Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-06-03
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Correspondence of the Express.
WASHINGTON, NAV I.

As1llNG1ON, May 80
The Commercial Bank of Boston. the New
England pet of the Gnverumet under the late
admiuistra' ION, somewhat tine vpectelly was the
theme of a brief d scussinn in the house of Rep
resen'a,iyes in HE early part Of the session OF
Yesterday. II WAS proposed that select COM
mi.tee should 90 to Boston to lerrit out fraud
upon the Government to Il time, %! about Sl50,-
! OOO, ard brought about by collision Of officers
Of the Fedora. Government with those ~ tho
| pay and service Of the government The House
was not willing that Mahomet should go to the
mountain except the mountain should come TO
! Mahone The majority have no objection to
the investigation OF iraud providing tho fraud,
i or what is about the same thing, those who have
committed il, will consent to be investigated.
The result III be what is always the finale Of
investigations, great smoke with waste OF
gunpowder.
The Army Bill was debated awhile to-day,
but M material advance was made in the con-
sderation OF the subject. Mr. Gushing Of Mass
made one OF his instructive and Interesting
: speeches upon the B Il, and adverse to the pro-
: posed reduction ofthe Army. Neither the con-
dton OF our Foreign e'ations, nor affairs at
3 home warranted, as he thought, the contempla-
; ted movement to bring down the Army. In a
e tempest OF reform, as he regarded the present
= feeling in the House, and il seems to be nothing
is period but which nevertheless may do worlt
e of mischefin It's destructive influence, It is pro-
~ posed to make innovation upon innovation. y
r course every thing done is to be done IN the sa
in cred name OF reform. a le days may change
- this hoadong feeling, bat il is probable that
y the vote were taken to-day, the majority in III
y House would vote to reduce the trmy TO wha
nd it was twenty one years since.
a Mr.. Glmer of Virginia took issue with Nj
1 4. L. -.l
ny beginning a speech which he will close TO day
I" Many OF the members seemed to he surprise
Sir that these two me nbers should be upon the %
3D. pOsite side OF the same question, both passln
ed, as the friends and defenders OF the Executive
ar and chrisened by some OF their amable collei
,S Ss CUES as part i"he Corporal's Guard
,io The debate in the Senate also gave rise
ily like remarks. Mr.. Crittenden, Of Kentucky, h;
been advocating the small ratio Of represe nlatiC
IA upon the ground that the Legislative and n
m the Executive power had been encroached u
r.a on. The one way power was tremendo.
/ ia while he power of the Legislative was weak
ing comparison. Mr., Sewer Of Arkansas, in !
rough and.tuuba, knock down and drag q
ong stvle of eloquence. thought there was no dang
"' OF that, for IN the wing OF the Capitol where
was there was no, one 10 raise voice tor
President, while at the end OF the building
'lsts friends were limited to some six men IN ALL "
'wn are sneerngy called "the Corporal's Guard
for The Apportionment Bill was debated thruu
RIB the day upon the question otra',o. Many m
In of many minds, saith the proyerb land the
,, or were as many opinions almost as there We
sea. Senators, in regard to what should const Il
the proper ratio of representation. The nu
to bers run AS high as niGety-two thousand, a
9Th fell, like the degrees of a thermometer from
aud a hot TO a cold day. to forty mine. There v
m o, abundance of material for spinning out a 10