Correspondence of The Tribune.
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In SENATE, to-day, Mr.. BENTON announced the
death of his colleague, Hon. LEWIS +. LINN
which occurred at his residence a few weeks pre-
vious to the meeting Of Congress-and gave ut
terance to the sensations excited thereby, in
eloquent, appropriate and affecting terms.


Mr.. CRIrTENDEN also paid brief and heart
felt tribute to the memory and virtues of the
deceased.


Resolutions were then adopted expressive of
the sense of the loss sustained by this melancholy
decease, of coincidence with the afflicted family,
and for going into mourning for thirty days.


The Senate then adjourned.


In the HOUSE, the SPEAKER announced his ap-
pontment Of the usual standing Committees, as
follow


Foreign afeir;-fes,rs Ingersoll Dawson, Rhe,,,
Semple Beardsley, Thomson, Glmer, Henry Williams,
White


Wsys and Meens-Messrs. MKay Weller, D. H. Lewis
D. L. Seymour j. R. lngersoll Chappe Dromgoole, Nor


Commerce-Messrs Holmes Preston King, Hale, Dunlap,
Labranche Winthrop, Pheni1 Charles NJ Reid. Mcclellan


Post Office and Post Roads-Messrs. Hopkins, Stiles,
Kennedy, Hardin Grinnel, Dana Relfe, David s Reed,
jerks.


Judiciary-A1essrs wilkins, French Saunders, Dillng.
ham, Vin,on, Burt, Dickey, Catlin, Petit


Indian .afairs-Messrs c we Johnson, benton, Jacob
Thompson Hughes, James B. Hunt Van Meter Bdlack
Fost, Washington Hunt.


Claims.-vance, Stephens, Thomas Smith, clingman
Cobb Ramsey, A. Johnson Bowln, Strong.


Manutactures-Messrs. Adams, Irwin, Hudson, Moseey,
Belser, Lumpkln, Woodward, Cranston, Collamer.


observation-disclosures Deberry, BYram Green Anderson
Hays Farley Henley, ST. John, Florence Jer. Brown


Naral-Messrs. Wise, Peyton, Parmenter, Barringer,
Murphy, T. II. Seymour, Marsh Atkinson, Simpson.


Public Lands-Messrs John W. Davis, Boyd, HUBBARD


Mitary-Messrs. HARRISON, Mcdowell, Coles, Fish,
Boyd Irwin, Bossier, Hardin, Mcconnell.


observation-disclosures. A. V. Brown, Duncan, Houston
z J Morris Wentworth Tibba:ts Milton Brown, Daniel
Tyler.


District Colam5ia-Messrs Campbell Kirkpatrick,
A. Stewart Willis Green Chiffon, Robinson, g. w Jones'
MCausen, Bower.


roll, White, Frck Maclay, Redding, Fickn.


Public Erpenditrss-Clnton, Matthews, Redding
'FSs GfanssGa raffy Keso sYhes n%
Revolutionary ctaims-Messrs. r. D. Davis, Robert
Lucas Stone.


Pirate Land Claims-Alessrs. Cross, sliLe Dellett
James A. Black w Brown, Cary, Elisha r. Potter, Sc
yerauce and Rogers


M!itic-Mersrs Dean, John Stewart, Moseey, Tb-
bats, Moore, Foot. Bower, Hays, aud Frick


Revolutionary PcnSions-Alessfs. R2thbun, Steeurod
Rodney simons HungeIford Giddinys, Joseph Wright
Hoge, NlcIlvane.


Incald Pensions j. Brinkerhoff Russell Ashe
Joseph Morris, Robert Smith, Albert Smith, Mes Cullom
Tilden.


u,
ard Hudson, William Wright, Winthrop.


Rertscl aud Unfinished Business-Msssrs E. R Potter,
Hubbell, Foster, Burlington, Emery D. Potter.


.1ceounts-Messrs. Mcdowell, Taylor, Hsrrck, Whea-
ton, Rodney.


Eleags-Mes.rs- Cobb, Ritter, Psrlsy Il. Johnson, Hem
ley, Far!ee.


Expenditures in the Stete observation-disclosures Rogers,
Blackwell John I. Smith, Willis Green William Wright
ETpsndi,urss in the Treasury, Depdrtment-NIessrs
Caldwell, Yost, Tilden, Anderson, Ashe.


Expenditures in The Var DepGrtment-Alessrs. Nell
yaine, Kennedy, Arlington, Gridef, Andrew Johnson.


Expenditures in the Nary observation-disclosures. Dana,
kirkpatrick, Yanmeter, Burlington, senter.


Expenditures III The Post Office Depa,tment-Messrs.
Harper David s. Reid, Thomas sr1ith, Jeremiah Brown,
Mes.


Expenditures on the Public Buldinss-Messrs Daniel
2. King, Dawson, Taylor, Washington P. Hunt Ramsey.


The Library OF The part Of 'hs Honse-slessrs Burke,
Marsh, Maclay.


Mr. PAYNE of Ala, Chairman Of the Commit
tee on Elections, at his own request, on account
OF indispositon, was excused from service on that
Committee.


The majority, able, by their oyer-powering
numbers, to effect whatever they undertake, and,
in virtue of their perfect party drill, certain to
sanction any measure originating in the right
quarter, by their action yesterday finally succeed
ed IN expunglng from all the previous journals,
the entry of the protest; and the Journal of this
morning exhibiting reference almost unlntelli-
gble (at present, certainly as matter of history
hereafter) to it,


hlr. BARNARD moved to amend it by defining
precisely the question passed upon yesterday, (n-
cludlng to this end the protest itself)


Mr. DRoMGooLE, of Va. raised the question of
reception against this amendment, as dimespset-