New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-17
BY THIS MORNINGS MAu.
Reelection Of saiaries-The Financlsa p.
licy Of Government, Sec.
Correspondence Of The Tribune

WASHINGTON, Wednesday Feb IL
The House OF REPRESENTATIVES. have =.
length in good earnest come to the work Of .Rr.
rREscHMssr AND RryoRM,' by decided major.
ity-having, to-day, passed Mr.. ARsoLD's bill f..
the reduction of the pay of Members Of Conres,
and other Government Officers.
Its main provisions, as passed, are as fellow,
II leaves the per diem pay of Members Of Con.
gress at So for the frs. FIVE months Of ses,;o,.
reduce, fer the succeeding months to Sc, and
for the remainder Of the Session to $4-for Il.
time of actual attendance, or absence BY sickps,,
or leave; their mileage to 81 for every 20 mile, On
the shortest post routes; the pay Of Officer, Of Il.
Navv and of Commissioned Officers Of tho A,rv
90 ner cent.-,he allowance for fuel, &c. 20 Dc,
cent; the pay of all Civil Officers, except pipo,
! matte Agents, the Commissioned OF Pensions, ana
one or two o,hers-Salaries $4,000 and upward,
90 per cent, below $4,000 lsa per ceut.-provi.
ded that no salaries GRE reduced below 81, 900, 0,
exceed, except those Of Diplomatic Agents, $1,000;
abolishes the Office of Recorder Of the Land OGes
and devolves his duties upon the Commissiner, &c.
The history of its progress and passage with
other proceedings, is given below:
| In the HOUSE, on motion of MIR. DAVIS ofKy.-
objection having been made by Mr.. Bowss and
the rules having been suspended fer this purpose
a resolution wa. adopted. calling on the Secrs.a.
r;es of State, the Treasury, War, and the Navy
and the Postmaster General to report the number.
grade and compensation of all persons employed
| in their respective Departments, on the LIST Janus.
nv, 1929, and 1st Jan. ls4S.
On motion of Mr.. CAVE JOHNSON, tae Select
Committee on Retrenchment Mr.. Susata.
Chairman) was empowered to send for persons
and papers.
Mr.. KENNEDY of Nd. made an unsuccessful at.
tempt to set apart Tuesday next for the special
consideration of the Warehouse bill.
The special order, No. 54S, for the reduction
Of the pay of Members of Congress and Other of.
GERS of Government again came up in Committee
of the Whole on the Union, the time for debate
having been terminated yesterday.
About two hours and half were consumed 10
committee in Offering and votisg numsrou.
amendments, most Of which were rejected An
amendment of MIR. McKgNSAN fixing the per diem
and mileage of members Of Congress, (as given
above) was adopted. Among those rejected vera
one by Mr. SNYDER to abolish the Office of Major
General, and one by Mr.. CLIFFORD to abolish the
| West Point Academy.
The amendments having been disposed of, Mr..
BORIS moved, as an amendment to the motion to
rise, a recommendation that the bill be rejected;
negat;ced, Ayes SO, Nays not counted
The bill was then reported to the House.
| Mr.. FILLMORE moved to increase the rate for
mileage from "a to Sc, and moved the previous
question.
A motion Of Mr.. CUSHING to lay the bill on tho
table failed Yeas AZ, Nays l07.
| Mr.. FILLMoREs Amendments was re5scted'
Yeas SO, Nays las.
The amendments Of the Committee were con-
Cured in, and the bill ordered engrossed.
A motion Of Mr.. BR1oGs to reconsider was re-
jected, Gas intended.
The third reading to-day, being objected to BY
Mr.. SMITH of Va, on motion of MIR. BRIGGS tho
rules were suspended-l58 to 5a-asd the bill
| was read a third tins and passsd:: Yeas l65,
Nays 48.
The matter was made surs by the rejection Of
| motion to reconsider-and the House djourned.
In SENATE, to-day, communication was re-
ceived from the Post Office Department giving .
comparative estimate of the expenses of carrying
the mails upon Railroads and the various msthod.
formerly used on the same routes.
The PRESIDENT pro tenn. presented the crede1-
ssls of the Hon. WIN. H. HAYwooD, Senator
elect from North Carolina for ak years from the
4,h of March next; and MIR. TALLmADes presented
the credentials of his colleague, Hon. SILAs
WRIGHT, Senator cleo, from New-York for the
same term.
MIR. Inns resolution, fixing the daily hour, OF
meeting at IL o'clock A. NJ, was nsgasiued:
Ayes IS, Noes l9.
Mr.. DAYTON continued the discussion Of Mr..
McDuF71E's resolution and the proposed amend.
ments in a-sound and logical speech in reply to
Mr.. Med, particularly on the subject of the tnan-
ces. He denied the liabilities of the General Gov
eminent for the State Debts; disappreyed OF tho
representations of foreign nations as to our insol
vency; showed The glazing Inconsistencies OF Eng
land, and other European powers, in reading Us
lessons of morality and political economy when
they themselves had in certain cases encouraged
Reputation, and all of them incurred debts ccu''
pared with which ours were bur as the weight OF q
feather; said that our officers also, from the hlgn'
est to the lowest, had done injustice in theft
representations of our financial condition. and es'
pecially regretted the language used by the pres-
dent in his late message on the subject; urged tho
adoption of his amendment, as due to our naiionai
honor and reputation, &c. sc.
Mr.. MERRIcK, in accordance with his notice 0,
yesterday, account of the ateness in The pefioo
Of the Session, moved to lay the whole subject %
the table ;--c0rried: Yeas 20, Nays %.
| MIR. RlvRs offered his resolutions on tho SUBJ
| ject, which lie over.
The Senate went into Executive session.
! ARGUS.
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| PHILADELPHIA, Feb. &c. +. D.