The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-05-04
LATEST INTELLIGENCE
SOUTHERN & WESTERN NAILS
Washington.
Correspondence of the Herali.l
WASHINGTON, Monday, 3P. J

Correspondence Of the Heraldl
WASHINGTON, Monday, p. M.
Proceedings In COn&ress--COmparative Ia
w rim or Foreign Countries.
The routine business of the Senate this morning,
was of no public interest whatsoever. Mr.. Benton
read a letter from the Postmaster General, relating
to the publication of some correspondence con-
corning the appointment of Postmaster at st.
Louis. Mr.. Benton denounced the Postmaster Cen
eral as having imposed upon the President, for the
purpose of procuring the appointment of relative
to the Office of Postmaster at ST. Louis
Mr. Allen made another effort to get up his Rhode
Island resolution, and there was rather dense fog
raised on point of ORDER in which the President of
the Senate, MIR. Southland, got enveloped, and has
not yet found his way out In the ordinary practice
of the Senate, the rules of order are not insisted
upon implicitly. But Mr.. Southland sometimes I'M
dertakes TO enforce them without due cOnslldera-
ton, against political opponent, and not being very
clear or precise in his notions OF order, any thing
else he runs tilt unconsclously, against friend or
foe as the may be. There was luminous discus
sion on the point of order, Mr. Wright, Mr. Bayard
and Mr. King, being specially lucid and Ineligible,
| during which Mr.. Southland got more and more con-
fused and there seems to be no chance of his seeing
| his way clear
| This matter being over, the appropriation bill
comes up
The House adopted a resolution this morning to
| adjourn this week from Thursday over to Monday,
IN order To give opportunity to take up the carpets
| in the Hall, and put down mattings, which are
more comfortable and appropriate in warm weather,
| and also to make arrangements for the necessary
ventilation. Ii Is race course In Washington this
week, and the opinion seemed to prevail in the
House that the adjournment was on account OF the
race but the races terminate on Thursday, SO no
| fun is to be had in that way
Several private bills were then read third time
and passed, when the apportonment bill was taken
| up-the question being on the amendment to pro-
vide for dividing the several States into Congresson-
| al districts. Upon this the day will be spent.
| A valuable document, on the comparative tariffs
offoregn countries, was laid upon the desk Of the
Senate on Saturday morning. II has been carefully
and laboriously prepared in obedience to call OF
the Senate upon the Secretary OF the Treasury about
| two months since.
This document furnishes, at the very nick of time,
Of
Foreign Tariffs, arranged in the most scientific and
clear order, for the use of Congress in framing and
! remodellng tariff, and in establishing the new
| Import duties. Ii is done in this way
single line divided in tabular form, into IL col
umns. conducts the eye in tracing, with the mos
perfect precision across the page, furnishing the de-
sired information, reduced into federal money, mea-
sures and weights of all the principal foreign nations
/ with which We have, by convention, commercial In
| tercourse.
This portion of the work is preceded by very es-
sentia but useful, compendium of tables of foreign
coins, weights and measures, compared with those
of the United States. The main tables are followed
by statistics of our exports, imports manufactures
agricultural, staples of cotton, tobacco wheat, -four
| &c. &c. &c
| At the instance of the Secretary of the Treasury
this work has been prepared by Jonathan Elliot, who
has shown, throughout, that judgment and skill in
the handling and application of the Difficult,
statistics, which must confer great credit upon him
Neither McCulloch Hume, or DIR. Bowring, in their
comparative ta of foreign countries extend beyond
two or three nations, whereas Mr.. Eot's are cal
culaed for the commercial meridian of fourteen diff
6rent countries. And it may be but Justice to add
Mat the conception and successful execution of his
plan may be considered as entirely new 1t has been
work of great labor and trust the patient as
sduity Of Mr. Elliot will meet Its lust reward :.