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"Ri:sTORATIO.' OF DEPOSITES. .Mr. CL.VY rose and said, that, as the morn-

should move the .senate lor leave to mtrocc two joint resolutions. He had given no0 of one resolution, but, on reflection, he 1 thought it host to prepare seperate resowhich, as they were short, he would ' i -.1..

I, T.4 111 las piacr.

Ks-yhK by the Smite and House cf Repre

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or the. t';n.V:t Stales of America, in s assrmbt'-d. that the reasons, commu.1 bv the Secretary of the Treasury in

Congress oi me mi oi uecemocr

for the removal of the Deposites ot the

.rev of the United Slates, and its Branches,

, ia?;:.Ticient and unsatisfactory: jlvs.W. ih'T'-fjrt That all deposites of the

n:v OI liie laiutju oi.iies wiik.ii um v -

::; or be received on and after the 1st day

V ,1,- slnll h. nn-lf w ith ihp Rnnk of

M (fill T . V-J " W - -

L United States and its Branches, in con-

rr.i'uy wiihthe provisions of the act, entitled in act to incorporate the subscribers to the

Bu&ofthe United States," approved the 10

prlLISlG. The tirt resolution, Mr. C. said.it would be i j r

tereoivej, was a mere re-amrmauon oi one

hich the Senate had already passed, declar-

the insufficiency of the reasons assigned by

o Secretary ol the 1 reasury tor the removal

the Public Deposites from the Lmted

I'.fs B uik and its Branches, and their un-

Isf.ictorv nature. The resolution was a

paraie one, and was not indebted for the

tion of the other House; but only to consti-

hc basis of legislation .should be found

ces-arv: and to produce the effect which, in

:ih!c opinion, it ought long since to have

ed, in the restoration of these Do pos-

s t the vaults of the United States Rank,

tli e Secretary of the Treasury, w ithout any

r.aer action on t-ic part ot longress. lie

cald not aiain state the reasons which had

rut'ht l;i:n to this condition, as he had fo

ccady laid oulhem at length before the

rate.

in t what wxs a operate resolution of thi uy, and this was a joint one. To the for-

er it had been objected on this floor, and al

ia the couutrv, aud.as he behoved, hy tfK

resideiit cf the United States also, in his

:t st, that it wa a mere abstract proposition t necessarv ta le introduced, and which

aM n.t lea l to any particular measure of

il i:io:i. He thought that there was noat ail in that objection; but. in order to

tvciu a:i r person ironi oeintr misled dv it.

d deemed it proper to submit the first of

resolutions.

The second resolution states thAt all derives of the money of the United States, id; h may accrue or he received on and after e -the 1st day ofMuJy, lSlil, shall be made

U h the liank ot tac L inted States and its

r.cc?, in conSornntv w itn the provisions oil

? -act entitled 'an act to incorporate the

ibscrnei- to the Bank of the United Stales,'

proved tlie Nhh. Apri!. ISif).-'

l ne inect of tae seco;;d resolution, it would I erceived, if adopted, would be to leave

fje i reasury Department at full liberty to baiinue its experiment until the first of July

Ptt. It would leave the public denosiles

Already placed in the local Banks, subject to

eregu.ar disbursements according to the ro iskms of law. It provides prospectively

)f tlie lawful resumption of these relations

bkh had heretofore existed between the

?urv of tlie United States and the Bank of

-is United States, which relations had been raviiied for by law. and which had only been ntcrnipted by a violtion of law aud of the Constitution. It mirrht be said that the Senate

ta. no right to usurp the action of the other

uojn or to originate what wold never ob&r. the sanction of the Executive branch. yMiatcvcr might be the fate of these reso-

"is at tlie other tmikiulg, that considera-fJ-t to have no influence on the course of this

V". The Senate owed it to its own charac-

"-r-and to the countrv, to proceed in the dis

c-iar.j of its duties, and to leave it to others, ku'ucr at the other end of the Capitol or in

u'cr btuKtinjr, to perform their own sense

sUueir duty, and their twn obligations to the

tntry. according to their own sense of their 'y.and their own convictions of responsibil-

Jv I o them it ought to be left to detcrmin

J'ti was their duty, and to discharge that da-

V 5 tnev minht think best, l or himsclt, he

!ao -tl I be ashamed to return to his constituents

r-t iout having made every lawful effort in his -crto cause a restoration of the public de-

t"Mics to the United States Bank. V rule a nce yet remained of effecting the1 restora

01 t'l rim, T rcifntir nn.l lhf

. li ii a ii i i J: 1.

" h'u mainc snouid nor. nac uimii.hi;-

try, there was still one measure left which might arrest the evil, and that was in the offering of these lesolutions to present ihem

to this body; and, if they passed here, to send

them to the other House; and, should they pass there, to present to the President'the plain question if he will return to the constitutional tack; or, in opposition to the expressed will of the Legislature, retain the control over the millions of public money which are still coming in there. To-morrow (continued Mr. C.) will be the last day of one entire year, since we had a Secretary of the Treasury of the United States

appointed in conformity to the provisions of

the constitution ot the United States. Unless the Executive nomination is to be fotmd in the communications which have been brought to the Senate this morning, it will be one year to-morrow since there has been a head

of that department, holding the office and performing the duties, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,eonformably to the Constitution. It has been asked on another occasion, why this great anxiety for the nominations of persons who have been appointed during the recess? For no other reason than

that the Constitution requires the nominations

to be made. It has been asked, if we were anxious to receive the nominations, in order that we may reject them. There is no one who has a right to put such a question. It is sutiicicnt to answer, that the Constitution requires the nominations to be made; and to say that this has not been done. And we might retort, if it were proper to go into any inquiry as to motives, why is the nomination of a Secretary of the Treasury withheld? Is it kept

back because it is designed to nominat an individual who, it is known, will prove unacceptable to this body? But it is not my purpose to go into the consideration of these questions; or, indeed, to say any thing on the Eub-

jett of the resolutions w hich can now pro

voke any debate. All that 1 have further to say, is to express a hope that the resolutions will be acted on, and will be Euffered to receive the decision of the Senate, without any unnecessary or protracted debate. Mr. BEXTON then expressed, at some length, his reasons for opposing the motion for

leave to introduce the resolutions, and con

cluded w ith moving that the further consideration of the question should be postponed un

til tins dav week.

Mr. CLAY: I hope the motion will not be

postponed.

Mr. BENTON: I shall aJc for the Yea fc

Nays on my motion. Mr. CLAY: Agreed. ...

The Yeas and Nays were then ordered, fc

the question being taken, was decided as fol

lows:

YEAS Messrs. Benton, Black Brown,

Forsythe, Grundj-, Hill, Kane, King, of Alabama, King, of Georgia, Linn, McKcan, Mor

ris Robinson, Shepley, Tipton, U lute, V il kins, Wright IS. NAYS Messrs. Bell, Bibb, Calhoun

Chambers, Clay, Clayton, Ewing, Hendricks.

VARIETY.

BANK REPORT.

UNITED STATES BANK.

Tiro feet of v5oa? in . iVfly. -The papers r ah " , w f .

wL.-.Jl (Li., oo. i .t,t f fthe Committee of the House of Rcprc-

the weather last week. We had frost in this ri p ,' M7 "Vt ., J o V s J

place. And on 1 nursdav some snow: nltvl J

miles north of us, it is said to have been two Presented May 22, 1834.

feet deep at least and that, be it remember-1 The Committee appointed in pursuance of

ed,on the loth ot Alar. J. Hampshire Vb-a resolution of the House ot Representatives,

server. passed on the 4th day of April, by which it

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was

Specie. The quantity of specie entered I Resolved, That for the purpose of ascertain-

at the Custom House in New York from for- J ing, as far as practicable, the cause of the rign places between the 2Sth of March and I commercial embarrassment and distress com-

12th of May, a period of seven weeks, was, of plained of by numerous citizens of the United gold $83,23$, silver $2,SC4,339, total, $2,- States, in sundry memorials, which have been

947,677. The period commences after some presented to Congress at the present session,

ot me large importations were made, and and ot inquiring whether the charter afiho.

there have been constantly large receipts Bank of the United States has been violated.

iromrscwui leans. W c should believe thm and also w hat corruptions and abuses have

the amount of specie received at this port ousted in the management; whether it has

since the 1st of January could not be less than used its corporate power, or money, to con

the whole of Gov. Marccv 8 loan r-N6.t0,000. trol the press, to interfere in politics, or influ

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jour, or wm. ence ciecuons, anu wiietner it lias had any

agency, through its management or money.

On the 1st of April, a slave at St. Louis. I in producing the existing pressure, a Select

Mo. was awarded by the jury before whom Committee be appointed to inspect the books he wai tried for an assault and batter' upon a and examine into the proceedings of the said

wiuit: woman, 10 receive ou lasncs: i ne lianK, wno snail report wnclher the provisions court granted him anew trial, on the ground of the charter have been violated or not; and,

that he could not survive the punishment. also, what abuses, corruptions, or mal-praiti

Working Mans Advocate. Ices, have existed in the management of said

Bank: and that the said committee be anthor

A Proclamation. The locusts have been iz.ed to send for persons and papers and to

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witnin me last year very destructive in some summon and examine witnesses on oath, and

parts of China, and the countries bordering to examine into the affairs of the said Bank A:

on the empire insomuch that Foo Yuen, a branches. And they arc further authorized

V ice Roy of one of the provinces, and a kint- to visit the principal Bank,or any of its branch

man of the emperor, issued his Froct.ama.- es, for the purpose of inspecting the books,

tion, protesting against their enormities, and correspondence, accounts, and other papers

prohibiting me entrance of the locusts into I connected with us management or business;

lis territories under me pain ot death, it is and that the said committee be required to

added that the locusts treated his proclama- report the result of such investigation, togeth

uon wun contempt. er with tne evidence they may take, at a

early a day as practicable

A Novei, Occurrence. In looking at the j Respectfully tubmit the following Report,

caption ot the 1 eomen r Gazette, we observe in part, of their proceedings. o far as they

that it is Jbditcd by Vie Publisher, Published by hare found it practicable to discharge the du

ine rnnier, ana frtntea by the bailor, and we ties devolved on inem.

suppose that the ovnrr of the concern chop I Charged, particularly, to examine into the

up the wood and settles the accounts for the j conduct and condition oftheBankoftheUni-

propnetor. There is no want certainly of har-J ted States, they have endeavored most anx mour in such a trio. j iously to ascertain correctly the true charae

ter of that highly responsible and delicate

trust.

To judge rightly of the proceedings of the

House of Representatives, and of its Commit

tee towards the Bank, it must be borne con

differs

Kent, Leigh, Mangum, Moore, Naudain

Poindexter, Porter, Preston, Robbins,Silsbec

Smith, Southard, Sprague, Swift, Tomlinson

V aggaman, ebster 2i.

The resolutions were then read and order

ed to a second reading.

On motion of Mr. WEBSTER, the Sen

ate then proceeded to the consideration of

Executive business. After remaining for some

The Senate of the United States con

sists of4S members, of whom 39 are Lawyers!!

Ihrceare Doctors, viz: Naudain of Dela

ware, Linn of Tennessee and Kent of Mary

land. Two are planters, Moore, of Alabama stantly in mind, that that corporation

and Calhoun of S. Carolina, who studied law essentially from an ordinary banking compa-

but never practised. One was an Indian a- ny, incorporated lor private benefit. The

gent, lipton of Indiana. One a Mernhant, Bank of the Lmted Mates was chartered for

Silsbce of Massachusetts. One an Editor, great public purposes, as an agent, deemed

Hill of N. Hampshire, and one an Ex-G over- necessary to the Federal Government, in the

nor, once a farmer, Knight of Rhode Island, efficient exercise of its high prerogative, to fix

Hendricks of Indiana, is the only member of the value of money, and thereby secure the the Senate who ever was a Mechanic! He benefits of a sound circulating medium to the

was formerly a printer. I confederacy

it was designed to aid the I reasury Depart-

Romance k Real Life. There has late- ment to collect conveniently and disburse the

ly returned to Paris, a Lieutenant of the national revenue of its stock the U. States French army, who was taken prisoner in the hold seven millions of dollars. And its notes

a o dity if he foiled to make every effort to

mpi.sh the desirable ob cct

J1:!! they had already passed, and waiting

w tie wiiuiuir

rcss

ait-

aslthii timr. ! rn-ix-lnrr flmt flip rrror

a , v. ..n-a L.X1LV11IU(L '

- ; OjnaTP In.l . wnA it tn. ho. SI11I

- - - . . .VA UV 4 I, 1 " rj eved in, and seeing the wide and rapid

-ofruin o-r fypry section of the conn

J! coniTn his course to the views expn . J 'Ms branch of the Legislature after wa

disastrous campaign undertaken by Napolean I arc by law made receivable, at par value, in

against Russia. He was sent into Siberia, payment ot all duties to the Government

and during twenty years of his captivity nev- Concede, as we must, that the Bank was cser found a single opportunity of making any tablished for great public ends, and that the communication of his existence to his family, House of Representatives is the grand inquest

who believed him to be dead. Consequent- of the Lnion, and as such has power to visit

y on presenting himself, his father and moth- and inspect all departments of the Federal er rejected him as an impostor, for in addi- Government, to correct their abuses, reform tion to the changes effected by time and suf- their errors, and confine the exercise of their

ferine, he had several scars on his face.which powers within the limits prescribed by law to

was still farther disfigured by a false nose each, and it follows that the House has power

made of metal. A peculiar mark on the left to appoint a committee to make a minute and arm, however, being recognized by the moth- full inquiry into all the multiform operations

er, fully identified him, and secured him ac- ot this powerful corporation.

knowledgement and the reinvestment of his But that there might be no doubt of the exproperty, the possession of which had been istence of the power here contended for, it has delivered over to his relations upon the pre- been expressly reserved in the 23d section of

It is very well known to every farmer, that sumption of his death. His wife during his the charterof the Bank,which provides, "That 5 oats are frequently rendered unfit for feed, I absence had taken to herself another husband, it shall be at all times, lawful for a Committee

and has pertinaciously refused to return to oi euner iiouseoi congress appointed lor mat

his arms. 1 his circumstance will, it is said, purpose, to inspect the books and examine in

time with closed doors,

The Senate Adjourned. For the Indiana American. West Union, la. June 4th, 1821. .Mr. Editor: Sir Bv inserting in your valuable paper

the following communication, ou will oblige a large and respectable number of your sub

scribers.

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after they have lain in the mow or stack a . .

few months, bv rats and mice. Alter a lew

of these animals take possession of a stack or

mow, horses immediately refuse to cat the oats; and consequently a considerable loss is

sustained.

A few years since,! became acquainted with

means, simple, indeed, but effectual, which completely prevent the ravages of those animals on the above mentioned grain. When

the farmer commences housing his oats, he must provide some good wood ashes, and on every layer of sheaves, sprinkle a few handfuls of them, just so as to dust them over, say eight or ten handful s to a mow twenty feet square. He will find, on feeding out his grain in the winter and spring, that it will be per-

fecllv free from the naulious smeu occasioneu

by the rats; and that it will be entirely unin-

jured by them in any other way.

The ashes remaining in u wuvu icu m

tend to preserve the health of his horses.

Thus, those whose barns are much infested

bv rats and mice, may by using a utue extra

labor, render their" crops of oats of almost

double value. . I. JV.

It is said the Mormon War .in' Missouri is

about to be renew- ' c itic.nl leader.! styled General Joe x form of a circular, 1 from on high, requiri to "expel the infidel About 500 are said t they are armed wit guns, and other host

afford occupation for the tribunals.

to the proceedings of the corporation hereby

created, and to report whether the provisions

of its charter have been violated or not."

The language in which this authority of the

House is described, is so plain and full, that

A Wonderfvl Noise. Once upon a time,

a notion was started that if all the people in the world would shout, at once, it might be

heard to the moon. So the projectors agreed an attempt to illustrate it appears to be super-

it should be done in just ten years. Some erogatory. The committee to be appointed

thousands shins' loads of chronometers were are to "inspect the books and examine into

distributed to the selectmen and other great tlie proceedings of the corporation. The sec

folks of all the different nations. For a year tion contains no reserved power to the liank beforehand nothing else was talked about but to designate the place where, or the persons the awful noise that w as to be made on the in w hose presence, the examination shall be

prpat occasion. When the time came, cverv made. 1 hese modes of exercising the main

bodv had their ears wide open, to hear the power are necessarily, as its incidents, We

universal ejaculation of Boo the word agreed pend on the discretion of the sovereign with upon but nobody spoke, except a deaf man whom it is lodged. A contrary construction

in one of the Feiee Islands, and a woman in would make either or both Houses of Con-

Pekin, so that the world was never so still gress dependent on the agents whose conduct

since the creation.

Anecdote. A gentleman meeting a very homely man, thus addressed him "My dear friend, you ought to take Saffron constantly," For what,'' inquired the latte;; "to keep the ugliness out, for if it ever stakes in, it will certainly kill you." y

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is to be the subject of inspection

If the Bank can attach any conditions to it

exercise, not found in the charter, then it could

render nugatory the power, by which it was intended it should be checked and controlled.

That the great conservative purposes for

w hich such Committees of Investigation were

to be appointed might not be thus defeated

the extent and character of their inquiries are

rightly made to depend on the wisdom, patriotism, and justice, of either House of Con-

not to the extent of the examination, but to the character of the report to be made. Th Committers is directed to report, amongst otlv er things "whether the provisions of th"e charter have been violated or not." The object of this specific requirement is to be found in another clause of the same section of the charter, which provides, "whenever any committee as aforesaid, shall find and report, or tha President of the United States shall have reason to believe, that the charter has been violated, it may be lawful for Congress to direct, or the President to order a scire facias to be sued out of the Circuit Court of the district of Pennsylvania, in the name of the United Stales, calling on the said corporation to show cause wherefore the charter hereby granted, shall not be declared forfeited." But if there ever had been a well-founded doubt as to the true and fair construction of this reserved power of the House, the Committee did suppose it had been long 6inc yielded. In ISIS, Mr. Spencer, of New-York, offerred to the House of Representatives a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee toinspectthe books, and examine into the proceedings of the Bank. Inthedebata to which that resolution gave rise, the opinions now entertained by your Committee, were well expressed by many distinguished gentlemen. For presenting short extract! from one of the speeches then made, no apology, it is supposed, will be needed. Mr. Lowndes said, he had no "appnhension of dafect of power in the House to prosecute tho inquiry in the terms proposed. He had no doubt of the power of the House, if the public interest required it, to direct a committee to make such a icport. The nation, said he,ha a deep interest in the conduct and management of the Bank; our duty to the peopla whom we represent, the nation's interest, a owners of a large portion of the stock, its interest in the revenues being wholly payable in the notes of the Bank, will justify a constant and vigilant attention to its proceedings. If there had been a doubt uhctfier tlie conduct of the Bank had brcn proper or not, the. House was fully justified in investigating into the facts, and inquiring whether abuses had been commit

ted or not. He would vote for any inquiry, in its broadest shape."

Ihe rsolution of Mr. Spencer was adopted,

and a committee appointed, who visited the

principal Bank at Philadelphia, and some of its branches. They had free, unrestained

access to the books and papers of the Bank. They were furnished by the officers with such extracts and copies from the books and

papers as they called for. 1 hey summoned

before them the Directors and officers of the

Bank, and examined them on oath touching

their conduct and proceedings. And the

Committe made to the House, on tlie 16th

January, 1819, an elaborate report, from

which we learn that their inquires had been

chiefly directed "to the geneal management of the Bank and the conduct of its officers.'" The

transactions of private citizens with the liank

were then freely and fully examined. Indi

vidual transactions of the President and Direc

tors of the Bank, in the purchase of its stock,

were fully investigated, and those officers

sworn and required to testify before the Com

mittee. Though deeply affected, personally and officially, by these developments, they

never hesitated or objected to obey tlie pro

cess or to give their testimony.

The names of the borrowers from the Banc

were published without any scruple, with the amount of money due from each, whenever, and not otherwise, such a publication was deemed necessary to illustrate the improper

conduct or maladministration ol its onicers.

This precedent, to which the Committee of

1832 strictly oonformcd, is entitled to high

respect from the eminent character of those by whom it was established, and who have justly enjoyed high reputations for purity of purpose

and distinguished attainments. If any additional reason for defencing to this contemporaneous construction of the 23d

section of the charter be necessary, it may b

found in the fact that the Directors ot th Bank in 1SI9 themselves assented to it. They conceded to the Committee of the House tho

right to inspect all their books and papers in such manner as that committee thought just and proper. Besides, those w ho now have the management of the Bank, in 1832, withuot question of right, without hesitation, withuot protest, produced for the inspection of the Committee of the House, all their books, papers, correspondence, and accounts, and appeared when summoned, and testified on oath touching the transactions of the institution under their control. With these preliminary observations, for which it is believed ample apology, if any be required, will be found in the subsequent portion of this report, the Committee will proceed with a brief analysis of their proceedings ia the execution of the duties devolved on them, showing the unexpected obstacles, interposed by the managers of the Bank, to the progress of the examination, and their repeated refusals, in violation of their character, and in contempt of the authority of the laws and of

the House of Representatives, to permit meir

books or papers to be inspected or their proceedings to be examined.

only restriction to be found in that

the Bank charter which we are con-

,;s that which relates to the Commit

v. Vot to the House; and has reference,

On the 23d of April, their Chairman addressed to the Prsident of the Bank a communication, enclosing a copy of the resolution of the House of Representatives, and notifying