New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-09

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Correspondence Of TIE Thbun-
WasausGToS, Nednesdsy Feu {
he moneys Included in the amy expend lure.
o. on,roled bv tbe War Department ~ the wear
o. FACE ami peace, i,lo as Officially returned
iacldins the sums voted but aot paid our. up 70
Jaly st. would weigh ~ TINS ald Isl cwt aver
d-ro,,if piled W ~ Spanish dollars, AID would
load 7l'ho.se p acso1s. with tun each or 900 b.
o: sold-il-es cola. Il the dollars IN 100000
we're sihlsced ci5sr -ori oLhsr IA = straight Iine
they wool stretch f-run Washington to Quebec
from the btornac to the 81 Lawrence Truly. We
liberty Dos did LIT get Cshorria and its gold
mines one ,eek sooner than they were wanted.
perceiv thst Collector maxwell IS still here
He was 10 ~ House to-day. Mr.. CTAI snrival
ed popularity uns again secured 70 him sn audience
sucn as no cher statesman, 10 matter how able
and respectedhss ever before obtained here. To
get within hes.iHg '. hls voice J found to be impos
sible Tie rcl'rtcrs gallery and STAR private
doors were both ock e.. and every other avenue 10
the Senate Chani.er very eiirctoaily blncksded-
In the House, the ON resolution to purchase the
Orignal of the tsrewl Address was agreed 70
lO3 to s. absent Or .ot voting, s0-most OF the
absen,ees, no doubt cweling OF the accents OF
wisdom truth AMI patrp.ism that tell from the lips
Of the time hon0red ora-.
The House was IN Committee OF the " hole l1r
& considerable time. on the JOINT Resolution iur
ssspending the operat!ofof the law cuiorcing Cue
ton-House reform and reronchment, and NJ Nor
ToN Of Y q. mo vcry remarkable speaker made
sectional Grafton shont very winch hsd 10 more
relation 20 the question bter consideration than
have with the man q be moon You vii see
by the i0iut resolution sHdamendments on revenue
collection nov ander 6ebse that thov all propose
to stsve OF retrenchincs Festus q Psul-sl
agree to nuiiiy the unluc. statute Of % OF March
last.
4 statement b. CollectorNaxweu and his Audi
Tor Mr. Ogden shows, tina during the year ending
3lsi Of lsst December the expenditure in tue Col
lectors Department q tic Nv York Custom House
was Sis, IL Of which S32'0 were betrayed ont
OF fees and commissions s2.s 80 were paid 70 the
dav and the night inspectors. s96.3l 10 weighers
guase-. sud measures Sl3c137 for apprasem-nts
Sc IS tor caters, .of which latter only
sl6675 in last six months sl&s)l for revenue
boats sles.s FOR public warehouses. which yield
Ell sll9sis. leaving 60 O43 direct charge on the
years revenue. The gross expense Of collecting
the revenue at New N1ra was S935 g. & from winch
storage. fees. COMMISSIONS. &c. may be deducted
lees h. salared Offices . lnclCse the statement
Il vss addressed 10 Senator SEWARD.
-Four T.. M-The House has adjourned. Mr.
CLAY CLOSED s: hali-Tast 3. HIS perorsiiou was
exceedingly impressive and truly eloquent. Il IS
not true that his .ne voice j. impaired
! pint resolution, highly creditsbie T. the cit
zeus of Ohio, has passed the State Eislsturc, de-
string that part oi tie territory ceded by Mexico
may be set apart ior tie Of the colored people
who have been ensIayed oppressed. AL thus iar
degraded by thc seve-sl States. Il desires 10 be-
stow upon each set er Of color - acres Tree %
charge, that schools may be established ior their
offspring, and that Government ray be provided
tor their protection.
The bili to grant $4,000 70 the cspiors Of the
frqatc Philadelphia taken in Africa nearly hall p
century since. has been resuscitated Could not
the prize money Il such & a. have been got through
Congress- sooner than 1850, although che Altar
took place in Feb 1902 Who's alive T. get the
dollars
4 bin and report from the Senate Committee on
Military matters proposes 10 exPend s30,OOO M
forfify,ng ship Island, oil the Mississippi coast
Why not stop this certifying all creation TIL the
Mexican war debt is scored out A full purse and
no dunnlug creditors are Old and approved modes
OF t0rtifying countries, castles. and individuals
While talking of Civilizations, may here men
ton that Mr. Secretary CRiwFOHD's report, m
winch he tells Congress how riuch money he got TO
spend last year. TO Jaly lsi9 and how much be-
did spend on warlikc matters. has been printed
TIE fifth column Of icures show that the Depart
ment drew from the Jnited states Treasury the
enormous sum Of sl5.23l,s2 and that other
l23, 652 have been already appropriated but not
Vet applied TO Army purpOses-say IN all s23 iJ'
ga OF the sij, @3l 80. 81 Gs4,4-J were trans
erred ia part IL other departments and IN part re
funded
The pay Of officers and men cost :ael2,5s6 ,
1 90 ne +. o.
the payments IA lieu OF clothing b. the officers
servants came % s2375i DO 10 discharged sol
diers, lust $50 sl35 0OJ Whereabouts, spent on
the Military Academy, Have they found room at
/; Tor child OF an adopted citizen For two y B.
subsistence OF The army 1922 p expense OF re
cruiting, &c S72.3.s transportation from place to
place - ,Gi2 0l3 Quarteumasters department,
s.tG fO5 and ssh SIS puning iortresses, 80 523
making pistols guns 81. s3ll7oo paid for salt
peter and birthstone, So arming and equPpng
the militia, sl7Si69 also enormous sum -
keep out the enemy, five should ever 90 10 war
say for Notifications There's nothing Ike pre-
caution
The grants iur herhCrs md riyer improvement ats
are very SIM, but between one ard two hundred
thousand dollars were paid Tor building lighthouses
aud $4,000 for paving the centre OF Pennsylvania
avenue How that came under military cognizance
| know not
Ne now arrive at such items ss the following
Mexican hOstlities >54- 0sO transport anon ard
supplies. ~ 233,341 pay o.; volunteers &c what
- II ceters S22l-. ~ voted another s.9s, 2si
80 900, 600 extra pay tor three months, et oetera
part unpaid clothing q volunteers. 500 600
not al PAID. There's 10 end OF these charges and
payments. ami Mr. Albion X Pa7ls, who sisns
Huns eli Comptroller. or Il hss Learned clerks or
any body else can possibly understand tie Official
statement Of nearly s24.0o0000 Of moneys voted.
snd about twOthirds u ]; paid out. even with The
4 II 81. Nd
quoted he they must have more intuitl'e knowl-
edze OF perception than has fallen 70 the lot Of
RoGfR SHLRNAS.
S-Sphercai Trgonometry IS nothing 70 this
military return. Considering the short data gwen
TO are the Committed On Military LXPena,-
lures Is their function formal and cerenonous'
or IS il actual Il the latter theirs aSsuredy Is
no sinecure B1t they can't effect much - cay
CT reckoning comes On that DAY the oticsl spend
thrills OF Citizen Poks ere vii turn financial r.
formers acquire cspitsl b their own deln-
oucncie. and thcs Keep Office. By oondenning the
acts through which they acquired II
Exec. Document No. IN Hilary, &c