IouIsvrLhE, March '. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
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70 the i1dtfor of tbe Jou'aat and Focus.

 Washington, Ee6. 25th.

 LEAR SIR R--Ihis has been an impor tant day, aud, as such, it wilibe rencm. bered. The friends of the eaforce- meht of the laws, after a long and TOW. eftul effort, in which some oI the strong est speakers on both sides took atl earn est part, have succeeded in making the Revenue Collection Bill of tue Senate the special order of the day for to.mor- row In the House of Representatives. and, from present appearances, there can be little doubt. that. win some amendments, il will pass that hody.-- NIT. McDufiie, who has been silent for some days, IS preparing to put forth all hls energies on the occasion, and Mr. burgcs, who isappropriately styled ssthe om nsc's esoqusnt," appears to be desig- mated as hls antagonist. Their speech es, II not ss powerful as those of the master spirits of the Senate, will it least be as vehement and Interesting.

 4 motion was madein the House this afternoon 10 instruct tife sonnlittee Ut the Whole to report Mir. Clay's Tariff Btll as an amendment to that of Mir. fcfplanck, or, in other words, 10 sub stltuie the fofmer for the latter. On both sides, there was fierce struggle. but the motion finall, prevailed. The ltommttee reported according to in structlonss whercupon another conflict arose, still longer and more impassioned than the first. After two or three in- efiectual attempts 10 defeat the Bill, by amendments, a motion 10 concur with the Committee in the report of the pro lJect ot the Senate was carried by {, vote of I05 to 6S. Tho Bill was then ordered. 10 be engrossed for third rcading by q vote of I05 to 1T and, of course, we may anticipate with certain. ty, that it will De a law of the land. -- This result, whatever may be our fore bodlngs as toits effects upon some of the lmanulacturing interests of the country, will be a lasting monument of the matchiess power of the great western statesman. See what he has done. On the I2th, he proposed a plan for the set ! Itlement of the Tariff controversy, and DOW, ere yet a single fortnight has elapsed, his recommendation arc vir. tually adopted, his purposes sabstan- tially accomplished.

 have spent the principal part of the day in the Senate, where, as well as il

 the House, Mir. Ciay's Bill for the mo

 dlication of the Tariff has been the Heading subjectof discussion. Ii Is cx

 pected to pass the Senate this evening Fl have not distinctly understood fol what reasons it was taken up in ont House before passing the other, butsucl is the fact. Asr. Webster, agreeabl, I Ito previous notice, made q speech 0 some length in the morning in opposi , ltion to the new Bill and has been an swercd by Mr.. Clay. Both were ela !, quent-the latter surpassingly so; but : as theirremaflSs will be reported, ince' 2 not trouble You with an imperfect oul i line. Their courtesy to each other va I as striking as that of rival knights i e the days of feudal chivalry. The Bos r ton Senator gave a fine exhibition C l. that strength of reasoning and that ff1a t Iiesty of manner and language, whic } Eare inseparable iron, his nature and th

 Expectations of his friends were nobi

 sustained. Mir. Clay, in reply, display !, cd an overpowering force of argumen s but it was in his appeals to the hear