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OF Congress will shortly entsr=upon thor duties
with renewed spirit and perseverance, and YOU may
cxpect. bctor2 the end OF the present Session. u
report that viii meet the APPROPRIATIONS of Congress
and the Country Yours. CUHrirs.


Correspondence OF The Ne~-Ys-k Tribune.


WASHINGTON. Tuesday. March !.
In SENATE to-day the galleries were filed 10
ovcrtiowing a, All early hour in expectation Of Mr.
Clays ,pecch on his retrcachnlent resolutions.


After the business of the morning hour. TIE pre-
senaton of petitions &c, TIE resolutions
taken up, which declare. as wiil=bc remembered.
the nccessirytor The General Government TO raiss
an adequate reyenuc TO meet IL expenses without
resort 10 loan, or Treasury Notes; that t,ycntysiN
millions net revenue should DC raised that for
this purpose higher rate OF duty than twenty per
cent, on foreign import, should be adortcd aihcr
Ing generally 10 the principles OF the Compromise
Nct tlrat the provision in the Distribution Act re-
pea ing that act the contingency OF higher duty
than twenty per should be repealed tha, ii
Is the du'y of the Government to practice rigid
economy in#its various Departments. &c.
Nlr. clay advocated these resolutions in one o:
his ablcst api al times most soquent speeches q;
upwards OF two=hours. examining the general
financial PRINCIPLES that should be adopted in the
administration OF the Guvcrnmcn, for relief from
the burden of indebtedness. bcqucathcd by the late
Administration Of Mr.. Van Buren,, the annual ex-
pcnditnrc of which he showed TO have been more
than tfirty-hvc millions, and calling upon ALL re-
sardless of party prcj,ldccs to unite in iudicious
restorative measures. If the course OF policy
marked in the resolutions were adopted the Gov
cramcnt would have IN adequate revenue without
depending disrcputable txpedicntS. and thereby
the public credit would be preserved un<ullicd "a
rctrcnchment OF all unnecessary expenditures of
the public money. and an economical adminisrn-
ton of the Government would be Effected achocI
would be placed the etllux OF the precious. met
MS from Country: and incidental protection
would be afforded to American INDUSTRY. The
speech will soon appear.


Aftsr brief remarks from Mr.. LINN. in which
he expressed his intention of speaking on the rcso
Iu,ions, Mr.. WRIGHT offered a series OF amend
,nents the resolutions. providing for the repeal
of the Distribution Law, declaring the necessity
Of adherence to the Compromise Act and for re-
trcnchment in various departments Of the Govern
mcn,, Nc.


The Senate then adjourncd Mr.. WRIGHT having
the floor on this subject for tomorrow.


In the HOUSE, resolution offered on leave BY
Mr. c. II. WILLIAMS, directing an inquiry BY the
Committee on Commerce is to the expcdicncy of
establishing Marine Hospital a, Memphis. was
adopted.


The House refused BY Yeas lO4, Nays 65, (not
two-thrds) to suspend the rules to consider Mr.
PESpLEros rcsouton-otcrcd Yesterday in