The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-04-03

ury bill, is to render bank notes recoverable fol
government dues the moment specie payments are
resumed. The bill is thus robbed of its hard mon
ey feature and the project of making The President
the great specie monopolist Of the country, has sig
uully failed.
An amondment of Mr. Upton, that government
shall receive in all public dues, the notes ofspeoe-
payment banks, Gnended to repeal tho specie cir.
cuIar,) was lost Yeas %, Nays 30.
| MIR, Webster thon moved to amend the bill, so rs
TO require that hereafter thore shall be discrimin-
alton in the kind Of money to be received in pay
ing Government dues. Adopted by vote of 81 10
IA CHOSE who voted against it were Allen, Ben
ton, Calhoun, Cuthbert, Hubbard, Linn, Lumpkin
Morris, Niles, Pierce, Smith Of Conn, Strange
Wall, Wright.
The bin was then ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading by vote of27 TO %, and it suisse
fGontly passed by the same voto--CaIhoun voted
against It.
In the SENATE, the Cherokee Treaty formed the
subject Of n long debate this morning. between
Mcssts, Sou,hard, LumPkin, King and Grundy.--
Mr. Southland presented u memorial from FIFTEEN
THOUSAND Of The Cherokees, and from the Repro
seutatyes Of the Cherokeos now in the Cty,-John
Ross and his associates, against the Cherokee
Treaty.
Tho momorialists deny the justice and tho valid
ity Of the Treaty by which the Cherokoes are to
remove west Of the Mississippi.
Mr. Southland advocated reference Of this memo
rial to the Committee on Indian Affairs
Mr. King, of Alabama, was for laying the memo
rial upon Lie table, and for having nothing further
20 do with the Treaty.
sir Clay, of Ala, was against action, and in favor
of laying The whole bioct the table.
Nj Grundy was Of the same opinion, The old
treaty. he thought, was good one, and no encour-
agenont should be given To any attempt TO violate It,
Mir White of Tenn. Chairman Of the Committee
on Indian Affairs, was in favor Of having the me-
mortal laid urou the table in preference to being
referred to his own Committee.
The memorial was then laid upon the tabc--ayos
3G, noes TO-
The Sub-Treasury Bill came up at one o'clock
Mr. Wright calling Tor the BilI--which being out OF
Committee was read for Il third time, rs amended
in Committee, by the Secretary OF the Senate. Inc
question upon lis final passage The secretary
spent nearly an hour in its reading, when being
read as rs before the Senate for action,
Mr. Mexican said that he felt bound to renew the
motion to postpone the Bill before the Senate to the
next session Of Congress. The yeas and nays were
called and the motion lost by the following
YEAs-Messrs. Buchanan, Bayard, Clay Of Ky,
Clayton, Crittenden, Davis, Knight Mexican, Mer-
rick, Nicholas, Preunss, Preston It!yes, Robbins,
Rugglcs, Smith Of Ind, Sonthard, Spence, swift,
TalImadge, Upton, Webster, ard Whitc,.-
NANS-Mcssrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Calhoun,
Clay of Ala, Cuhbert, Fulton, Grundy, Hubbard,
King, IInn Lumpkin, Lyon, Morris, Mouton, Niles,
Norvoll. Pierce, Roaue, Robinson; Sewer, smith OF
Conn, Strange Trotter, Walker, Wall, Williams,
Wright and Houng,-23.
The yeas and nays were then ordered upon the
final passage OF the bill The following was the
vote, which is precisely the same as the vote upon
YEAs-Mcssrs. Allen, Benton Brown, Clay of
Alabaynn, Cu,hbort Fulton, Hubbard, King, Linn,
Lump.si0, Lyon, Morris, alouion, Niles, NorVeIi,
Pierce, toane, Robinson %e;or, smith OF GoHnocu'
cut Strange, Trotter Walker, Wall, Williams,
'NI1Ya|2ics5.srs. Bayard, Buchanan, Calhoun
Clay Of Kentucky, Clayton, Cfuenden, DAVIS