The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-06-17

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each other, in expressive Of great eontsmpt
The amendment for striking out the arrangement for
the boundary Of Texas drass heavily. The whole bill
Ia on the drag In spe Of which Mr. Clay hiss insisted
upon having meeting ~ the Senate for Saturday in
the hope OF getting the House before they DO
any mischief upon IA separste measure
The Houfe have varied the dfh little o-day, BY q
discussion OF lot Of miscellaneous affairs the most in
teresiDg feature OF which has been the lecture admin
istered upon the COMMITTEES Ways aud Means by Mr.
schenck Of Ohio, for their delay in bringing In tho
annual General Appropriation Bill, which has not yet
made its appearance The rues require the introduce
ton of the annual appropriation bills thirty days asr
the meeting Of Congress Some members suspect thaf
Gen Bayly has a scheme In his head for delaying the
introduction OF this bill and that being an extrcm
southern man. the delay arises from some schemeia
reverence to the negro question contemplating per
maps the stopping Of the supplies in the event tha
California is to be hurried through by herself
Mr. schenck has thought IL proper ut all events 70
INTRODUCE resolution instrncting the Comnittee Of
ways ana Means Ia report the appropriation bills nd
yet reported ana TO do without delay; and his lee
ture to the committee fully the picon that
the chairman Of the COMMITTEES had an ugly design in
the delay which has attended the introduction Of the
annual appropriations.
Gen. Bsyly explained Of the delay, that
many estimates and alterations OF and additions to-
and notifications OF estimates from the different de-
partments had been received from the secretaries,
down 20 few days ago that tn have reported civil
and diplomatic bin IN any thing like the usual time
would have been only the report of mere skeleton OF
a bill.
or course all this debate amounts to nothing except
the ainment of the fact that the cabinet have
not yea finished handing in their esimates of the
ney that will be wanted for the next fiscal II this
II the plan Of their operations IL would secure saving
20 the government to the civil list without delay
The weather IL hot the hottest of the dog days and
~ this TEN perature Is to continue another week
two longer, we shall have some hot scenes In this
niger question. coming AS it Is to the main pint"
Mr. Clay seems stand the heat Of debate, and the
broiling heat of the very we'll and ride in the
evening at sun set, aud quiet nights In the
country sets him firmly upon his feet for the day
But more than all other causes the omnibus bill keeps
the snews and muscles Of the old compromises t. the
tension required for hard work III 1t be done he
is bound TO get his bill through before the House de-
eide and the chances today appear to be in favor Of
his success Still the solution OF the about as
decide upon the merits 81 gental dog fight
The commander Of one of the government steamers
in port. seems TO be in bad odor with the ships
crew. They complain Of tyrannicsl treatment they
said to be afflicted with scurvy from bad fare aHd
they complsn that the cat and the colt mnis-
tered without mercy. few days age IL was under
tood that the forth with put the
crew were sadly aud one Of them rather
than go again with the Captain. took hatehet,
and att tempted to cut his hand OF lie severed one OF
the fingers and cut pretty deeply into the others but
he gained his point He been to the hospital,
instead Of shipping again Since that occurrence tho
whole crew have been paid on
five do anything with this negro question, We
do not despair of something to poor Jack from
the lash and from salt junk without vegetables when
vegetables can be bad.
The vote taken in the Senate to-day 27 to ~ ON
striking out the Texas boundary arrangements frsm
az far as it goes but It amounts to very lit
tie for there are many opposed to the bill who are
still willing to let s friends have their way I'LL
they come to the question Of its engrossmsnt
WAsHivGros, June Is, 1850.
The CioN Of the Week-T1s Senate and the Compromise
Fathsr Rtehies .7dries for Prayer M,etinsNsesssitp
ef P,ay1-7ns Tar1 Great CRY Of Distrsss-.anetAsr
Ps~ie on hand-Drsadfd Letter Gen NeV. Jersev-Pss-
pie all gradually Dpipg-7hs Squabbie IN the House.
The week closes with very sensible approach TO ss-
ton upon the great bill OF In the Senate
while the House has been whipping the devil round
the stump In every direction so as to escape any dee
and so as to give Mr. Clay a chance with his heavy
The senate this morning resolved that on Thursday
M IT fbey nd Oyer To he mi mn
as to give the uphoterers opportunity to take
the winter carpeting and put dsvn the summer mat
ing &c and as the motion passed By large majority,
We suspect Mr. clay pstss some final dispositions
Of his bill before Thursday next that 1t least
but even this result appears on cool nstion
rather i'm Improbable.
boundary section from ths bill had carried the bin
would have been omasculated, and to all prsctcd
they Who voted for the amendment are opposed 70 the
bill and did vote for the purpose Of breaking u down
spon M" th. st test Of the strength Of the omnibus
To strike out the Texas boundary section.
corsn DAVE: o. M. b.1 y h ss' Dayton Dodge
w.so1'is Greene Hale n.mn Hunter ns.on Miller.
and Tsiss@a '' ''''''' '-''' ''"-" "'
cas-, S.y s::y . D.:.l aafs: Bell: r Ssss
Pratt Rq.s shields sturgeon Underwood, waii:r Web
''sri wh a.e ..,. .-,..,
ror the bin, Mr. Dousla~. Mr.. M.nsum-2
Clemens. Phelps. fslch, sebastian-7 rrF
Add to the q the two sbssstees In favor OF the bii
And you have o total Of 20 .H.I
Add to the "a in the vote given the absent or nee
voting Who are opposed to the biil and you have .
But we shar have some few changes on tho question:
of sngro'smept and while the fate OF the bill L.
,idered very dubious, u is supposed that all the
thssges be obtained necessary To pass the bill,
and with those Mr. clay will be satisfied. But from
the present division Of the senate as undertood
all hands there In yet majority % the body against
the hill and majority Of from two to i've Aud yet
II will not be very extraordinary event the dssi-
sion II thrown upon the Wee President by tie
We have had but little tn day throwing any further
light upon the final action Of the Senate.
Meantime Father Ritch HE has recon nded that tho
Senate adjourn over two or three dav. with the view
OF following the example 81 DR. Franklin In the Con-
yentIon forming the Federal that
thsse wrsngling discussions may cease and that the
members Of the Senate Messrs Benton. Foote Hale,
Seward csss Clay. web-,sr. and all Of them jAin in
prayer. We think u woslf have good effect % hold
prayer meeting. especially " old Bullion to
lead OF In q solemn petition 60 the Throne Of
Senate would come together cooled down. with the
wire edge taken on aud mild and pstsrnsl a. Metho
dist elass meeting The editor % the HeraiS has all
along recommended a prayer nesting N The Senate
should get stuck and beyond all human power 20 help
them: and nov is the time when such peeting would
do yeoman's service In this quarrel between fxhs
and prayer meeting the latter would be the vise-t er
pedent and We should not object TO allow, ulsp
Extra TO every on the conclusion % the services
q, u would tend to keep them In faternal and hops
ful frame Of mind
The people the North are very much distressed ON
the tariff question; snd the moment this negro bs.
ness disposed o. II u IL to be disposed o. shaI
have panic on the al raiorenss regular panic
panic that 81 IS the hank question and In '37
on The explosion Of the pet banks We have all tho
eombustibles collected here In wsshnnton ali really
for panic. when the tins come. 10 get II up Pass
this bill and In forty hours viii get you
up rsnie on the BIN Of AbomiuAtion." Of fs<o.
We have on hand all the statistics The petitions
lying upon the tables u the two houses, furnish
the facts Of state OF distress ia the North scarcely
lees than that gro~ing out Of the failure 81 the po.
tato crop In Hibernis Furnaces and fonndries forge
and smithes sae.houss. sud coal mines are stopped,
and the sherhs In Pennsylvania find 10 almost pos
ble TO take the of the vides pread
From New England learn that the cotton mills are
stopped and that the eater h actually s,sgustisr in
the chan mel of the Merrimsck for pioyment
But the csse In Nev jersey appears 60 he thousand
times than any where else From locality near
sandy Hook, and within lighthouse distance Of the
hountiful supplies Of Coney Islsnd-frurn tbs VERY
midst Of the oyster beds and the porsie. thai
line the coast ~ the Jsrsies and Ion sland shore
from the oystermen Of Shrewsbury sud the vreek~rs
With the lame hore and tin lantern % bis tail Of the