New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-04
The Treasury Balance-Cheap Pestase-rype-
graphical Errors-Texas-The Pre.ideuts
Mes<uae.

Correspondence OF The Tribune
WASHINGTON, Saturday. ke6 >
Mr. Register N0URsE announces that the gr,ss
receipts OF the United states. during the quarter
ending the last night OF December last, amounted
to ss.3O52i being from floating debt fanded.
s50tloo IAN addition in peace to the permanent
debt Of the countryl from public lands. sS1J asa
from duties &c levied at the Custom houses, 81,
30 900 from sundrv other sources. sS9, s9s. The
expenditures were sl0. 230.0S9. exceeding the re
ceipts By nearly two millions ct dollars. on tins
sum, ss.Sss997 were expended ON the Army
s297 300 pensions, Indians, Sc, -SVoSsoo on
the Navy Snd : sl2T53 for the quarters interest
on our National Debt, nc.
The excellent circular OF the Cheap Postage As
sociation appears in this mornings RtpNbIlcan,
and hope the country Will give Congress no res,
TIL the recent pad and teent sRpad letter rates.
out Of which Britain IS deriving a net annual rev
enue OF FOUR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, become q
part Of the statute boOA. Tas cost NJ the British
Post 0fce is - .0l6,25O per snnum. all OF II paid
out of a twO-cent postage rate added 10 strict ac
couutsbility ami publicity. chicA ckscks are NE
tp0rR her,. Nor must a Modification OF the news
paper rates OF postage be forgotten although better
not mixed up with the question Of letter postage
The newspaper that tells what the Congressman
does and leaves undone should Dr. carried as cheap
as possible TO the farmers door
do not complain OF the way IN which my letters
are printed-far from il The wonder IL. that com
muncstions written IN the utmost haste. aud sci
dom read by their author. are 50 correctly printed
Now and then | see errors owing "a my cramp
hand writing In recent letters Jast regulation
% double unpaid postage rates 10 made "a read
l0iRi one, and Mr. BUCHANAN ~ made 10 say that
Mr Pclk thought the clam "JUstiy asserted by
Texas to New Mexico, 0,atly asserted. one
day | was made 10 speak about nations being
weak AMI INN | am SURF did not say thin.
though what hieroglyphlc of mime was 80 decipher-
Ell | really don know 10 Texas gave 100000
square miles but 10y leaving nothing 0 out, The
compositor reduced her limits IA 30 900 which
would be too much considering her anti christian
Constitution. | hope that Congress is not 10 let
the country from the Nueces "a the Rio 6rande
slip into the Slavery moose It's AZ large as the
freedoms banner floating over IL. might soon be
ready To follow the Californian example. AT the
worst. delay may be the remedy-the new sppor
tionment will surely set the representation right
Mr. WEBSTER some time since, compared the plan
10 Hood the Union with new Slave states with
handful of Shareholders 70 pull the wires 10 the
English rotten borough system. He was right
The House passed a Mileage Bill lust Session
the senate killed it OIL, and its members took pay
IOr journeys Of thousands OF miles travelling ~
which they never went the first furong, nor even
pretended 10 have so done.
Mr. w. WILLIE, from the Printing Committee,
told the House yesterday that the Presidents An
nual Message, with the documents. would make
two volumes this year, and that they were nearly
ready don't believe we shall see them short OF
April.