Twenty Fifth Congress Extra Session Debates Public Welfare
In the Twenty Fifth Congress Extra Session the Senate and House discuss committee appointments and finance measures. Key figures include Buchanan Wright King Niles and Calhoun Webster and the session notes potential National Bank moves and discussions on debt, mercantile credit, and public relief amid economic distress. The record also records deaths and local notices from New Orleans and New York.
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Congress
Hubbard
Patent Office
Senate
Foreign Relations
Buchanan
Finance
Wright
Commerce
King
Alabama
Niles
Clay
Messrs
Tallmadge
Georgia
Kentucky
Rives
Webster
Nicholas
Benton
Ala
Davis, Brown, Ruggles, and Norvell
Niles, Buchannan, Preston, Strange and
Pierce
Messie
Smith
Conn, Spence
Lion
Seiver
Bayard
Monton
Lyon
White
Sevier
Tipton
Linn
Swift
Fipton
Crittenden
Strange
Messr
M’kean
Young and
Liams
Morris, Sevier
Prentiss
Roane
Brown, White, Crittenden
Norvell
Conn
District of Columbia
Kent, King of
Nicholas, Roane
Allen
Ruggles
Robinson
McKean
Black
Alama
Indiana
Messrs. Smith
Conn- Lyon
Mr. Wright
Secretary of the Treasury
Committee On Finance
Grundy
Committee On the Judiciary
Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
Committee On Commerce
Treakle
Maryland
Committee On
J. Standefer
House of Representatives
Dickens
Slicer
Calhoun
Public money and pensions dispute in Columbia County
Details of expenditures across state departments and a heated dispute over county funds led by Treasurer Hugh McWilliams. The controversy centers on balances owed, county rates, and alleged mismanagement tied to John Fruit and prior treasurers. A reader letter defends McWilliams and questions auditor findings and private use of public funds.
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Whittlesey
Ohio
Grennell
Chambers
Darlington
Graham
Russell
Cambell
Tennessee
Clarke
Carter
Maine
Commerce
Smith
Phillips
John
Louisiana
Cushman
DeGraff
Briggs
Hall
Cleveland
Hopkins
Hubley
Calhoun
Kentucky
Worthington
District of Columbia
Bouldin
A.H. Sheppard
Jenifer
Dawson
Cilley
Prentiss
Bierne
C. M. Williams
Hunter
Thomas
Robertson
Beatty Rariden
Leadbetter
Adams
Webster
Connecticut
Halsey
Slade
Biddle
Tillinghast
Vail
Naylor
Deberry
Logan Phelps
Weeks
Spencer
Noyes
Davies
Randolph
Mitchell
Bell
Everett
Haynes
Chdney
Montgomery
Parker
South Carolina
Moray
S. W. Morris
Messrs. McKay
Coles
Glascock
Thompson
Gholson
Miller
Rives
Kemble
McClellan
Treasury
Hugh M'Wiliams
Daniel Sturgeon
Hut
McWilliams
Staten At
Hugh McWilliams
Hugh
Fruit
John Fruit
Frost
Cetyth McWilliams
John Fruits Delinquent Account Seeks Publication
The Danville Intelligencer reports on John Fruits delinquent account and a disputed statement from Hugh M Williams Esq. The State Treasurer allegedly provided a payment summary for 1835 1856 and 1837 involving Joseph Dean and McWilliams which Williams refuses to publish. The paper includes an abusive communication from Williams in response.
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John Fruite
Hugh M’williams
Sturgeon
State Treasury
Joseph Dean
McWilliams
Hugh McWilliams
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Danville Intelligencer