New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-27
POLITICAL.

Secretary Ccbb's Reyeuue Bill will cause wailing
aInorg tue idewaers. 1t IS said TO abolish seventeen
New. England Coectorshps. In Maine, Pssssms
quccdy strict will absorb Machias; Belfast absorb
Perobscot, Frerchusns Bay sed Wsdoboro'; Bath
absorb Saco agd Kernebunk Portsmouth absorb
York. In Massachusetts,, Salem VIII absorb Marble
head; Boston absorb Plymouth; Banstsble absorb
EJsartown ard Nantucket. The BIZ sso a5oshes
Iufpectorshps at Quincy Scituste and Kingston the
Naval Office at Salem, and the Gloucester Surveyor
ship.
The question of subscribing for six hundred copies
Of The Leesa,ire Sest'r for the Of the members
Of the l. Hd.ns General Assem- bly,, up in the House
on the Plat inst ard defeated This is about the
twentieth time the Newspaper question has been under
discussion in that branch Of the Legislature.
Speaking of tie collision between Senstors Doug
las end Fitch, the Washington Correspondent of TIE
Piladelplia Neus says:
"Dr. Fitch is person of most e1ctabIe tempera-
meut, osiug entire control OF himself, and, though
possessed OF msny excellent gu It.es too often yields
10 this irrt.blity Of temper and bitterness Of per-
sonal feeling HIS son, very young gentleman, Who
WAS appointed United States District Attorney for
Illinois, bavirg, think, removed from Indians only
short time ego, distinguished himself, daring the late
campaign, by delivering speeches against Douglas
filed with every manner Of nveetye; and so DR..
Fitch had good chance to crafty his spleen by ac-
CeplIG JuO-t DoU-tds SchcIdi VI Tue
ofce-hol1ers Of Illinois, specifically intended for
his son.
"A game for the organization Of the next House Of
Representatives is developed by The UnVed States
Go-ette', correspondent. He writes:
at is understood in political circles that move
ment has been made here recently which may mate
rally affect the organization OF the next House OF
RepreseI tatives. Certificates Of election have not
been ssued to the six members from New-York City,
owing TO informali in the returns. They have OBJ
tanned, however authenticated statement exhibit
inc the number Of votes given, and To what candi-
dates This testimony may be sufficient To satisfy tue
claimants or others OF their election but Is not the
legal formal certificate heretofore regarded as prlad
ficre proof Of Membership Without such proof being
furnished is difficult to see how these names can DE
plsced on the roll There ~ reason to believe that
Mr. Alien the present Democratic Clerk, VINO will
preside in the next House until the election Of
Speaker has determined TO call these persons "a regu-
lsIly elected ard thus, perhaps give them CONTROL
ING in iuence in ths organization. Sucn IS the game
dc seoped now
The prospects of Tariff modi ica!ion are thus
shown by the Washington correspondent cf The
Phiiadeipam North Ame- 'caR
The Committee Of WAYS and Means held a meet
irg on Tuesday morning. and decided several import
ant points; frat in favor Of a modification Of the
Tariff by a vote Of Is to g. ms follows: leas-Mcssrs
PbeIps, Phillips Macay, Morrill, Howard aud DAVIS
N-ys-McsErs. Crawl n, DoNdell aud Letcher.
After THE point waz determined Mr.. Phillips pro-
To test the sense Ot the Committee that InOd
tcsiion OF the Tariff should be combined with any
lean 20 be- grated Ths carried, 10 4. es fol-
lows: lcss-Messrs. Philips, Maclay, morrill,, How
ard and Dsvii. Nays-Messrs. Phelps, Crawford,
DOwde and Letcher
MIR. Phelps submitted his bill for modification Of
the Tariff. 1t proposes to raise SIX millions OF ad-
dtonal revenue by adopting the decimal division
suggs sted by Mr.. Cobb Transferring articles from the
free list to duable schedules and transposng of
the sxistrg schedules Iron is put at 25 per cent,
cotton at % wo0ens at H. and the 100 per cents of
the Tsriii Of 1916 reduced TO 80 All the duties
ad va.oIem. The loan proposed by Mr.. Phelps is
twen.y-one millions, 81 least ten snort OF the mark.
--Prentices wit against our Presideut receives no
6ullirg from constant commenting on the quotation
"uneasy lies the head that wears the crown lie
says; "The saying does not quite abide the test of
"our republican experience. Mr.. Buchanan's head
"wesrs crown, certainly, and proud one, TOO, bat
" it rotoriou.ly lies easier than any other head in
" America.
Tile Washington Slar lrss private dispatch,
stating thst on Monday that Buchanan-Whig, Mr..
Benjamin. was nominated by the Democratic caucus
for reelection TO the Urted States Senate. On the
ballot before t;a, contamination, the HoD. Mr. Ssn-
didge received ;hirtyfve votesust half the caucus.
Whereup)n, is presumed that those who hsi voted
ND to thai time occasionally for others united with the
fiiends of Mr Benjamin, ard thus nominated him.