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< '.• i i.vlct&pti»B of the 3 per cents—-the
j it'.Jcd l-.y ths President of the liuuk in the
i pps'otmsnt cf lj: Directors—ttie stunt paid fur
i.vr. Ate. &c.
Kit thtrj 'vc*!' two portion* of the report, not
! uffri.-ic into till 1 debate, which astonish u*
tj< quit. impresses e5 must strongly with the
irvinbMioyetnrutbf its couoeru*.
to: l n u th-.- cuotiii jUi iosu of $52,975, to
’ oe.iit6rii.T t't: X. V. Courier iiu.l Enquirer,
..id nlt.ror.t •!/ t.pvu tli;ir OJtdr:tvvn :m I eii-
by tv. to'f.vf coiy—(tho sam.-fira.}—a
p.trt of this sum fcli.'KK i-.m ut i, 2, 13, *1 nml 5
y esri credit—i |> art it. w is tint lorg.
jr«t lo in m i I j on th; .liy— in niter part. £• 1 (j.'jju,
War for »i« monthi. tu I v--.t: aircny the larges!
lo mi in ih. lUy —and th-- while in"*av notes
M t o* eititetUtif l’hii ul.ipkW were rejected.—
Th; sum of £15,0X1 was borrowed by K 13. Uur-
ior. i on th. 2utb March, 1831, for one of thr? #di-
t-mid tie !*r< .•iiw.t cave him the money out
..I hi* men |V,u-ffi tits note* cf the ulitors
vrw cli-ne t.-ys jqj iu his possession: nod tlu
s*n;onu!t" • re• nmr it v.as “on or about the 8th
of April, i th!. th it the paper tillage J its course
in f ivor of the Jintih.” Tile loan, too, v. as not
laol -in'th'BrtufJi Psnk of New York, ho: at
th • mother HmiIc in Philadelphia.—There aiv
o:b--rf-attires ia this trmnacticb, wjihh V-: past
o.oi- fur the present. The New York Au»vi«'nli
itself. r.Mrr.vi its opinions until it sees the outs:
si-te cf th! story—yst feels bourn! to say, "th .t
the loritii to t'ae’Co’urier and Enquirer, coupled ns
that- are with the fact of the remarkable change
of ■•pinion iu that paper on the subject of lii
Hank of the Baited States, appear to ua mtiviir-
r .ritiMc nil,! in,wile, though punjhly not luqsiird-
oas.”—The editors of the Courier nud Enquirer
hive promised a full <Xpo-'u ofth.ir whale trims-
unions—sre shill uutiec it. iu justice to them-
se!a c».
. The othtr frv.nr: of the report, wl.ii 'b strikes
hs with ni nth force, roiaj.-i t ; the transaction*
with Mr. Thomas Bid-lie t.s a hreVtor:
"The third subject (say* the repo, tj ia the n-
laatmt of discounts madeT. Bidd),', mid the rate
of hitoro.it. The document uiarkod No. li will
show the amount on thu 1 5 th of each mouth
from the 15th day uf tSepbmher, 1333, to the 15th
of February, 1332. l'-y tins, it appears that <:«
15th of October, 1835, he had discounted up
wards of 1,123,UO*J dollars, nud has nt no liuic
since been less than -ltU.OUO doljitrs. The coin
ryittec doulit die policy in' sub large necommo-
stations to individuals or fn'ini, nt any time, ns it
deprives thu bank of the power of fulfilling cut
of the grant objects nf iu institution, which is to
facilitate «-ade by loam in time of pressure, nud
it may be proper to add. doit tlu-sc large Joans,
nt u law rata of interest, iu times when money is
plcuty, cro unir.Ily followed hv over-t. adiug, which
produces peeuoiiry embarrassment and general
“By a statement entitled “Remittances to F.u*
-repc," marked No. 1C. it appears that .the for-
cigtt purchases of foreign bills.were made by T.
Biddle h Co. drawn by them, visor
lfcdili
Oct. 11,1 billB-ddoys sight, and at u premium of
10J per coin*.
Oct- 11, b tills 'riso to 90 and 105
days,, tad a premium of ld£ per
cent.
Oct. 22, 13hills nt40 to !25 days,
and at a premium of ll per c at.
Doc. 10,y hills tit -iO to IU) days,
and at a preminm of 10 for
■Seaat.
1835:
IV-!>. 14,14 bills at 1C to 105 days,
and at a premium of lOj per
cent.
Feb. T4,{1 bills at 50 to 70 days,
uud at4pf*miumof 11 percent.
gtiii.Sl'O Ci
115,451 H
CW.OOO 00
COG,230 00
403,000 00
MO,000 CO
The neat subject examined by ibo minority is
the transactions of the Hank with Tlios. Diddle &
Co. svhi.tb nre tboruiigllly probed. Ouo incident
is to remarkable us to derive special nonce. It
is the refutation of a tl.iteiucnt implicating tbu
President of the liuuk, by the fact ilitidciimlly
proven, tllut lor several days before, uud suscrul
dnvs niter, the alleged date of tbs tr..nsacti<,u,
Mr. Diddle (the President) was ut;»cut Irom tin
IJnnk on business at Washington. "Tluis," says
the minority, "was this artfully devised story,
which wiii iuteu led to blast the renut itiui of
bigh-iuiudcd cud honoi'iii lc man. Imough one if
those extraordinary interposition, by whi. h 1’.o-
vidouce si.metiii.es coui'ouuds '.he coutriruiiecs oi
the wicked, lunde to recoil upon the hcuo of its
inveutor, vvlso must forever *!• nd forth a blasted
monuuu'tit of the speedy and rciribntive ju.iiuo
of Ileayeu." (n all .transactions of the Dunk with
Thus. Diddle &s Co. instead of boding auy thing
to ccnsuri*. the Minority state dint die IkoidinX
of the Dun?, appeals always to have acted with
the most scrupulous delicacy, lfc.'iirc the Com
mittee separated, it further appears, a Hesojutiou
was v.uiiiiiiuu.ty passu,I, ucquitdng Mr. Diddle
of all rrnsuro on this hrud.
bjmcooa, r report th. u goes onto examine
and refute various othci positions taken iu the
Report of th* Mnjo.i'.y, ri-spcctuig the transpor
tation of spocio, exchange, iso. ami dm lores the
opinion t!i it ihci: i; no part of tiie I'wiuu which
ii sa nj-.ichhcn Tittedliy .tlic gi-m-rni opt-iaiioiis cf
the Dank as the Kouthc-i'il and \ikstcrn Mates.
In regard to the euiupiirisoii drawn by the lua-
jority between the condition of the Dank iu l.-ill
and now', thu count r report says that the minori
ty -e nun t hut regard the contpuriaoji dins pre
stn cdiythc report as unfair an.il partial, and
cai elut'd to produce impression* on the public
uiiinl as a'vt'jiuisjy ermueous as they ivojjld be
positively poiuiciojis.” TJiis position is sudaia-
c-l by / h is aud argun-cnii nt considerable length,
summing up thus: "I jani lbs whole, that the
Dank is not only fully able to meet all Its engage
tit Hits, but win it stale of tile highest prosperity."
The counter report concludes with die follow
ing unequivocal expressions: ‘ j'pou a review id
the whole ground occupied iu lists examination
they h ivr made, iho Minority are .of die opinion
tint the ufTaiis of the Dank have been adminis
tered by the l’liwi.lcut and iJj-ectv-s wj:b very
great ability, ajid with ju-rl'ccf tidciilv to all the
obligntiuns to the .SiuekhuMers. m the (fovt-in-
meat, mid to iho country. They regard the Dunk
as nn Institution indispensable lo the preserva
lion of n sound currency, uud to the liu .ucia! o
ptrutious of the govcrmucut, end should consi
der the refusal vf Congress to renew the charter
us u great uatiumd calamity. 'J’lic-y will add, iu
i'iinchuiou, ihnt they nre equally decided iu the o-
pinion that t.'ongrcss is called upon by the most
weighty aud urgent cousidcriiliuiu, to decide this
importayu ipit siinn during the present session.”
—JtJtijnul iiilttlfafttcr.
this state of things, it is stated l-y Messrs. Webb
nud Noah, that two or three of the Banks in the
city of New York denied them the accommoda
tion of lotus which they h id previously yielded,
nud refused ludi-couu: lor them paper of unques
tionable credit. They affirm that these Oily
Bauk», m i um-hment of their frieudliuess for the
Dank oi (!:„• i uitcd States, withdrew from them
faciiiuc, previously extended to them, mid requi
red tiie rcpa im.nl of u largeuccoimuodHliouloau
iu: which la y wire indebted. Todi-eredit these
liuputattoUs. lealiiruicd by Messrs Webb nud No
ah iu their testimony upon oath before the com
mittee, a majority of the committee deemed theni-
s. Ives authorized to send it toinmwsiuii and re
quest the 1‘rcsidcuts of the two City Dunks in
,'u-iv York, to make affidavits before n magistrate,
giving uoiic-c thereof to Messrs Webb uud Noali,
.uni to transmit U.ose affidavits lo the Chairman
of the rosnimitee at Washington. The deposi
tion? nf Isaac Wright, I’residcnl o( the City Bank,
aird ol Albert (JitlTmiu, President of the National
Dank, nt New York, were accordingly taken and
transmitted to tho Chairman of the loimmitee.
They did not in the sli.?hlest degree impair the
testimony of either Mr. Webb or Mr. Noah. t>n
the routrury, they confirmed, so fur ns they could
cciilirm, that part ol their evideme which it had
been the purpose, in requiring the alUdavit^lr. in
tile two New York banks, in invalidate. They
proved t|int at l oth of ilm-c bunks, iu July l^-'B
note* o.'icrad for diseomit l»v Jauic-s W atson W ebb,
dit, war
riel, of a mcm-or,«“ * dUrLii:^ oii tn» ; *-c.u
duty, to refer, in th" House, to the conduct of pn-
vats individuals. Mr. Burges then obtained the
Mr. Newton, on account of the lateness
floor.
g2^fi*3s3Sa? r vj
Copt. \ ottng informs the Editor, offfi«- lb
Advertiser that the government .
®3*MSC3B5P.S
and kept up to the18th. All the horned' 0 ]
had been consumed at Vera Crux i c, l
sheep still remained. Flour wtu in Jett! f 1
and lead fallen as low as $8. ) t J|v" I’ 1 *'
question, whether the report of a cl'iu^".^
msie,;, prevailing at the departure ofH.H
from 1 umptco, svns well founded. *
ssfils mi endorser uf iiuquestioimlde ere
rejected. The emt-oitx of those rejections, hoth
$l,7;)4,0ud 7U
“By the foregoing statement, it appears that
th: Dank purchased, between the 14th of Octo
ber, 1:51, mul the 14th February, 1832, ofT.
lhddlo & Co. foreign bills to the amount of SI,-
79 l.OflO Ty."
Wo ars surprised at tlicso developments, mid
we therefore cauant believe the following as-
ocrtioB f,-om the Washington rorruiipomlvnt of
lift New York Commercial Advertiser:
"it is tib|v distinctly admitted by some of the
mbs! intelligent opponents of tho bank, such as
W'ftyne uud Arclier. that the result of the iuves-
tig.V.iou, so far as h has gout, is not discreditable
t j'th* (IdaduisU-iition of the Dunk, whatever they
teny 2iiuk of the policy of such an institution.”
Ths n jthori of the Report certainly do not en
tertain '-his opinion—for they wind up ns follows:
■"The investigations, however, which have
bcea ittinlc, imperfect as they were, 1'ullv justify
ihS committee fit saying, that tiie Lank ought not.
at present to bo rcc bartered. "* r
*slt is obvious, from the -statement submitted,
and the correspondence vrilh th: treasury con
cerning tbo public debt, and the fluctuations nf
the rerena-t of flovcrumeut, that these have hith
er,o essentially affected the general circulation mid
operations of the Bonk of tho United Suites. It
wo-dld therefore seem to your committee to In
most judicious not to act upon the question of rc-
charteriag that institution, or of rechurieviiig miv
other- national bauk, until the public debt sliaii
baen paid off, and tbs public revenue shall have
becu adjusted to ths measure uf our federal cx-
I<aJitu:cs."—Richmond Knyuircr.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
Wo hvi in oppormoity, yestenl.iv, of hastily
cxainimug the Counter Report of the Aliuority
cf the Bank Committee pro jit. ted in the House
of Uepressuutives by Air. M‘I)u(Ec. It is from
the pea of this gentleman, tint has the full con-
■..-nt of Mr. Adam* nud Mr. Wmmouph, who,
vt.dt him, constitut'd th: Miuotity of the Com-
taittee.
Wo hare nevcrwltncssed the operation of that
■uhmarine instrument of war culled the torpedo;
bat wo can imagine it* effect upon any object u-
fpiipst which it i* directed. Wo can think of uo-
liting more figurative of the effect uf thu counter
report upon the document to which it is couutcr,
th in the 4lowing of a vessel out of her element
by that contrivancn.
Wc will endeavor, in a few words, to give the
reader eq idea of tho tenor ol the Report.
Th: Report begins by oxamiumg the six eases
presented, in tho Report of the Majority, as sub
ject* of imputatica touching tho violation uf its
ch trier by tho Back. Thesq imputations are all
unequivocally condemned aj tm-mstainable; aud
to some of the cases great credit is given to the
liauk fqrtho very tr.iusactiou3 which aro iu the
Wyftft report subjected li censuro.
^ c *w °f tho loau to the Lditors of tho New
York Conner & Euquirer it noxt takcu up and
fully examined, aqd thn Report tested by tho ovi-
couco iq the case. This branch of tlio counter
report is concluded in tho following terms:. Under
all the circumstances of this cate, the miuority of
tha committee declare, without any reservo, that
tilcro-is rattling In thaie transactions calculated
to iJfcca'llftB to dunhttho honur and iuu-grity
o. r vhi i>irocp>rs; and thi. they feel authprixed to
istjj'opigi'jn of the roiijority of the commit-
0-5. froaj-tsi: opiaicc nc.b'iclr expressed by one
cliff m-mbem.fCkigjiiJfi. M.lohusou.) Thct
Mr. Ailams’* Report has also f-i-cii published.
In advertiug to the .art of the M.ijovity’s lU|iort
that relates to the loam grunted to the editors of
newspapers, Mr. Adams says, "iu reviewing this
decision, and the proceedings of the coimiiittic
subsequent upon it. he deems it hi, duty to de
clare, that none of his objections to ii luve, iu his
judgmeut, been K moved. Iio views it ns a pre-
coilent of portentous evil; as nn unjustifiable "eu-
croaclmirut of arbitrary authority ujum the free
dom of iho press; ns mi odious persecution of in
dividual eitiseus, to luostratt- the iullui-iu-e ol
personal or political adversaries, by the h-aud ut
power.
"Of this class uf accounts thus produced, those
of oue newspaper establishment only underwent
tho investigation of the committee. Those, o!
James M atson Webb ami Murdeeai Al. Noali
editors of thu Now York Fourier ,V Euquirer,
oue uf the most distinguished and extensively cir
culntcd journals of the Union. Air. W ebb was
examined upon oath by the committee at bis own
request. Mr. Noah trnnsmittvd to (tie committee
hi* own affidavit imuie before a magistrate oi the
city of New York. Mr. Milas K. Burrows, n pri-
vain citizen, not an editor of a newspaper, but
connected with the i-espousiliijitics of .Messrs.
M ebb aud Noali in the liauk, was subpoenaed to
appear before the coitiinitlec, lint ns the subscri
ber believes, with a just estimate uf his own
rights, did not give bis attendance. No propos
al was made in the committrc to issue a compul
sory process against Idni. As editors of a public
journal, and in that i h u-netur as guardians mid
protectors of tits freedom of the press, tho sub
scriber is of opinion that neither Air. Webb nor
Mr. Noali ought to It ivc appeared iu person or
by affidavit before die cuuimiiu-e. ,1 in ilieir
transactions with the Dank, they hail committed
any violation of law, they could not bo examin
ed as ii itnesst-.s to criuiiii’ito themselves. If they
h id committed no violation of law, thu inquisito
rial powers of the cumiuiuce uiJ uol extend ta
them.
"Their transactions with the Bimk, unf.irbid-
den by the law of the land, were no more withiu
thu lawful scrutiny uf the committee, than the
duel bughouse, the bit-side, or tile bi-ikhuube:
of liny oue of them. These i-vctl in the darkness
of heatheu antiquity, were the altar- of the house
hold gods. To touch them with the hand of poiv
or is profanation. Assailed, however, in reputa
tion, ns they already were, and had been, ou ac
count of these transactions, by their political ene
mies nuiUlbc enemies of the Dank, from false nud
exaggerated rumors emueruing them ivliith h ut
erc-pl into public notice, it was cortaiuly not miiia
turn I, and perhaps not improper iu them, to state,
iu full candor mid sincerity, ujiat their transac
tions with the bunk had been.
“From these it appears tint in August, 1831.
James Watson W'ebb obl ii ie.1 at the Dank of ihc
United States ii loan of twenty lliiiusnnd dollar
upon his own note i ndorsed hv Murdeeai Al. No
ah. The application fur this hum, made iu per
son by Air. vi ebb. was sustained by a letter from
Air. Noah, and sundry statements relating to tho
pecuniary cmiditiou mul credit of tin; New York
Courier mnl Enquirer, The letter from mr. No
ah was unclosed to the President of the Bank by
Wither llowen, mayor of die city of New York",
wbo had been one of the curliest Directors of ihe
Bauk, with a recommendation of th.- application
itself, to ho considered ut a business tm nice lion.
It was so considered by the Board of Dir.ctort
who necodcd to the tunu desired. Hut the edi
tors of the Fourier ami Enquirer had long Itccii,
as they still nre, ardent iiu.l active political parti
sans, mid their newspaper lias been, mul couti
■met deeply immersed iu that portion uf political
nfl'aits immediately connected with elections.—
The peculiar character sustained by the paper
and its editors, at tho time when this application
for n loan whs made, tvas that of dovoted friends
to thu present administration, and particularly to
tho eminent citizen at iu head. This character
they nud their paper still retain. They bnvo of
course numerous adversaries of the opposing par
ty, aud numerous rivals in tbc-irown. Somctimo
beforo this application for a loau from tho Dcnlt
of the Uuited estates, there bad-hem between them
and some of their competitor* for party . nd pub
lic favor, a newspaper war, with regard to tho
conduct of tlioir jouruqJ, and tho opiuiousof itse
ditur* with regard to Ibo liauk ol Ihe U, States
lu allstbir. iliQ interests of rival printing office*
.he Presidents of the banks, with great j.roprit ly,
decliiicil lo give. They state that at oue ol i|ic-
bmiks, no note is discounted if objj-< ted to by any
one member of tiie Board of Directors. At liicu-
ther binjk, any note is rejected to tvjiit-h Iwoul
the Directors concur in objecting, mid that uu Di
rector is required to assign ;t|iv reason lor his ob
jection to any disc-limit. In these nisiver* ol the-
two iVcvidcj-.ls, ttie sniveliber sonsiot forbear to
remark a ileuioiistralioii of tile impropriety ol tiie-
call by the- eujMoiitee tipon those gentlemen lor
their testimony in liiis^easc. 'i lie- object ol the
call was to impc-ucli the truth ol testimony given
by die two witnesses, M ebb mid Noali, upon onlji
before the eonusiltc-e—w itnesses illiose ycjiuitv
stocal as fair before the committee as that of any
otto r c-itizi n of the community, aud who, iu llic-
opinion of the- subscriber, could c-oiisider the call
itself on the Presidents of the New York Dunks
to eontrudiit them, in no other light than that ol
a gratuitous mid wanton insult upon .themselves.
Of the fact that notes otlered by Wubb luid bt-c-u
rsj-ets-i at the New Y'ork banks, ao doubt was
or could be eutertuiiied. The rensous of the re
jection were avowedly inferences of Air. Webb
•mil Air. Noah w hich might even have lic-eu incur
rectly drawn by them, without impeachment ol
their veracity. The committee could not, iu the-
opinion of the subscriber, possess the ritslit of cull
ing upon the Presidents of the New York banks
for the reasons of their rel using discounts to J nines
Watsou Weltb, or to any other man. The call
itself was a violation of individual right, uud the
refusal to answer it, though iu terms entirely re
pectful uud dispassionate, carries with itself a
nays un the proposition, which, having been or
dered nud taken, it was negatived, ayes 07, uoes
80. Air. Speight moved a call of tho House,
which was continued for some time, until, on mo
tion of Air. Whittlesey, of Ohio, it was suspend
ed. Air. Reed, of Massachusetts, afterward*
moved a postponement of the case uutil today,
i-tidthe motion was earnestly supported by Air.
Iv-rr as a matter of courtesy duo to Mr. Burges,
who had expressed his inability, from iudisposi
lion to proceed at preseut, Alt*. \\ ayne said that
jio understood nt least four gentlemen, w ho him
uu! yet spoken on the subject, were prepared to
cuter exti-u.ively into the debate, mid it would
therefore be impossible to determine the questmu
that evening. He should vote, lie observed, upon
tiie deiisiim for the discharge of tlov. Houston.
Some further discussion took place, mid the rule,
having been suspended for the purpose, an order
was made that the House meet at 10 o'clock this
this day. The further proceedings iu the trial
was then postponed till that time, and ut 5 o'
clock the House mljourmzl.
Washington, May 12.
In the Senate, yesterday, petitions were pre
sented by Messrs." lleiinm aud Kuuc. Several
hills were read a second time and ordered to a lid
reading; among which were the hill giving effect
to the commercial arrangement hetweeu Ihe l ai
led .Stales mid the ri public of Colombia; and die
Dill to amend llie act relinquishing the reversion
ary interest of the United {states to a part ol the <
laud reserved at the treaty of fort Jackson. Al said Gencrulhad writtcu to the Vice PruiiTJ
one o'clock, the General 1 ost Office hill came up Bogota, after his arrogant pioi limiatinu m a.!.
censure upon usurped authority, not undeserved
"To t-his call upon the Presidents of the New
York hanks, the subscriber had aaothcrobjeetion.
Hie chairman of the committee had, by uu net ol
Congre-s. authority to administer oaths to witness
es, mid the committee had received from th
House authority to send for persons and papers
But the siihserihu-did uutconsider the commilli-e
as possessing the power-of delegating to other men
authority to take depositions from persons, whom
the committee were authorized to call before th. in
selves, aud to hear in person. No member tven
of the committee, other than tho ciiairmau. was
authorized to administer an oath. To administer
oaths to witnesses w as in the competency of the
chairman specialty authorized by statute. To
send lor the persons and papers existing was ill
the compcJeoev of the committee, authorized by
the House. But ti direct to he taken, and to re
rcivo as testimony, depositions of perrons whim
thu committee might have summoned to appear
nud testify before themselves, use ns the subscri
ber believed, to transcend their lawful authority,
mid to sot a precedent which would lead to most
pernicious abuses. This cucroacfaiuent of powci
could not lie justified by the request of the chair
man of tiie committee to tile deponents, thal
James Willson Webb and Murdeeai Al. Noah,
the persons whose testimony it was supposei:
these depositions would discredit, should hive iio
lice of tiie- time mnl place, wli- ii mul where the,
hou'd lie taken. To give notice' of a deposition
lo lie taken to impeach die testimony of another
is the duty of a pnrtv to' a cause, aud not of Bit
deponent himself. Tne witness whose testimony
is to ho discredited, cammt he bound to receive ii
notification from the witness called to din-rcdi
him. Thu volunteering of a committee- to semi
forth mandates in search of contradictory evi
deuce, to fasten imputations uf |>erjury upon wit
nesses of veracity, liefore them unimpemhed, lt,u
u tho view of the subscriber, an aspect too unjust
md udious in itself, to be legitimated by miy no
tice givcu to the ivituesst-s thus outraged in their
fcelings aud llic-ir rights. Tile whole procedure
was in the opiuiou ot the sul-seriber, unlawful mid
yinjitsl.—Hu recorded against it lbs vote upon the
jourmil of the committee; mid he deems it hi* duty
to repeat ills protestation again,t it iu his report."'
yens) of Juitifc*;j
n?*in lb. United State* ■
iJaaVBi.-eniin coajpnjf,^ cf mers upright, iude-
djodeee, iL:Aai j..!-'■ liiv w.i! ,.i:; i .«'.!■ - . i :
tltmv do he, pi cjUim iT tu li.
try v.'illing,ai;xi;i»ui
HIV *<{ *
gtrf bsewt ,atc rhis Hist weE* gtnat^l
tin Lfbfe^Wl(%g " 1
to eiiitowbFvnrtmi aud^ic nuowUp* BPP..
public pro.1. ibif MlAMtMjffltrT'T.iTr Ini tr'i' n-T" u> a brvach^or. privilege
or were thought to hsVolSx *m cujsi^ciy busMs Ohio,
tu-i frxy-hyiv<i»D'tAkV(eAtMAgl Stwfll-
sil.e tmfmished business, mid Mr. Dibli renewid
ia the Senate bis motion which hud hccu rejei-ted
yesterday iu committee of the whole, to abolish
the postage 011 newspapers. Tiie yeas uud nays
were takcu 011 thisquestiou, aud uie motion was
rejected; yeas 22, nays 23. ’i he bill was then
ordered to a third reading. The (senate then
took up the lull reported by the committee ou
Peusions, supplementary to the act lor the ri-licl
of cc-rtaiii surviving officers and soldiers of the ar
my of the revolution, the question he.ng on the
motion to recommit tho bill w itli instructions so to
pmend jt as to give laud in lieu of money, aud to
irovide for those officers mill soldiers who lung In
11 the Indian wars, growing out of the revolu
tion.
At 10 o'clock the House assembled. Air. A1‘-
Duffie presented the report of the minority on
the United States' liauk, which was referred to a
comniitive uf the whole on the state uf the Union,
nud ordered lu be printed.—Ttkgtaph.
Washington, May 14.
Tlio Houston case was decided about 11 o'clock
Al. on Saturday last, by tin- passage of the
follow ing resolutions—ihe lirst by a vote of KB
:o8!>, and the sci-oud, (excluding Gov. Houston
is a former member of Congress, from the pri-
ilt-ged seats w ithin the Huh,) by a vote of !XI
:u 84.
JlerohtJ, That Samuel Iloustou he brought
to the bur of tho House, ou Monday next, at 12
o'clock, aud lie there reprimanded by the Spea
ker, for the contempt mid violation of the privi
leges of the House, of which lie has liven guil-
11, aud that he be then discharged from the 8er-
,euiu nt-Aruwu
‘JtifvlitJ, Tlmt Samuel Houston be excluded
ruin the exercise of the privilege conferred by the
13th stnudmg rulo of tlio House.
Washington, May 15.
In the House of RcprecuutuUves, the judgment
of the House un the breach uf privilege commit
ted by General Houston, was delivered by the
Speaker to the accused, at the bar. Air. "Flan
nery afterwards, submitted a resulution, winch
Washington, May 11
lutlro Senate, yesterday, a message ol a cuufi
Icutiul nature was received frulu the 1‘residuil ol
tile l. mted {states, by Air. Douclsoa, Ids secretary
V report wus received Irom the commissioner ul
tie General Gaud Office, cutuniuuig the luloroin
•ou called tor liy the resolution ui the Fcu.ilc ut
tne SJinlr ult. relative to du.iutn.us of public iau.is
,o Fillies, Tc-riitories, nud liuutes corporate,
whic-li, eu motion uf Atr. Hendricks, wasurdcrc-u
u uu jinuted. At lliu hour ut uue, tliu debate 011
atr. bibb s amendment to itm Bust office bill was
■numued by Messrs. Cluylou, Grundy mid
llolint-*. Ot, the concluMuu ol the debate, thu
questiou was takcu ou the iimc-udiiic-ut, nud 11
was rtjt-cleu by the following Vote: yens 22,uuy*
-:3. The liill was then reported tu the Semite
anieuilL-d, nud the uiucudincnls agreed to iu
cumiuiuce uf tiie whole were concurred iu.—
1 he questuu ilwu was uu ordering tbu mucud
incuts tu lie engrossed mid thu bill to be read a
llmd time, tvhcu Air. Holmes moved nn ndjouru
mrut, which was curried—uye-s Hi, uoc-s 18.
lu tLclIouscot Representatives,Air. Ellsworth
rc-porlcd a bill reiidc-riug penal tiie making auu
truuspurtiug umutertcit turoigu coin. It w us rend
twice uud tutnmilted to a committee of the whule
uu tho state ut thu Uui..u. The lluuse then re
sumed the debate uu the trial uf Gtu. Houston
far breach of privilege. Air. Beardsley, of No-tv
Yurk, proceeded with hi* argument, which bo
had commenced un the preceding day, nud hav-
i..g gi ue through the constitutional points ns to
the privileges aud power ol tho Drith-h Parlia-
meat and thu tuned Btides Congress, took a re
view of the testimony which has becu given iu
inr present case, nud concluded with expressing
his conviction that tho ofltneo charged cues uot",
under tho circumstances,- amount to a couteuipt.
Mr. Sutherland next addressed the House in vin
dication of its power, os the embodied represen
tation uf Uie people, to protect its ciliztus, aud
thereby tu protect also the freedom uf debate and
the liberty.pf the pros. Mr. 'Mitchell, of Bomb
Vatolina, coattticed that ibis charge did not a-
Intertniina from Siu CnnaJa^W,. | iaV Mj
favored with the Govcruimut Gazcti. 'r vl
Grenada oi lliu 11th aud loth of Alarcb®, f
ed via l’hiiadclphia. ri<t T
We leant from them, by letters, & c .. i
pt-c-k-d and gratifying news of th 0 *^“'1
Geu. Sniitandc-r to the 1‘resideni-y nf the , l
he of New Gim.mla. That di Uuguislivd tYll
111* 1*i* is Hi nt v. . ' I
having nearly recovered from an attack *.1
chest with which hq has suffered lor ,,*
moullii. l ' t l
On Saturday arrived in this city first enmo,
dm-.t ef artillery, Joaquin Acosta, ami ™ ]
c-omniimdaut ol cavalry, Btouoruto Jimja "l
reiiimissioued by the government of N ln
m;d», to deliver to Oen. Bauiam'cr .ij-etbl
relating to Ins election as President of ikt s ,.|
Very well founded hopes were l-Btettancd ij
there would be no rupture between the i tw ,1
Geli, Flores and t ! 'o»e of New Ciau.nlt,; funP
ogota, after Ins arrogant pioclamatinu ntp as L
that he would not cross the Jllauaiubi CDlfssiJ
yoked, (lu the other side n cwnims-i,,, |„|
Bogota, composed of Messrs. Restrcpn. awl J
Bishop of Bauta Alarm, I1111I set out far Petto, f
sec (Jen. Flores, in order nu icablv to nrnim’i 1
political diflereutes t-xUliug kclwccu the 1
states.
*i'hc ConstilutionofNew Grcciadn Wnsrullil
ed in Bogota on tlieSCth ot Alnrcti, with pencil
applause. The Vice President Senor lilarcecl
had entered upon the disc lunge cf the tuiwf
film-time* 011 the 11 ill of March, in cxpeciaueal
the President's arrival. j
All tho country w as in a state of tranquiliity.l
(Jen. Santander had meditated a joururv icl
Nctv England; hilt his countrymen urge liis's, e|
dy return. It lias been report.-d that a plan al
formed by Ids oii nt es at Jamaica to cur, r-cJ
him. >Vu think it would he a very ap|iro|mi|
tokqn of respect, if a passage should be offi-re
him iu one of our armed ships.
was adopted, for tije apjmiutuicut of a select
committee of seven members, to investigate tlio
ir us.ictious c-ouneeted with the alleged fraud in
.he proposed contract for Indian rations. Air.
Barbour of Virginia, offered a resolusion direct
ing the committee ou the Judiciary to inquire iu-
iu tbu expediency of reporting u bill delii ing the
oil, ace ol a breach of privilege, and presc ribing
the punishment for tbu same. Air. Eh-utlieros
Cooke of Ultio, laid liefore the House a letter
which he had received from Mr. Davis uf Bouth
Carolina, (a witness in the late trial uf Gt ticra!
Houston.) calling for uu explanation of a ques
tion asked him by Air. Cooke, iu the House.—
Air. Crime uiuvi-d to refer the letter, together with
a communication from Alt'. Cooke on tho subject,
to a sciei t cuimr.ittcc. A long and imimated de
bate took place on (lie rrsuh.tiou uf Air. Crane,
in tlio course of which Mr. Htaubery offered mi
nuieudmeut lo exteud the resolution to an inqui
ry whether language- had not been held, liy nn
officer ul the government, calculated lo iuMigato
assaults on members uf that lluuse fur wurds
pokeiiiu debate. This miieiidmcut was cutoff
>y tho previous questiou, which was moved liy
Air. Thompson, of Georgia. Tho main ques
tion was ihcu put, and rejected—ayes, 85—uoes,
87. Air. Bnrlioiir made an ineffectual attempt
to call up thu Virginia Claims Dill. The House
then took up the apportionment hill, and pro
ceeded iu its consideration for some time, till, on
notion of Air. Vance, thu House, at half past 4
o’clock, tuljm rued.—Tit.grai-h.
Washington, May 10.
lo the Senate, yesterday, the Vice Bresidcul
communicated a rc port from the Becrelxry of thc
Bt-naic, containing 11 tabular statement, exhibit
ing iu our view, the rules 'uf duties under the cx-
Claim op Noi'lts.—A correspondent oft
New York Courier & Enquirer, under date]
Washington City, May 7, write* -We have nd
accurate accounts loelay of the despatches fnl
Naples: It seems that the Neapolitan governroJ
hesitated to Mr. Nelson's first note deniimoij
indemnification, by stating that they limit t
tiling of the spoliations ecimi illcd maler 1
government of King Murat. Our minister t
then pereniptmy. They consent! d to lin t itl
the matter, nud he gave them only tin lieu I
return a definite answer: In the mean tinie.’it j
expected that the President will take ditM
slops to comtnimd the nttention of the Nen|is!in
government. I should not lie surprised if a eg
cinl message were scut to Congress on the ni
jeel before the session close.'*
In confirmation of the above intelligence. (
Washington Globe files a rumor, llutl n fripj
and a ship of the line w ill shortly sail for die .V
diterrancau.
Gof/Ae.—'This celebrated author died at' r «
mar, on (he 22d Mure Is, iu the iiinetiulli year <|
his ngc.
Commodore Morrk.—The Boston Trin-
reports that ho will he called to the Navy l’nij
to supply the vacancy created by the iriue&rq
Commodore Patterson lo the eoininsml of iq
Mediterranean squndrou; nml that 4"eimuiodurj
Daiuhridge will succeed Commodore Morris I
the Charlestown Navy-Y'nrd.
Other rumors designate Commodore lbrn j
ns the officer intended to fill the vacancy i*u
Navy Board.
i iting lasts, under the hill submitted by tile Se
crctary of the Treasury, nud under the*two hill*
reported by the committee on manufactures; an,I
on motion of Air. llnyne, 1 OUO extra copies of the
report and statement were ordered to <>e printed
for the use of the Senate. Mr. Holmes, in pursu
ance of notice given yesterday, obtained leave
nud introduced a bill to repeal tho postago on
newspapers, which was twice rend, aud referred
to the cummittce on the Post Office and Post
Roads. Mr. Dallas gave notice that he should,
on Tuesday next, call up the bill to rcclnrtcr the
Dank of the United States.
In the House of Representatives, yesterday,
after tho reception ol n message from tliu .Senate,
tvilh various lulls, Air. 11. Everett of Vermont,
rose and uimounccd the niulaui-holy intelligence
of the death uf General Jonathan lluut, a repre
sentative in Congress from that State. The House
shortly afterwards adjourned.
Washington, May 17.
The funeral of the lion. Jonathan Hunt, late
Representative in Congress from tho (state uf
Vermont, took place yesterday afternoon, porta
ant to order, nml attended by both Houses of
Congress
In cons.queuco of this IntnemnMo ovent, nei
ther House of Congress sat yesterday, uor but n
brief space of time ou tho day heforo. They
umst labor the more assiduously for tbu days to
come. Wo hope tho House of Representatives Mia, who have intermarried wiffi
will not occupy more than this day on the appor- Touliqfis of hostility towards us,our <> j
fur. Crane, of
ysfitfa
tionmeut question, should that subjectfiratpresbnt
itself, ns wo prosumo it will.
We arts iuformed that kills of indictment were
yesterday found by the Grand Jury for the county
of Washington, now sitting, against Damuol
Iloustou and Morgan A. Heard, for assaults on
Whs. StanHcry and Thomas D. Arnold, with in
tent to kill.—Notion cl Int:lligtnc.r.
S- minoh Indians.—It is rumored that fidim
Gadsden has succeeded in Totaling n ircstvibj
them, by which they cede their lands in t
and engngo to move altogether west the Mi'Wj
sippi in three years, if not sooner. A dewpfjj
of chiefs is to examine tho western land aud nnt
the necessary nrrnugemems.
On tho nutliority of Colonel Wilfisin
tho Choctaw Agent, the Washington Glebest"
that the Choctaws are delighted with their r*
homo west of the Mississippi.
Letters from Bogota of March 9, st** ’
General Santander, at preseut in the b;^«“
has been eleited President of the Columbian 5"
ernmeut by a large majority.
Indian Hctlilillts.-We have been f»«*
(sny the editon* ot* the Norfolk Hereon*) w*
followin* eitract of a Iriler, tlMfil
"Vandalia, (Illiuois) A|iril 20- .?"?
morning at day light we leave this on Uw
liauk expedition. ,
“Dlat-k Hawk has again JHotkcdidl■
rtrone w ith about 2UU0 ludiaus, nud tst-niwv
furs Geuer.il Games to puss or r p»“ ,h ' 1 j,I
“The Governor (Joliu Hcyuuni*) W V|. . J]
press from Sr. Clair county, who fcttW'Vffl
morning, for 50 men frum ihiituunt). 1,Ul ‘ ‘ 1
the liounr of being oue of the number-
"1 saw a letter from Gov. Rejuolds t> t
jutaut General, stating that he h»drecc.«
lei from Geueral* Aikmsen uud . . t «
that unless immediately relieved, tueir 1
would he desperate. . _,i
• Tomorrow morning we pnrai.e ou n f
square, and march hence to u ^ t
mile* from this place, where we shall urg
troops, &c."
Surrey of the Cbtrokte •
teuton t-uemei, wo copy-the , (d i
a letter to tho editor of tbaipapjr 1 from » **
man engaged in the survey, dated ChcroKfe
t> "U'« y nVrivcd'in our district on
ing, the 21<t April, all in good he««h- uf ul
day. we made a partial ex 1 aim a n ^,
of the district lines nud the ['j trr
Aloaday morning, stretched our «*»
orsed the Stato line and then the ^
the eoventeeuth from tho muUi and
'“Our appearance, and
dwui'tbcar' 1 ’
cut tad iU autnoniy- , ,1,. native*^
‘•At the time of «nr arnval.tbe t> ^ „
prompted 10 believe that they * , imydu0*i
instated in «U their former levs • '‘ff ...injj
but ere 1 week p»t«» «hrv rr■ ?''■ f(ft *(4
»t< rnstion nud 81-may-JB-l j
have heretofore lived JU , , dloU T,a rcr l "I
ivlio ara attached to d* I*"*' U : B I
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