New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-01
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nlariv introduced and driven through TIE Rouse .!
snsr.y vote authorizing the President 20 appoint
sIrrrrlx.yT GENIAL take the chief command
Of oar Arrnles The fact that no sncn or'cef wa
deemed necessary in our Last War with ereai
britain. and that GEORGE WA:BIse1os vas me
ooIv man who hss held that Office under our pre-
.en, Constitution which is now 70 oe revived io'
Tho-nas II. Benton suggests grave rerecuons-
The bill passed the House where the party aonii'
p.pt IN the Government has q majority OF nearly
two 10 enc Il failed ia the Senate, where that
marty b.. smaller bat still decisive majority It
was fully debated and no excuse zen for regarding
the result otherwise than as deliberate decision
of Congress not 70 create any such once Ouen'
not this decision to have been acqaiesced 10 Con
slider how very few days Of the Session remain
how great is the press Of important busIne" and
how incessant is the clsor Of the Executive jouE'
nal, th., the opposs,ton are wasting the precious
time Of Congress.
But mon Friday. Mr. Linn Boyd Of Ky. from
tn. Committee on Military Affairs reported TO the
House bill to organize the newly authorized len
Regiment, by authorizing the appointment OF TWO
new Major Generals, three new Bngsdier Gene
rails &c &c. and
rfax u, Prssid.n tie pore- 70 dssSno1e roo re Ma
t1y Gens-als b, Brsp4 c,hrStfS xttso1 rsUd 70 We
I'M of oovrsssoR Cormand>v.ta Cf 10 serve during
"a, Of the his duties 70 cease sucn
on the conclusion Of peace
Who doe. no, see that this is mere fnesse 70
accomplish by indirsction what Congress has re-
fused 70 do directly1 1t is scheme 70 enable Nj
Polk 20 appoint Col. Benton Major General then
Comm snder 10. Chief over the heads Of all the
o@csrs now in service, make him Penipotentiary
o. the same time with $50 900 IN hand and e3 900 900
q, his back And on this important proposition, to
no.et what has been settled by the deliberations OF
weeks, the majority allowed time for siz speeehes
NJ toerlv minutes eaeh-that is, two hours discus.
siou-haf on each side-and then pushed the bill
through by the Previous Question within three
hours after the House first heard Of it. Here are
the Yeas and Nays.
Y.As-Adams of Miss. Atkinson. Bedinger, Benton,
Biggs Black OF Penn. Black Of 5. c. BOwdon. bowlin
Boyd BrinkeThof Brockenbrough Brodhesd, Brown Of
Va Chapman OF Ala, Chase, Chapman, Clark, Cobb,
Collin. CuOm Cunmins. Cunningham Daniel Osrssn,
DeMott Dobbin. Douglas Dunlap Eossll Eilett Ellie
worth Erdnan F-rsn. Fieklin Foster Fries. Garvin.
Goodyear Gordon, Grover, GsmiD, HsrmsnsoD, Has
tlngs Henley Hoge Hopkins Housh. Houston of Ala
Hungerford Hunt Of Mich. Charles lnsersoD, Jen-
kin. johnson OF X Johnson Of vs., Tones OF Tenn.
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renee Lesks, Letter Lssere Lyon. Lumpkin. Msclsy.
McCle.n. McCrate, Med snel Mcdowell Of Ohio. Nc.
Dosell Of We McCay. Martin Of KY. Martin of Tenn
Morris Morse. Moulton, Niven, Norris, owen Parish
P.yne Perrin Phelps Pilsbury Rathbun Reid Ritter.
Roberts Russell sswtelle. Sawyer. 5csmmon Sims OF
s c. Sim. OF No, Thomas smith OF Ia, Smith OF Ill.,
stanton snfkweather. Thompson Of Pa. Thompson OF
Miss Tredway Wentworth. Wheaton, Wick, Williams,
Wood dworth Yost-1l2-(sl Locos)
NAYs-Abbott. Adams Of Massp Arnold. Ashmup'
D-runs-i. Bell. blanchard. brown Of Tenn" bnmngon'
- ell pa
Of Md Chapman Of Va. Cooke, CollsIner, Cotfreth
Crsnston Crozier Darrsgh DAv Delsno. Dixon. DOCK
cry. Ewing OF Pa, Ewing Of Tenn Foot Gentry y CD
dngs Graham Order. Gnnnsll. Hale. Hampton hsIPe'
Henry Holmes OF n Y HolSaes OF { Houston OF Del
Hubbard Hudson Hunt OF N y, Hunter Joseph n IN
sersoll King Of Ms,. King OF Ga Lewis Lons, NC
Gangbev Meuenry McIlvaine. Marsh Miller, Moseleyf
Negion Pollock Ramsey Ripley. RockweI Of MISS
Rockwell of Conn Root, Runk Schenck' sesmsh Ssc
don Severance. simpt0r, Smith OF Conn sialn q ~
Y Smith q Ia. stephens e'e" TSso. Toombs
Trumbo. Vance. Vinton. winthrop "oouIuh' Woou
ward Wright Young STD Locos In ltslics the rest
Whigs etc.,
TBy BRIGADILRsHIP.-w have not yet the
official announcement Of Col. Webb's appointment
n, Brigadier General in the new Regulars, but tits
confidently stated that his name has been sent 10
the Senate Per contra, the Albany Argus. which
ought to be well advised on such points says
~his believed that Major General osvIrLE CLARK, Of
this State will be offered the appointment OF Bnssdier
General"
Gen Clark is a member OF our State Senate.
thoroughly old Hunker, hostile to Wright and
Col. Young and of course in high feather with Polk
Marcy. Walker & Co. Helives at Sandy Hill, and
il esteemed q very good fellow,-the deficiency in
stated preaching at that point so feelngy depored
by Mr. Butler having been supplied some time
L III. Iofo flaa1 LAT
F all for which we thank him, bat we can't allow
even that TO overbear Col Webs claims TO this
exalted post. II any man ever earned an o:fioe by
the hardest Col Webb has earned this General
ship and Polk and Marcy will look long for another
servitor 90 willing and useful II they d'aPpoint
him But that must no, be thought OF
~ We have great pleasure IN copying from
the Providence Daily journal" Of Gath inst the
following gratifying tribute to the "promPtness and
courtesy" OF the National Loan Fund Life Assu'
rance Society of London. whose chief Office for
America is at "a Wall St. in this City. Ed, Trr6
LIFE IssvSASeE-The following letter. scknowleds
ing the receipt Of elk thousand dollars by the assignee
Of the policy the life Of Edward 8. Sheldon Esq
late OF ths city received by the ssen, OF the oee
I ~ ~~~'SS~
striking and furnishes another convincing evidence
| Of the benefit Of Life Assurance.
PhovIrxSct. Feb. q, le47.
rsAseIs Z. HoSfN, Ese-rtsy Sir As Assignee OF
Policy OF Insurance the life Of the late Mr. Edward
Sheldon OF this cry, am happy TO seknovledse the
receipt Of six thousand dollars being the Of Ia
| surance on his NE by the National Loan Fund Assu
! rsnee Society Of Londoa"
Perhaps II mSy not be improper for to say, tina,
when his insurance effected. for various reasons
among the his apparent good health at the time
gy under the impression, that for hsa IL
unSise Investment The srsAt however. has PROVED Il
/ to have been otherwise.
Allow sir express 70 you the satisfaction ;sli
BY those Interested In this policy At the prompness and
courtesy with which the whole business has teen arrsny
/ ed BY your ofnes Very respectfully. yours
/ JOHN u HAMLlN.
e The AlabRms Jon nal announces the death
Of Hon Reuben satold q, bis residence in Dallas Coun
~. M r. was for long time on the Supreme bench
| Of the State
IL Hon. Mr. WIrEEkBLI Wing Senator from
the With District Of Michigan died Al the ciry Of Detroit
on the Goth alt
II We learn BY one OF the Northampton. Mass
papers tina, the letter which recently pub,hed from
that town. stating that 5000 hsd been raised there fol
Ireland was vile hoax