The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-06-10

Correspondence Of the Herald.1
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, 3P. NJ.
Proceedings I'm COngress-The Tar,0-Cus-
tom HOuse-NIr. Ewing.

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, 3P. NJ.
Proceedings I'm Congress-The Tart6-Cus-
tom House-Mr. Ewing.
The morning business of the Senate was private
bills entirely. The apporionment bill was then
taken up, and is now under discussion. You will
probably have the vote in for your postscript
mead. The expectation seems to be that the House
VIII insist upon their ratio-fty thousand, with an
odd hundred or two-the Senate will adhere to Their
proposition, and the result will perhaps be, that the
original suggestion of the select committee Of the
House, ratio OF 6O,OoO may be agreed upon. This
Is the worst number possible, and the presumption
is therefore, that it will be adopted
Inc House has at last got rid Of the Army Bill
Mr.. Roosevelt submitted proposition to repeal the
Bankrupt Law, several weeks since, and it comes up
In order tomorrow resolution suggesting the
propriety OF negotiating with Great Britain on the
subject OF the Colonial trade, was referred to the
Committee of the Whole; The motion to print ex-
ira copies OF the several Custom House reports was
then taken up, and Mr.. Gushing continued and con-
cluded the speech which he began two or three weeks
ago. motion was then made to lay the whole
matter on the table. This was rejected, and the
House proceeded to vote on the several propositions
Mr. underweod's provlso, that the House did not
admit the authority OF the Executive to institute the
commission for investigating the affairs of the Gus
tom House, was carried by close vote-S6 to So
the House is still engaged upon the matter.
The Tariff Is expected to come up next. This is
the great question of the Session, and no man is
prophet enough to predict the result 1t is not i'm
probable that the proposition of the Committee of
Ways and Means to extend the present laws for the
laying and collecting duties on imports to the first
OF August, may be amended so as to continue them
to the FIRST OF january lS Every body is sensible
Of the importance Of maturing revenue bill, but
there IS no time for now, and members will be re-
uctant to vote in the dark. There can be no intel
gen or proper action upon the subject at the present
session, and the sooner Congress makes temporary
disposition OF it the better
Among the witnesses called to Washington recent
Y on the Custom House investigation, was Mr.. David
Fei OF your city, somewhat notorious in the station
airy world and likely Ia be somewhat more So as the
proyerb rlns as to the difference between jackass
and mule. This gentleman had an opportunity to
examine his testimony. given before the Commits
sloners Pondexter, Bradley, and Stuart to see if he
could find any discrepancies between the statement
OF his testimony and the testimony itself Unfortu-
natey for Mr. Felt, his letter to the House ofRepre-
sentatives will be contradicted by several witnesses
whose character cannot be impeached, and the less
ne says on the matter before the public the better he
will be of, as the old adage says
IT seems that Mr. Felts testimony was taken down
by MIR. George Wood, gentleman attached to the
Treasury Department, carefully read over to him by
Mr.. Wood, and then as carefully copied by him. Ii
was, few days after, re-examined by Mr.. Felt
corrected by HIM and the copy bears these correc
t!ons IN ms ocn hand u11ting. Subsequently TO his
hrst examination he was recalled, and gave some
testimony in relation to Blank Books but this part of
the evidence Is not called in question. 1t may do
Tor Mr. Felt to tell how cheap he can do printing,
and thereby virtually impeach his neighbors, who
are stationers but it will do him but little credit to
lmpeach his own testimony. However, if he has
taste this way, it would be cruel not to let him in
dulge 1t.
You will have observed Mr. Ewing's absurd eps-
tle with second edition ofhis letter of resignation
IN which he pours out small vial of his wrath upon
the Herald. What lnfatuation to revive his exploded
calumny of the President at this late day, and
when he intended to repubsh Mr. Bells letter but the
editors of the lntegencer refused be accessory to
such an act Of folly They knew that Bell not only
did not cQrroborate the statement Of Ewing, but
actually contradicted one, least, of his material
avements. The truth IS, Messrs. Ewing, Badger
and Bell msstated most of the important parts in re-
iatlon to the second bank bill-not wfuly, perhaps
but in their extreme and feverish sociude to re-
tam their places in the Cabinet they misunderstood
md misrepresented, only the opinions and sent-
mens, but the declarations of the President So too
Of Mr.. Webster All these gentlemen asserted what
The President would do in given state of things,
out they consulted their hopes rather than their
judgements. The President never said he would
sign such bill was presented to him-he never
nad thought or purpose of doing it. He desired
most anxiousy to conform his action to the wishes
Of his quondam friends-hs acknowledged fealty to
his party, but he could not sacrifice his consistency
and his conscience. The members OF his Cabinet
deceived themselves, and consequently they deceived
the wing party But the tail of letter is no place to
go into history of this affair. If it shall be neccs-
sary to disclose the particulars hereafter, the
materials are ample and at hand.