Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-08-23
THINGS IN WARRINGTON.
Of Tr1ss.. d ing!
In tine House.

IN the House.
Correspondence Of the Tribune.
) WASHINGTON, Thursday, Aug. 10.
tsouse this morning on the part of Mr..
N,cn's r. TRIsr. This somewhat noto-
s;ous gentleman seems dissatisfied with
~ comparative obscurity into which he
Is Of late fallen, and seeks to come back
10 tI,e public gaze.
He has elected the proper way thereof:
Nv addressing Congress. in relation to
alleged criminal conduct on the part OF the
Executive in the late negotiations with
Mexico, he comes before the country with
chance Of gaining no little consideration.
The letter accompanying the documents
h submitted 10 the House, was reprehen-
sible in many Of its expressions; and, un-
doubtedly, was the cause Of certain good
Wing. uniting with the gross body ofthe
Loc0s, and preventing the printing of the
documentary evidence itself.
Sill. according to recognized princi-
ples Of law. the evidence Of States evil
dence is always admissible. Objections
NAV be made 10 his crcdebility.
| am told, the documentary cridrncc liz
sddmces in confirmation Of his prc/crrcd
charges against the Erecm'ire iscf a
rery important character. do not learn.
however, that they place the President in
such an equivocal attitude as to justify
his impeachment, or other solemn con-
domination Of his conduct, on the part OF
Congress.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs. to
whom the communication was referred,
NnG II, Il
believe they meet ut Q o'clock to-mor-
row morning TO pass upon these rcvcla-
tons. and determine what disposition
should be made of them.
Before the House went into Committee
this morning an attempt was made to pro-
cure the passage Of bill, remuncrating
BLAIR Il RIvEs for certain services. Oi
the nature Of the claim know nothing
II failed. The friends Of the President
generally approved the claim.
The friends Of the President. too. re-
fused yesterday to allow RIrcHIE 81 HEST
TO print the debates of Congress. Mr..
RITcHIE does not seem To have that hold
upon his political friends in Congress
which an ambitious man might find con-
venient to his purposes.
CALIFORNIA.-Coloncl Fremont, in his
recent Interesting report to the u. States
Senate, says that the '.Grcat Basin is
some so miles. in diameter. cvcrv way
> and between 1000 and 5000 feet above
the level of the sea, shut in all around by
mountains, with its own system Of lakes
and rivers. and having no connection
whatever with the sea! Its general char
meter is that Of desert; but parts are
very fit for residence; the Mormons have
lately established themselves in one of the
largest and best. Its general structure is
more Asiatic than American in its charac-
ter, and much resembles the elevated re.
gion between the Caspian Sea and North
crn Persia. The great Salt Lake, and
the Utah Lake are in this basin, towards
its Eastern view. aud constitute its mos,
interesting feature-onc. a saturated so.
luton OF common salt; the other. fresh
the Utah about 100 feet above the lie ell OF
the Salt Lake. which is itself 1900 feet
above the level OF the sea. and connected
by a Strait, or river, % miles long. The
fresh water received, though great in
quantity, has no preceptible effect upon
this lake Of salf-no fish or animal life OF
any kind is found in il. The most con
siderable river in the interior of the Great
Basin is Humboldt river. so called in hon
Of the 'Nestor' Of scientific travellers who
has done so much TO illustrate North A.
merica Geography, without leaving his
name upon any one of its its remark able
features. Tits very peculiar stream, and
has many characteristics of an Asiatic
river.-the Jordan. for instance. though
twice as long.-rising in the mountains,
and losing itself in lake Of its own, af.
ter a long and solitary course. The river
hes on the line Of travel to California and
Oregon, and is the best water now known
through the Great Basn.-N. Y. True
Nxm.
SOMETHING roR fRoN MEx-Thc follow
ing facts are stated in the liverpool
Times. The expectation Of iron for the
three weeks ending ot;th J,,ne al I,,,v