New-York tribune., 1841-08-11
POSTSCRIPT.
By this Mornings Southern gail.
Washington Correspondence Of the Ne.-York rrissa.

OF clerks BY the present Commissioner OF the General Land
Oce with the reasons hersto and the salaries paid
tsken up and debated time beyond the expiration
the morning hour.
Me..rs CLAY of Ala, LISS BENTON, KisG and BrcHAy.
s advocated tue resolution and entered into the geSey
subject OF removals from office by the present Administration
as made inconsistentv with their professions The case o
Diplomatic Agent. wa. referred TO- and prescription charged
there.
Mr.. PRxsroS his usually eloquent and able manner
ued this charge and showed that but appointments Of
Diplomatic Agents had been made and Of which a,
Chill vacancy. No change OF admins
aiioa had taken place when the changes in the dp
matte corps double and triple He oppc
sed to this Information. The Wing party would carry
tho promises against prescription they had made the peo
pie When they found pryns into the opinions Of off,
c asccrtaning their qualifications voters, turning
those who had no votes who opposed To thes apd
appointing in their places, their political triends-when
thew exercised hall the prescription they had convicted the
late administrator Of they would be found and he
hoped condemned By the people as the late Administration
had been.
Mr. SMITH OF Ia WHITE and Others opposed the rcsolu
on not as adverse obtaining the information but doubt
u of the propriety calling Heads ot Bureaus tor nor
nation on which no Legislation could be founded
The resolution put over I'LL to-inotrow'
The Distribution and Presumption bill was taken up as IN
Committee of the Whole.
Mr. WALKER offered amendment providing tor The re-
nquishmen of the twoerccn to Mississippi OF the sales
Of the public lands in her borders be applied the
s,ruction OF railroad
Tbi.wa advocated by Mc,srs. WALKER and CLAY of Al
and opposed BY Messrs. EVANS, WHITE, SMITH OF la and
then adopted: Yeas -, Nays 2l
Mr. CLAY OF Ala offered amendment TOR the relinqus
men, Of the same fund To Alabama This rejected
Yeas 20, Nays %.
Mr. C,LHous moved provision that nothing contained
in the bill should be construed into debt to the States or to
pevent the repeal of the act whenever required by the pub
lie interest.
This being advocate, by Messrs. CALHOUN and ALLEN,
and opposed by Mcssrs. SMITH OF Ia, WOODBRIDGE and
PHELPs was rejected Yeas 81, Nays %
Mr. McRoBERrs moved to add the Territories of Wiskon
san Iowa and Florida to the BILL be ncudch the dis,
lribution.
This was advocated by Mc.srs. McRoBERrs, SEVER,
WRIGHT and ALIEN and opposed by Mes.rs HuNrsGTos,
CLAY SNlrH Of L. and WOODBRIDGE and tlen rejected
Yeas 20; Nays %
The Senate ad dourncd, after session OF ncary hours
In the House. Mr.. j. W. JosEs presented the resolutions
of meeting Of citizens of Fauquier County Virginia, (the
same presented by Mr.. Benton in the Scnate against
Bank and declaring for repeal and unconstituonaty
He expressed his entire in the resolutions
and moved that they be laid the table und printed
Mr. Powell representative from that county stated what
stated in the Senate, that but Mirrse pessn,
the meeting, three the conspicuous of whom with.
drew of their dissent from the resolutions
The resolutions laid on the table, and the House
refused their printing by Of l07 to 7G.
On motion of Mr. c. BRowy, resolution of inquiry rca.
tive duties foreign coal was adopted.
Mr. IRvIs introduced bill providing for the payment lor
the sites Marine Hospitals the Western States, which
was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
On motion of Mr.. GIDDiSos a resolution passed call
ing information the and expenses of the
Seminole War.
Mr.. UNDERWOOD, from the Committee the District OF
Coumba reported bill amend the charter of the City
Of Georgetown.
Mr. DAwsoy Chairman of tho Military Committee re-
ported bill extending the law of 1886 uuthorsng the EN-.
pIoyment of troop, in Florida
Mr. THOMPSON of Ia from the Committee the Di.tric,
Of Columbia presented the report accompanying the bills
provide for the paving of Pennsylvania Avenue of this city
and the repair of the Potomac Bridge, which ordered
be printed and with the above bills referred the Commit,
tee of the Whole the of the Union.
Petitions for Bankrupt Law presented by Messrs.
UNDERWOOD, SMITH of CT, and ROOSEVELT
The bill for he Repeal of the Sub Treasury taken up
and advocated by Messrs. HUN and MgnlwxrHER and o
posed by Mcssrs. PtcKEss and SrEEsRoD
The bill was passed Yeas l34, Nays 81.
The notorious J. D. Stevenson Of your city here,
gagged believed, puny effort defeat passage
of Bankrupt bill.
Messrs. Blatchford, Bowen, Burrows, A. Hamilton and
number of others OF your citizens here.
The city is full of ttte.tae about the anticipated Veto
Bet, have been running high The Cabinet the Presi
dent to-day upon the subject and is said that he had
quesed their opinions in writing. In of Veto ia
conjectured that only portion, if any, of the Cabinet win
resign 1t is understood that President Tyler still believes
his conscience National Bank unconstitutional and that
the so-caled compromise amendment" has made bill
still objectionable He willing adopta Fiscal Agent
the District of Columbia to receive and dburse the Gov
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