New-York tribune., 1842-04-07
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Correspondence Of The New-York Tribune.

Correspondence Of The Newly ork Tribune
! wAsHrSo1oS, Tuesday, Aprila
In SENATE, to-day Mr.. CHoATE, from the Com
niuee on the Library, reported adversely on the
petition Of the widow of the late Hezekiah Niles
asking Congress to purchase Nics's Register
The following bills were reported: By Mr.. MAX
gum. from. the Committee on Naval Affairs, au-
.orising the Secretary Of the Navy 10 contract for
the building of certain transformers; BY Mr.. PRS
ros, from the Committee on Military Affairs. TO
raise two new regiments and organize corps OF
horse artillcrv-aso, to aholi:h the office OF Com
nissarr of Purchases ana By MIR. PREsrlss.
! from the Conmittea ON Patents for distributing
the Digest of Patents.
The resolution OF MIR. ALLEN calling on the
Secretary Of the Treasury Ia report as 10 the opcr-
alton OF the Distribute, Act, whether an addition
nj amount of taxes equal to tho fund distributed
will not have to be levied to carry the Govern
mont, &c. was taken up.
Mr.. RlvEs's amendment thereto requiring the
Secretary To report BY what means adequate proy.
sion TO NEE, the necessary expenses of Govern
ment can be made, his plan IN detail therefor,
&c. was adopted: Ayes Is, Noes Is; and the re-
solution as amended was adopted.
The Loan Bill from the II ouse, (reported with
out amendment) taken up, and Mr.. Evans
made lucid exposition of the provisions. of the
BILL the wants of the Treasury demanding its i'm
mediate passage, &c.
Nr. WRIGHT obtained the floor and the Senate
adjourned.
In the HousE on motion of Mr.. CALHOUN, q
resolution vas adopted, calling the Secretary
OF War for statement of all the agents sent to
| Europe since 1926 to obtain Information relative
to ordnance and firearms, at what cost &c.
Mr. BLACK made an unsuccessful attempt to sus-
CO.., ~,
ment of Select Committee to take into consider
alton the insufIcency Of the dcfence of the people
of Georgia from the Indians, and the outrag.s
committed on them by the United States troops.
and the expectancy OF authorizing the Governor OF
| Georgia TO employ military force for their pro-
lection TO be pnid for out of the Treasury Of Go
vernmcnt.
The Appropriation Bill was again taken up, and
the subject of the Branch MINIS the necessity for
their abolition, &c, was discussed by Messrs.
/ GILMER HABERsHAM, M. 4. CoorER, and T.
! Mason The motion to strike out the appropria-
ron for this object failed.
| Several sections were passed without debate.
| Mr.. MEDELL moved TO strike out the salary of
the Governor of Wisconsin, and made severe
attack on the character. personal and official, of
tina, officer, Mr. Doty.) charging him with defnlca-
tons and corruption. reading handbills, &c. in
proof.
Mr.. ADAMS opposed this motion, and held if the
charges made were true, there we're two Constitu-
tiona modes Of remedy-onc impeachment, and
the other (Which he believed never had been prac
ticcd) of an address BY both Houses to the Presi,
dent asking his removal.
Mr. C. J. ISaERsoLL supported the motion, op.
posing the idea of sending an Address mp to the
President for him to disregard if he pleased; and
,nnthu nj or RS
impcachublc.
The motion was rejected after opposition BY
! Mr.. Everett.
After action on some other items, the Commit
toe rose at about half-pnst three for want of {
quorum, and after twice taking the Yeas and Nays
in the absence Of a quorum, on m'tions OF adjourn
mcnt, the House adjourned ARGUS.
BLOODY QuARREI.-A bloody ARRAY occurred
ut Macon, Ga. on the 3Oth alt dispute arose
between constable named Dukes and an Irish
man named Summers Thoy met in the stree
armed with guns which they fired. Dukes was Sc
riousy, and probably, mortaly wounded. re
spectacle mechanic, named Hebbard, and mar
passing by named Sweeney we're instantly killed
| Two or three others were dangerously wounded
7 Several persons implicated are in jail.
10 The steamer Neptune left New Orleans OF
the 9th ult., with l20 cmigrunts, for Texas Sh
had on board several articles of various calibre,
some of the surplus prodsce' of the South
an abundance Of Missouri lead, &c.
70 The u. S. sloop Of war Ontario was at New
Orleans the 18th. to convey General Wadd
Thompson to Mexico.
20 The I.ousiana Legislature adjourned OIL
the 9th nit
[G Dates from Ncw-Orleans Ia the 2eth
Nothing new from Texas had been received.
MONEY MARKET,
salea Mt the Stock Exchange, April q.