The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-26

importance of having mint in New York. TO coin not
only the millions Of bullion received from California but
the foreign money brought by emgrants. A bill
passed by the Hoase to establish mint New York
and defeated by vote in the Senate Another bill
introduced here since that and defeated The
for this known 10 all and he would not therefore
peat them The powerful argument Of Secretary Wal
ceipt OF the golden harvest from California He in
eiusion moved the previous question, which
tained by ayes 20, nays a..
Mr. BROOKS (whs), OF n. ". having reported the bill
proceeded under the rules make the closing speech
ne sa,d the gentleman from Philadelphia, Qir. Chand
mr) haa resor'ed to most extraordinary process of
legislation to defeat the bill under consideration The
egerdemain which he GIr BrooksI was unahe 10 con
prehend TO take the floor from him While. Inc wo adaress
ing the House interposing himself between him and the
Chair and introducing argument in favor OF his Mr.
Chandler , own views in opposition bill By What
process the gentleman had managed like the spiritual
rappers to Place himself table and raise him into
the air and after an interval drop him (Air Brooks)
into his seat, and himself the floor he had not been
able TO comprehend although lac had some
of five days in studiousy examining our curious rules
The argument of the gentleman of his
od, oerandi II divided itself into two pars-rhetori
cal and ogcat-but the sum and substance was an at
tempt to create prejudice against New York and there
By to save the bauble Of mint Cor Philadelphia. AS
to The rhetorical part of the gentlemans speech he
uttered a crying denuncation against New York.
and represented her beggar soliciting aims
as possessing unbounded rapacity and like the daughter
Of the horse leach, constantly crying out, gye give,
give ~ And he further entered into general denunca.
ton Of British brokers and bankers, concentrated he
said in the city o New York and gave a fnay by say.
ing that threat had been made outside of this House
to bribe the members TO The support Of the bill Now
by what means the persons Nho thus alluded to
scented the gentleman out, he slr Brooks would leave
70 be settled between them and the gentleman No one
of them had approached him in such connection
Mr. CHANDLER, (whig) oil Pa, and asked leave to
explain
Mi. BROOKS refused to give way saying that the gen.
tleman the other day took the floor from him while he
addressing the House and he owed the gentleman no
courtesy 10 let him ntcrpose speech within his (r.
Biooks) own. It was bad practice, at least and he
declined yielding the floor The sort of rhetoric he
would merely say was more in character with the pur
lieus OF Blnesa,e Crpplegae, and Newgate than the
pilared halls OF this Capitol This being the rhetoric,
the logic is equally difficult to grasp, and quite diff
cult to The first argument the competency
OF the Philadelphia mint He denied this alleged capacity.
He said California gold has about eleven cent silver
10 work quick, two ago, under the demand for
New York mint five pcr cent of this silver appropri
but charged five cents for parting besides, work
never done The mint appropriated the silver to make
haste, but made the dcp0sitor pay for work done
feiore he concluded the morning hour expired
THE DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION
The House went into Committee of the Whole the
state of the Union the hill to supply deficiencies in
appropriations for the year ending June 3Oth 1853
Among the amendments adopted, one appropIiat,
ing $50 500 in addition to the ST. 900 heretofore appro
prated, for completing the repairs Of the library Of
Congress.
An Intellectual attempt was made to gvc Clark Mills
$50 in consideration of his erection of the jackson
equestrian statue.
Without disposng of the BILL the committee
GOVERNMENT FOR THE TERRITORY COLUMBIA.
Mr.. STUART (dem of Mich. reported bill to establish
the territorial government of Columbia which re
ferred to the Committee of the Whole the OF the
Union.
The House then adjourned.