The North Carolina Standard

CONGRESS.

The House of Representatives, after having attempted in vain to elect a printer, for several days, succeeded, on the 7th inst. in electing Thomas Allen, editor of the Madisonian. The votes stood,

For Blair & Rives, 101
Gales & Seaton, 9
Thomas Allen, 113

The following Standing Committees were appointed in the Senate on the 8th.

On Foreign Relations.--Messrs. Buchanan, Tallmadge, King of Georgia, Clay of Kentucky, and Rives.

On Finance.--Messrs. Wright, Webster, Nicholas, Benton, and Hubbard.

On Commerce.--Messrs. King, of Ala. Davis, Brown, Ruggles, and Norvell.

On Manufactures.--Messrs. Niles, Buchanan, Preston, Strange, and Pierce.

On Agriculture.--Messrs. Smith of Connecticut, Spence, Linn, McKean, and Black.

On Military Affairs.--Messrs. Benton, Preston, Tipton, Wall, and Allen.

On Militia.--Messrs. Wall, Swift, Clay of Ala. Mouton, and Smith of Indiana.

On Naval Affairs.--Messrs. Rives, Southard, Tallmadge, Cuthbert, and Williams.

On Public Lands.--Messrs. Walker, Fulton, Clay of Alabama, Roane, and Prentiss.

On Private Land Claims.--Messrs. Linn, Sevier, Bayard, Mouton, and Lyon.

On Indian Affairs.--Messrs. White, Sevier, Tipton, Linn, and Swift.

On Claims.--Messrs. Hubbard, Tipton, Crittenden, Strange, and Young.

On the Judiciary.--Messrs. Grundy, Morris, King of Georgia, Wall, and Clayton.

On Post Offices and Post Roads.--Messrs. Robinson, Grundy, Knight, Brown, and Niles.

On Roads and Canals.--Messrs. Tipton, McKean, Nicholas, Young, and Williams.

On Pensions.--Messrs. Morris, Sevier, Prentiss, Pierce, and Roane.

On Revolutionary Claims.--Messrs. Brown, White, Crittenden, Norvell, and Smith of Conn.

On the District of Columbia.--Messrs. Kent, King of Ala. Nicholas, Roane, and Allen.

On Patents and Patent Office.--Messrs. Ruggles, Strange, Bayard, Prentiss, and Robinson.

On Contingent Expenses of the Senate:--Messrs. McKean, Tallmadge, and Black.

On Engrossed Bills.--Messrs. Clay of Ala. Smith of Indiana, and Norvell.

On Enrolled Bills.--Messrs. Smith of Conn. Lyon, and Allen.

The usual resolutions and orders for mourning were adopted as a testimony of respect for the memory of the Hon. Jas. Standefer, late a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Tennessee.

In Senate, Sept. 11, Mr. Wright stated that the Committee on Finance, not being able, for want of time, to report at large, had only reported the following bill:-

A BILL to postpone the fourth instalment of deposite with the States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the transfer of the fourth instalment of deposites directed to be made with the States, under the thirteenth section of the act of June 23d 1836, be, and the same is hereby postponed until further provision by law.

After a few remarks by several gentlemen, the bill was read a first time and ordered to a second reading. Several private petitions were presented, but the Senate refused to refer them, in view of the special business for which Congress is called together, and they were laid on the table.

Several petitions for the establishment of a national bank, were referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the House, on the 11th, the following Standing Committees were announced as having been appointed by the Chair:

Elections.--Messrs. Buchanan, Griffin, Hawkins, Kilgore, Maury, Towns, Bronson, Pennybacker and Hastings.

Ways & Means.--Messrs. Cambreleng, McKim, Owens, Sergeant, Hamer, Jones of Virginia, Fletcher of Massachusetts, Atherton, and Rhett.

Claims.--Messrs. Whittlesey of Ohio, Grennell, Chambers, Darlington, Graham of N. Carolina, Russell, Campbell of Tenn. Clarke, and Carter of Maine.

Commerce.--Messrs. Smith, Phillips, Johnston of Louisiana, Cushman, De Graff, Legare, Toland, Curtis, and Mason of Virg.

Public Lands.--Messrs. Boon, Williams of N. Carolina, Lincoln, Casey, Chapman, Harrison, Anderson, Duncan and Turney.

Post Offices and Post Roads.--Messrs. Conner, Briggs, Hall, Cleveland, Hopkins, Hubley, Calhoon of Kentucky, Palmer, and Worthington.

District of Columbia.--Messrs. Bouldin, A. H. Sheppard, Jenifer, Dawson, Cilley, Prentiss, Bierne, C. H. Williams of Tenn. and Hunter of Ohio.

Judiciary.--Messrs. Thomas, Robertson, Toucey, Martin, Corwin, Bynum, Garland of Virginia, Hoffman, and Potter.

Revolutionary Claims.--Messrs. Muhlenburg, Craig, Underwood, Taliaferro, Foster, Parmenter, Harper of Ohio, Ellmore and Birdsall.

Public Expenditures.--Messrs. Haley, Ogle, Alexander, Titus, Stratton, Rumsey, Fletcher of Vermont, Crockett and Patterson.

Private Land Claims.--Messrs. May, Garland of Louisiana, Calhoun of Mass. Harlan, Bruyn, Mallory, Beatty, Rariden, and Leadbetter.

Manufactures.--Messrs. Adams, Webster, Whittlesey of Connecticut, Holsey, Slade, Biddle, Tillinghast, Vail, Naylor.

Agriculture.--Messrs. Deberry, Logan, Phelps, Weeks, Spencer, Noyes, Davies, Randolph, and Mitchell.

Indian Affairs.--Messrs. Bell, Everett, Haynes, Chaney, Montgomery, Parker, Campbell of South Carolina, Murray, and S. W. Morris.

Military Affairs.--Messrs. McKay, Coles, Glascock, Thompson, Gholson, Miller, Kemble, Rives, and McClellan of Tennessee.

Militia.--Messrs. Glascock, Wagener, Carter of Tennessee, Holt, Hammond, Pratt, Hunter of Virginia, Halstead, and Allen of Ohio.

Naval Affairs.--Messrs. Ingham, Milligan, Read, Wise, Grantland, Moore, Richardson, Paynter, and Williams of N. Hampshire.

Foreign Affairs.--Messrs. Howard, Hamer, Cushing, Jackson of Georgia, Dromgoole, Rencher, Pope, Claiborne, and Fairfield.

Territories.--Messrs. Patton, Potts, Pickens, Pearce, Borden, Graves, Davee, Jones of New York, and Farrington.

Revolutionary Pensions.--Messrs. Morgan, Klingensmith, Bond, Fry, Johnson of Virginia, Sibley, Ewing, Gray, and Loomis of Ohio.

Invalid Pensions.--Messrs. Taylor, Williams of Kentucky, Allen of Vermont, McClellan of N. York, Petriken, Stuart, Herod, Reily, and Stanley.

Roads and Canals.--Messrs. Mercer, Evans, McKennan, Snyder, White of Kentucky, Fillmore, Johnson of Maryland, Bicknell, and White of Indiana.

Revisal of Unfinished Business.--Messrs. Mason of Ohio, Noble, Southgate, Henry, and Peck.

Accounts.--Messrs. Johnson of Virginia, Grant, McClure, C. Shepard of N. Carolina, and Johnson of Maryland.

Expenditures of the Department of State.--Messrs. M. Morris of Pennsylvania, Jackson of New York, Shepler, York, and Andrews.

Expenditures of the Department of the Treasury.--Messrs. Allen of Vermont, Sheffer, Aycrigg, Gray, and Holsey.

Expenditures of the War Department.--Messrs. Clowney, Vanderveer, Holt, Morris of Ohio, and Marvin.

Expenditures of the Navy Department.--Messrs. Brodhead, Maxwell, Goode, Edwards, and Graham of Indiana.

Expenditures of the Post Office Department.--Messrs. Childs, Dennis, Hawes, Gallup, and Plumer.

Expenditures of the Public Buildings.--Messrs. Sawyer, Cranston, Menifee, Dunn, and Ridgeway.

A resolution was passed, that while the committee of Finance were engaged on The President's Message, the other committees might take up the subject of private claims.

In Senate, on the 12th, several petitions were presented against the annexation of Texas to the Union. The Senate proceeded to the consideration of Executive business, and shortly after the doors were re-opened, an adjournment took place.

In the House, on the 12th, on the second balloting, the Rev. Mr. Tuston was elected chaplain.

Mr. Adams offered resolutions, requesting The President to lay before the House the correspondence between the U. States government, and that of Great Britain, relating to the north-eastern boundary and also between this government and that of Mexico, concerning the boundary between them-and also, that The President of the United States be requested to communicate to the House whether any proposition has been made on the part of the Republic of Texas to the Government of the United States, for the annexation of the said Republic of Texas to this Union; and if such proposition has been made, what answer has been returned, and all correspondence which has taken place relating thereto.

In Senate, on the 13th, Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, reported a bill authorizing the issue of Treasury notes.

Read a first time, and ordered to a second reading.

[This bill authorizes the issue of Treasury notes to an amount not exceeding ten millions of dollars, and of denominations not less than $100, and provides that the notes be redeemed by the United States, at the Treasury, after one year from their date, to bear interest for the said term, rate of interest to be fixed by the Secretary, not to exceed six per cent. per annum; the faith of the United States to be solemnly pledged for the redemption of said notes. Also that the notes be signed by the Treasurer of the United States and countersigned by the Register of the Treasury, separate accounts of the number signed to be kept by each officer, as a mutual check. These officers are by this section also authorized to employ such additional clerks as these duties may render necessary, their salary to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Section 4th authorizes the Secretary to issue these notes to all creditors of the U. nited States who choose to receive them at par, and also to borrow money on the credit of such notes.

Section 6th enacts that such notes shall every where be received in payment of all duties, taxes, &c. and for public lands.

Section 9th makes it felony to counterfeit said notes, and fixes the penalty on conviction.]

Mr. Wright, from the same committee, reported a bill authorizing the postponement of the payment of duty bonds. Read once, and ordered to a second reading.

[This bill provides that the extension of credit for duties now outstanding shall be six months from the time the original bond became due; and making the condition in each case to depend on the same conditions as to additional security, interest, &c. prescribed by the Treasury Department to the extension of revenue bonds since May, and not to include any bonds where the parties have not given additional security, or made part payment, are or (by the proper officers of the Government) considered insolvent or unsafe security for their bonds.

Section 2nd provides an additional credit of six months granted, on all bonds which may be given during the period of one year from and after the 1st October, 1837. Also, that where the security in any bond postponed is satisfactory, the principal and sureties shall not be disabled from being the same for other bonds, though the first bond be not yet paid.]

Mr. Wright also reported from the same committee a bill adjusting the remaining claims on the late deposite banks; which was also read, and ordered to a second reading.

[Section 1st provides that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to withdraw the public moneys remaining in any of the late deposite banks in as convenient a manner to them as may be suitable to the interests of Government. No bank having met, or which shall meet the requisitions of the Department, to pay any further interest than that required by the deposite act of 23d June, 1836.

Section 2d provides that, in case of neglect or refusal on the part of the banks to comply with the requisition of the Secretary of the Treasury, then such banks shall be sued at law, unless bond, with security, be given, providing for payment in three instalments: the first instalment at two months from the passage of this act; the second, after five months, and the remainder after eight months from the same period, interest being paid at the rate of six per cent. per annum, from the time of default, and damages to be paid accruing from protest or other causes.]

The special order of the day, being the bill to postpone the 4th instalment of the States

Mr. Calhoun said he hoped that this bill would not now be acted upon. It was his wish that no action should be had on any of these measures proposed by the Committee on Finance until a report had been made. He hoped, therefore, that the chairman of the committee (Mr. Wright) would consent to a postponement until all the contemplated measures should have been reported.

On motion of Mr. Calhoun, the bill was then postponed until to-morrow; and The Senate adjourned.

On the 13th in the House, the bill authorizing the issuing of Treasury Notes, was read twice, and referred to the committee of the whole on the State of the Union.

In Senate, on the 15th Mr. Wright from the committee on Finance, reported A Bill to revoke the charters of such banks, in the District of Columbia, as shall not resume specie payments within a limited time and suppress the circulation of small notes therein: A Bill to authorize merchandise to be deposited in the public stores and for other purposes: and A Bill imposing additional duties, as depositories, in certain cases, on public officers.

In the House, on the 15th, Mr. Cambreleng from the Committee of Ways & Means reported a bill for the further postponement of the payment of duties on bonds, and for other purposes.

The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 11th inst. calling upon him to report the amount of appropriations of the past and present years remaining unexpended; the amount required to fulfil existing engagements, contracted prior to the first day of June last; the existing engagements since that time; the amount of money drawn from the Treasury, and placed in the hands of disbursing officers since the first day of May last; and what objects of public expenditure can, with the least injury to the public service, be dispensed with.

The remainder of the day was chiefly occupied in discussing Rules of Order.

The bill from the Senate to postpone the fourth instalment of the Deposite with the States, was read a first & second times, and committed to the committee of Ways and Means.