The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-03-30
CONGRESS.

principally engaged n The consideration
u The Nnb-Irrasury bill. and thr House
Of Representatives il The consideration Of
The General Appropriation bill.
In The Aenafe. on Saturday the 2ath.
the Sub-TTeasiry bill beng under consid-
Grafton. hr. King moved 10 amend The
23d section, By beginning the gradual
process in 1899, instead Of 1855. This
section provides that in payments Of all
| dues 10 the government. the proportion
Of bank notes receivable shall be reduced
one sixth every year, 50 that al the end
Of SIX years these payments should be
made in The legal currency Of the coun-
try. or in other words. in gold and silver;
the effect Of the amendment was 10 post
pone The commencement Of this process
one year. The amendment was adopt
ed-yeas 80, NAYS 9.
The question then recurring on Mr..
cuihberi's preginns motion 10 strike out
this 23d section altogether, it was carried
IN the affirmative, as follows:
Keas-Messrs. Bayard, Buchanan. Clay
ofky. Clayton, criiienden. cuihberl. Da-
Wis, Fulton. Grnndy, Knight, M'Kean.
Merrick. Morris. Nicholas. Prentiss, Pres
ton, RIyes, Robbins. Robinson, Ruggles,
Sewer, Smith Of Ia, SOulhsrd. Spence,
Swift, Tallmadge, Upton, Wall, Web
sier. White, Williams-3l.
| Aays-Alessrs. Allen. Benton. Brown.
Calhoun. Clay ef Ala. Hubbard. King.
linn. I.umpkin, Lyon, MOuron, Niles.
NOrvel, Pierce, Roane, Smith of Conn.,,
Strange, frOIier, Walker, Wright, Young
Ia.
1 Mr.. Upton moved to insert clause.
containing positive requisition that the
government shall receive in all public
dues the notes Of speeie-paying banks.
After an earnest discussion Of some length
this amendment was rejeeted-ayes %.
nays 80.
| Mr.. Webster. having made few in
troduclory remarks, moved an amend
ment, which he afterwards modified so
as TO prohibit the Secretary of the Urea
sury from issuing any general order as
the specie circular making discrimina.
lion as to the funds or medium in which
debts tn the United States should be paid.
| Mcssrs. Calhoun, Wall. and Benton
spoke against the amendment, and Messrs,
Webster, Walker and King in its favor.
Mr. Benton moved an amendment
which he modified at the suggestion Of
Mr.. Young, requiring that all public dues
should he received in cash or otherwise,
in the same medium and manner as pay
men;s at the time may be required for the
public lands. This amendment was re.
jer;ed--yess g. nays "A.
| The question then recurring on Mr..
Webster's amendment, ii was decided in
the afirma,ive--yeas 81, nays Ia.
| Mr.. Calhoun al some length assigned
his reasons why he should now vote
against the bill.
The bill was then ordered TO be en-
| crossed for a third reading-yeas "a
nays 25--and the Senate adjourned afiel
nine o'clock.
On Monday, the bill was again taker
up, read third time. and passed by the
following vote:
Eeas-Messrs. Allen. Benton, Brown,
Clay of Ala, Cuthbert, Fulton. Hubbard,
King, Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon. Morris,
Mou,on, Niles, Norvel, Pierce, Roane,
Robinson. Sewer, Smith of Con. Strange,
Trotter, Walker, Wall, Williams, Wright,
Young-27.
Nays-Messrs. Bayard. Buchanan,
Calhoun. Clay of Ky, Clayton, Critten.
den, Davis, Grundy, Knight, M'Kean,
Merrick, Nicholas, Prentiss, Preston,
Rives. Robbins, Ruggles, Smith of Indi'
ana, Southland, Spence, Swift, Tallmadge,
Upton, Webster, White-25.
The bill was then sent down TO the
other House for concurrence.
In the House Of Representatives, or
Tuesday, the Sub-Treasury bill was Ia
en- up, and after brief debate, on motion
Of Mr.. Patton, laid the table by vote o.
LOG 10 %.
| II is computed that the cotton crops in
| Mississippi will turn out fifteen thousand