Indemnity for French Spoliaaious-Cnp-
ture of NEonserey-Lieut. Wiikes's Re-
port ON Oregon, &c. sc.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. ], lSss
In SENATE, to-day, Dir. MERRIcK introduced g
Joint resolution to provide for the adjustment with
foreign nations by treaty of rates of duties on i'm
ports and exports on principles of just reciprocity
The bill to prevent the employment of private
expresses onregular mail routes, Sc. was discussed
during the morning hour BY Messrs. HENDERSON,
MERRlcK, PORTER and WOODBRIDGE, and after
some slight amendments, was laid over.


The Oregon Bill was again taken up.


Mr.. RlvEs favored the general features of the
bill, and urged the necessity of the adoption OF
measures consistent with our relations to Great
Britain, for the Immediate occupation and settle
men, of that territory. Considering the provision
for grants of land to settlers, however, violation
of the Convention of 1918 and '2S, he advocated
the recommittal Of the bill to the Committee on
Foreign Relations for amendment.


After some conversation by Messrs LINN, BU-
cHASAN, ARCHER, CALHOUN, BENTON, and others,
as to the propriety Of recommittal to the Select
Committee on the subject in preference to anoth-
er, without taking the question the Senate went
into Executive Session.


In the House., Hon. Mr.. CRAWFORD, (Whig)
Representative elect from Ga. vice Hon. r. w.
HApERsnAM, deceased, appeared, was qualified,
ana took his seat


Mr.. G. DAVIS OF Ky. on leave offered resou-
ticn, which was adopted, directing the Secretary
of the Treasury to report the number standing
and compensation of all officers and other persons
in the employ of Government, at Portland, Boston,
Salem, Ncwburyport, New-London, Baltimore
Charleston and New. .Oreass on tho lst Januar.
OF lS43 and 1929 respectively, the gross amount
Of revenue collected at those ports for the three
years preceding respectively, &c.


Mr.. LIrrLEFIELp presented resolutions OF the
Legislature of Maine Tor the reiunding OF Gen.
Jacksons fine


Mr.. THOMPSON of Me- moved to reconsider the
vote by which the Army Appropriation bill was
passed and briefly advocated the motion in order to
the reduction of the amount of appropriation by
excluding all items no, absolutely necessary for the
presen, service. He thought in this way saving
Nigh, be effected of million Of dollars and that
it was impera,ively demanded by The depressed
sta'e Of the treasury, eur commerce having been
nearly destroyed by the increase of duties under
the present tariff which from the present prospect
would not raise Slo,o00,000 per year.


air. GRANGER expressed surprise at the gentle
mans SO suddenly turning round and charging on
the entire body of the House extravaganza in The
Passage of the bill, against which he had not even
yesterday taken the pains 10 call the Yeas ana
Nays TO record his vote. He thought the expen-
a,tares of Government might be reduced to
$4,000, 900 per annunl, nnd that the existing Ia
na It allowed to remain on its present basis
would produce that amount; bu, no was willing
TO vote tomeirow (as he had voted when the
subject was under consideration, and as Mr.
thompson and other Free Trade gentlemen hae
not doae,) to impose duty on tea and coSc'
which would yield four millions in addition to th
treasury. &c.


DIR. CoorxR of Pa moved to 10y tie motion Il
reconsider on the table: Carried, without di
vision.


Mr. SNYDER of Pa. asked leave, and it bein
refused moved suspension OF the rules for tn
introduction of resolution nstracting the Com
m'''ee m on the Judiciary to inquire whether Juds
netts OF New-York refused to entertain complain
Of murder alleged 10 have been committed on tk
aisa seas, on the ground ,ha, he had other bus