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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1837
Page
2
Debates erupt over Treasury policy and relief plans as Congress faced with deranged exchanges and a standstill in commerce. Speakers condemn the administration for withholding a concrete relief plan while pressing for lawful remedies and defending the Bank of the United States.
Washington dispatch details heated debate over President's Message and the sub Treasury plan. Francis Orman Jonathan Smith of Maine pushes to limit discussion to the Message while Bell and Cambrelong spar over the path forward. Debate veers to session length, with threats to withhold October surplus revenue and extend merchants bonds.
House names members to each standing committee including Ways and Means Fort, Commerce Smith Phillips Johnson of La Cushman De Graff Legare Tolland Mason of Va and others On Public Lands Boon Williams Lincoln Casey Chapman Harrison Anderson Duncan Turney On the Post Office Conn or Briggs Hall Cleveland Hopkins Hubley Calhoun of Ky Palmer Worthington On Elections Buchanan Griffin Hawkins Kilgore Maury Towns Bronson Pennybacker Hastings On the District of Columbia Bouldin A H Shepperd Jenifer Dawson Cilley Prentiss Bierne Co H Williams of Tenn Miniter of Ohio On the Judiciary Thomas Robertson Toucey Martin Corwin Bynum Garland Hoffman Potter On Revolutionary Claims Muhlenberg Craig Underwood Taliaferro Elmore Foster Parmen ter Harper of Ohio Birdsall On Public Expenditures Haley Ogle Alexander Titus Statton Rumsey Fletcher of Vt Grock ett Patterson On Private Land Claims May Garland of La Calhoun of Mass Harlan Bruyn Mallory Beatty Rariden Leadbetter On Manufactures Adams Webster Whittlesey Conn Iol sey Slade Biddle Tillioghast Vail Naylor On Agriculture Deberry Logan Phelps Weeks Spencer Noyes Davies Randolph Mitchell On Indian Affairs Bell Everett Haynes Chaney Montgomery Parker Campbell of S C Murray of K And S W Morris of Pa On Military Affairs Mc Kay Coles Glasscock Thompson Gholson Miller Rives Kemble McClellan Tenn On the Milice Glascock
A list of senators and representatives assigned to various committees and subcommittees across foreign affairs naval affairs territories revolutionary pensions invalid pensions roads and canals revisal and unfinished business accounts state department expenditures war navy post office and public buildings with names from Tenn Ohio N H Va Ky Md N Y Ma Indiana and other states.
In Senate on Friday September 15 the bill to postpone the fourth instalment of deposits to the States was read a third time. After debate led by Mr Preston and explanations by Mr Calhoun and others, the passage was approved 28 yeas to 17 nays and the bill was sent to the House for concurrence.
In Alexandria, a sharp critique denounces the Treasury circular offering gold and silver pay to Congress, contrasting it with mechanics and government workers who receive wages in less valued currency. The piece accuses the Democratic administration of hypocrisy and unequal treatment, claiming Congress enjoys special pay while laborers face hardship.
Silas Wright Tom Benton and Bill Allen are drawn into a dispute over a ten million treasury claim amid a political farce titled Gold Humbug. Cleve Herald reports the feud centers on title ownership and public trust in Prisrens.
Correspondents report Edward Kent the Whig winner as Maine and Rhode Island swing against Van Buren. The dispatch details margins, party strength in the Senate and House, and the broad wave of Whig victory across the North with Maine's decisive 34,003 to 32,971 edge and Kent's estimated majority of about 800.
The passage recommends a home remedy for bilious complaints. It instructs taking an ounce of thubarb root browned in burning coffee, then infused to a pint of pure French brandy for 24 hours. A small spoonful of the mixture with water each morning is advised until a cure. warnings about precautions appear garbled.
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