New-York daily tribune., 1845-01-31
BY This Mornings Mail.
Ta,nrs at Washington.
Correspondents OF The InDuHe.
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Correspondence of The Tribune
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- ,,s- nj. va s;erdav yoH have estimate
Of rbs. vote on Texas. in the Senate lnsre arr
f,vo mr. ,i,ree sfnr.menta made there which thlph
| von have not looked AT in The proper l'gn'. fof
| ns,aoc-. YOU put Mr.. Rises OF Virginia down Us
cs.,ain for Texas believe there Is no hrnet iuah
IN that BODY against it. Ii "a hardly expected 'ues
he viii h. instructed and very donhtul. even II
| ;rs,-,1rted whether he would obey iou nave also
| thrse Wings down rs doubtful, Barrow, Jarnasii,
! and Johnson. The Two former are CERTAIN against
il spd the latter will vote against u unless he ises
bound hy instructions 10 go Tor H. he INSTRUCTIONS
| nssssJ by tie legislature OF Louisianl recently
| fsyor Annex alton only in a way II when ihe me j.
s,r can not nass either House, and OF course hs IS
f-as 70 vn;e against any or all OF them. You base
| iIsyise mt rappan and Allen down as CERTAIN
s,eipst Annexation. They NAV be placed among
t5e donhrful bur think they are not TO be relied on
omnn- the certain ssainstiE. In my opiuon ali the
ncc Focos are either for Annexation doubtful,
oains 10 the cohesive p5wsr' which Mr. calhoun
onca said held thai party togethsr-a Rild OF c.
,,,.r of WHICH James X. Polk has large stock on
hard
or, IonLed unon as crruia for Texas, and Johnson,
,,o i CONSIDERED doubtful, the whole Whg parry
NAV he nut DOWN as opposed 10 If, though doubts
mr.. expressed relative 10 another wing senator
Who hns strocs family relations in toe Leo soco
| p.riv Take his name, with Aliens and iappans
| i,ooi YOUR list Asainsr Annexation add h'vess
p,ron,'s and Jarnas gins 10 H. and ou have "a Sen
a,o,. onnosea 10 il. All that ia necessary then 10
daf-ar the measure is 10 gtx Of ths "A ioco-f0-
90. n vota agsins H. audit IL lost by ue vote. II
| ,,;ll he 100 bad il ". cannot get two from among
such men as Dix Bsntog, Joanson, Niles, fairfeid'
| T'onreu. Allen MeTrick, &c who are hsTs coaSid-
ered somewhat doubtful. know not why uots
| should he entertained oi Mefi'cN OF Ma'V'a'" '"'
| such doubts really exist.
Enouuh. hewsver, of speculation Though The
vo.e s1Gy be- close one, as the above Would luui-
cat. should not he surprised II the eSpn an corps
oT ,he Senate in vindicaticn OF rights encroacne'
| uror should give a majority against The resolution
.t IrT ,6an ia anticpated. This, too is but
| soscnln,ion The subject will not b. reported On
nTobably before Monday next. The sooner the pub
| liz excitement ia met by prompt action, the oetter
| f,r ,Ij nnrtias The anti-Wright Locos hope 10
carry it rhs Session, as they would 100" upo. u "S
v;I;u,l victory over the Cato OF America:
Al the ,udcious amendments offered 10 ihc Post
One B;li to-day in the Senate, wrTe voted down.
This looks as il il would not pass II would oe bet
-, C,r ,b. counry il il should no, paes in us pre-
,ent shane Ii proposes, for instance 10 reduce me
postage on letters under 9o G','es 10 > esnS' o,r, .,
miles To lG cents This would only be a redocuon ci
CENTS on letters from your city 10 Albany ana oti-
or c;,es within that distance proposes therefore
ncrsIv m reduce the Tariff on letters sent where
there are no private expresses; but on suci' rou"S
s rho Albany and New-York, philadelphia and
1 n Wy *, Z.
or in many cases, nothing at all II VIII therefore
take away revenue from the distant country routes,
where there are no private expresses, aud leave the
grievance on the great ihoroughfares uusbaed :-oi
coursp Private Expresses will continue III the North
and the experiment will be failure.
| Had S-n.tor Huniingion's amerdmnnt p'evailed,
making the pasiag. under 30 mss cents, under
go miles cents. and over 23D miles lU cents, lhe
priyaIe expresses would be broken up ard the yasi
quantity Of letters between the prrc'pal ci'ies
| would have found their way into the regular mnil.
Hinder this amendment letters from Nsw-f FORK to
Albany and Utca. TO Philadelphia and Baltimore,
to Boston and Il bslieve) even To this city, would
| have been only cents, and .ot course every body
would pay that willingly.
A ridiculous objection was made 10 the ) cent
Tariff, by II gentleman from The Soa'h to,uay, VINO
said that there were no cents in circulation N Ibe
| Sourh-the lowest coin brirg mp or n
.n;cayune II this arg nrn-n,is good fr any thing,
itwoud 90 10 prove ihn' po2inge On SINGLE news
paper should be cents.
| The most ridiculous part Of the bill, however, rs
orohihiring all n,ailabe mattsr from b-irg carried
on rani routes except in the mail and set ne"epa-
pers are 10 be gent ee for 30 or ~ miles The De-
mt must be fond nf carrying newspapers,
when il will suffer no rival in transporting gratis
The rlmoys which sre noticed in the New Y OH
| Conu,ercal of las, evening, about Mr.. CiInSman -
being engaged in n duel with member OF tfie En-
pire Clnb must oe without fouGG0ton. IL prohA-
bly arose from tie fact that he has received several
letters purpcrring 10 be from members OF that body
One of them pretended 10 be from "Iliiain SGmIn,
VINO said he vas waiting for MIR. Clingmen at the
Exchange Hotel, Baltimore. No such person how
ever. had been stopping a, thai Hotel VI course
Mr.. Clinsmnn pays no attention 10 suCh missiles .
An important case NO. 10, samuel Hunow, pif'
in error. rs. the Commonwealth OF Mass. was ar
| gued in the Supreme Court to-day, testing the
| l;ditv of the massachusetts License Law. hir.
Choate made n very eloquent argument against the
Constulioneliiy Of the License Law. MIR. Hunt
| inston Of Salem, Mass. replied in defence OF the
| Law The case will probably be decided in favor
of The temperance party Though Mr.. Choa'e made
us good an argument "a could b. moc On that side
is thought that the decision must be given against
| him.
MIR. McNulty's case was under consideration to-
day, at the CITY Hall. Nothing definite was done.
The fsc,s seem 10 place Mr. hlcNulty in more
favorable light, relative 10 making good The amount
Of money. His conduct. however in the use Of il
will fear. never be satisfactorily explained
Hon. Daniel Webster arrived, by the evening
train this evening from Baltimore. lie stops al
Coleman'a Mr. Curtis Of your city is also.in WASH
| inaton.
The Naruralz inon Law, reported by Mr.. Berrien
from tb- Judiciary Committee Of the Senate yeser
da, is nearly word for word Mr. }. X lngersolFs
bill Of which gave you abstract some time SINCE
The weather continues beautiful, though to-day
has been @ liule colder than the Two preceding.
Yours. RiCHELiEC.
VOICE OF NEW-JshsEf'-ih nc 'o'io"ins trsuiu-
ton v as adopted in the House OF Assembly ofNew-
jersey on Wednesday, by vote of 33 to l3, and
in the Senate unanimously:
Resors5 by the Legislature OF the State of jersey
that of the State of NewIesey the Senate Of
the United States be requested their ahuence and
pe.eut the ofi- outons for the Annex
alton Texas the United States recently passed By the
House Of Representatives. md the Governor OF this tne he
requested transmit copy of this resolution to each Of
Senators IN Congress.
|
Tn.ngs In Philadelphia.
| i,nresrnn,iaura of The Ne,u, Work Tribune