New-York tribune., 1842-03-04
BY THIS MORNINGS MAIL.
Correspondence Of The NewYork Tribune

Resolutions offered bv the following Senators
we're adopted: BY Mr. BARROW, drectins the
Secretary of the Treasury furnish Statement;
OF the amount Of duties arising from irpos,s and
tonnage a, the port=ot NewOricats in 1889, 40
and IL; also the amount received from. the sales
OF public lands in Louisiana the same wear and
what portion Q, such receipts was expended IN
SAID Staie=in those wears; ~ Mr.iWALHER, call
ing the President for information relative TO the
proceedings ot the Board for the settlement Q:
Claims. appointed ander,h the Convention with
Mexico Also resolution directing the Post
master General TO furnish statement of the post
road, on which the mails are suspended on the
Sabbath. and the amount saved thereby 10 the
Government.
The resolutions OF Mr. Clar on the subject OF
revenue. with the amendments thereto BY Mr.
Wright, taken up. and
Alr. WRIGHT made 4 powerful speech q, ai,ou,
;wo hours in rep y to Mr.. Clay. and in advocacy
of his amendments. He went into a defence OF
Mr.Yan Burens Administration the annus cN-
penSe- OF which Alr Clay YESTERDAY es;ina ted at
over thiryve millions OF dollars contending that
this was tar=hisher estimate than thar OF Alr.
Secretary Ewing, and higher than the true c>t;-
mate. He opposed the resolution of Mr. Clay
proposing the repeal of the clause Of the Distribu
ton Act suspending that act in the contingency of
higher rate OF duty than twenty per cent. as that
was the only ground on which that asv could have
| passed: and advocated the repeal OF the law IL
self Taking the amount OF ninetv-one million. o.
imports, as Yesterday estimated BY Mr.. Clay, and
sle rate OF duty twenty per cent. SIS, 100000 OF
reyesue= would be raised. which, with the three
millions from the lands, making abou, twenty-one
and hal. millions he contcndc, was sufficient:
and, therefore IT was not necessary 10 adopt
higher duty than twenty per cent. He examined
,ertatim the several resolutions and their amcnd-
mcnts
Mr.. SMITH of la. has the floor for tomorrow.
In the House. Mr. FILLMORE on leave offered a
resolution fixing the daily hour of meeting Of the
House at o'clock. a. NJ. until otherwise or
dered which was adopted ca, l2S, Nays -:
Mr.. TALr.FERRo gnve notice thu, he should
move reconsideration otzthi. vote, and If ,ha,
failed, should move discharge tho several Com
mttccs from the business before them u. ii would
be impossible for thon 10 attend to the mas. Of i,
before this hour of meeting OF the House.
The resolutions reported from tho Committee
on the Contingent Expenses Of the House. were
taAenup, and the first resucng from six to four
the nutsber OF messenger. Of the House. after
so'nc debate, adopted
he next.rcsolution - abolish the Office OF
draugtSman Of the House was taken up, and
Mr.. j. G. FLOYD moved TO amend it 50 as TO
abolish the oificcof Postmaster of the House. and
all the Offices connected with the Post-Oicc AZ
ter debate of some length. Mr. MeRGAS to
avoid, he said, more expense in debate on this
item tha the salary of the officers proposed to be
abolished, moved the previous question Before
this was taken the subject was laid over.=th the
morning hour having expired.
The SPEAKER laid before the House several
communications, among which was one from the
! President IN answer to one ot the resolutions in
troduced by Mr.. Adams on his trial relative to
the constutionality of the law Of South Carolinn,
imprisoning celorcd persons on their arrival at any
of the ports of the State; from tho Department
Of State relative to the contingent expenses there
of: from Ml. MoRRow asking on account OF i'll
health to be excused from service on the Commit
tee of Public Lands, which was granted by the
House; also from Thomas Allen in reference 10
the resolution of tie House nStructing him and
Blair 4 ltivcs todcSist from further work in print
ing the Compcndiuul of the 9th Census until the
decision of the Hous,, ON their respective claims
thereto informing the House that he was printing
the Compendium Of the 9th Census in exec,i-
ton of a law of Congress admitting of no suspen-
sion except by concurrent authority of both Fl ou,es
/ and the assent of the President. After some dis
cussion. this communication referred to the
Committee, of Claims.
rtm=Apportomment Bill was then taken up III
Commi,,eeoi the Whole on the Union Mr.. Briggs
in the chair). The clause under consideration was
thar appropriating for the contingent expenses of
the State Department, which Mr. DAVIS Of Ky
having offered amendment regulating the per-
tormancc of the contract of printing, &c.=of the
Departments, the CHAIRMAN had ruled it on, of
order ; going to change By on appropriation bill
an existing law, from which decision. Mr. d. had
appealed.
Thr appeal wa, debated bv MessrS Athcrton
! VIM. Smith, Mcriwether and G Davis aud the
question being taken. the decision of the Chair was
reversed. By Ayes SO. Noes 81.
On thu amendment of Mr.. DAVIS. th,. subiec, of
the public printing was discussed at some length
bv various members, among whom Mr.. AIoRGAx
offered an amendment, 10 the amendment 10 pro-
hibt any application OF the contingent fund 10
| payment for publishing the laws of The United
States in any newspapers and 70 repeal all laws
authorizing such publication.