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 ifse se IariB.-Cohtfary to our antici. patton, debate has arisen in the House of Representatives on the broad ques- tioa of the Earif-of, in other words. the policy of continuing tbe duties on theimportation oi foreign goods, to their present extent, with q view to the en- couragcmeatof the manufactures of our oWas country.

 The effect of the introduction of this question into the proceedings of Con- gress will certainly be to proloDg the session beyond the day fixed upon by tho House of Representatives for it's ter imitation, (the l7th of this month"; We do not suppose that the session can now be brought to a close before the 24th, if before the 3lst of the month; and, by adiourniag even at the latter date, much of the really useful business of the ses- sion will be left undone; although, as to thier sittings, both Houses have been in- dustrious rather than otherwise.

 Notwithstanding the encroachment on the time of Congress, we think it by no means unfortunate that this Tariff Debate has arisen. Ii will throw useful light on the subject: it will prepare the way forsuchmodihcations ofthe Tariff as arereally advisable: and, ,itmay bchoped 1t may serve 10 show tEatsonne portion of the taxes, whichare regarded as oppress- iveto partsof the country, are beneficial, not only the whole, butto the veryparts which they are supposed to oppress. Above all, an opportunity has been af- forded to a people believing themselves aggrieved, to be heard on the floor of Congress. The privilege of complaint is one of the most hallowed to man-it assuages grief: 1t initigates pain: 1t soothes anger: it dissipates violence.

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 The Ch0ctasp hadiqns.-The Choctaw Indians have sent an agent to this City, with power to negotiate sale of their possessions cast of the Mississippi. The number of this tribe Is estimated at 2l, 0O0 souls: the lands claimed by them amount to about one-third part of the territory embraced in the geograpil- ical limits of the State of Mississippi, and they occupy a tract in Alabama, lying on the westbank of the Tornbeck- be river, about 20 miles wide, and about 7a miles long. They ask for an appro- priation somewhat like a million of dol lars of money, as a consideration for their lands, besides certain other privi- leges or benefits. We should think, thatwhatthey ask, ,ifitcanbe omanaged as to enure to their benefit, and prevent them from being the prey of spectators ! and contractors, would be reasonable enough. i6.