Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-05-11
IWENFN->sNTEa CONGRESS-
FIRST SESSION.
Correspondence Of The Baltimore dn,y;co,

',J"u'h TO in"isday OF FRIDAY. The Civil and hi
, W. IN, was before the Committee of th
u"le ohili hel"eeh eleven aud twelve O'Clock las
nlshi, and mlrabae dicia, some prnptess WIS ,,i
II the business of the House "'
, an appropriation Tor the furniture Of the Whit
iouse cnlledtorl a dsot ssion Of several hours hc
| Mass. ''''''AN u
MI o. artigned M Lincoln, not for i, s,e.cl
winch he made, but fora speech which he was 70
ported 10 have made Ia the Globe some DAYS sinr,
III reply 10 Nh. &. MIR. Lincoln sad tins mined
report which tie Globe had made great use OF, was
lliitd VIII inaccuracies; that II inexperienced and
inSrrpieSentea his remarks
MI. o6LE was not content with tins tisuyovaI
no sala IN IA inannef which excited Mr.. Lincoln.
that he should give lie dcual ON the floor Of lhr
House, and IN u to the mlsrepresentattons Of ,he
"looe. Mr. q then cned the points in couirovrr-
sN, which wee lniegatd TO tie expenditures oil The
President ON tie Whe House. Nj. Onle ptoyed
that Mr. Van Bnrcu IN one year had expended
AI9ueo on the House, and a much on the grounds
round aboullt. lie complained of this, and espe-
cl1lly In the reason thai he had as Jackson man
III ISIS. charged Mr. Adams with extra,aganre-
lie found upon examining the mems OF The xpendi
tune, that one hundred daafs had been pad for ar
ilictal flowers 10 adern The Presidents tsbc-thal
$1,000 and upwards had been expended for
French Bedstedd,-lhat $500 had been exp nded
Ion French comiofl1bIes aud large sums lor dlrans
finger glasses, Vases gold Leaf French chains aud
like atltles.
Mr., o. was very severe upon Mr. Lincoln for
thus AIDING aud defending some of those exnendi-
tnles, AID Mr.. l.. warmly excited, aud standing
alone among the Wings on the comm lee ON Pub
lie bindings, defended himself well as he could
ior the am nni OF oney that bad been expended aud
winch he bad been Instrumental III having apiro-
plated.
Mr.. ogle responded bri,ny to Mr.. Lincoln. and
the House proceeded 10 the con, liberation OF mpnr
tant items If the Bill, afer making the APP rolnia
tEg t,Ifft., ID, Il.
House.
For The Collector Of the Port of New York to
meet The amount Of goods destroyed by lire, 3d.
SD.
Foreign Reutions and Salaries of Ministers, SOB
900.
For Secretaries Of Legation, $li, 900
Fot Munster resident al Turkey, SC coo.
FoI Charges des Allates 10 Portugal, Denmark,
Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Brza, ChL Peru,
New G1en. da, Venezuela, Texas, Napl,s aud Sdr-
dl H. 81, 900.
For contingent missions alroad SO 00O
Tie dlscgssion upon our Foreign Relations has
been gong with spnll through The day. The
" Ing members have advocated reduction of some
ol the expenditures efo"lng out OF our Foreign
Relations They were opposed BY The opposing
parry.
Mr. STANLEY Of N. c. opposed with warmth the
appropriation ion the Charge DIES Aidlrcs at Naples.
iaf the reason hh he deaulIer and proved
by report unanimously made by the political
hirrds and opponents OF the Administration.
>ldf ted debate arose upon the conduct ol tins de-
iaalter. Mr.. Joues, ultEe Ways and Means
mitee, saying he would be removed by the Prtsl-
d, nj If he was a delduller.
Mr.. NANDERPoEL excuses the defauer, not for
the deiacaon, but ioi the reason that aho.g Que,
he is not here to defend himself
MIR. SMITH, OF Ma ne, made report upon the al
legations against the Naples Charge des A1ares, by
alludlne TO Nj. Adams aud the app tintment Of
General Harris Minister TO Columbia. lie
charged thai he had renamed IN the country long
lime after his appointment, aud after receiving saa-
~ and outfit.
Mr.. J. Q. ADAMS said tia, it was the custom
with him when called upon 10 ad minister the affairs
Of the Governmeut, TO allow none of the Foreign
Ministers SALARIES until they set out rhelr missions.
Sometimes the Ministers we're allowed a shOti nme
to settle hen affair before leaving the oountly-
Wheeler tbs the with General Hanson
he did rot know but from the practice Of the State
Department lac presumed II was not. lie would
not, however, say whether II was the case or not
ST. SAID MI Adams, | cannot but noiIce peculiar
habit with the eloquent AID parliamentary gentleman
from Name and III i Is, whenever the gross abuses
OF ms Govern ent now administered are exp
std, tat gentleman invariably turns 10 other nor
nous abuses as he calls them, in excuse OF those
now known 10 exist, aud which by legislation we are
called upon TO correct.
Mr.. GRAVES, Of Ky. said he cared NOT how often
or to what extent The member from Maine spoke oil
and the more the country knew OF hun The better
Mr. e. said, how ever, hat lie had confined himself,
when speaking, 10 the bill, and the nem immediate
y under consideration. lie had said nothing OF
Gen Harrison MI Van Buren,, or 81 the famous
missions Of MIR. Randolph, MIR. buchanan, Mr.. W IL
kius Nh. Dallas and others
Mr.. NANDERPoEL replied again, and again de-
Tended the Charge DIES Aiiaires at Naples, his old
and lred friend, as he called him. Mr.. V. made
some comments upon the select commltlce who ex-
posed HE INSTRUMENTATION oil the Charge.
Nj. CURTIS replied with ability and defended the
administrator aud hat commute.
Mr.. DAwsoN also replied to Mr.. Smith and Mr..
Dromeooie tor defending The appropriation for q
deiaull.r. a1d endcavorug to cha &c The issue
On Friday NIGHT the following mems oil the CWi
and Diplomatic Ball were passed BY by the House.
For the ptymcnt OF art'ss engaged IN checu
ling four historical paintings Tor The Rounds, @5,-
900.
Fof Statutes 10 Persico and Greenough, 50, 900.
For the Pcnilcnllafy i'll The District oil COLUMBIA
S4,500.
For the payment of The expens growing out o
the Sixth Census S725,0O0.
For surveying the public lands, SID 0Oo.
For closing he survey oil the public lands, Sl6,
GAO
For reuacing certain old surveys Of public lands
STOOD.
Fol completing the surveys Of unfinished portion
Of townships, islands, aud capes ~ FLORIDA, $40,
eco
For surveys in Louisiana, $4,000
Furcompeing the New Y,ik Custom House
Sil87O0.
foi the Boston Custom House, Sl2l 600.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
1nE CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC BILL was tahe
from IN, COMMITTEE oi the Whole this evening