Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-05-16
m.nts Of the Secretary Of III, Treasury. in his

msnis OF the Secretary Of tn, Treasury. in his
reports and explanations ~ alive ca .he con
dition OF the finances oi jh county. lie a.
ted the declaration at the official organ. bong
time ago. that rniulatiuu % th- seprcSenta-
tInus oi his former speech should ~ publish
I'll by that journal. and askeu. why 10 had new
&C appeared2 liz produced iacts, figures aud
vouchers to iurify al that bee bad formerly
asserted. aud went ou to exhibit still more
I hluudefS am mis- statements on the part OF the
Treasury Dspartm nt He ridiculed aud
laughed at the thr ilimsy apologies AMI ex-
/ cuseS. which had been gotten IN, and Offered
] To The public, Tor the hunglng conduct OF the
! hfat OF ibq Treasury Department. aud show
ed how the system would WORK, if carried out,
| By charging tne blame upon one clerk, AMI he
upon another. and 80 on, perhaps. all through
the Department. lie read from the law what
were the duties of the Secretsry OF the Treas
ury. aud clearly showed. that MIR. Walker had
not performed them. and was far from belnga
ut aud competent person for the responsible
station which he occupied. In he course OF
ms speech, he referred TO the fact, that Mr.
Storhm. OF PENNSYLVANIA. chairman of the
committee on the Expenditures OF the Treasu-
ry Department, very competent ami upright
man, had taken the errors, committed by the
Department, in hand, aud had made most
thorough eXamInaion OF the books records
and papers, Ia relation to the subject He
viii. IN the course oi few DAYS. submit his
report, pointing Out some astounding errors
TO The House
Mr.. Rockwell. by this speech has added
much TO his already high reputation as a man
OF most Industrious legislative habits, OF great
cledrness OF intellect andof untiring industry.
The speech will probably appear in the Intel
ilSencer OF tomorrow. 1t will received wide
circulation. It kills Mr.. Secretary Walker,
and demolsbas the monument OF his financial
greatness,a as the Union" styled his last an-
nual report
MI Sawyer, however, said it wouldn't hurt
the Secretary. The attack, he said. was but
squi0, small lnuentp and d small iuslnui-
uon-tll got up Tor Buncombc. And doesn't
Mi Sawyer know? The House ALWAYS laughs
when Mr.. sawyer tkes the floor. He said to-
day that he could make speech, and he
would IKE TO speak about several matters
the abolition question and the Presidential
question among the number-bul he thought
the house had bten humbugged enough, and
50, as his own constituents did OF require
him to make speech for Buncombe, he would
deslst. Aud 50 The old gentleman took his
seat and looked conpldcently.
The Union begins to think there is but
little chance Tor tue treaty to BE- ratified by the
Mexledns. because they cannot agree about
the distribution OF the money we propose to
pay to them Did not the Union" did not
Mr.. Polk know that when the provision in
the Treaty, under which the British bankers
IN Mexico, wEo got the Treaty up, were TO
obtain large amount of the spells, was sri-
ken out here, that those British bankers would
not use their influence for It's final ratification
by the Mexicans!
! We have bad clear day, bat cold QUO for
this season OF the year. The rain last night
was considerable. POTOMAC.