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Washington. JgR. g, ls9t.-AIr. SO0thard's speech On the Drposile Question has, so far. been very well received. An incident occur red, in the course of Mir. Southard's remarks to-day, which produced a very deep and gen eral sensation in the Senate Chamber. Mr. Souihard was treating of the assumption of power by the Secretary Of the Treasury over the DePDsites, iB virtue of that clause in the Bank Charter which au,hul izes him, prOvi- siOnaliy, to remove the public Dep0sites.- Turning to Mir. Webster, he said" You, Sir. drew up the seciinn which gives this power to the Secretary, and l ask you whether. when you prnned it. yon could have imagined that it would ever he construed as yielding to the executive the powernOw claimed fur him over the public money !' Mir. Webster with great emphasis, rePIied--'. No Sir-No." The ef- feet Ofthe reply was electrical. Itwas visible in every face in the Chamber. The effect of such things depends SD much upon manner and circumstances, that person, not present, cannot realize h.-Jour. of Com.