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expenditures fer cleaning out river in Louisiana.


building Liers on the lakes, lighthouses on the
coasts of Maine and Florida, break-waters some


where else, &C., &C.. and by thus securing friends
to some part or other of the many headed monster


they rush it through the House in spite of the eff
forts of those who, like James ]. Mckay of your


State, laboIiouslY encounter and strive TO defeat
all unconstitutional or unnecessary expenditures of
public money. When once through the House. il
is safe befond hope; as the Senate are alway


more prone to increase appropriations than to cut
them down. The amendment to which / refer


simply enables one-ffih of the members present to


order the yeas and nays any one section or item


ofexpenditure in money bills,' as they called.


The effect Of this will be 10 make those who are


willing TO for the BILL whole to obtain the


appropriation asked for their immediate State, or


(more particularly district pause ere recording


their names in black and white for appropriations


VIGOROUSLY unconstitutional, in which their con-


stituents have about as much interest the man in


the moon. The strict constTuctonists apd econo-


mists of the House are very sure that this amend


ment will destroy the future success of the log


rolling by which such enormous sums are annually


abstracted from the Treasury of the U. States. 80


In the Senate Senator Dickinson of New York
has made the only speech upon the Oregon ques-
tion delivered since my last letter to the " Stand
ard was transmitted. He did not set the river
on fire. Mr. Colquitt of Georgia a few days ago
introduced an amendment 10 the notice resolutions
which, In substance is about like that Of MIR. Crit
tenden. Yesterday it was debated by himself,
Crltenden, Cass, Webster. Allen, Calhoun and
Pennybacker; so your readers may we'll know that
the days session full of interest. never saw
the Senate chamber more crowded or the Senate
and auditory more interested in speeches.. The
members of the House, after filling up the lobbies,
gradually encroached unon the floor, until the
whole chamber presented the appearance Of mass
OF heads. The points discussed weTe-shall there
be any compromise and if any, how far shall the
United States Government go in its sacrifices Cor
the preservation Of peace2 All the speakers were
and in good temper with themselves and
with each other. Not word was said for g Bun
combe,' which is indeed extraordinary even for the
Senate, notwithstanding the panoply of dignity in
which they shrouded in popular estimation
AS you will doubtless clip detailed report or
sketch of the speeches from newspaper, | will
Tot intiict my version of them upon your readers


... p. HALIFAX,