Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-04-29
Correspondence Of tie Charlestag Courier. !

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The President, to-day, answered slhe
resolution OF The House, calling for the
papers relative to the disbursementof The
secret service fund, while Mr. Webster
was Secretary Of State. The5President
refuses 10 comply with the reqdesl, as he
considers that it would be injurious 10 the
pnblic interest. The fund, as he states,
is used upon the certificate ofithe Presl-
dent. and MOI 10 be accounted.tfor 10 the
regular manner. He states ,haiis durfns
the time mentioned in the resolution. the
amount of the fund used was 5l64. He
says he had not used any Oft himself,
but should do so if any emergency should
render it useful.
Thus il appears that while MIR. Web"
sIer was Secretary of Stale, embracing
the period in which the trouble on The
northern frontier every day threatened
war, ouly FIVE thousand dollars Of the Sc :
cret service fund was used: Il is surprls-
ing that the whole OF. lie fund was not
used at such lime.
learn, however, that ouly a part ol
Ihe money was used OH the northern iron
tier, another portion was employed in OBJ
tanning some very important information
relative to matters concerning the South.
The whole subject was laid on the table
by the House
II is not considered that Mr.. IngcrsolFs
retalialory assault on Mr.. Webster has
been any more successful than his tirsI
assault, which brought so severe caslisa'
lion from Mr.. Webster.
Mr.. lngersol sent to the Chair some
minutes of transactions il the COMMITTEES
On Foreign Affairs, while Mr., Adams was
Chairman. with view to sustain, his allie.
CATION that Mr.. Webster wrote leIIer to
the Committee, and proposed q special
mission to England, for the purpose of
making a commercial treaty, and adjust
ing Of the Oregon question, which MIR.
Webster had denied.
Mr.. Adams explained the transactions
in the Committee, aud showed that MIR.
lngersoll was enlirely mistaken.
The Senate, as was expected, refused
TO agree to the House amendment Of their
resolution for the nolce.
The House took up the subjecr, with
some manifestations Of feeling. They
first refused 10 recede from their amend
meDt, by a vote Of 81 % 95.
Next, they insisted On the amendment,
10y vote of SO To IS.
They then ordered conference, but
that they reconsdered
The Senate will insist, aud conference
will take place. The House will, ulli-
malely, yield.
Correspondence Of The Charleston Ne,us.
April 2l.
In the Senate. to-day, a volnmiDuus
Message was received from the President,
furnishing, in answer to resolution, co.
pies of correspondence relative 10 the Righl
Of Search. Some unimportanl matters
having been disposed Of. the Senate took
up the Oregon Notice Resolutions, as
amended by the House on Saturday.
After long dispute as tojhe particular
form in which The question should be put,
Mr.. Allen moved 10 I" concur" in The
Of the House iip,sl alter
was negativei as follows e. =, =. . -
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison,
Atherton, Basby, Benton, Breese, Bright,
Cameron, Cass, Dickinson, Dix. Fairfield,
Houston. Jenness, Miles, Pennybacker,
Rusk. Semple, Sewer, and Turney-2l.
Nays-Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Berri-
en-, Calhoun, Thomas Clayton, John M.
Clayton, Corwin, Crillenden, Evans,
Greene Haywood. Huntington, Jaruagin,
Johnson, of Maryland, Johnson Of Louis
lana, Lewis. Mcpufie, Mansum. Miller,
Morchead, Pearcc, Phelps, Speight. Up
ham, Webster, Westcou, Woodbridge.
and Yulee-29.
So The Senate having refused 10 concur
a message to thar effect was sent 10 The
House.
The House, in the early part of the day,
was occupied in Commillces Of the Whole
upon the bill 10 regulate trade and inter-
course with the Indian tribes in Oregon,
but message arriving from the Presiden,
in answer TO the resolution relative 10 the
charges against Mr.. Webster, the Commit
lee rose.
The President, as anticipated, from
motives Of public policy declines TO trans
nit the information called for by The reso-
luton. After ar able review of The exist
ing laws relative 10 The secret service fund,
he expaliates al some length upon The
dangerous precedent an answer 10 he res.
oluton would establish in all time % come,
and gives several strong cases where in
case of The removal of The necessary Sc
crecy relative 10 this fund, lhr interests Of
the Government would be seriously com.
promised. He reminds Congress that il
can if it plcases, repeal the existing laws,
but 20 long as those laws remain in force,
he considers himself bound by them, and.
a high regard to tho interests of The Go
vernment. 10 decline giving the informa-
tion. In answer to the secoud resolution,
he communicates copies Of all The CORES.
poudence relative to The Mcleod case.
MIR. C.J. lngersoll, upon motion to
nrl0t rpada onp 4 onoto. enoocb