New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-30

moved to go into COMMITTEE OF the w hoie be
withdrew it TO allow cir. 6TEvENs Of Pa to offer a
resolution which was passed directing she salary
OF the late Mr. Mes TO be paid to bis surviving re.
lations, and for Mr.. WENTWORTH to hand In hls
report relative to the Public Printing bat he would
not agree that it should be read. The motion OF
Mr. BAyLY was then pat by Yeas and Nays and
adopted A number OF the Wings voted against
it. seepe that the aim was to prevent whatever
effect the report might have upon the Senates
amendment 10 the Civil and Diplomatic BILL and
desiring to get ct the same before going ia'o Com'
mittee
after quietly rejecting several Of the Senate Gu n
bersome load Of amendments prosracted debate
-provokinely 30 for this period OF the Session
sprunR al on the amendment authorizing the Score
tary Of the Treasury TO procure the best me'hod OF
refining argentiferous gold bullion. Some wanted
the sum to be paid fixed by law, and osness o?po's0
TO the whole matter as piece OF laYofltlsm 70
MoCuIlah & Booth, whoGe Names "a the alleged
inven4ora Of the bes. method are specially named
in the amendment Pending this amendment
isbout o'clock the Committee rose for the pu7
nose of giving the House chance to stop debaso
4 strugelesnow commenced. The Wings wanted
20 leave open to discussion the last amendment Of
the Senatorial series, which relates to the subject
of Printing.
Dir. STEVENS of Pennsylvania inquired if the
order for stoppage of debate could be reconsde'ed.
The Speaker answered that it bad been 30 ruled
by the chair former occasion, but reminded Mr.
STgvEKs that the House had then overruled bic
decialon The resolution TO close debate Was
adopted amid scene Of widest confusion and dig
order-a dozen of members struggltng to be heard,
some calling for teers, others Tor Yeas and Nays,
60 But the Speaker declared that 1t ives TOO late
After the tumult subsidized some one coohy rose ana
asked if the resolution stopping debate had been
adopted "
The Ho1ee then again went into Committee, and
tha Committee 30 far ag its action went, disposed
OF she srgentfsrous gold bullion amendment, by
rejecting it after amending it. The next amend.
ment " hich elected debate was proposing 10
increase the salary of the Attorney General to ak
tbouband dollars. Mr.. Houston of Delaware aud
Mr. THOMPSON OF KY. principally stood forth in de-
fense OF the proposition. An amendment was pro.
posed By Mr. THOMPSON Of Mss orbidding At,r-
Dey.G Generals attending to ceses in the Supreme
Court, other than suoh as the Government may be
concerned H. The discussion turned upon the sup
posed advantages or Disadvantages of the office
One side commended that the usually briefcareer OF
an Attorney General resulted in the utter de.truc.
ton Of his professional business. The other aimed
to show the advantages of the position direct aud
indirect. Frequent allusion was made to Hon.
REyERDY JoHNsoN and hla experience of the toila
of his late office. The amendment looking to the
oircumscrpton ofpriyileges was finally voted down
and the amendment agreed to as II came from the
Senate. Then was added q special appropriation
for the refundment OF some eight or nine hundred
dollars to Mr. JOHNSON, which he claimed to have
paid to Clerk employed on public work.
For O time, the voting on amendments OF the
senate's amendments logged along quietly, giving
nothing OF special interest but the maiden speech
of MIR. GILBERT one of the Repres ensatives from
the Golden State, an amendment providing for
a Nj arine Hospital in California, to which non con-
Currence was recommended by lhe Committee OF
flIfp pT'c ia
strong nor voluminous bat melodious, rendering
him, so Tar as l could judge from this very modest
as well az brief debut, rather an agreeable speak
or. His facial expression is unusually mild and
winning 1t Is difficult to realize by what process
ruch an eve az his could be fired up with the bru-
tai fury Of a soldier Strengthening Mexicana who
never did him any him, You are aware that he
was attached to Col, 5tevensons company ia nome
official capacity. AZ an Albany printer boy, (he
eerved his time in the Argas office, | believe,)
many of your readers know more of his history
than | could tell them, probably, and therefore
will not go further into 1t, but proceed with the
thread Of proceedings.
The amendment appropriating $4,000 for the
support of the Turkish Ambassador, AMIN BEY,
which was agreed to, gave Mr. MCCLERNAND q
chance to waste portion ofthevaluable eof the
Rouse and MIR. JONES OF Tennessee, to deliver q
sermon contras sting Christianity with Mahometau-
ism, amid boisterous laughter. e Q wanted him
sent back to his own country, as speedily as posal-
u
people But Rev. MIR. JoNEs's sermon was lost up
on Bis christian audience In tho hrSt place. and |
am inclined to believe 1t will be lost upon the Hes
theniah Turks until we can safely loave our coaks
upon the sidewalks OF our cities, as may he done
In ConscAntinople And here | am reminded Of
strihing anecdote which | read somewhere, and
which ran thus An American traveller, observ-
ing the proverbal honesty Of MahometGns. re
marked to Missionary, that they must be ''woe-
! fully superstitious people" Would to God, re.
piled the Missionary, "that superstition, some
thing else, could induce like practical results among
our Christian people at home" But tho ideH Of
such lecture on Christianity in the present Con
| gress-~hew
From gurkish Customs the Committee passed to
American Customs, and all the amendments pro
viding for Custom Houses were adopted. Mon.
eleur Tonson HOLMES, Whose reappearRn1e on the
Congre ssonal boards s expected every few days
as matter of course, next enlightened Us, ia his
peculiarly pedAntlc style with speech about the
Western Coast Survey which being finished, he
asked to withdraw pro formd amendment, which
he had used as text, or rather pr9fert, but
which the House refus ed TO lot him withdraw, and
adopted instead u There are swo members o!
the Rouse who never trouble thems elves much
about the proceedings seemingly, except when
they feel like making speech. One oil these Is
| Mir. HOLMES, the other Mr BAKER. When these
| gentlemen have made their periodical speeches
! they generally disappear like 8 streak OF light
! ming, as though they suddenly came TO the oonclu-
aioH that the proceedings too "dry' for their
tastes The member who comes nearest 70 these
has been furnished by your own Stats iu the per
aon Of Mr.. SAcKErT. He attends well enough, bat
seems to think that the only evidence of faithful
in Representative ia to be given by speaking
at least once day, whether he has anything TO
say to the point or not. 1t ia nov after the usual
time OF adjournment. Having some outside mat.
sers calling for notice, must leave the Committee
to jog along with the Coast survey subject and
cloae, SIGMA.
P, S-At o'clock the Committee has unex.
pectedly risen without coming to conclusion on
Suspended s e the i've minutes rule, sxoept on the
clauses OF the bill making appropriations fox the
public printer and taken recess till O'Clock, 1t
is evident that the Loco Eocos are purposely pro-
;Lsn nf the Nil nckh