New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-03
BY THIS MORNINGS MAIL
Correspondence Of The Tribune.

1lV" w JUS "'~"' VI. - ''V"' ana costs, Oh
,s,ed against him by Stockton. Stoke, & Moore
r act, As lie alleges, done in the discharge Of ri.
oscial duty. and by the advice Of the Prcsd.n, q,
The United States, While Postmaster General
NJ BAoPr introduced bin 10 amend The ,c,
fH,hc payment for horses and property los, IN the
military service of the nited State, in 1887. Re.
ierTcd 20 the Committee on Military Affair.
On motion Of Mr.. BAYARp, the resolution pro.
'1ingior the emp oymcn, OF q corps Of Repor,or.
b. ee Senate, was taken up and after brief ~.
marks by several gentlemen, among whom. Mr..
BuARD advocated and Mr.. kfNG oppo.cd the
resolution, Mr.. SMITH Of Ia. moved Ia Law the
iosoiciion On tho table; Carried. Yea, 30. Nays TO-
lbe APportionmcnt Bill was again taken ~ the
District Section being under con.id, ration. rcquir
ing (as 1t came from the House, the election, in
all he States 10 be- made by single and conlguou.
Districts, but (ts amended BIS the COMMITTEES of
'he S"na,s) Providing merely that in the State,
wa'rc the election, are held by Districts ~. Di.-
ircts shall be single and contiguous.
Inc amcndm nj Of the Senate was further briefly
discussed ny Me-,rs. Henderson. Woodbury..
NcRoberts Wilcox, Rive. and Allen.
The question ~, linen taken anl the amend
mcnt r.Jcce'd; lea, !, Ny. -. rs follows,
ir's-Me>'rs. Eeuen uo,lnau, Linn Wright
Nns-h., Archor, Bogby, Bauow, Ba,es B,vard
Geuou, Calhoun. Clayton, Conrad, Gratis. tr,,l.n lem
LoAbeit ban Faio. 0rahar., iJnurgtcn, Ksrr, ng
tle',,n H>r'' >r'ier >nmo', >init' ot Conn Sruh
. Splrf"", ~rrP""n, 1rla.sdgo T.ppap W,,t.r
WI woodbridge, Nnco5, N,o ,b".o. vours-tO
lhas tie amendment h1ving iccn reject, 4 and
Il. sect n i'mnu t'n - u came fom tie House,
Mr. NEiGHr mo.cd an amendment nearly th.
safe ~ substance IS that Just rejected.
without farther confederation % ,he subject.
Vac Scauic nd ,mncd.
lnr SFEAXER presented letter from ARTHUR
MIDDLETON, 10 'trah'InIt;ing ard requesting the
r--"r''i"c b. 'hc House Of Al original porrrai, Of
Christopher CoupOa-.
resolution wa, adopted, auihJr,ing tie Select
Committee on the alleged fraud. committed ON
re Cho'"hces and ChcAasaws to -cnd for persons
ana paper.
Mr.. SALToNsrALL asked leave to oilor a ,es,,
In'lon providng Tor the taking up Of the tah bill,
Immediately after the passage Of the Army Ar
I tcr'iato" bii which was not received, c1l,c-
I .ou being uaLe
Inc House proceeded to the consideration %
business relative to the Di,-r.ct of Columbia as
IN" .pcciai ORDER Zoe today ard tomorrow. On
motion OF Mr.. JSDEKw0OD the Oil 10 cusprnl .
I-t March, l343, unless Gas amended by the Sen
ate he banks # Baltimore or Hirhmond rcs,-c
'pc''e ratmeLt, previously tuIt PARTON Of tie
a'i 20 revive and extend ihc 'hprrr, # tire ben
OF ihe Dsuict Of Columbia, witch iu!Gl' .hGs
''o'r passing out ,!'c H-;v- Of on-spccic p n rg /
banks sitter Tie Is, Mar,t 1879. wr,tiAc,i up. /
Nj Pow.LL Of Va. moved to amend ,he /
amendment ot the Senate uy striking eur " o., /
aud inserting and, 80 as 10 read The Banks f
Baltimore 0nd Richmond, &c The Banks Of
baltimore, ne sad, nod already ,c..-""i AID the
bIll would he ct effect u,c-- his amendment
prevailed. He moved ,h" previous question to
avoid debate, a dsposinun L. which. tor the pun
pose OF delay aud defeat of the bill. was mani
e, Ted ~ the Lcco-F oco. wh, then cndeavored to
effect their objec, b. cats e Yeas aud Nays,
i'oinis OF order &
Mr.. WELLER moved Ia lay the bill On the table !
-rctuscd: Yeas 80 Nay, 81.
Mr.. BowNE moved call Of the House. IN
which tie Yeas and Nays were taken. He then
repeated the motion TO lay on the table, which the
Speaker deciding ost of order, hc appealed and
Oh tie appeal the Yeas and Nay, were taken. NJ
,he call ct Mr.. Bovine the Yea. aud Nays were
taken on tie previous question and on the amend
m"n' "f Mr. POWELL. which Vas rejected: Yeas
10; Nays iO!. Thu, the object OF the bill being
defeated, Mr.. UNDERWOOD moved to lay it on tine
table, which was carried without division.
The bill providing for the repairs of Potomac
Bridge considered for some time by the House
and finally passed with an amendncn, prohibiting
the vending of lottery tickets in tho District ot
Columbia
The bill to incorporate the Washington Gas Light
Company was taken mp and less than quorum
being in attendance allcr call of the House and
several Yeas and Nay, the bill Was laid the TIA
blc-and the House adjourned ARGUS.
BALTIMORE DAILY WHIc.-A new paper with
this tltlc made It's appearance in Baltimore on
Wednesday. 1t advocates the election of HENRY
CLAY to the Presidency in II.
u We understand that the Rev. DR. JOINS
has accepted the appointment OF Assistant Bishop
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church OF Virginia
which was unanimously conferred upon him 10y the
Convention fortnight since. He WILL however,
continue to oifclate as rector of Cml>t Church
until the fret of October next. Bait. American.
" man by the name of Patrick NcFall,
who lived on Frog BAYOU, Arkansas, was killed
by his wife on the 22d instant. Ii appcars McfaN
was in the habit of getting drunk, and when drunk,
was quarrelsome and abusive particularly To his
family. On the day Of his death he cndcayored TO
Get hold Of his son, in order he said to hi,
him. but thcboy ran; iiom the house, pursued by MS
iahcr, who, failing to get him. returned. saying he
would xiii his wife. He cot hi> gun and was pre-
pairing to carving hi. threat into execution, when
his wife seized an rxc and gave him two well
AIMED blows on the head, which caused hi, death
~ a few hours. An inquest wa, held ON the body.
d'ct--jssbfabie homic,de Boston Times.
tAru AcCrpENT.-Mr Joseph Mansell VI
hermon, was killed 9th int while getting tim
Der IN the woods near his house tie and his old ST
sou were scoring on the same stick. when the son :
aNsgieDccd and entered thcelf Of his fathei leg,
'hopping II neorly oil and >cveriug all the blood
vessels, by which he blcd To death before he could