New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-02
IN CONGRESS. .FuuiY. April =, i't!'

In SrS,rF. memorials were presenter "'''
Psnnsylyan for Tariff from the Mss'ssippi Lc-
g.I,trc for reduction Of 20 per cent on Po,'ase-'
,,j for the introduction Of t. :. Instead ct foreign
coin into Po. Office payments aad resolutions iro'"
the. anne Legislature ins,rctng their senators 10
vo,. for repeal of The Distribution Actor amend
inc the Bankrupt Act. and - take such course a.
should secure the annexation ot Texas. COM
,ryn;cafion from the State Department on ihe
-,,,,h.r Of eni-rant. to this country was ordered
printed.
Tn, General Appropriation Bill then came up
and .undfv amendments OF the Finance Commit
,ee were agreed %. Among them are those SITE
mo out the first proviso forbidding the District
iuorncv If New-York from receiving more thaA
- 600 per ,nuum, and the Clerk more than -
800. and such office expenses as may hot eNceeu
q GOO per annum. all ice- beyond to Dc paid INTO
rho Treasury; striking cut $4,000 for completing
the Boston Custom House, and inserting sl'0'Ooo'
and inserting SIS 900 for payment OF sums due Ter
completing the Newly ork Custom House. ADJ
In the Housr Mr. BRIGGs asked leave to offer
resolution requesting the President to communicate
"a the House the report Of the Commissioners APP
noio,ed 10 investigate the affair, VI the Custom
House in hi, CITY After litte conversation Oh
lecrons being made. the rule. were suspended
and after some sharp shooting, the resolution was
adopted. Mr. THOMPSON Of Ia, asked leave to
make a report from the Committee for the District
If Columbia but the House refused TO suspend the
rules
Considerable conversation then took place be-
ve,p the STEAMER. llr ROOSEVELT. and others
touching the accuracy OF a report in the lnteli-
rcncer. when Ar X. moved that the vote ct yes
,erday on the report OF the Committee on LNpen'
dimre. in relation to the Newly .rk Custom House
boz re.con.idered. He said he had understood that
If Nh. MT A., report of the Committee own invcsti-
,ation-but that Of Commissioners. The Speaher
decided the motion Ia reconsider not IN order
a. tbere wa. no din lion of the House on the motion
IN print the report, Mr.. RoosEyELr Appealed
trom the decision. which the speaker vlndlcated'
and Mr.. CUSHING opposed. Mr. ARNoLD hoped
the vote would be ,idcred-tor he was ANXIOUS
"a .er what members would vote tor suppre'sinS
the rcport Some excitement succeceod, "heh inc
chair consented to receive the motion 10 re-c"'id'r
Mr.. Rosy,rLr contcnled that the Report should
first have been submitted to the President ana not
sent into the House by the Committee. tie sa'd
the President would probably either send 1t in or
give GOOD reasons for not dom. Mr.. CusHiN"
said II was very youminous and the Trcsideh' nan
not had time to read II. Mr.. IRIPLETT insisted
on knowing from some friend of the Executive
whether h. intended To send the document to the
House. W {. Johnson said he shouid vote Tor
the recon,deation-.s he thought the document
ought not to be plinted-as it did not contain the
te.,irponv ON which it, conclusions were founded
Mr.. ARNOLD said il did contain that testimony,
and he hoped the House wouls be brought to d.
rect motion the question 10 PRINT 1t. Nlr' WISE
RAJ, over the hi story OF the Commission, and SAID
that wer, he President hc would turn out any oh.-
Ger for ,ubmittin. hi report to > Committee ct
the House instead % to the President. He sp.ke
highly Of Mr. PofSDENrER-but said the Commit
tee had no bushes, with his report. Could he
be- convinced that the President designed to sup
pres. it he would heartily denouncc him. lie SAID
he wa, for the fullest investigation OF the affairs OF
,he y. \. Custom House Some further debate
-n.lcd on various points when Mr.. SrASLY SAID
that the chief reason with him for obtaining this
report to be laid before the Committee was that
ne understood tho President had said he intended
TO employ it for his own individual use; and, on
llr. WIsy expressing a doubt "a TO the truth of
this. Nh. LINS read from a letter from the Presi
dent to Mr.. Pondexter this passage
Whether. phen made, shall deem best 10
| sc communicate the entire reP0rt 10 Congress, or
" otherwise make it pubis, or content myself with
adopting it, recommendation and urging them
upon the deliberations of Congress rtH BE- tor
NJ orn decision; as also will be the time and
occasion for making It.
AIr. WISE spoke ct the character Of the report
q. II not only involves said he) the conduct and
character Of men in the Newly orb custom house
of uoyt, of Curtis, Of Games, OF WATSON, and
other, in that estabishment-but | can tell New
England gentlemen this floor that II involves
some men OF the very highest standing IN Boston
and in LoweI-the gentry Of New England-the
highest class of c.pitalists-the.e too arein'oS.d
and If the statement. in the report are tue, men oil
thi. descriptions have been engaged in conspiracy
10 bride the custom house officers to seils on wool
On good, for the benefit Of the manufacturers OF
New England. Mr.. W. said that If these facts
came out he should thank Mr. PoindeNter mos
profoundly for his labOrs IL would 90 Tar toward
excusing hi, course in relation to the report; a.
though till there should be actual evidence pro
duced that the President va. inclined To suppress
the report rendered 10 him. Mr.. ". did not see
NV IL could be excused. He believed this very
repor, would be OF the strongest anti-tarh doc
uments ever put forth to the community; the agii-
cultural interest Of the country would be gratihed
by IL perl-al. Th' report not ons inYolVed The
character OF the custom house sihcers at New-iork
but also ct the commissioner, themselves and uii-
mattel, every member here representing the State
Of Massachusetts. This report, gentlemen might
be, assured had deeper ends IN view than a mere