Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-04-26
CONGRESS-.
Correspondence Of the ". Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON. April 10Th

~APAh ADh.
In the House, Mr.. Dromgoole made an.
other attempt TO go into Committee Of the
Whole on the Union. A close vote on The
motion was attended with much interest The
House refused to proceed TO the subject.
Yeas IS, Nays 81
Mr.. j. r.. Ingersoll then moved a suspep.
sion of the rules to offer resolution to post.
pone this subject until the last Tuesday, in
December. A call Of the House moved BY
Mr.. Thompson, of Mi, exhibited $50 mem.
bers present The rules ,oere then suspend.
ed i; yeas l47, nays 26. A substitute Of Mr..
Dromgoole to take up the bill tomorrow
at two o'clock, failed; yeas 80, nays s2--
The resolution was lost; yeas 100, nays63
"A resolution of Mr. Mckay, making the
subject the special order for Monday, was
also lost; yeas I0l, &C. Thus this Loco
House manifest their sense of their critical
position with reference to the Tariff, by re-
fusing to act al all, one way or the other.
Various reports were received among
which was one by Mr.. Hudson, from the
committee on manufactures; and by Mr..
G. ]. IngersolI, from the committee on for.
eign affairs, of bills TO indemnify the owners
of the Spanish shooner Amistad, and 10 car.
ry into execution the French treaty.
A Message was received from the Presi-
dent, in answer to the Resolution Of the
House, communicating the measures taken,
with the causes therefor, &c. in suppressng
the Dorr Rebellion Mr. Holmes, remark.
ing that he wished the House to set theirfa "a.
ces against the whole Rhode Island scheme,
moved TO lay il on the table; rejected-Yeas
6S, Nays a. The message was ordered
printed and referred to the Committee.
In Senate, numerous memorials remon-
strating against any modification Of the Ia
riff were presented by Messrs Evans, Crit
tenden, Buchanan, and Archer. The latter,
numerously signed by citizens Of Virginia,
was read at the request of Mr.. A., who &C.
companied it with some concurring re-
marks Mr. Critlenden, in presenting bis
portion of these petitions, declared his con-
viction that the Senate would consent 10 no
mod fe0tiOn Of the Tariff at the present sess-
ion, and the Country might be assured none
would be made.
Mr.. Colquitt made violent speech in op.
position to the present Tariff, denouncing it
as a bill for the benefit of the rich against
the poor, and in reply to Mr.. Berren Tin his
absence,) for personalities against whom
he was several times called to order. Argus.
Correspondence of the ". Y. COur. d Eng.
WASHINGTON, Thursday night, Aprilll
In the House, Mr.. C. J. Ingersoll moved
that ten thousand extra copies of the report
of the committee on Foreign Affairs, on the
bill 10 demnify the owners of the Amistad,
be printed.
! Mr. White moved an amendment directing
the printing Of the same number OF extra
copies OF the report Of the committee oil man
ufactures submitted yesterday by MIR Hud'
son.
Cave Johnson moved 10 lay the whole
subject on the table, and the ayes and noes
being demanded, there were for the motion
SO, against it S5.
The House then resolved itself into
Committee ofthe Whole on the state OF me
Union, and took up the Eastern Haroor p,ll'
The committee concurred in most oil lne
amendments Of the Senate, and the piis
were then reported TO the House and passed.
In the House, while the bills were being
CONSIDERED tneTe was SOme llttiS n"osS
offered by an alteration between Mr. Holmes
oil S. G. and Cave johnson, as TO when Oh
them had been most remiss in their eilOn'
TO produce action on the new tariff DILL III
which Mr. Johnson worsted his adversary,
by showing from the journals that be anu
his colleague, Mr. Rhett, who was ready 70
dissolve the Union if the existing tarli -"
was not repealed, had not answered 10 'no
names when votes had been taken upon
what were considered test questions ID 10
lation to this subject -.
The Senate were occupied during theus'
for the most part, in discussion OF the Is,a,
tive advantages of submerged point az ~.
mouth Of the Ohio, called Cairo, ana rn'
city of Memphis, for Western Naval DC
pot. f
Mr. Ferris of your city, late member ~
Congress, was nominated TO the Se1s'e =
Collector, in the place Of Edward CuI's'
removed. The change and the recen' ar
pointment of Mr. King as Minister 10 !, an.'
are regarded as evidence of MIR Iylefs ~
lief that he can compass the Democ'an'
nomination for the Presidency, at ball'n'0'v
if he shall exhibi: sufficient devotion !,
democratic principles by the aPPo'n,.sS',.hIs,
Of Democrats TO important othces