Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-04-19
NO. az4.
Fro'a our Evening Edition.
From Washington.


| Pbs no,,. WASHINGTON, April 10th, 1893
70 tbe Wb;a. on yourslty has given great satisfaction
| very aIarmssn "re FOR two days the intelligence
very alarming and doubts were entertained of success
we had heard OF the importation Of sona,ters ro. ali
quarters OF .he state and New Jersey-of the amazing
,ran.rasd y ie vee hoders-ofihe of money
uanoi''eu from " ashlngton buy up yotes--the
amount expended by SLAM, Bang & Co for ia, ns,r
poseof the trickery and violence prac;.ed H. IL
csiocos,and o. The unprecedented efforts made by the
van buren, party to obtain rumph-and ,hereGore
feared the result The Wing victory has rsiocad H.
party bevond measure and they regarded il as decisive
OF The tate OF Van Burenin that lie will not have
stare lett him IN the course OF year.
The anxiety To hear from New.York on SATURDAY. ,,a
sach as To keep the house without quorum the whole
day. Mr. Adams was perpetualy moving for call Of
the House, but without Success except in one instance
il is really, he says disgraceful that the members
VIII not attend 70 the business OF the naen that they are
ELECTED To transact. The call of the house is mere
farce The slightest excuse is sufficient, and penalty
IS imposed II no excuse be assigned The members
therefore. care nothing for call of the House and alb
sent themselves when they please This should net be
allowed II they are pald eight dollars per diem for
thelr attendance, they should make il point OF con-
scerce 10 attend or be fined reprimanded. One mem
Der aoved that his colleague should be excused for hav
ngg1ne 70 vist Mr. MuhleRbetg before his departure
Tor Austria which about as reasonable n, most of
the excuses offered by absen,ees or their friends
Speaking otthe member Petrkin, from Penusylva.
ma VINO wears an Old fashioned pigtail cue
minded OF an inclseht that occurred the other day in
the House. member making some remarks on
subject on which Petrkin bad been commenting
me gentleman said ne. has thrown some insinu.
atoms tnat deserve notice and will thank him for the
cne Ill he hanged, said the little old member 'ifyou
or any other man shall have i'll have nursed il till it
has grown lnso respectable tail, and no man shall
cwtaa IT. Go and get cue of your own"
The District Committee of the Senate will in few
days BILL recharterng the banks Of this district
ortwenty years, upon the and restrictions
as before One OF these, the Union Bank of George
town. wishes to wind up business and for this pur
pose, the time has been extended ls45 The people
OF the district as far learn, would prefer hav
ing new arrangement to the present They have
been DESTROYS that large bank, with branch in
each of the other district cities and an Cant
tal should be established 1t is thought that the pre-
sent capital OF the banks proposed be rechartered is
not sufficient for the business of the district and that
but very little benefit will result from their being re-
chartered Strictly speaking these banks have forfeit
ed their charters, almost since they suspended
specie payments, but the holders of their have
made no attempt to enforce the law The Bank of
Washington believe, in a situation 10 re ume M any
moment aud now pays all its in specie.
Mr. Hopkins gave notice the other day. that if Mr..
amer did not offer his resolution the subject of the
resumption of specie payments by the banks he would
on Monday, submit one himself, which he did-Hamer
having declined, the ground it said, that the
letter OF the Secretary of the Treasury banks Of
New York &c had superseded the necessity of adopt
ing H. BY the rule the resolution lies day
but Hopkins moved suspend the rule, which requires
twothrds TO carry IT, and lost it by Of lie 49,
This rote, horere decides the fate Of the Sub Treasury
Bill.
| Catlin does not with the encouragement here
which his tine Indian gallery deserves His audienses
have been comparatively thin bat all who have attend
ed, have been very much pleased aad he could ex-
hibi, his paintings during the day have no doubt num-
bers would 90 to see them at do visit them,
because they are exhibited al night attended lee
ture last Saturday evening, and gralfed To find
very large and respectable audience, consisting Of
members OF Congress and their wives strangers and
citizens who seemed To be much pleased with the ex-
hibtion. He gives two lectures which, trust
will be well attended. though the weather today is sx-
ceedngy raw and unpleasant. We have had q fall Of
snow today and yesterday, which presents q strange
contrast with the peach and apricot trees in full
bloom.
This is what is called black Monday in the House.
but some important resolutions nevertheless pre-
sented Among these we're the following in addition Ia
the one have mentisned which was presented by Mr.
| Hopkins. resolution by Mr. Garland OF Louisiana
calling upon The Secretary of the Treasury il
the appropriations for forfcatons harbors public reads
&c cannot be dispensed with-and how muck would be
required merely to keep them up I'LL the Tieasury
should be in state to Justify the government, in going
on with them resolution by Mr.. Harlan of Kentucky
calling upon the Postmaster General to state how mach
is due by Francis + Blair defaulter to The Govern
men, whether any portisn Of the judgment, rendered
by the Court against him. had been paid il proceedings
against him had been suspended and by what authority
and how much money had been paid 10 Blair and his
partner, for work done by them for the Department
since copy OF the judgment has been laid before him
resolution calling for information as to the expeudi
lures IN the different public Offices for clerk hire &C.
slce ISIS TO the hrst OF January l83s-and whether
the salaries Of these officers cannot be redsced with sd
vantage to the public services resolution repeating
the Treasury order Of 1861 resolution BY Mr. Bosd
OF Ohio, nquiring what discrimination was made by the
government in the currency, by which the public daes
| were paid &c preamble and resolutions were pre-
sented from the state Of Tennessee, in.trucung the
Senators aud Representatives of that State to vote for
and advocate the expediency Of snnexing Texas the
United States motion made to suspend the rule
| to alsw their immediate consideration bat IL failed
The Ito who voted for the consideration OF Mr. Hop
kn's resolution, will VOTE il thought against the Sab
Treasury scheme in all It's FORMS and the same or a
larger majority will be found voting agains, H. when il
| shall be, If ever called up.
Felix Grundy was holding forth today in the Senate.
with considerable violence. against The conduct Of the
United States Bank of Pennsy for issuing the old
notes of the defunct Bank, and abusing Biddlc at a
round rate about his late letter 20 Mr. Adans Though
Feiir i not very happy in his grammar, he says
| good things, and uses some strong arguments.
4 HORACE.
\ " An Enquirer wishes to know whether
narrative sf the sayings and dongs last week al Mason