New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-19

.t.r-.s AGAINST the page, which, II true, would
Jis-race him. aud Justify criminal yrs icton.
Third That said H1rnor made ia4s1 st1teIAehi'
is discharsia, his official duties
Mr. Bows asked for tie appointment OF a
Committee to investigate these charges
Mr. ToouB. requested Mr.. Brown to withdraw
the resolution and refer the charges which are
nov made as question Of privilege.
Mr.. Brown believed that the dignity Of the
House required investigation H voted for Hor-
NOT as Doorkeeper, but h. had since changed his
o,inoa OF him He would withdraw his resolu-
ton.
Mr. McLASE Loco Of Nd. asked Brown to let
the charges go as question OF privilege.
Mr.. Brown then preferred the charges.
Mr. AvERETr, Loco OF Va inquired whether
or not one Of the charges had no: been matter OF
Investigation by the Committee OF Accounts.
Mr. BRowy-Not by direction Of the House
a Committee OF Five were ordered 70 be az
pointed On the charges.
Mr.. RIcHARDsoy Loco Of Illinois, asked leave
10 offer resolution
First. That a Select Committee OF Nine be ap-
pointed with power 20 send for persons and papers
10 INQUIRE and report 10 the House whether mo
Ewing the Secretary OF lNc lhtefloI. nus re-
opened and paid the claim of the Ewinss against
the Treasury amounting to 81, 600 AFTER the same
had been adiudicated aud rejected BY the proper
officers OF the Government before Ewing was IN
Quoted into said Office whac agents operated. and
what Clerk introduced said clam
Second Whether said Thomas Ewing allowed
s3l 900. as interest OF claim of Commodore James
Barron Of the Virginia Navy. during the Revolu,
tionary War after the principal had been pad II
paid whether simple or compound interest was
allowed and whether 1t was by authority OF law:
THird, Whether the said Thomas Ewing pad
the Chickasaw claim, amounting to one hundred
and eighty thousand dollars, after the same had
been adiudicated and rejected by the proper officer
before said Ewing was indicted into his Office ;
who was the agent or attorney AMI whether SAID
agents held any Office under the Government, AMI
now hold Office
Fourth. Whether the said Thomas wing has
usurped power, and whether any officer Of ms mas
reversed the opinion OF the Commissioner oi Pen
sions If so by what authority has It been done
rim. What persons in office appointed by SAID
Thomas Ewing, correspond for newspapers. II 50,
what salaries they receive and what papers they
write for.
Mr.. TooMBs did not like the language OF the re
solution. If the gentleman will place il IN becom-
ing language be would not Object
Mr.. RrcHARDsoS-Wil the gentleman state the
terms
Mr.. SrANLY. lWhig) OF North Carolina moved a
suspension Of the rules to let the resolution come
in ahead of all others.
The SPEAKER said the rules could not be sus
pended
The House went Into Committee of the Whole on
THE PRESIDENTS SPECIAL CALIFORNIA MESSAGE
Mr. Ewing Loco of Tennessee, advocated Mr.
McClernands plan to admit California to settle the
Texas boundary by money consideration and
provide Territorial Governments for L tab and New
Mexico, leaving the question whether Slavery ex
! lists there To be settled by the Supreme Court.
| Mr. ALsTos (Whg) of Alabama quoted the o ID
| Testament and referred to the law OF God nations
aud nature in justification Of Slavery. He con
tended for the happy condition of slaves and de
| Tended the South.
The Committee rose, whenths Speaker said thai
| he intended to be absent TO morrow and the mex
day. and the unanimous consent OF the House wal
given to him to appoint Speaker Pro ten"
The Committee on the charges against Mr. Hor
ner are Messrs Odds Newell Phelps. LETTER ant
Caldwell of NC.
The House then adjourned,