New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-05
THE HOUSE OF TUESDAY.
CS<respertenee Of TIE N. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON March 3. lrOI


WASHINGTON, March 3, leo1.
The Speaker has been on his legs all day, putting
motions and e1pedtng the constant current Of bust
ness before the House.
An important bi 10 prevent frauds in importers
valuation, which Vas worth FIVE per cent as pro-
| tectiye measure, failed to-day by .he Cammt'ee Oh
| Wsys and Means recommending the House 70 re-
| cede which il did.
The Post. Office Appropriation bill from the sea
ate, with amendments, was concnrred H. Win
q SLIGHT exception. This bill provides for SEMI
weekly mot weekly) con municarion between the
Mississippi yer and San Francisco, at cost no,
| exceeding 100000 per anDum. The route IL lsll
| 10 the die erection of the Postmaster-General Inc
bill authorizes the Postmas General to let on
two mail contractors from their present contracts,
on the ground that they have been ruined by their
| contracts One of them is Pinkham, who carries
the mail from Bangor 70 Calas, in Maine.
Watson of Ohio introduced a resolution author
| ling the Committee on Elections 70 compile ne
cessary work for the use of Congress, and that
Committee especially. Mr.. Letcher inquired very
narrowly who was 10 do il Having been informed
that il would probably be done by the Clerk OF that
Committee, Mr.. Weston he at once rallied tue
Buchanan side against il. on the ground that the
Weston aforesaid was an Editor OF The Ndf'oHdt
Fra or Free SOiler Of some sort. This was
enough. The proposition was defeated. Noble
instinct
The Fertilization bill came back from the Senate
with amerdments a. ioows: For Fort Schuyler,
| $50 coo; New Bedford, $4,000; site, Fort
| 1ompsins, n. Y, Sl5O,00O; Galveston, ST, cU
Mouth Mississippi, 500, 1000: Mobile, s9oooo san
| Francisco. 500, 900; Portland, Name, SGT, OOO;
| Mouth Kennebec River, Maine 800, 600; all which
were passed Jones Of Tennessee called division
on all the votes for the Northern appropriations,
| but never once for the Southern.
The Naval Appropriation bill came back from the
| Senate with an appropriation for ten sl"op'-oi-War
| but the Uou,e rejected that and several other
| amendments The bill was sent 10 Committee OF
| Cor ference, aud the result OF their &C ION Will
probably be- that the hospitalers will get five sloops
| out Of the ten.
The Committee on Printing presented bill for
publishing 300 600 copies Of the Agricultural por-
ton Of the Patent Office Report, which was carried.
| his is the number as last year
Bills were passed 10 pay the Chaplalns, lamp
| lighter ard extra pages; and, TN motion OF Nj.
| Ietcher to pay the West Point cadets $50 per
| month Instead of S24 The GiObe reporters were
| also brought ia to receive ii dOuccur. These items
touching the pages reporters, &c, are in addition
/. the usua extra pay voted at the close to all em-
poyees at hCh time they oil get 500 head over
| and above their stated COMPENSATION.
In addition "a the business here detailed the
Home ia sed nine private bills and took recess AZ
"A til O'Clock this evening. II will probably con-
tlnue in -, sion til of tomorrow (the 4th)
~bcl hour il considered the legal end Of the Con
| grcssionh term.
The House refused last night TO take up the bill
rebuilding TO Virginia and Maryland the sums they
advanced to the Federal Government to induce the
location Of the National Capitol on the banks Of the
Potomsc. The House went by their instincts snd
refused the appropriation to reimburse them. 1t
wss most natural eOurte to pursue, yet II cannot
probably be justified on fair review Of the facts OF
he case. Strictly speaking, those States are en-
titled to their money if they demand it, and this
they have done. But they stand poor chance Of
pettr il this Session. ,. s. 7.