv member WIN desired II. Nay,
-. ,h.e Ne had. on several occasions, when
me,.pe, have applied 10 him for their pay, IN
ou;,.d kov thcy would wish TO have II. Some
i = ,hsm ,rolcd that they would prefer Treasury
o,. ro.as.,sl.tipp their issue, and in that event,
7 concluded 70 wait till they wore issued. Some
| had prclcnsj Virginia bank notes, others had pre-.
srrd Dsprt paper, and others again gold ana
silver; perhaps none have preferred silver. mere
ss 10 question that tho promise contained IN
I Tie Secsctary's letter had been fully complied
sdh and every member, Who had desired 1t, had
ben paid in specie.
I H. Wise again called for the "cmPhatc
-sdag OF Mr. Woodbury. letter, (:s given aoo'e)
thmhhc still assisted was an imposition
I TSelcttcr having been read, Mr.. w ;'tcd from
she s..s-.ns passage, rs may beg st cow en-
Eent 70 aay q ,hcsn."
| Now, saA ", winch was most convcnientI SPc-
|cic was tho general term. embracing both gold
and silver but the letter an imposition, for
,hcrc was not a MN there who would take forty
or 6fiy pounds weight Of silver, and that In frac-
inns Of dollar. for they could not get III
whole dollars. Was il convenient then for mcn'-
benW take silver! No. Then they were rcdu-
.sdnH obsob's choicc-pnpcr or silver, har'n no
soH, and therefore they were compelled to take
upcs and therefore too, Levi could not redeem
hu puu;sc. Mr. w. stated in confirmation OF
ID. Set, that Mr.. II,istead Of New Jersey, made
| application 70 the Scrgcan,-at-Arm~ for gold,
Sacould not get it. The Scsgcan'-at-ASns re-
! fsedh.
JO0OSO0
nasis y made on the subject he, in no way, M
esded b i,ppcach that officer, for more faith
hl GEgcnt, and honorable one they had never
had
Mr. Wise remarked That he DID not design to
mpcach the conduct OF the Sergeant-at-Arms,
aud that officer would not SO understand him, but
hesc wcrc dozen mcn,bcss who could confirm
vaat he had stated. Mr.. Dorsey had 10 pay out
what funds were in his possession, or he was sup
pied with, end gold at present, formed no part Of
hem
Lefhiu, also inform the House Of another fact.
nat The very specie they were then paid with.
| sSa the silver. was the BANKS specie. and not
l To governments. The Bunk of the Metropolis
hdhancd the Government some twenty or thirty
ssaad dollars in specie, for this purpose, Cor the
;Wenmcnt had neither gold nor silver Of its own
% pay out.
". Briggs inquired Of the Chair what was tho
F,etioa.
hs Chair stated it was tho clause respect
ing he item for an agent in London To- prosecute
NE SMITHSONIAN bcqucst.
Mr. Briggs expressed an earnest hope that the
co~H'sscc would take the On .stion. There they
we're at 10 O'clock Of Saturday night. on the last
"'s"t u INC session. with much important busi-
1css 20 act uPou. Wasting about two hrIrs on tho
eemuose question, whether the Sergeant at
= as "a eDd Of silver TO paw the members! In
. ne OF heaven, he called upon the members
~ ~ House to continue this discussion no fur
discussion. together with tho question in
Ren GARTH
~n'ic up. he must saw. that the effort Of his
- ron ".'g'nn, (Mr. wisc) to fin any thing
nPo" fnc secretary Of the Treasury from
as r.d'ag Q. ms letter. did not meet Mr.. BIS ap-