, 1859-03-08

r. G&Wku - .
HI 1s7ixisR Of ths Tariff to Rai.s Money.
posT.orF1cE APPROPRIATION BILL LOST.
No Extra Session TO be Called,
[Y.om thu New Yo.k rr1bana. March ah]
Tm LAsz E,saY!-Cougress has adjouEned1
Thank tbs Constitution for that! Ths XXXVth
ConRfuks expired by 1Aw on tbs ID OF March,
but tbs bresth Of life WAS kept in its poor car.
casa until noon Of Friday, March 4th. when not
even impudsncs could pretend that it bad
right longer 10 exit, 30 it nAlodotouA3y ex-
pifed. II seems pitY that its most popular
act-adi tournament without dsy-shoold be one
for which it can claim no credit xhsteser-
Ita laas hours werc marked By most jgno.
minious surrender-or Of rather betrayal, of these
and properly determined not to lend its eounts-
nsncs to any more borrowing or shining for
the support Of the Government but to ipslst On
having the income made to balance shs expend-
itures. In this determination, nearly every Re- |
publican, nearly every American, snd tho Demo-
othern) professed to bs heartily agreed But
the Senate, utterly controlled By tho Pro Slave
n interest, resolved that the Tariff should not
b increased, and that. while the expenditures
were kept u high figure. tho Treasury should
be 1eplsn1shed only By an augmentation Of tho
Millions Of Treasury 1osea. Meantime, the
House Committee Of Ways and Means kept
shilly-shallying for weeka-to.dsy Phillips of
Pa. would 1ote with the Opposition memhersto
report Tariff bill, sud Aselay Of New York
wouldu't-and tomorrow Mac!sy was ready to
voto it, and Phillps wouldn't Wills Phelps OF
Missouri, {Chairman), who wants to be Speaker
OF the next House, {aud will be-when he gets
votes enough. kept speaking smoothly aud TAX
ing caro- that nothing decsaiye shonid be done.
until it Has too late Tor the Committee to report
bill in order, when Phillips and Mselay both
ypted to report . fair bill, and Phelps declined
to Tote at sl1, saying the COMMITTEE had de-
cided to report without him. But now vote Of
txothirds in the af6rmstive was required 10
give leave to report . bill; and, though The NO.
tion for leave received 12s yeas to IS NAYS, it
could not be carried. Thus perished the san
'suine hopes Of = Revision at this session.
Still, majority Of the House pEotessed to be
inm ovsble in their hostility to any more bor~
roN1ng. and We cherished hopes that no Loan
bill could pass. Even during the last nights
sitting, tha House three times voted, in defiance
ufR mslotity Of the Senate, that it would not
/ authorize reissue Of Treasury Notes. But the
President and most Of his Secretaries were in
the Capital, and they succeasively manipulated
and ms.msrized the Penusyivania and other
| stiff necked Democrats until they constrained
them to eat the leek; 50 att o'clock yesterday
/ {Friday) morning, the House-that il to sav, the
| PENNSYLVANIA Democrats backed EQuare down,
and the Benate's Treasury Note attachment 70
the Miscellaneous Appropriation bill was con
CURED in-Yeas, 81; Nays. IS. Our correspon-
dent teiegrspha that the decentralization was
moved By Florence, {who filter y and that Gillls,
Dimmick. Landy, Leidy, and White, voted With
him for the Loan; while PhiIlips and Montgom
cry lodged. Oven Jones, Dewsrt and Reilly
stood their ground to the lsst: There waa still
sharp and tfor sime) doubtful struggle in the
Senate, where Mr. Brode1ick revolted at the
! Sacrifice ot the Pacific Mail Sseames Appropr:a.
tion and evinced determination to Talk The bill
to death By talking out the Seaalop, but he was
finally induced to Teisut, and the Senate voted
| t27 TO 22} to lat the Mail Sseamers go and hold
on 70 the Treasury aotea 80 the bill: was wor
ried through, about half-past II o'clock Yester.
1 day; aud the Presiden. swallowed his vsunted
determination not to sign any bills that he was
| cot allowed time to read and carefully consider
and rtixed his name instaat4r. So the Tfeasurl
Notes were carried and Tar # Revision lost.
-Tnis is tu effect proclamation BY the slsyt
power that the forty millions borrowed undel
ur. buchanan shall be carried over 10 the nex
| Administrations for payment. The Presiden
urged and reurged Revision; Secretary Cobl
asseuted to it; PennsY!vania begged for it
moat Of the Northern Democrats desired it
But the Soushrons hare the ordeal of their elec
! tions Just before them; and they dreaded, O
professed to dread, to meet it on the back Of al
increased Tariff, recommended by Democrati
President and enacted By Democratic Con
: gresa. At all events, they resolved that the bo1
| rowing, shining policy should be maintained
and the paying postponed, and they had thei
way, as usual.
--On another point, however, they were bal
| fed by the Hrmness Of the House. The Pro
! Slavery interes. had determined that tho rate
| of postage should be raised, and the Senate re
gisterea its edict, of course. Butthe House hs
will Of its own on that srtjrct, and, on motto
of Mr. Grnw, resolved By III to Is. that, u thi
: WAS peasure to raise revenue, which the Se1
ate was forbidden By the Constitution - orig
: nate, the bill should be returned to tho Seusa
unacted on. The Senate Jared up, Of cou:st
; and stood on its dignity; hut, finding the tas
sbout as pleasant as standing on one foot,
!. vas obliged 70 como down. ROY very gFaciousiJ
, Toonbs, sulky on account Of this surrender
r objected to'a second reading Of the new con
} promise Post Office Appropriation bill, {whie
: ives simply the original bill. ~ it first paaae
5 the Senate, without the proviaiou which raise
! the rates Of postage, and pretends to abols
= franking, but doesn't and struck it dead. u,
8 son and Pes1ce backed Toombs. So no Pc,
. Office Appropriation bill at all has paased, an
9 IN e1t1a Bession would Seem inevitabie,
,, The Appropriation bills were cunsiderabl
3 pared down in consequence Of the exposure
j., + made By Investigating Comnittees and the 10
state OF the Treasury. Those which passed Al
4: Al folloHs:
ri Navai ee7rire:
Indian services appropr..tes. l;s7
81 !:5sI6sa;s ss;zise s.:
En- o:t.a a ~ to H;1sa
E1Ssnae ~ 9 fn9eissnE conm;:es 4'il o
ancsnaneous. .anouLt 7er1 la /
Is These ore bot all, but they are nearly 3
:. And, beside the admission Of Oregon, passIt
x Appropriation bills IS nearly alf that has been q
complished at this Session. and even this, It seer
has been but n1f done. The bill to aid the esta
= lishment OF Agricultural and Mechanical colleg
J. in the seyeral States lies crushed beneath t!
. Presidest,a veto. The Homestead bil1 whi,
It passed the House by 100 to 16, was not allowed
IF come MP for decisive action in the senate, havir
been repeatedly .staved od-once By the Viee.Pr
eideut's casting vote. The fact thai me Preside
o stood ready to veto it, ndeds doubtless, to insp
its enemies and dishearten its friends. TAs seve
i. al attempts to abolish Frank1ng, to raolm and
u duce the Mileage Of Congress, TO reduce the nut
}. ber Of Custom Houses and the cost Of collecsi1
]. the Custons revenue, to colily the laws viii
J. regulate commerce, &;., &c, all iailed for sou
Fs | reason or other.
j. In short, no real Reform has been effected. e
y cent BY cutting do@n apprupriatlous for theNa'
% Yards, etc., which will very probably be put
again so soon as the exposures Of Mr.. Sherman
+ Report shall bare been neasarably forgotten
10 the public. Indeed, the only item OF Reform 81
id bodied in the Last Congressional Compensate
10 bll-the stipulation thai no Member shall recei
t. Mileage for more than tEo Sessions Of the sar
" | Conu1ess-has been overturned by the Seua
which. On motion of Mr. Bright, has voted t. p
=, the new Senators mileage for the Extra Eess'
~ lust cal!ed-that Is, mileage twice in the sa1
IN rear. The ru.e being thus broken oser, We pl
Z. sumo both Houses will pay themselves extra mi
~ | age for the Extra Session which the President
=. expected to convoke for J13y Of August next.
OF fhs Session has not resulted in half the m
., chief tha. WIS urged upon It. The Thirty Mill
h. Cuba bill lies very dead on the table Of the Sc
=. ate. The Presidents formal demand that ha
~ clothed by Congress With power to send troops
be Mexico, 10 Central 9America, &C., to prots
Routes that may at any time be obstructed, y
% not eyen considered By either House. The Sem
III would have amended to death the Cuba bill hat
of decisive yote been reached, as We regret that
- was not: the House would have laid the max
~ sliden aborninAtion on its table by at least d
y" m4iority. No natter-it sleeps we'll
"a. Ths obstinaoy Of 8euator roombs killed I
TO- |, Post Office Appropriation bill Tho whole
q sponslbHtY viii fall upon him and Senator
20 son Of Virginia, who Was his principal suppo
nj er in preventing the bill from becoming Il
ha by taking against time until Congress- expire
- + Tho Poat ofiee Department is ieh In dept
'f' able condition BY tho failure Of this bill.
lro the moro 60 jaat Ut this crisis, 10 consequel
,ut OF the deAth, last night Of the Third Asa,sta
VI t'ostmaster Gtneral, Mr. Marron, who was !
~ Cashier, and whose peculiarly vsluahia setvi
no cannot b. replaced, and the low condition
he health Of Posmaa.er. GenerA Brown Who c
of |: not return to resume tho responsibilities Of
Office for 1t lest month. Thu entire reapol
biity Of the Department ressa with First Asa
| f3An<F1t h3NR.