New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-20
III GoNlrfss.


EaipAY, February le, lsfs
Ia the SENATE, among the petitions presented
was one from citizens Of Delaware asking the Gre
alton and distribution among the States Oh .so
hundred millions of Government stock. AiF
WRIGHT al.s presented tho proceedings OF 'ne
New-York Chamber of Commerce with regard 10
the bill redscing the number and salaries OF us
t.n, House officers in this City. The COMMITTEES
strongly remons1rate against the passage OF the
bill and present q statement in support OF their
views They alIege that tAe value OF imports Tor
the past three wears was neary double that OF the
wears Immediately proceeding 1896; that the DIS
,rct has been doubled in extent, that the number
of importer, has been very largely increased ana
that these facts which they support by STATISTICAL
statements, fully justify the increase in the numsef
Of Cus,er House offcers-a number not greater,
in their judgement, than is demanded by the usual
business of the port. Mr.. WRIGHT hoped the bill
would be referred back 70 the Committee by which
it had been reported, that this document might be
taken into consideration. On motion OF Mir.
HuSTlsGros this was done. After protractsa
debate concerning the remission OF Gen. jackson 5
fine the Senate adjourned.
In the House, on motion of Mir. GRAHAM,
resolution was adopted ipstruciiDg the Committee
on Indian Affairs to inquire into the expedency OF
having the Cherokees of North Carolina sum of
money for spoia,ons committed by Government
agents after 1898.
The House then proceeded to the consideration
OF the molten to print Mr.. ISaER,oLL Report,
on Mr.. JoHS.oN'. scheme of q National Loan
10 the States Mr.. w. C. JOHNSON addressed the
House at some length in support of hi. scheme.
He said that, however gentlemen might seek to
avoid the matter it inevitable that the great
contest and struggle IN this nation wouIa be on
the question Of RELIEY or REPsDlATISN lhis
he declared to be the natural tendency OF events.
In certain sections Of the country tho doctrine OF
virtual Republication is evidently gaining strength,
and sooner or later the question of Relief mus!
come up 20 meet it, The Committee, be said, had
treated the question improperly: they had spoken
of the memorials referred to them as il they asked
he issue of two hundred millions of currency,
whereas in fact the issue of stock only was pro-
posed, out Of which good currency might grow.
He proceeded to analyzc and condemn the Report
of Mr.. Ingersoll as inconsistent with itself, ard as
presenting false issue. before the people. He
called upon the members OF Congress who opposed
this plan of relief to bring forward some plan of
their own He wished them TO say distinctly
whether they were for direct taxation for rSpudia-
ton, or for some better plan than ne had presented
II any one would bring up better one, Ae pledged
himself to support it with all his strength. The
Committee, he said, had evidently expected to
stop this question at once, and destroy all agita-
lion Of it but this had been tried before, and it
would now, as it did then, prove worse than fruit
less The real loss to the nation of wealth by de-
probation of property, caused by the derange mont
of the currency aud by the evils this scheme was
intended TO remedy, he said was more than ten
times the amount of stock proposed to be issued.
The amendments to the Army appropriation
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Whole. The item appreprlating S1uu,uvv
the continuation of Improvements on the Western
Rivers, WIS suppostedby NJ. WkILER and others,
and after a long debate was rejectsd-ayes 90 {;
noes 90. An amendment offered by Mr.. THemr
SON to make appropriations for the continuation of
the Cumberland read was also rejected. The
amendment Of the Senate, appropriating $4,000
for the continuation of the meteorological observa-
tions at the Military ports concurrcd in. Tho
House soon adjourned.