New-York daily tribune., 1845-01-20

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Various private bills were taken up ana acted
upon. 800 af
G.,n I.atavetts rom France to the tulted states,
in the year ls2I. Relectsd-19 10 d.
The Committee, al2 O'Clock, rose ana report
I'd progress
NJ. TAyLoa, Chaifmaa Of Commlttee on Ac-
counts. repp;ted thar they had a meeting OF ihs
Committee this morning, al ten O'Clock, and re-
mained IN session til alter - o'clock; that a.
sbou; half past II O'Clock Mr. kershaw, the Ac-
countant { Jerk, appeared before tbem. tic was
asked {. slate where the money @gs deposited.
81, rsul;ed that 3Ir. MCNully must answer lhtt.
Tbis made the COMMITTEE feel indignant, after
NJ. I!cNnlty had sud that Mr.. Kersha~ could
leliall about i. Within the last half hour ne
had received 4 letter fom Nir. McNutY. statng
thu. lie had S29 600 in the Bark OF Ame'lca'
NaT.Yark The Act sf S25 directed that tue
public money hs deposited IA thn hanks ni tkis
district. Il thaEe Was no Gsrk N the district
ire question i, Yshetltr ,hc conduct OF Nr bic
Nulty IN giving the public mosey 10 private Pe5-
sons IN Ohly and elsewhere. IS not verify ol cen
sure.
A voice" On, n. \ vote Of thenks Tor re-
MOVING the deposits from the .rStocFatic banks
aIT. lfcNulty 'slstter, simply stating that there
were s,29 600 deposited in ihc Bank of America,
New. York, was then read.
Mr.. DAVIS of Indiana inquired whether there
vas any certificate of this dcpasit
Nj fAYLoR answered :" No
Mr. HUSGERFoRD seat up the Law Congress
on Public Delaaters, which was read.
f!r. HuNGERFoRE sent up letter ifoni Suy-
danI Sage &. Co. which was read.
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Hr AicNulsy last November sigh; check for
| $4,000. On account Of Z. J. Woodward OF
| Moont Vefnon, Ohio, accompanied by the lc!-
lowing letter:
Pe acknos edge e ietep he;eetana place the amount
II cis 81 D. E G Weoa,Sard NJ Yemen e, y119 2hiS
Tne letter further states that MIR. McNuty's
letter had 10 date. The check was credited Nov.
q. The whoc amount has been paid on sight
dFafts.
DR.. f. G. Woodward was merchant with
whom they Rad transacted business for two OF
three years.
They stated also that they bad never seen Nh
hicNuty bat once, when he called to say that he
would send them the $4,000 as soon as he
reached Washington.
Mr. CAVE JOHNSON inquired whether the Re
port OF the Clerk which he Is required % furnish
al the beginning OF each year on contingent cz-
pcnscs had been printed
The SrsAxgn replied that il WAS ordered PRINT
ed on the 9Th OF Jlnuary-but the Clerk had or
dcred it not to be printed, owing 10 svme defect
in table which would not be corrected I'll Mr.
kcrsraw had returned from temporary absence
Mr.. WELLER explained his position. i@si
night he supposed every thing vas right-bpt
things looked differently this morning. He sti
hopod that Government and tho suretieS would
lose nothing.
He had iricd to get an interview with A!r, Nc
Nulty, but was unsuccessful.
The Resolutions OF the Commtlee were then
put The first, djsnissiug c. J. McNuty from
the cilicc of Clerk Of this House being put, the
Yeas and NAYS were ordered. Yeas 90; Nays
none.
The second Resolution directing The Secretary
OF the Treasury 10 institute proceedings or as-
cerlginlng aud securing the money subject 10 the
order of c. ]. McNuity, was puL and carried
HeHs. cor.
Gho third Resolution, directing the President
to insitsiie prosecutions against AL those who had
been concerned in this enibszzlcment, gave use
10 short discussion.
Hir BrLsER thought lio Resolution unncccs
sary as II was The Presidents duty al any rate.
| iiE DUNCAN NaHLju ~ EtfIW UlSiC lllS AC'lo
ury was The law directed moneys to be DC
posted in some Bank III the District. lie de-
MED that there was any Bank IN the District.
Mr. SrsrsoN OF New-York said that pr
Wood = ard oil Ohio, and Lew d. slalnln were not
banks at all events.
Dr DUNoAN said that there had been no en-
bezzl lement proved. Ii was all right ii the Clerk
had sufficient security fur the money he had de-
! n..,t.d -, different uI;trrs
Mr.. HAmLlN OF Name denied that Levi d
Slalnm or Dr. Woodward were Banks accord
ing to the act.
The icadipg of tic law on this subject was
called for.
The following is the sect9nrelerrcd TO. Pessed
Aug. l3, ISL.
charged with the sale keeping transfer disbursement {"
pubic moneys or connected win ihe T. 49, p4rms; " ,"ri ~
way etnent, KIND ui property merchandise :"
shall loan with without interest, portion Of the public
money, entrusted h- aiekeeping tnn>lef, d-burse
mentor ior other PURPOSE such act sli c de;nr,
and nndss to be an oi - "uc ol ne sd o
ha b. thus aAen invested used or oane which Is
hereby declared &" be iriny; aud The neglect Of refusal
pay over "n demand iny luUc pheys ~ I htir Tl"' u'
presentation OF daft order OF warrant drawn upoa hm ant
bufse any such moneys promptly, according !" aw i the e
gal requirement ot officer shall lie pria tifa eva
dence of such U s OF 80 much I'll the pub
c moneys may be- IN ls hands Ary oscer " agent 9i III,
United silss, aud all persons advising. knowingly and wIl
vce thereof before my Court Of the United States comp
tent uscon >hal;icr every such offence forfeit and Il
the Cnted STATES. line equal ,o the amount Of the
embezzsj, und sn suffer imprisonment for term not eN
| than moatks nor more taGn i've yeaIs.
hif. CAVE JoHasoH suggested TO amend the re
solution by inserting the word "alleged" before
the word " cmbczzcmcnt.n This amendment :. L:
lost by not a very large majority; (the Reporter
could not hear tAe numbers, which were taken by
Tcers)
The question recurring on tie resolution, a!
reported by the Committee, thc yeas and nay:
were ordered Yeas NJ nays 1. Those voting
nay we're Messrs. DUNCAN, BAYS, JAMESON ane
Mcdowell. Two or three others who mad yoteC
in the negative changed their votes.
Mr.. HOPKINS moved 10 suspend the rule re
curing the election Of the Clerk by viva.voce
Carried.
lie then offered resolution to appoint B. B
FREScH, Esq. Clerk Of the House. Passed witt
gres. unaDimity.
The Clerk was then sworn in by the SPEAKER
Mr.. ScHENCK moved that the use of the Hal
be granted to the Colonization Sociey.