The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-07-31
Washington Correspondence of $ Crescent

WASHINGTON, July 21 184S
The session every day becoming and interest
ing of measure, of the public importance
under consideration in the two branches of Congress and
twenty thirty pages of bills remain Enacted upon
the calendar OF course of these will
another session but the general appropriation bills he
acted and Others deserve the attention Of the
Senate and House The important Army Bill has received
the Presidents signature and become law reeveS the
President Of much trouble and the Government from
the injustice towards number Of merltOnOnS officers,
which imposed under the Army Law Of the last Con
The Senate coming to the conclusion, in secret
session believe that they have power act mill
tary appointments conferred under State authority Tn"
commissions from the States it is alleged, interfere with
commissions from the General Government fear that the
authority denied rather 10 find excuse for nOn-ac0n IN
regard large number of Breyets, than from special
regard for State authority There should be TO act
somewhere and if it does not rest with the States it has no
existence The Senate has acted upon the Beve Quit
man. Shields Lane and Others, but OF those Incl
dent to the minor officers.
The general Army Appropriation Bill reported yester
day and upon the basis of the Peace Establishment existing
prior to the war All laws authorizing increase Of the
will be repealed if the bill becomes law, and the ap
preparations for the army greatly reduced from the bill
reported in the early part of the session
The Postroute Bill has passed the House minus the obec-
tionabe clause regard to the Texas boundary rather
with prOvso the bill declaring that nothing contained
shall be construed 10 settle the question Of boundary ne
tween State territory Of the Union The vevatIous
delay upon this bill has from the fact that during
bill hurried through al Inc rUi OF Ie
session and passed establishing po,oue 10 the RIO
Gande was subsequently construed by the friend, Of TIE
annexation of TEXAS and the Mexican 70 mean lust
claim the part Of Texas the whole country from the
Rio Grande 10 the Louisiana line and from the mouth 10
the The present bill guards against any such con
.ucon from favors last bestowed in the of post routes
The Civil and Diplomatic bill, upon the question Shall
the bill pass p met with rebuff IN the House todaF
The Administration members rallied against 1t almost m
solid body, and upon the ground that some obnoNon~ "
the bill. \ dozen or 50 OF Tue
Wing members indignant that bill OF so much importance
should be thus treated by those most interested IN ITS success
Gas part of the Administration also voted against H. ne
vote 70 for the bill, and lUO against H. One OF uIe
friends of the Administration Immediately moved TO recon
Ier-and another Law this motion upon the table HAD
it been successful twoud have defeated the bill for the ses
sion The dominant party were not prepared tor TINS anu
but twenty and those OF the most embtteed members 'o
for il The motion to reconsider the by which the bI
was rejected was moved by Mr. Cobb OF Georgia ana
spirited debate full of fire and parizan feeling occupe" e
attention of the House for the day. The Administrator
were uUbaided for abandoning the great Di OF the session.
and in which the Executive was so much Interested ana
with the Executive every Department OF the people
The Democratic members throw this responsbmy DA.A
upon the Wings, for the reason that they were III 7 ma
ortv in the House and were bound TO see the p "'"-
TIN. ,oaIortv however was said merely nominal
and never before had such bill. been rejected by "h"e
party voting against There was paSSage al arms De-
tween Vnton and Mckay, the Chancellor ana EN-Ihan
cpIOr of the EXchenuer between Hudson OF Mas. aud
Meade of Va and Cobb of Ga and between stephens and
/ Eyerson Of Ga and Bayy OF Va and some one Of the
Wings The debate waved warmer and hotter from II 10
hafpast and the House finally adjourned without action
In the Senate there an angry discussion upon the
NAVY bin and the in regard TO contracts for steamers
an annropraton Of Co., for the contractors being struck
/ ont d TO "a bat with motion to reconsider.
| NJ CLAYTON of Del, thwared in his intention Of
calling up the Slavery Compomise bill but gave notice that
he should call for its consideration to-day and every day
/ until disposed Of
So far nothing indicates adjournment before the middle