New-York daily tribune., 1845-12-16
From Washington.
Things in washington.
ON our Regular Correspondent

From our Regular orrespondent-
wAsHIyGroS Dec. l4th, lsi5.
understand that the Committee or Foreign Al
fairs have resolved to let the Oregon business work
its own settlement; ,ha, they differ from President
Polk and will Leave it time work out what the
-abid Loco Focos would call The sword 10 perform
In other words understand that the Committee are
inclined not TO report bill Tor the termination OF ihe
Joint occupancy.
There are six Loco-F ocos on this Committee. OF
whom only one Is from free State and he ough; TO
represent slaves Next 10 Charles ]. lngerso! is l.
3 Rhett OF South Carolina, followed by Payne of
Alabama Cobb of Georgia. Cullom OF Tennessee,
and Perry OF Maryland. Il may be that the states
rnanlike views OF Calhoun will influence Rhett and
others ra.her than the froth and fury OF w estern
Loco Focoisrn.
understand also that the Committee of Ways
and Means have resolved 10 ask Mr.. W ALKER, Sc
cretary OF the Treasury Tor draft OF Tariff Bill
such as would NEE; the views II his report and the
Presidents Message. Ii will be curiosity II he
can make il tally with these and the Kane letter.
They might pass the Kane letter itself Tor Tariff
Bill as il will be impossible for them and Pennsyl-
vania TO agree on any thing else. There are three
Wings on this Committee, j. r. lngersoL. W intHrop
and Ninton. The six Loco-Focos with the eNcep-
ton of Hunccr.ori OF y y who believe is Tariff
man. are from Slave States, including, OF course
Norris OF New Hampshire. Il is curious state OF
things when member OF the Cabne, is called upon
10 egi-ate in place OF the People Representatives.
There is q rumor, know not what iounda-
ton as have it from no reliable source. that Nh
Pakenham has received Instructions rather iavora-
bic TO a settlement the 10th parallel OF latitude
think from what learn that il the free navigation
of the Columbia had been given with the offer othe
lgth degree it might have been scrous considered
by Great Britain. Mr.. Pakenham thinks that the
case is not much changed, since the iSih parallel
was offered before, with said uav CATION and that
we must either think that justice is changedor Eng
land weaker than then we would not ask more
now Ifwc go 10 war, and blood is 10 be shed, II
will be shed on the question of the navigation
OF the Columbia which is scarcely worth talking
much less fighting about General Combs OF Ken
lucky Ivho, by the way, has Just gone from this city
to Philadelphia says that the Columbia river is al!
frozen with the exception Of a few spots here and
there, where it Jumps rocks twenty feet al
lump. There is no navigation therefore TO tight
about canoe could not get down the river much
less could ship steamboat get up ii any distance
from It's mouth.
The delay of Gov MoREHEAD has given rise TO
rumor that he is going to return AZ all. but
that Mr. CLAY is 10 come back TO the Senate.
suppose there is nothing more in this report Than
the universal wish oil the people TO see so wise
head and pure heart counseling and, directing Inc
nation in troubous times. The wish is often father
to the thought Il is strange, however, tha; Senator
Morehead has not vet arrived RIcHLlEu.