The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-04

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K<w York, Friday, August =, lssA.
The News.
FROM WARRINGTON.
The first session Of the thirty-thira Congress is
sawing rapidly to q close, and there is one thing
more than another for which the people OF this re-
public should give thanks il is this event. AsusuA
q he close Of the session. the action OF both houses
yesterday WAS rapid and attended with disorder.
vast amount Of business was transacted and we can
net do better than refer readers to the reports Of
TIE proceedings given under the telegraphic heal.
Aese reports are brought down to q late hour last
night, at which time both houses were still hard
q work. and there is no doubt but the adjournment
win take place at the hour agreed upon-l2 o'clock
to-day. The continuation Of the proceedings win
he given In our evening edition.
The investigating committees of the House on
the Colt patent extension, the Minnesota railroad
hand bill fraud. and the alleged charges of corrup-
tion preferred by B. E. Green against Mr.. T.
Bayly, made reports. The chairman OF the com
nittee on the Colt business made q report, which,
together with reports by other members of the
committee, was laid on the table and ordered to
- printed The contents Of these documents have
not banspired but one Of them states that no i'm
proper means were used in obtaining the Colt
patent. In the case of Mr.. Bayly, the committee
report that Mr.. Green failed to substantiate his
allegations Of corruption in regard to the Mexican
Indemnity bill. The charges against certain par
Hes respecting the interpretations Of the Minnesota
land bill we're fully proven. It seems, however,
that the alteration Of bills before Congress has be.
come common practice, and the committee, while
sondemning the custom, exonerate the persons
implicated in the case under consideration
Rom any improper or corrupt intent. A re-
solution to remove Mr.. Forney from the Of
hcs Of Clerk of the House-he being regarded
BY some ~ the person responsible for the fraud
was offered, debated, and rejected, by a vote Of
eighteen against one hundred and fftyfour. The
bil which has caused all this trouble ives repealed
ly the Houae, and 10 the Senate, sitter considerable
discussion, it was also repealed.
Those two important posts, the consulships at
London and Havana, have been awarded, and may
now be considered out of the market. General
Campbell, formerly Consul at Havana, supersedes
George N. Sanders, at London. Sanders Young
America and red republican procvities have been
Sbe death of him-he il decidedly in advance Of the
lbgies in the Senate. The consulship at Havana
falls TO Roger Barton, OF Mississippi. What ad-
vantage Jefferson Davis derives from this arrange
ment remains to be seen.
There was all sorts Of work with the various APP
preparation bills, but we cannot attempt to follow
their progress Among the amendments to the
Naval Appropriation bill in the Senate was one al
Dcwipg the officers of the Texan navy the pay Of
pt,cers on leave of absence, from the time of an
xo tha sros
lie pay Of the non-commissioned officers and pri-
yates of the marine corps at the same rate respec
lively as those of the army. proposition tocreate
IN examining board of officers, with the view Of
cullmg out the useless timber in the shape of
broken down and used-up old hulks of commodores,
was adopted. 1t was stated that the Navy Depart
nnt had furnished list of officers Of high rank,
who had been tor twenty years incompetent for duty
kom habituai intoxication.
Mr.. Mason, Chairman Of the Committee on For.
sign Affairs, presenteda report relations with
Spain. The report says that full reparaton for past
sutrages, and adequate guarantees for the future,
win alone satisfy the expectations OF the country
Up to the last accounts the House had refused to
consider the Homestead blu. A motion to suspend
The rules, and appointing in December for the con-
Iteration of the latter subject, was defeated. The
River and Harbor bill was taken up and the Seuate's
Amendments concnrred in.
LATER from HAVANA.
We publish elsewhere letters from our correspon-
dents ut Havana, giving the latest intelligence
kom the Island Of Cuba. The advces are to the
9st ut. large force Of regular troops had arrived
from Spain, and more were daily expected The
health OF Havana was improving rapidly. With
Tho exception Of the publication Of statements re-
pectins the desire Of the government to suppress
the traffic in slaves, the public journals contain no
thing Of interest.
AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.
Letters from our correspondents in London and
Paris the latest detailed reports Of the progress OF
Ne Spanish Instruction, comments and editorials
u the English press the Schuyler frauds copies
4 the notes forwarded to the Gar by the Austrian
Md Prussian monarchs. with other entertaining
matter received by the late arrivals, may be fouri
ln another part of to-day's paper.
NAVIGATION OF THE AMAZON.
We have translated from the formal do Conner
RIO, Of Rio Janeiro, the correspondence which m =
ID last year between the Imperial Legation Of Bra
si at Washington and our government, with regard
10 certain intelligence published in the newspapers
Of North American steamer being about to stas
Tor the Amazon for the purpose OF exploring its IT,
lutA1ies and finding some Bolivian por.s- This cor
'espondence, which we publish elsewhere, wit be
Isad with interest as being Immediately connected
With tn free navigation Of the Amazon, subfc,
pf no little importance to the who'll commercial
world.
COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS.
There was no change Of moment IN she market
'cr breadstufs yesterday. Pork vas dull and prices
hvored purchasers. Cotton was firm Cor all grades
lbove middliDg and steady for other descriptions
rhs sales within the pas; two days have exceeded
two thousand bales.
TIE STEAMER SEA PIp.
The steamer Sea Bird, from this port Cor Norfolk
on tis tip, met with slight asoid emit, and had