Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-07-10

Resolved, That the Secretary OF inc
Treasury be requested to lay before the
House tho plan of the fiscal agent recon-
tnended in his report of the 3D. inst.
An appropriation bill (for the present
session. specifying the following Items
was passed. !. W., IA v4
For the mileage of members, S6s,54e
GO chaplain Of the Senate, $500; PRINT
ing, stationary and other contingent en-
penses of the Senate, 500, 189; mileage Of
members of the House, $256,600; pint.
ing, stationary, &C., $30,s36; supply of
stationary for Congress, $4,000: amount
ing in al to 1897 TIA 60.
4 bill was passed to continue Id force
ten wears, IAN act to incorporate the Me-
chanics Relief Society Of Alexandria"
Several ilnportan, resolutions were read
and laid over one day. We shall notice
them in their proper place.
A resolution bv Mr.. Campbell OF ). C.,
intended to obstruct the repeal OF the SUBJ
treasury, occasioned a lengthy debate to-
day. 1t was finally referred to u select
committee ON the currency.
The following resolution by Mr.. Merrl-
wcthcr, offered yesterday, was adopted to-
day. AL hough long, we give it entire,
because it seems to open the way to a full
and accurate history Of the effects of the
su~b.trcasury law on the country in its ml-
| nutcst branches. The resolution was
adopted. .
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Treasury he instructed to report to this
House whether any bank or banks have
been used as repositories of the public
money, since the passage of An act TO
provide for the safe keeping, transfer, and
disbursement Of the public r%evenue;" and
if 10, what bank or banks have been so en-
ployed Whether the one fourth part of
duties, taxes, sales of public lands, debts,
and sums of money accruing or becoming
due to the United States after the 3Oth of
Jane, 1910, which was provided for by law
to be paid in the legal currency of the
United States, has been collected in such
currency Whether in any cases said re.
QUESTION has not been complied with and
ifso, bv whose order she law was disobey-
ed: Whether such ono fourth part OF the
public revenue has been paid in bank bills
or checks on s~pecie-paying banks; and 1t
SO, by whose order the same was received
and at what place such checks were re-
ceiyed What expenditures have been In
CURED in carrying into effect the act're-
ferred to, by way of salaries for officers,
purchases of sites, and construction OF
offices, for Receivefs-G General, the erection
of fire-proof vaults and safes, and the rent
for rooms for Offices for such Receivers !;
and the total amount Of expenditures made
under the 9th section of the act herein
referred to: Whether the Receivers-G Gene
raj have given bond and security in terms
of the law if not, who has omitted to do
20, and If said omission was by the sane
ton of the Department: Whether security
has been received Of each Receiver-G Gene
raj, and what was the value Of the proper
ty of such security. And that the Sccre-
tary communicate to this House the cor
respendenee which may have taken place
between that Department and the Recelv-
ers.G General, if any, in reference to the Sc
curity they were required to give; and
that he further stste what receipts or evil
dences of debt have been issued under the
25th section of the act herein referred to-.
The correspondence Of the President
with the committee from Cincinnati for
the removal Of the remains of Gen. Harri-
son, was transmitted to the House
23d.-A very large number ct resolu.
tons we're offered this morning, which VIC
have not the space to insert here. They
will be noticed hereafter, according to the
order of their discussion. From the num-
Der, however, we select the following, Of
fered by the Hon. f. d. White Of La.
Resolved, That the committee on Conf
merce be directed to inquire into the CD.
pediency of reporting a bill to extend the
limits OF the port of N. Orleans. Adopted.
A memorial by Mr.. Randolph, relative
to the operation of the tariff laws on the
iron manufactures of the country, brought
up the tariff question, and debate indica-
tive of bitter feelings, which continued till
the House adjourned
2ath.-Mr. Randolph's memorial, with
out further debate, was ordered to be
printed.
Mr.. Fillmore, from the committee Of
Ways and Means reported a bill authorls-
ing a loan not exceeding $4,000, 900.
Referred 70 the committee of the whole on
the state of the Union, with order to print.
w. c. johnson, from the committee on
Public Lands, reported a bill to approprl-
ate the proceeds of the public lands, and
to grant presumption rights. Disposed of
as the preceding.
A debate on the question, whether Mr..
Webster had maintained the positions
adopted by Mr.. Forsyth in the Mcleod
case, consumed the remainder of the day.
25th.-Mr. Adams, from the select COM
mittee appointed on the subject of the re-
moval CT the remains of the late President,
reported the following resolutions:
Resolved, That on Saturday next the
remains of William Henry Harrison, late
President of the United States, be romoy.
cd, usder the superintendent of a COM
mNtee of both Houses of Congress, from
the Congressional Burial Ground, and ac-
c%on1panied by such committee and the
delegation from Ohio TO the lire of the
District of Columbia.
Resolved, Fhat when the two Houses
adjourn, they adjourn to Monday next.
The resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed, and were sent to the Senate for con-
%currence.
Mr.. Gushing spoke at length in defence
Of MIR. WEBSTER. The day was wasted in
words.
HARRrsoM's, ToMB A friend Of the
editors of the Lebanon Star writes them,
from North. BEND that he is enna npd In