Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-02-01

TmURspAy, Jan. 25, ls44.
Mr.. Sou,hai rem rk. that rum, had
rrp",tr,d that lie |. ,ud Fun d. about wi. ch
much b d been sad in tn s House and
lse VII, re, wis ia this city. He wished
10 ascertain th. fact. II constituents
lad an interest in the matter. He, there
fore, would propose TO send out search
warrant; and would submit the following
r. solutions:
Resoired, That the Presidents or Cash.
ieis Of the several Banks OF the city Of
Redmond, lie rquesi. to arqu. in, Hi.
House whether all n th-r Il them hi
III whole or any ? RI. md il any, how
much OF the quota It thus State Of the is.
t. butn.le porn. a OF the proceeds Of II.
s.ls Of the publ c Ian 's-wln tnrr the
same has been US d Tor Banking pnr, osrs
and With. ihr d,videnas d.. lar d sar.
July, lS42 to this time inclusive. b We IN
part he n or at from the US /, "a land
fund as a suite Of discount.
MIR. Leeke moved 10 lay the resolution
on the table.
NJ. Tsl,afrrro would take that course
which would most s,e Oily rid the House
of the resolutions. lie went Zoe saving
tine. lie saw no good to result Fl, m The
proposed inquiry. H. would 60 vi
he gentleman from Albemarle and en-.
qnre ., a. the hanks AM everywhere
,s., where this money is : but h- wouli
not srrr To this r solution. Mr.. 7. STAT
I'D tina, h- had rnqn,r, d 81 the TT, aal,-r
and l-atnt from him tina, there was no
such fund in thu City and on that nc.
count. she Enquiry was useless. Mr.. 7.
sugg estrd, thai If the banks had The mo
ne,. he should like & know how they got
thy what autno,i,y-h how thy d.rei
to take il, after the RIP at-d ''ec'araii ms
nj this it.us-. that tie State w"ad ut
re- Give II. He siould like TO knn~
WI, ther c ,p,. Yer or any other C. pta,n
had prrsum I" place MS mon y here;
nr how i, got here. ,f I be h re-. But as
no legislation was t, result from I e -n.
qniry, Mr.. T. rep.a'ei, that il was a
va Re Of tine to ado,, the 'esolu,ion.
Mr.. Snuthaii commenced on the orpo-
slion 10 this resolution. Cent. men bas-
I'd their opposition to il upon tn alleged
WASTE ofilmr. lie had submitted his res.
Iu ION with very fw rem rks, and the
House might have dispose If il 10 5 mn
utes; but the "ecnno'nsts Of time" stepped
in; one moved to lay i, IN the table
another moved: 10 immortal e II, by D. ST.
poning il till the 4. h If Julv, and conn. c..
'pg il with the Declaration Of indepen-
dence. Another. (ihe gentleman from
FraDkln) follows up IN speech Of near
an hour, 10 shew the or ut vast OF TIM
which ~onl rnsue! Mr.. s. a iveriei 10
tie inconsistencies Of Mr.. Talaf.rro's
prosi,ions. As nm individual M. r.
avnw-d his wllIingh IS to make any inqui
~; but ss a member Of the House he
would make no inquiry. by which the
country might pre- ut. Mr.. s. suspected
that the g-ntennn from Frsnklia had
already mate very extensive inqai,i $.
and knew Ill ali ut th- s,bj"c,. Mr.. s.
wish' d the re pie TO know az much US the
gentleman f,om Franklin lid. lle wish
cd tn an To know where this fund j.. and
20 what use j, ia applied. IT, his mind
here could he no jus, object on {, s,,rh
an inqnry- In moving il, h. had dis.
charged a duty. he left III. matt To the
lI"u.e {" do with it what they pl"rs"d.
h. IN ton I" p"slpone till tn 4th
July was then darid..d IN tn negative, as
Ehl"ws: Az SO N es Ga.
The question I'm the adoption Of the
resulut on was d, ciIed in the negative
AYES So, e es 65.
CONTESTED ELECTION FROM MORGAN.
The report on this subject was taken
up
| Mr.. Borock moved 20 reconsi Ter the
vote Of Tuesday, reversing the drc,sion
of the commiiie Mr.. Is. hal doubts
) b ut that vote; bu, he did no, know thar
he shoulJi vote differently now, from v hat
lie had dane formerly. Blu, he .rned
that several eentlemen were then absent.
who wished to vote; and for that reason
he r. owed the reconsideration.
Mr.. Southall would enter, AT this time,
upon a discussion anew Of this qu' stioa
with great r. Iurtance. After the dtlibe.
rate consideration given the other day,
and III. tl,b"r,ie discussion. he had sup
pos"d the deeison W u'd b. final. lie
had thought that the li.nse did not sit
here Tx. Youths in a deb,fing soc ETY.,
but Ms b. arded msn, who acted adv,sedIy,
d libe ra,eiv. Mr.. s. recspitulsted tie
past acton on this subject. II he UNDER
stood the g.n'lrman from Buckingham
Alright, he did Mt move the recons,drra.
ton for the purpos to r".delberatr--he
dill not wish (, change his vote, hat he
made the motion because there we've gem
TENN al sent VIM nov wished TO vote.
Mr.. S. wished 20 know IL he was right.
Mr.. Bocock ssii Mr.. S. was partlv
right and partly wong. MIR. b. did no,
wish TO change his v"te, out m my g4n.
tlemen were absent and many had voted
under doubts.
At the suggestion OF Mr.. WItcher, as
the object ives to have iuI! vote, and
the House was now thin, Mr.. Southal
gave away, and the report was la'd oycr
till tomorrow.