Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-02-02
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Correspondence Of the Charleston Courier
WleHfyGTOS Ian. 90

"AsHiSGTON. Jan. Y.
The COMMITTEES on tho Currency, ofihe
Senate. have agreed, il is snid. TO make a
report OF new project, based upon the
plan referred o them. They retain moth
ius but The Treasury notes. aud these are
to be issued on actual deposites. 10 au
amount. mol exceeding fifteen millions
The control ofthc board is taken from the
President, by provision requiring the as
sent Of the S-uaic TO uny removal OF
member OF The board. This, however. rests
on ru,n"r. The provisions may be some-
what different from those here stated.
There is now !it,le probability .ha, the
bankrupt bill will be repealed in The Sem
ate. II is well ascertaincd that, even
should hlr. Cuihbert, ofGcor.ia arrive 10
time to vote Tor The repeal it will be los, by
q lie vote.
Mr.. Walker, in the Senate, to-day, ur-
Eed the necessity of acting on the repeal
bill before The lsI of February, in order to
avoid The legal difficulties which would
arise in case the law should he repealed,
aiier processes were commenced under il.
But nothing further was done than 10
read the bill second time, no day has
been assigned for taking i, up.
The Treasury Note bill was discussed
on its third reading and finally passed. 81
To 2U. Mr.. Calhoun spike two hours, ve'
~ correctly. in favor OF retrenching the
expenditures OF the government, which
hn;!, as he showed, increased, in twenty
wears, three fold-from nine millions lu
twenty six millions, while our population
had increased ouly rs per cent. lie un'
deuated many subjects Of reduction and
called upon the wings, who. he said, had
come iulo power on The faith Of promises
of re,renchncut. to fulfil their pledges
lie made statements showing that the
navy COS, US 0uc-lliird as much Us the
wholc expense OF maintaining the British
navy. and said. that unless the expense
could he so reduced as 70 enable us to keep
The navy on the same rate of expense with
that Of Great Briiain. Il would he uselcs;
TO rcly on that source for defence. lie .es.
lirua,ed the necessary expenses Of the gov
crnmeu, at seventeen millions, bu, Said
rhey could be reduced TO fifteen.
Mr.. Evans replied, at length, explain
ing the manner in which The present cx'
pcnditures were f1rccd on tho country BY
tho Two last administrations.
la the House the Select Committee, on
the appor,iouncnr Of representatives re.
ported iu favor oc fixing The ralio Of repre-.
senta,ion at 6S,000. giving 22i members
| No one seemed 10 like tha, aiio. aud there
is no prospect tha, the House will agree &c
it. They will not so beyond 10000, The
repnr, was commi,cdlo 10 the Committee o
The whole on The State Of the Union. Il
will not he finally acted OH for al least three
months: and the State Legislatures now
in session need not expect 10 district ihcil
respective States this winter. TO void the
expense ofexrra sessions, they musi, at,he
present. sessions, pass laws postponins ttcil
elections for Congress, until after their scs.
sions mex, winter.
Dir. Adams occupied The House the re.
nainder or the day in scufiies with The
| Housssantl speeches in relation TO his Genr.
gia hoax. The House adjourned helore
MIR. A. had yielded the floor. and pending
n question oforirr, rs to his righ, 10 pro-
ceed in his defence. Mr.. 4. said it wa,
his purpp Sc To move that the COMMITTEE
OIL Foreign Affairs hc instructed To appoin,
another Chairman. if they thought pro.
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