The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-06-10


Proceedings in Congress.
We give IN our paper to-day, under the electric
% magnets head The proceedings of Congress
yesterday; and hereafter shall be enabled by
III ad 81 the .ghtning from heaven, TO give these
proceedings GA the morning after they shall have
taken place We received our reports last even
rs a. eight O'Clock. Washington city, 23O miles
distant, - thus brought near this metropolis
Brooklyn, Hoboken, or Jersey CRY. What u
miracle a this age Of wonders
The Congressional proceedings Of yesterday and
Monday are hishiy interesting The several i'm
Porsant affairs, n personal political, and military
Character Of General Games, General Scott, Mr.
Webster, and Mr. Ingsrsou, have all been up be-
fore the houses u Congress. The {" irregularites'
Of General Gaines, as the prompttude and pa
tsiotsm o. that venerable chief have been called.
viii b. excused; and not only excused, but ap-
proved ~ generous people, whatever the poll
tcians Vi Washington may do or say. The re-
iasai O. General Scott 10 20 to the Rio Grande
-ndeF any circumstances, or for any pretext, will
AXE m nation BY SURPRISE; and cause qua aston
isomens and regret, that so brave u man should
prrm point Of miserable etiquette 10 interfere
win hlgh duty when the enemy was in the field.
He has General Worh'd himself The Roman
people would never have tolerated such excuses.
sven from Bruins, Regulus, or a Fabus. The
report on the Webster affair is what We expected.
pr Webs'els reputation Will not be materially
laidrsd os damned, not even By the sausage de-
mocracy. Mr.. lngersoil has been led astray by
The same oFthless parasites who deceived John
Tyler
But these are all personal matters When will
Congress proceed TO READ business, and not waste
time IN mere selfish squabblesl Why don't they
take = leaf out Of the book of" Old Rough and
Ready" and do their work, before they 20 TO
qnarrcltng about points OF etiquetiel Is it not
time 10 complete their work on the army and
navy ai'ursl-on the tariffl-on the treasury sys-
icmi-on the foreign steamer servicel What a
sad set OF fellows they al Washington. The
PRESIDENT aud his Cabinet, in spite of all draw
backs, are doing far better than Congress. Old
lack, however, takes the shine out of the whole
The Oregon Question-An Early settlement
Probable.
Reports have been circulated pretty freely since
the arrival of ihelast steamship TO the effect that
The Oregon question was near final settlement;
and that final offer by the British government
was sent to Mr.. Pnkenham, which would satisfy
the American administration, and the American
people. From the fact that an impression Of the
same nature was formed in England, a short
time previous 10 the sailing of the steamship, the
report on this side was corroborated to great ex-
tent, and Of course received more credit than il
would il no such impression had existed in
England
We have been recently informed from pretty
good authority, that these reports were not alto
gether without foundation; but usually is the
case, on questions like thus, the supersructure that
was raised on the foundation was rather larger
than the foundation would bear. Although no de-
finite arrangement has been entered into it is be-
Heved that this question Is III Il fair way of being
put at rest forever. We have been informed that
Tor considerable time past, the American minis
ter, IN London, and Lord Aberdeen, have had
their heads together, consulting for the purpose of
endeavorng to arrive at some principal line or
boundary, upon which both could agree in the
main. These informal conversations or protocols
II they may be termed, were dictated by the
most Praseworthy and patriotic motives. on the
part of both of these gentlemen, who were ac
tuated solely by their love of country, and desire
20 prevent the amicabc relations existing between
their respective nations, from being interrupted
by : question that needed only calmness and mu-
tna confidence, for satisfactory and peaceful ad-
Justment. The result of these informal meetings
hasIbeen such, that they have accomplished more
towards arriving At a settlement OF the boundary
line, than all the clustering and speechifyinc of
the 49th or 81 40 men in Congress, could do in
lifetime While they avoided touching upon any
subject which was AT all extraneous to the matter
under discussion, they quietly and gently consult
cd together, conceded as much rs they considered
their respective governments would, if necessary
authorize them TO do, and arrived at a rough set
uement; which needs but n little trimming, or
polishing of of the corners, to make il acceptable
TO the people of both countries This settlement
is substantially the as that referred to in the
newspapers; with the exception, that the only
matter which requires any amount of delibera-
lion, is the time for which the British government
shall have the free navigation of the Columbia
nver. Protocols OF these informal and sponta-
neous meetings have been forwarded by Mr.. Nc
Lane to the President at Washington, who will
shortly submit them TO the Senate. Ii the Senate
should concur in the principle agreed upon be-
tween Mr.. McLane and Lord Aberdeen, as a pro-
per basis for re-openng negotiations, the President
will accordingly reopen them; and that done, we
may consider the Oregon question adjusted for
ever. The little difference that may be between
MIR. McLane and Lord Aberdeen, can be easily
overcome by negotiation, conducted in n tempe
rate manner-a treaty viii be agreed upon which
the Senate will ratify, and the old war horse will
be put on the shelf, much TO the satisfaction of a
majority of the people Of both countries These
impressions in Wall street have caused stocks 10
rise.
The War DEPARTMENT AND THE GENERALS
The difficulties between the War Department
and General Gaines and General Scott, are be-
ginning to create great deal of attention. excite