Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-06-26
SEVENTH CONGRESS.


the two following resolutions, the former
by Mr.. Clay, tho latter by Mr.. Bayard
VIZ:
|. "That NO much Of the President
message rs relates to nm uniform currency
ind suitable fiscal agent, capable Of nd
ding increased facilities in the collection
and disbursement and security of the pub.
lie revenue, be referred to u select com.
mlttee."
The I'd refers SO much Of the Message
rs relates to the death Of the late Pregi-
dent TO Il select committee Of five.
June 3.-The President Of the Senate
appointed the committees designated above,
Mr.. BARROW, Of Louisia ga, presented
n memorial from the Bar OF New Orleans,
stating that, in consequence Of the late
death Of tho district Judge Of the United
States in the district Of Louisiana, that
Office was o vacant, and ii favorable
opportunity was presented for the inter.
position Of Congress to augment the salary
attached TO the Office. The salary, nj
present, was but $4,000, d sum lncom.
petent to command the services Of n gen.
tleman Of high talent and legal attain.
ments, and the public good urgently re-
CURED that an adequate compensation be
provided by law.
Mr.. Il submitted some remarks in favor
Of the object Of the memorial, and on his
motion it wac then referred to tho Ju-
dietary committee.
Mr.. HENDERSON presented Il memorial
from the Legislature Of Mississippi for the
creation of a land river district, and
another in relation to d post route.
Also, one from citizens Of Mississippi,
praying the change of Il port Of ehtry in
that State.
Mr.. CLAY offered the following resolu'
ton, which was adopted.
Resolved, That the committee on
Finance be directed to inquire into the
expediency Of repeating the act entitled
}"An act to provide for the collection,
safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement Of
the public revenues"
This resolution occaSI0ned Il Sfnnr DC
bate between Messrs. Clay and Calhoun.
The latter considered it untlmely and Us
necessary, in as much as the select com
mittee on finance appointed the day pre-
yious, entirely superseded it. Mr.. Clay
differed in opinion, and expressed his de.
sire to SEQ the sub-treasury repealed i'm
mediately. He said that the CPL hat
condemned it, and he, for one, had come
to Washington at this session, TO do the
peoples will promptly-to work and no
talk. This is the spirit of Clny's remarks
Mr.. PRESTON submitted the following:
Resolrcd, That the President Of the
United States communicate to the Senate
the causes which led to the sailing of the
United States squadron from the Mediter
ranean, and the ~return Of the Brandy,
wine, together with such official CORES
m, edence connected Herewith as in hi
opin,. IN it may not be improper to com
municht &c.
House. Of REPREsENTATIvEs.-Th>
first action o. the House was to confirm
the executive III the title Of President o
the United States.
June /. Mr.. Adams offered the follow
ing resolution:
Resolped, That a committee Of one mem
Der from each State in the UNION be appoint
ed on the part Of this House, u JOIN sue
committee as may be appointed Oh the par
of the Senate, to consider and rep.Fl DJ
what token of respect and affection it E1aJ
be proper for the Congress of the Unitet
States to express the deep senslblllty o.
the nation to the event Of the decease
of their late President, WILLIAM HENRY
HARRISON and that so much of the Mes.
sage Of the President as relates to that
melancholy event be referred to the said
committee
Which was adopted unanimously.
The main business of the House this day
was in settling the question of seats among
the members, which was not settled at last
1t appears that the custom has hitherto
prevailed. of each member adopting any
seat that suited him, out of which he was
always liable to be ousted by any otheI
member who fancied it, and boldly tool
possession. The object was to avoid diff
culties in this respect for the future, by
numbering each seat, placing the Nos. in a
box, the number drawn by any member tt
be his seat during the session.
June 2.-JoHS 3. Dawson of La, ap
peared, was qualified and took his seat.
June 3.-To-day the House, as Davie
Crockett would say, came at the same hole
at which it went in: it opened with nothing
and adjourned with the same. There wa!
much talking, but no business done, and il
the evening the adjournment was unit
Monday the 7th.
REPORT OF II SECRETARY OF THE
TREAsURY.-Mr. EWING commences by
establishing the balance in the treasury
The result of this account is, as has beer
already shewn by the message Of the Pre-
sldent, that for the term Of three month!
from the lst June to the LIST September, o
the sum of S~11,l51,693 to be disbursed
the treasury has only s6,900,3o5-leav
ing a deficit of S5,25l,3SS. 1t is furtha
estimated that there will be a deficit TO
the fiscal year of l842 of sl6,08s,2l5.
Mr.. Ewing proceeds to shew that thu
state of affairs is due to the adminlStra
ton of Mr.. Van Buren,. The expense
Of the government, he says, from 1916 f
1887 were always less than its reFenue
that on the 1st Of January 1887 there Wa
in the treasury o surplus Of Si7,o00,00
which was comletely absorbed previous t
the 9th March 1911 !; that over and aboy'
this, there was collected and disbursel
within the same time . millions of reve
nue. due anterior to 1887; that over an,
above these sums, Mr.. Van Buren, ais
left near sir millions of treasury bonds t