New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-13

The vr~a,y Oar Principal Acquisition ander
ia LATHE Affair la the tteasc Yesterday.

ia Iiuie Affair la the House yesterday.
u The rlieane
wAsmSaroS. March n. ls"
Tho statement Ia the ig'ciligcaerr this morning
that M alteration bad been made In tho o'h''u"'a'
ton paid 60 Mexico Tor its eesson of territory may
mislcsd its readers The sum ndoo" Is NJ
ch.nsed. Buta material ohsngo.-ss n" a'o""y
ln.kea ont ~ tho puhc,--hss been made ~ INC
r.nn.r NJ psymont As the case now stands N
.,.n,o,,. ara 10 be paid TO the Mexican "o'erh'
men, annually in Mexico without tne "'uo VI ny
h,nd. Itisa debt therefore which tho MeA'o""
aov.,ument cannot transfer or endorse over " ''o
ro,l,.h agents who in truth arranged the terms oil
the Treaty -, ~ -.
A. - tho s9O00OO0, whether Mr.. TRlsr has
l.., c,, 4, or not, not dollar oft can be paid az
-. matter now stands till all the amendments to
the Treaty are agreed to by Mexico. The British
ejaculation therefore in Mexico is rather at fault
il has had i'll lack.
The British agents who were the real negotis-
tor, on the part Of Mexico hoped TO obtain pay
ments of debt due from Mexico 10 English citizens
from the bonds to be issued according to the Urea
~. by the United States to Mexico The Mexican
Commissioners hoped to realize immediate sums
from the surplus remaining after the liquidation oil
the English debt. Both parties are disappointed
The sc 600 900. which on ratification OF the Treaty
by the Mexican Congress is 20 be PAID 70 mexico
will hardly be considered a sufficient douceur.
Peace may vet be far.distsnt, and even tnougn
Immediate its salutary influence upon the financial
Operations and business OF the country Is problem
stical and will be At best but temporary. The Ell
feet will be much like that OF celebrating gas
The great object accomplished by the war with
Mexico is the annexation Of Gen. SAM HoUsros
to this country All other acquisitions sink into IN
significance compared with this To be sure 1t
has cost the country some $500 600, OOo-t'co hun
/ dyed millions of dollars But what Of that Our
title 10 him is confirmed, and can never more be
disputed
| The territory we obtain and the people with 1t,
are best described by Justice SHALLOW; Barren,
barrcn barren beggars all beggars all Ofcourse,
the money we pay Mexico don't go for hat-oh
mol to quiet her title to the Hero of San Jacnto
/ it is 10 give the LOcos new candidate for the
/ Presidency.
With a modesty characteristic Of greatness, our
distinguished fellow citizen. the late President Of
/ Texas and now Senator OF the United States lett
/ the City while the subject Of his acquisition was
under consideration. Ii was even rumOred that had
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feeling would have induced him to vote against the
Treaty
we learn from the Court Journal that emin.
ent fellow citizen has gone 10 New Hampshire 70
address the Democracy There is seeming
propriety in ths-fOr on bis entrance into the
T. States Senate, New Hampshire went out of the
Loco Foco party. In gaining Texas, Loco Focoism
lost New Hampshire. The centrifugal force OF the
annexed Hero having operated so powerfully IN
driving New Hampshire from the Loco-f oco sphere
it is bat fair to give trial to his centrpetal force
There was slight disturbance yesterday in the
House, of which rather exaggerated accounts ap-
pear in some of tho papers The whole affair was
this: a Loco Foco member accuses another Of
being willing to adjourn over from Friday to Mon
day, las was understood This is declared with
some emphasis untrue; whereupon the lie is given
with more: upon which few blows are inter
changed and few desks kicked over. The obser-
walton Of the House being attracted, It was dis
covered the "Organ" says, Mr. HARALsON and
Mr.. q. w. JONES were engaged In what appeared
to be personal collision" That is all The op-
pesrance of personal collision What is that TO
progressive democracy
Ofcourse the excitement Immediately subsidized,
and the parties having apologized to the House
aud shaken hands everything went on smoothly
as before. Mr. STEPHENS of Ga. thought 1t proper,
however, to introduce resolution that the apology
be accepted by the House, and no farther proceed.
ipcs be taken in relation to the transactions and
this resolution passed by laudable majority
Mr.. STEPHENS was right. He knew no good re.
suited f-om any investigation of or action on such
affairs by the House. He, perhaps, called to mind
Mr.. SrEvEssoN's reprimand of Gen. HousTos-
the identical General secured 10 us nevermOre BY
treaty-for knocking down member; " Gen.
HoUsToS, | am directed by the House to reprimand
you, aud beg you to consider yourself reprimand'
ed" These might not have been the very words
OF the reprimsnd, but such was its spirit and mean.
ing.