The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-04-30
CONGRESS-.

Immediately after the reading of the Journal
in the House OF Representatives on Friday, MIR.
Briggs submitted a resolution requesting the
President of the United States to communicate
to the House all the information in his posses
sion relative to the proceedings of the commits
sion appointed to investigate the affairs of the
New York Custom House. The resolution
was agreed to.
Mr. Roosevelt moved reconsideration of
the vote of yesterday, by which the report of
the Committee on the Public Expenditures ac-
companying report of the Hon. George Poin-
dexter on the affairs of the New York Custom
House, was ordered to be printed. This mo-
ton gave rise to very interesting and Animal
ed debate, in which Messrs. Roosevelt, Cush-
ing, w Cost Johnson Arnold, Wise, and Stan
ly, participated, and in which various matters
connected with the Custom House investiga-
ton were discussed. 1t was asserted that on
the 9th of December last the President request
ed a report from the Commissioners in order
that it might be laid before Congress. That
two of the Commssioners-Messr Stewart
and Kely-proceeded to Washington, and
early in January handed in their report. That
the other Commissioner, Mr.. Poindexter, re-
manned in New York, and that the Fresi-
dent, in expectation of receiving his report, re-
Trained from communicating that received from
Messrs Stewart and Kelly to the House.
That, on the 18th Of the present month, Mr..
Poindexter handed in his report, but directly af-
forwards withdrew it on pretence of correcting
it. and did not return it until the 21st. That
while it was withdrawn, copy of it was ia,
ken, which was furnished to the Committee on
Public Expenditures without the knowledge of
the Executive. That this report was presented
to the House, and ordered to be printed, thus
forestalling the report Of Messrs. Kelly and
Stewart, which had been in possession of the
Executive nearly four months, and which had
been retained until the reception of Mr.. Pom
dexters report, that all the testimony in relation
to the case might be submitted to Congress and
the public together. An inumation was also
thrown out that Mr.. Poindexter's report pre-
scented prejudced and e.r parte view of many
circumstances which was entirely unsupported
by the testimony taken before the Commission
erS WnlCn ala not accompany IL, Uul WHICH, was
given in full in the report of Messrs. Kelly and
Stewart To prevent this prejudiced statement,
therefore, from being published to the world
unaccompanied by the other report the recon
sderation of the vote by which it was ordered
to be printed was advocated
1t was mentioned, on behalf of Mr.. Poindex-
ter that the Speaker of the House, by sub
ppna, summo led him to attend before the Com
mittee on Public Expenditures, and by this
means the Committee had obtained the report
The motion to reconsider was negatved, and
the House then went into the consideration OF
private bills, only few Of which were acted on
when the House adjourned.
BURROUGHS IN THE NAVAL SERVICE.
In the Senate proceedings, IN another column
will be found the report of Mr.. Bayard, from
the Committee on Naval Affairs, setting forth
f the principles on which the committee conceive
that the bill in relation TO furloughs in the nava
service ought to become law.