New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-29
Mileage and sundriea-Tbe House.


WARRINGTON. Dec a. lsis.
Contrary 10 general usage in the Holiday season,
I believe aud contrary 70 nay expectation, we
have had breezy stirring. spicy sitting IN the
House todsy--not very dignifed certainly nor
very useful in putting forward the regular bust
ness, but IN another view quite worth the money
1t costs. On the whole, considering the season,
regard 1t "a day well spent
The business first in order was the motion Of
Mr. STEWART of Mich to reconsider the vote by
which the House had passed the resolution moved
by Mr. Corr OF our State nstructing the Commit
tee on this District TO bring in bill sbolishing
the Slave Trade therein. Mr.. STEWART Of course
had the floor, and proceeded To make his spesoh in
favor ofreconsidering to my mind little nsuow
minded, petuiosgng, partisan speech. SO far as
could hear, its drift seemed to be that the South
had deserved something terrible by deserving the
Democracy and defeating Gen Cas- aud be want
Ia TO keep over all possible Slave questions in the
n hope that they would serve to embarrass Gen
Taylor's Administration He goes in for recon
sdering and moving some sort of a substitute for
Mr.. Colts resolution but Just wha, sort | could
not make out. When he had concluded, Mr.
WENTWORTH OF Ill. moved that the motion to re.
consider do lie on the table, but that was defeated
by Q large vote, and the whole matter put over to
this day fortnight
Mr. VIsroS now wished the House to proceed
to the special order Of the day, being tive bills to
provide for DEFICIENCIES in the Appropriations
for the current year and for paying the two next
instsments due to Mexico under the late Treaty
OF Peace but
Mr.. SAWYER tof fragrant memory Of Ohio rose
10 a question OF privilege, which has precedence
He proceeded to draw forth copy Of TIE Tribusc
oflsst Friday containing table OF the Mileage OF
Members actually charged contrasted with
what il would be If each computed the distance
by the directest Post Route, with comments, &c
whereupon he held forth at some length to the
evident edihcstion OF the House. Passing over
the badlanguage, bad grammar and bad manners
which Is to dispose at once OF the bulk OF his |
speech-ths gist Of his complaint seemed TO be !
that Mr. SonENoK had been unfairly favored IN |
the expose allded to-that either Nr Schenck' |
extra was too little his much too great which IS
quite possible. He underworld to appropriate to
himself what 10 said in the expose about the
Member from North-EaStem Ohio, but Mr. GIN.
piSos interposed and Insisted that tkSt belonged
TO ktm-ss 1t did, Mr. $ supposed the Editor of
The Tribune lwho did not make up the computa |
tons and never TIL now thought OF MIR. 5 in con
reetion with subject had been actusted BY some |
special malice sgsinst him. and by a desire to |
bring him into disgrace and odium among his con |
stituents-ss ifthey would not know whether the /
Mileage charged by him was excessive or not IN /
any other way than by comparing it with Mr.
Scheneks When be had closed think
Mr.. THOMAS J. TURNER of Illinois got the door
at any rate, he made quite lengthy. empty and
nh d. -. 49, L. -. 81. |
very liberal slice OF extss-he charging 1850
miles travel to Washington while the Post Oihce
Department saws that by the nearest Mail Route
the se'uai distance from his residence ,Freeport.
M Is but s3e. That Mr.. Turner should feel
little uneasy under the expose is quite natural. bat
the wisdom OF showing II is not SO obvious he
TOO, abused TIE IirbSHe aud its Editor. sad de-
plored the influence that would be exeTtea by the
expose IN rewo,S districts where the ..ue character
of said paper and IFS conductor vas DOT known
But this, surely can be Of Ls.le moment to ktu,
tor throughout his Dissrist The IiTbWRe is as well
known as the Eoa. Member from said District.
and perhaps would be believed as widely and IN
phcitly. He said, among other things, that to ira
vel over land from his residence lFreepovb near
Gslensl 10 this city would be mPossisle-,hst
there no practicable route except BY the upper
Lakes or by 81. Louis and the mouth Of the Ohio.
and tina, no route could be found 80 short as 900
miles But the Post Ohiee book says the distance
from Freeport, III. to Washington by the shortest
Nail Route s but s3c miles. and believe IT, And
Mr.. Dodge, Senator from Iowa, has just come on
here directly the States of Illinois and lndi
ana, impossible as the route may be True. Mr.. Tur
ner says Mr. ID. crossed lower down than AS Dis
Irict, but If body can be made To believe that
there IL no Mail Stage now running from Galens to
Springfield, the State Capital, shall be aston
shed. ,
There were 9 number Of minor speeches made c
u the same tone and sprit-sl believe, from the
Loco-Foco side Of the House-aDd all insisting n
hat the expose in The Tribune had imputed TO
Members Of Congress fraud stealing, SC. sc. and 4
specially taking Of excessive Mileage e0asrary b