New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-04
Do:nSs in Congress.
CORRESPONDENCE OF the rrlnuae.

DO!nSs In Congress.
Ceres ponGence OF the rrlhuse
WASHINGTON, Thursday, March
In SENATE to-day, the House bill to provide ior
the better security of the lives OF passengers on
board steamboats,, was passed
The General Appropriation bill was reported
back from the Committee on Finance BY Mir. Ev-
ANS, with amendments.
Mr. WRIGHT presented resolutions of the Le-
gislaure of New-York for the relief of Amos
Kendall.
Mr. EVANS moved a suspension Of the joint rule
to allow the bills for the payment OF the
sets claim for the extension of the charters OF the
District Banks, and TWO private bills 10 be sent to
the House; carried after remarks By Mr.. ALLEE:
Yeas %; NAYS l5-(and sert to the House, where
it was again objected to by Locos-Nlessrs. WEI
LER, ArHERIoE, and others, and consequently
laid over.
Mr.. CUIHBgRT presented the celebrated resou-
,ions of the Legislature of Ga, Mstructlns' Mr.
BErRlEN to resign, &c, which, with the accom-
panying report and the counter resolutions OF the
Legislature, were read.
Mr. B1RRIEH, in his peculiarly appropriate
STYLE vndicated hiInsef exposed the unblushng
political hardhood Of the portion of The members
of the Legislature which had passed these resoiu-
tions--signn ntimatioHs Of disaFprova ot which
had already been given BY the people OF that Statci
EXPRESSED his contempt for those who had thus at
tes,pted, in an Unprecedented manner, to dictate
to him, DC.
MIR. CurHBERr replied in harsh, personal re-
marks to his colleague.
The Senate refused TO print the resolutions
Yeas Il. Nays "a.
The House bill to carry iato execution The rea-
" of Washington was opposed at some length by
Messrs ALLEN ard Benton, and briefly advo-
Gated bv Me.srs ARCHER, CALHOUN, EvASs ard
RIvEs.
An amendment of Mr.. ALLEN 10 limit the ap-
preparation for the African squad on to s24 ,OVo
was rejected, and the bill passed
The Senate, after recess, resumed and con-
tinued its session to very late hour.
In the HOUSE, Mr.. WHITE of La, rose to a
personal explanation, and stated that his const"R-
ents had been grossly ,nsrepresented or this floor,
Gin the debate os Gen. Jackson ) hnc, having been
charged with being spies and traitors, and thus
rendering necessary Jackson's declaration of mar.
tial law He wished an opportunity to reue that
accusation, aud wished The bill this subject 10
be taken up for short time to give him oppor
tunty therefor--but his wishes and the subject
were drowned in the mass of bu,ness which ensued
during the day.
Various Senate bills were taken up from the
Speakers table and passed without debate, among
which are the following: TO regulate the currency
of gold and silver coin in the Uaited States, and
to prevent the entry of merchandise recovered
from shpwreck free of duty.
A resolution of Mr. J. R. IHGE RsoLL was
adopted requesting the. President of the United
States, if, in his opinion, exPedient, to present to
the British Government set of our current stan
dafd OF weig hts and measures, to replace those
recently destroyed by fire in Landon.
Reports Of committees received in great
numbers, some of which follow
BY Mr. WINTHROP, from the Committee
Commerce, motion to take up for vote, the re-
solutions heretofore reported by him from that
Comnttee relative 10 the imPrcssment OF colored
seamcn.
Mr.. CAVE JoHssos moved to lay the subject Oil
the table; carr1'd-ieas 66, Nays SO.
BY Mr.. POWELL. from the District Of Co!nm-
bia. Joint resolution TO extend for ten years the
charters OF the District Banks.
After some points of order, g motion of Mr..
CAVE JOHNSON, TO lay on the table tsiled-Yeas
70, NAYS 50.
,Ir. WELLER objecting to the second reading,
TIE question up on the rejection Of the rs,o
luton. Refused Yeas II, Nays SO.
Nlcssls. 1lSENACH oiDu W sLLEn tbcA euSIco-
siyeIy spoke at some length, preventing any vote
to-day, (and probably defeating the bill, intend
ed) the suFject being laid over at the expiration
of tue norn.ug hour.
BY WM. e. JOHNSON, from the Select Commit
tee the subject, a report in favor Of the issue
and distribution among the States Of s2G0 0O0,0 900
Government stock.
By MIR. ADAMS, from the same Committee, of
substitute resolutions declaring repudiation vic.
la!ion OF that provision Of the Constitution pre-
venting the States from passing any laws impair
ing the obiis sstons of contracts; that in case any
State by repudietion should involve herself in war
with toreign power, she would 10 be
Stste of the UnioR and have no claim on the G.
States or any portion OF them for aid in her de-
fence, sc.
After long series Of points of order, &c, Mr..
JoHssoN's Report was ordered printed and the
printing OF Mr. ADAMss refused: Yeas 72 Nays
l08. The subject was then, on motion OF MIR.
BElGGs-on account Of the ateness Of the period
OF Tie ses,ion-laid on the table.
BY Mr. IoLAsD, from the Select Committee On
the case of Jonathan Roberts, (Which Committee
consists of Messrs. ToLAsD, FEssEsDEN, w. w
lRwlS, SIMMONS and FEgKls,) report concud-