New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-12-17
BY THIS MORNINGS MAIL.
Annua! Report of Secretary OF Treasury
Appropriation Bill, &c.
Correspondence OF The Tribune
WAssIycroS, Thursday, Dec. Is.

memorial, numerously signed by merchants of
Philadelphia. for the establishments of the war;
housing system. Mr.. WRIGHT presented 8 petit
lion from citizens OF Yates County. New-iork, Tor
the repeal Of the Bankrupt Law.
Several bills OF unimportanf character were
reported from Committees.
MIR. BATES on leave introduced bill for the re-
lief of the Steamboat Company of Nantucket
twice read and referred.
Mr.. BENTON. OF leave, introduced q resolution
which wa, laid over, calling on The President tor
information with reference 70 the Quintuple Treaty.
whether it has been communicated TO the Govern
ment of the United States, by whom. for what pur'
pose. what answer has been returned, &c. &e.
Notices were given of the Introduction OF van
Gus bills
The Senate proceeded TO the consideration of
Executive business and after short session, ad-
iourned 10 Monday.
In the House, the consideration of the Civil and
DIPLOMATIC Appropriation bill has been entered
upon. in Committee of the Whole, being some
weeks earlier in the Session than it Is usually
reached fact rejecting honor ;he active and
sagecicus Chairman OF the Committee OF Ways
| and Means and evincing desire for the dispatch
of business on the part of the Wing House OF hep
resentatives.
The annual Report of the Secretary of the Urea
sury was laid before the House by the SPEAKER,
and ordered printed, (the usual number OF lU,U0U
extra eepies.) 1t gives the exhibition OF the state
of the finances referred to in tine Presidents Mes
sage VIZ Balance on hand in the Treasury on
the lst jan 1872 exclusive Ct the deposites with
the States and Trust funds,) $230,483 60; re-
ceipts for the first three quarters OF the present
year from Customs, Lands, Treasury Notes, ($8,-
855 ,O27 G4,) Loan, 1926, 1919 81 &c, 500,
Gle, 593 70; estimated receipts tor the fourth
quarter of the wear from all sources, s. 1886, OOp-
making total estimated receipts for the year, and
balance on hand lst Jan last, S34,733,077 46.
The expenditures for the three first quarters
have been s26 264 ,982 20, and the estimated
expenditure for The fourth is So, 238, 27S Is, to
which add outstanding warrants issued prior to
January l, lS42, s805, 474 O3-malsing total e.
penaitures S35, 800 ,654 So, and fearing deficit
IN the Treasury on the 3ls, Dec, 1912, OF
S575,556 %. No further particulars could be
gathered from hasty examination OF the docu-
ment which your readers will soon be enabled to
examine in full for themselves.
Mr. g.. disclamng any intention to detain the
Committee, entered into long retrenchment and
reform speech expressing his belief that tn re
were already in the employ of the Departments
more clerks than were necessary, and his unwil-
Iingness TO vote any appropriations for extra clerks,
especially at this time, when they had no interma-
ton that their services were required. lie made
this motion as test of the sense of the Commit
tee with reference to their action throughout the
bill. He also opposed the system OF miscellane-
Gus appropriations, contending that the items of
expenditure should be specified, as means Of
! great economy.
Mr. FILLMORE expressed his surprise at lifelong
speech Of Mr.. Gmer on small an item and his
understanding that after the repeated discussions
and examinations of this subject at the last ses-
sion, a regulation had been adopted which it was
supposed would save the annual discussions on
these small appropriations. He referred to the
law of last session which legalized the necessary
permanent clerks, but gave the power 10 The Heads
| of the Departments and bureaux to employ extra
| clerks at specified compensation when ndispen-
SADLY necessary TO enable them to answer the calls
for information from Congress, and requiring OF tbs
Secretaries en- annual report of the number OF
clerks employed in their officers, whether repaired
by the service, their compensation, &c.
| On motion of Mr.. FILLMORE, the House re-
solved itself into Committee of the Whole on
the Union, (Mr. BRIGGS in the Chair,) and took
up the bill yesterday reported by Mr. F from the
| Committee Of Ways and Means) making appro-
priatious for the civil and diplomatic expenses OF
Government for the half calendar year ending Both
June, 1343
The bill was read through by the Clerk, and
| the Committee proceeded TO consider 1t by items.
Several were passed by without objection MIR.
GILaER moved TO strike out the clause aPProprl'
atng $3.50 for hire Of extra clerk in the office OF
the Secretary Of the Treasury.
This bill, he said, was framed to exact conform
| ity with these provisions, and the item now IN
question provided only for the employ of extra aid
when indispensable 10 the transaction of the public
| L., -. :,
The number of permanent clerks provided was
only sutfcien, for the ordinary business. If the
| appropriation was not made, the public service
would suffer, &c.
This question was further discussed during most
of the day in refutation Of the ja1sd and thread
bare retrenchment' arguments of last session, by
Messrs. GlLMER, BLACK, DAVIS of KY, and 9TH
ers in support, and Messrs. WISE, CUSHING,
SMITH Of Va, TILLNoHAsT, &c. in opposition to
the motion.
The question was then taken, and The Commit
tee refused to strike out the item.
Several other items having been passed without
objection, the Committee and reported pro-
gress, and the House ad journed.
| resolution of Mr. KENNEDY of Md, amend
ed on motion of Mr.. CUSHING, was yesterday
adopted, providing for the renewal of the Select
| Committee of last Session or the International
Copy-righ,, and on the Copyright laws IN general.
Messrs. Kennedy of Md, Winthrop, Brockway,
McKeon and Gushing constitute the Committee.
| ARGUS.
STEAMBOAT SUNx.-The steamboat Newly DIRK
sunk alongside the wharf at New Brunswick. n.
j., on Wednesday night, about - o'clock. The
crew had barely time TO save themselves, being
awakened by the water rising in their berths.
Efforts are now making to raise her. which will 1t
is believed, prove successful.
pJ. Kenmore Cooper Horace Greeley
,.d rNhe.,.ns 1rcE Irn1h.-The preat demand for