Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01
From NE B1Aim0ae Americon.
TWENTY SEVENTH CONGRESS.
WAsHfNoroS, Dec. 81, ls4l.
IfNIEED or rIa or AZ . u,I,

UNITED STATES SENATE.
Gov. ARTHUR BAGBY, the new Senator
IRON Alabama, appeared this morning, and took HE
scat, as the successor Of the Hon. CLEMENT G..
Car.
Documents, &C.
Several documents were received from the De.
psrtments relating to the enumeration of the Cen
sus. the execution of the Pension Laws. the num-
her Of pensioners, &c.
A report was also received during the day Civ.
ing the exports and imports Of the first three quar-.
tcrs of the present year. The exports amount to
sl2l 100000, and the imports to sl24,OOO,OOo
f,r the time.
Mr. WRIGHT of n. Y. presented memorial
from merchants and others Of New York, praying
the suspension of the ope atoms, of the ,nk upt
Bill Tor two years from February next The req
son of the petitioners that the effect of putting
the law in force at this time worI be the sacr flee
of the States held by debtors.
The memoal 81 med among Others BY the
Presidents Of the Bank of America the Phenix,
Leather and Manufactures. Mechanics and La.
fayrtte Banks, az wen ss by many merchants.
Two memorials were also presented by the Sen.
ator from New York in reference to the Bankrupt
Law, and both were sent 10 tho Committee on tina
Judiciary for CON fIera,ion.
| An exciting subject soon followed, before any
important business was transacted in the in,roduc-
ton, agrrcahly with previous notice. of Mr. Ben.
tons Bill to p'sp,ne the operation, of the Bank
I rupt Bill from February to July of 1912.
/ Mr. BENTON sopko at some length upon the
occasion Of Introducing his Bill to the Senate, and
descautcd upon the operations of the Bill of tho
! Ezra Session He denied that it was consti,u.
tional within the meaning Of the provision authori-
hing the act. II was bad me sure passel in a
b ID way, and carried, as Mr.. Benton conceived
bad measure along with it. He objected TO the
Bill, particularly because it dis hargcd the debtor at
the will Of the credit r. The creditor was not re-
sarded unless in the case Of defendant against
pl,in'ilf, The extent of tho Act Of Congress was
great als, that tho debtor ob nd his discharge
against the will of tho creditor. All foreigners
| had The hencf, ofthc Bill, and I, the ,me extent
as our own citizens. In ali other Bankrup, Laws
the whole, nr the maj rity of ctdt,rs, were ncces
sary 10 give release to the debtors but not 81 ia
the Bill before the Senate. In other nkrupt
Laws too, all persons and corporations inclu.
ded unless exempted by special statue. The debt
OF, too, fixed upon his own time for entering into
The terms of the Bankrupt Bill, and also in tho
character Of tho property surrendered, which he
regarded aS mrn-ruus. The effect would bo tho
Creation Of assgnees-who would create bill Of
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ceive nothing under the Bill.
The time for The Bill to go into operation, the
details of he Bill a'it pls,eI &C., we're also con-
siIercd a, length by Mr. Benton, when
Mr.. HENDERSON of Ms. rose and replied
very briefly denying generally almost all the posi-
lions assumed, and promising to answer them in
full when the Bill came up.
Mr.. WRIGHT to,k exception to one remark ir
regard to what NJ. H. said of the petition ptesen.
ted to the Senate from New York, proposing tt
pospone the operation Of tho Bill for two years
He did not regard it an argument al all adverse t
the petition, but rather a. in its favor.
Mr.. CALHOUN closed the debate hy expressing
his opinion of the Bill in brief terms. He caleC
it the most obnoxious measure, and 50 decided,
unconslilutio "a tina, hardly would admit of its Se
ing more SO exempt by Including Bank. In al
but this be greed 10 all that the Senator Mo. ha,
advanced. lie should however, he said, move tn
repeal Of the Bill when the Senator from NJ
brought in the question of postponement.
The debate here closed. During the day MI
ALLEN introduced the following Resolution
which adopted without opposition.
That the President inform the Senate, il not in
: compatible with the public interest. whether an
= communication mas been received rom the Gov
n ernmeni Of Gleat Britain relative to tho mulu,
right of search -A's1 TO Communicate the same I
Il The Senate, and all correspondence in realio
- thereto between thitwo Governments The othe
, business without interest.