The VAN BUREN Administration has suffered a defeat in the
House of Representatives of the United States. The question was the apparently unimportant one of who should be appointed Printer to the House. There were three candidates,—the proprie- tors respectively of the Globe, the National Intelligencer, and the Madisonian. After thirteen scrutinies by ballot, the Madisonian got the absolute majority required ; having 113 votes, the Globe 101, and the lotelligeneer 9. The Globe was the VAN BUREN paper, the Intelfigeneer that of the great body of the Opposition, while the Madisonian was the organ of a party numbering only 23 adherents in Congress, and agreeing with the President on every question but that of currency. Tire friends of the Intelligences', finding themselves in a minority, joined the Madisonian section to defeat the Government. Much importance was attached to the result of this contest ; which certainly goes to prove, that on the great question of the day, the President wants strength of num- bers in Congress.
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