New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-03-21
IN CONGRESS. ...FalpAr. March 10:

fttery OF the Nas Tor the names, date Oh coillIIliS
SON. &c. OF every officer in the Na~y OF the Uni
ted Safes
Mr.CLAr presented petition from the glass
cutters Of ,hi. city asking efficient Protection for
their Business Dir. CHoA1E oae from shipmaSters
OF Ne"ouryport against repeal OF the Pilot Law
of 1887
:. bill 70 continue in ;orcs the reitraii,y- law of
1889 read third time and passed, with seve-
RAJ Of no public importance. \ bill 10 permit II
LIMOS to tax the Public Lands sold within her bor-
bers within the last five years. was debated butnot
detnltlvelv acted On.
The Senate nov passed to The Special Order
Mr.. Ga, Re.olurions) on which Mr.. Evans OF
Maine made q long and powerful speech IN reply
70 Messrs. Calhoun and Woodbury.. he concluded
by inporing Senators fail parties to unite IN re-
evine the Government from, the pecuniury elrsbar-
easements under which il now !abors.
Mr.. HUNTINGTON of CT. has the floor for Mon
day, to which day the Senate adjourned.
In=,hc HousE. Hon. ALVIN H READ, just
elected from the suSquehanna District. Pa. in
place OF Hon. Dayis=Dimock. Jr.. deceased. APP
pearod, qualified, and took hi- seat.
On n oton of MrTRIPLETr. OF Ky, the follow
ing resolution vas Adopted
Rss0lcsd That the Secretary of the Nay
,ort 10 tbs House. as soon as conveniently may be
what amount Of force. if an. and the annual cost
thereof, will be necessary, provlsed the BOARD or
NAVY COMMISSIONERS BE ABOLISHED. Good
Mr.5THoMPsos of Miss. now make
demonstration against petition presented ye.ter-
day by Mr. Morgan of N. y, asking Congress TO
assume The responsible dejt Of Mississippi; ana
eject herJ'r the Union! Good again,l Mr..
T. made very considerable flourish about the mat
ter, and in,irated his disposition TO call any man
liar=and scoundrcl who should venture to say
Mississippi had behaved dishonorably He talked
ike picking a quarrel with Mr.. Morgan for pre-
scntins the petition. but Mr.. NJ. calm As a
summers morning 50 he took nothing by his mo
ton and finally sat down.
Mr. FILLMORE low moved tina, the House again
resolve itse: into Committee of the whole on
the State Of the Union Mr. GlDDlSGs resisted,
pleading the claims of Private Bills. Mr.. r mo-
ton prevailed-a3 20 20.
SO the House in Committee took up the Loan
Bill intended to rclievs the pressing necessities OF
the Government, and preserve the National Credit
from dishonor The question being on MIR. Ever
ett's amendment to allow the loan to run to twenty
years if necessary, Mr.. GORDON of ~ y, Della
ware county obtained the floor, proceeded to make
an abusive dema.ogue speech in abuse o: the
Wing party, and especially of Mr.. Stanly of y. c.
In this beautiful business he wasted the best part
of the day. When he had concluded
Mr. MILroS BrowS Of Tenn, made few sen.
siblc and pertinent remarks advocating Retrench-
mcnt and al increase Of the Tariff for Revenue
purposes. Then Mr.. a. kESsHDY Of linda. Ga
Locofoco representing District giving 1000 Wing
majority, made another demagogue speech against
Protection, the Wing Party, the Land Distribution
and the Loan Bill. He ntimated that he would
against all suppliesto the Government till the
Land Bill should be repealed
Mr.. GlDDISGs now Obtained the floor, and begged
the House to remember that Congress had been in
session fifteen weeks, during which thirty day.
should have been Civcnt Private Claims, but only
seven hours and half had yotbeen applied. He
said there were probably about six hundred per-
sons having just claims the Government, in
whose behalfbills oughtto be promptly passed. Yet
partisan speeches to no possible purpose
Mr.. PRoPFlrT next took the floor, and in his be-
half Mr.. WISE moved an adjournment: Ayes, 81;
Noes, 63-no quorum voting. The Committee
rose and reported the fact to the House.
Mr.. j. G.. FLOYD of y, (Loco,) moved an
Voted down, 81 to GO. Mr.. Prof
fit now took tho floor, and spoke an hour in pro
tossed reply to Mr.. Fillmore, but really in justiii-
cation Of himself and his few allies, and in as
person of the Wings. At length the II ouse tired
out and adjourned, leaving him in possession of
the floor.
Such is the history Of day IN Congress.
Rcader! can ycu sag that THE WIG. are csl-
paJle for the tooste Of tine and Indifference to the
Public Interest, and Honor mhich are exhibited
on that floor.
LATE FROM Tz1As.-Thc steamer Neptune,
which arrived at New Orleans from Galveston on
the 9TH inst, brought advices TO the 9th.
The story about the great sau. liter which was
brought from Ma,amorns had as much foundation
as this-A party of about 40 Texans encountered
u squad of Me1icans and captured or killed 20 OF
them.
The accrung revenue at the port Of Galveston
for the month Of February, was sll,929 20
Amount, paid oct s2,459 80. Total value of i'm
potts s29,O19 So,
The citizens of Gonzales county have passed the
following: