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INDEPENDENT TREASURY, In the Sc.
maize on the 22d uIt Mr.. Webster asked
when the committee of finance would re-
mort the b-Treasury billa He had re-
cciyed numerous letters making inquiries
on the subject, and expressing anxiety as
10 the effect of the measure on the business
interests of the country.


Mr.. Lewis, in reply, stated that he could
not say when the bill would be reported. !.
There were several measures that must
first be voted upon as preliminary to it
the establishment Of Branch Mints, and
of Warehousing system. The commit
Tee we're anxious 10 have the constitution
al treasury adopted, but wished to do il in
such manner, and at such lime, as TO
produce no injurious effect on the none
tary system of the country. The banks
we're now much extended, in consequence
of the depostes Of ten or eleven millions
of public money which they had held.
The great expansion of the currency that
had followed had produced an effect on the
exchanges of Europe. The committee
would, therefore, propose that the specie
clause should not take effect till the first
Of January next.


[If concessions begin before the bill is
reported 10 the Senate, we fear others will
be made before its passage. Is the legis.
lation of the country forever to be shaped
TO favor the interests of the manufacturers
Of rag money! Ed'rl