The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-30
THE LATEST INTtt lIGEHCE
BY THE
MAILS RECEIVED LAST WIGHT.
AFFAIRS In WASMIHGT0E.

Tbs Pension oGies-7Ae Supr.ms Court The Pysnons
Court Marital, Sc &c.
WAsHrNoTo,, Dec. 9th, is4T
The short debate which ia the House Yesterday
upon the resolution 10 employ additional number OF
oo'As N the Pension Office has brought up subject CT
more mportsscs than may be at first Observation-Disclosures
~: the practice the Departments have fallen into OF com
muncalins with committees, instead of officially with
the House The practice has prevailed, We believe
since President Adsms' administration but evan " IL
were coesal with Tie constitution Itself II Is no srgu
mept against its being amended II shown to be wrong
The practice allows too great an opportunity for
backstaIs influence We do mean 10 ssy that such
influence is exsrted but Mr. Scbenok very Justly oh
served II the Executive wishes any thing II should COM
municote directly with Congress, and 1t for that
body to refer the subject committed By this means
the public would be made aware OF what was going ON
aud the why and wherefore appropriations were made,
and not AS at present, be obliged to guess at u We
d.rahd from good authority that the Secretary OF tho
var Department addressed letter to the chairman OF
the committee Ways aud Means stpting III at unees
try would be disgraced It stated In the Sscreta
rvs report that there already shoiency In tho
subsistence department Of tho army OF nearly four mil
Nous OF dollars, but now ind by OF private
letter that already are the claims pressing, and re-
pdy are theJ coming in that unless Immediately money
BIZ booming, the country will be bankrupt Bills
the amount Of half million OF dollars nave been for
warded from Mexico by the last arrival and the next 10
expected will furnish an equal cunt, and all with.
afraid OF letting the people know the truth the startling
facts government privately communicates its desttu
ton TO committee of the Houss, whilst publicly, IL
vaunts our property, to Congress.
We visited the Supreme Court for n Few minutes to-
day, and heard the peroraon of Mr. Chosts argument
In the Massachusetts, passenger He took the ground
that he tax w~s Illegal inssmueh as the constitution
allowed the wearing appar. tools Of alien meehan-
les TO enter untaxed aud would therefore, be the e.
sencs Of folly 10 tax the them TO whom
they belonged In faot aid he the constitution never
contempt lsd such thing for at the time it drawn
thers sisters and friends OF the who made II,
and who could scarcely DO supposed Wishing ssta
lish law 10 prevent their friends jo ming them
The Fremont Court Martial still drsgs along weary
length. The few witnessed TO be- exam by 1t Col
Fremont cannet add jot TO the testimony already siv
eD and Indeed since Col Russee evidence nothing has
en- adduced Of the slightest degree interesting
tsIta Whatever may be the opinion OF the Court tn
events, lie not the who blame. Flo has
Zen witnesses yet on hand principally, believe
prove that Commodore stookton recognized In Cali
forpia MS Conms ndpr- in Chief
The Patent Oifcs is the OF confinement, and will
report OF eight or nne hundred pagessom.thing like
leaving 300 for general sujects What n Of ypee,
Information contained Ia Ia it to the world.
By the way the post office instead Of Improving, ap
pears to be daily siu king into decline. The New York
papers frequently do arrive till the afternoon Of he
next day instead OF the morning. ASMODEUS.