Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-02-24

Correspondence Of the Inquirer E Courier.
Harrisburg, Feb. II, ls4l.

Harrisburg, Feb. II, ls4l.
THE SENATE.
This body, after The reception of petitions
and reports from Standing Committees, procee-
ded to the all-engrosSing subject, viz The
BANKS After being resolved in Committee Of
the Whole on MIR. Spackman's resolutions, Mr..
Brown took the floor, and delivered himself of
his usual amount of radicalism. He repeated
for tho iillieth time that the United States Bank
was a rotten cOncen-that it was down, and
he hoped to Heaven it would stay down, DC.
Indeed, stranger on entering that body to-day,
would have supposed that the question before
the Senate, was one relating erctuSirety 10 the
United States Bank, for verify believe, In all
his speech, Mr.. B. did not a. any time refer to
any thing else than the "mOnster" and her
present situation. In a portion OF ms speech,
he attempted 10 prove that nlne-tenths OF tne
citizens of Philadel phia, were anxious Tor the
winding up Of the affairs Of the United States
Bank, and that they would not be satisfied un-
less measures for ats overthrow were adopted
by the Legislature.
MIR. Reed replied to the remarks of Mr.
Brown. In reference 10 the wishes OF the citl-
proceedings of a meeting 'of the yeomanry,"
as Mr., Brown termed them, III front OF the State
House, last evening,
| The debate was further continued by Messrs
| Spackman, Gibbons, Sullivan, Headley and
Cochran, when the committee rose. A motion
was made that the committee have leave to sit
again TO morrow, which was lost by vote Of
| / 5 TO 3. So the resolutions will come up on
second reading to- morrow. A final vote will
be had on them, in the Senate, | think on
Friday.
In the House, the resolutions relative to a
settlement ef the accounts of the disbur.ers Of
public money on the Huntingdon Breach, pass.
ed final reading by vote of as to 81. The
balance Of the business was Of private ma
,ure.
Harrisburg, Feb. 15, ls4l.
| THE SENATE.
| A motion was made in The Senate, to-day,
by Mr. Pearson, to reconsider the vote On the
bill to incorporate the York and Cumberland
Rail Road Company, which was laid on the
table Ior the present
THE BANKS.
The resolutions offered by Mr. Spackman.
relative TO the Banks, were taken up on second
reading, when debate ensued which lasted
the balance of the day. The "fat and feshy''
Senator from Lehigh, Mr.. Gibbons, first took the
floor, and with his giant arm, not intellect, dealt
furious blows on the monster" and the banks
Of the smaller fry. His speech cost the State a
good deal more than it was worth. Mr.. Pear
son replied to him, and in very few remarks
demolished all the sayings OF Mr.. G. Mr.
Brown then followed with a repetition oil his
speech of yesterday, done up in dish of some
what more "froth and fury" Several other
Senators took part in the discussion, when, al
:, a late hour, the vote was had, and the resolu-
tons passed second reading, by the following
vote:
Yeas--Messrs. Barclay, Brooke, Brewer
Case, Cochran, Ewing, Hester, Killinger
Maclay, Mathers, Pearson, Reed. Spackman
S,erreu, Sullivan. Williams, Penrose Speaker
III
Nays-Messrs. Brown, Coplan. Crispin
Fegeley, Fleming, Gibbons, hays, Headley
Kngsbury, Miller, Patterson, Pumer, Smith
Snyder-l4
THE HOUSE.
A great number Of petitions were presented
on the usual Subjects most of which were fo
the issue of small notes by the Banks of thi.
Commonwealth. A letter was presented from
Thomas Bradford accompanied by the annual
report of The Inspectors of the Eastern Peni
ten,iary. Five hundred copies were ordered
to he printed
Joel Dinsmore, the same who sent in peti
} tons last year, has been troubling the House
, again with his ahominable doctrines To-da,
. MIR. Church presented petition from him ant
a few others, praying the Legislature to abolish
all laws which provide for the sancti;y of tht
Sabbath, and the punishment of blasphemers
; accompanied by paper signed by Joel, deny
ing the soundness Of the doctrines of the repor
made to the House last year, on his petition
A motion TO refer the petition to the Commit
Tee on the Judiciary system, led to lengthy
) debate which was finally ended, by the adop
ton, unanimously, Of the following resolution
offered by Mr. Johnston, OF Armstrong:
! Whereas, the opinion of The members Of thi
: House, that TO grant the prayer now before th'
: HouSe Of Toel Diusmore and other of h;o IN