CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

ey The REPORTER or rN SEw-yoRK TRIBUNE
Refusal to take up the Tariff In the House
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RY The REPORTER or TIE NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE


WlsmNGToS Tuesiay. Aprll:.


In the HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES. to-day, va.
rious reports from Committees oi MINOR fmpor-
tance were received during the morning hour
among them,


A resolution by Mr.. ELMER. from the Commit
tee of Elections, 10 authorize that Committee to
sit during the session of the House, adopted.
The claim of Mr.. BORIS tc the scat Of Mr..
JONES Speaker is said To he pretty strongly sus-
tanned and the Committee appear inclined To
defer, as long possible, decision and report
lhercon.)


resolution Of Mr.. SiMoNs, from the select
committee on maps cngTavngs, &c, lor The en-
craving of one Of Prof Espy's maps, gave rise TO
some discussion. Mr.. CAVE JOHNSON moved a
substitute, to abolish the office OF mlneraogst at
,chcd to the office Of Surgeon general rejected
yeas 10, nays Sc. The subject was then lald
over.


The vote rejecting the resolution from the Com
mittce on Public Buildings appropriatlng 5 ,oU0
for the purchase of the Drummond Light for the
Hall of Representatives was rcconsldefed; and the
resolution was again rejected; Yeas ~, Nays o3.
! Mr. Mckay moved TO suspend the rules to go
into Committee of the Whole on the Union TO
take up his bill 10 modify The Tariff, rejected:
Yeas so, Nays 81.


Mr. TIBDArrs moved resolution 10 terminate
debate at i O'Clock, on the harbor and rlver bill
which, under singular decision oil the SPEAKER
that it was debatab!e itself consumed the time OF
the House until halfpast two O'Clock. MIR,
PAYNE renewed the old charge of gagrules upon
the Wings and appealed to the Loco majority not
now TO render themselves obnoxious to the same.
4 .t>o tt,nc nT ntrni nj
debate originated with the Wings, referring to
the fact of its having been used by the other
party in the 26th Congress- Mcssrs. ADAMS and
RHETT spoke against the Limitation except IN
extreme cases. and the infnngements upon the
freedom of debate. After remarks by Mr.. WEI
LgR in defence of the Locos in themselves taking
I'D the self same rules for which they so loudly
denounced the Wings during the last Congress, q
motion by him to lay the resolution on the table
prevailed.


This bill was then taken up in Committee o.
the Whole-another unsuccessful attempt having
been made by Mr.. DRoMGooLE to get at TIT
Tariff-and but little progress was made thereon


In SENATE, the annual report upon Commerce
and Navigation was presented.


Several petitions were presented against tn
Annexation of Texas and one by MIR. WALKER
from Onondago Co. n. Y, IN favor of 1t.


Mr. EvANs's adverse report upon MIR. McDus
FrE's Revenue bill again came up and was dis
cussed with his unusual ability by MIR. BERRiEs
in opposition to the principles of the bill, and
the constitutional power OF the Senate to ongIn
| ate it.


After an Executive session in which Senate
KING of Alabama was confirmed unanimously
understand, as Minister to France, and T.,
Governor SHANNON to Mexico, the Senate ad
] lnurncd. AKGUs.