Litchfield enquirer., 1829-12-17

HF 10 the exclusion Of our usual variety we have this day given place to the message o President Jack son at the opening Ot Congress. It was received b, Us OM Friday morning ast and but for ls great cNstl would have been issued in Nn extra. As, however most or the politicians tn our ncghhorhoOd would we presumed have go. hold OrW before We could have put tt tn type, we concluded to defer issuing It un. near our regular time of publication. The message will De foWMd upon pcrusal to be a tOlerably ais business sort oG mcssage-giving flat, tering account ofIhe state of the country n its domes tic as we'll as foreign relations. There are come few paragraphs, however, which would have appeared quite as well from almost any other source--beinE too much !" the slang.whanging style of Jackson editors and few others, as those upon the subject of tho a r, which bear the marks Of the jrsWlicNl style of r Van Burcn; by whom, perhaps, the whole message may have been written.
 CONGRESS.-M the Senate, on Monday the 7lh, the Hon. Samuel Smith, of Nfd Presden, pro ,em tn the absence of the Vice President took the Chair.- When the roll was called, ,hiry.fve members answer. cd to their names, among whom were both the ScMO. tors from Connecticut A committee was appointed to wait upon tho President, in conjunction with one from the House, and tho Senate adjourned.
 On Tuesday, tho message of the President was re. ccved, and 4,5OO copies ordered to be printed for the use Of tho Senate.
 Wednesday.-The following standing committees were announced by the President, pro tcm.
 On Foreign Relations-Nlessrs. TaSewell, Sanford, White, Bell, and King.
 Einance-Mcssrs Smith rNid., Smith IS. C., Sils. bee, King. and !ohns'Gs; BE-. A, ,.,, s,,. Sanford. and Eorsv(h, ., AEan"tactwss-MessW. D DckersOn, Rugglcs, Knight, Seymour and Bbb.
 AgrtcuhMr-Messrs Marks, Wiley, Noble, Nc.
 Military A6airs-Messrs. Benton, Barnard Troup, Hendricks, aud Livingston.
 The Mili.ia-Nlsssrs Barnard, Tyler, Clayton, Dud. ley, and Noble.
 Nauat AGairs--Messrs. HNyne, Tazcwel, Robbins Woodbury, and Webster.
 PGbtic Laads--Messrs. Bar,on Livingston, Kane, Ellis, and Mckinley.
 PriUats Land Ciaims--Messrs. Buruet, Barton,
 L.dian AgSirs-Niessrs. White, Troup, Hendricks,
 Ciatns--Nessrs. Rugglcs, Bell, Chase, Foot, and
 The Judiciary---Mcssrs. Rowan, Mckinley, Web. ster; Hayne, and Frelinghuysen: ,
 The Post O0fce aud Post Roa6S-MeRsrs. Bibb, Burnet, Forsyth, Ellis, and Seymour.
 Pensions-M cssrs. Holmes, Foot, Chase, and Cham.
 Tne District oC COimm6ia-Mcssrs. Chambers, Ty. Ter, Holmes, Clayton, and SprNgue.
 The COntings"t FGad-Messrs. Kane, lredel, and Knight.
 Esgrossed BIls.-Messrs. Marks, Wiley, and Grnndy.
 The following special committees were appointed.
 On the subject of roads aud canaks-Messrs. Ilcn- dricks, Tyler, Webster, Dudley, aud RUggles.
 On the St0te of he current cOiMS-Messrs. Sanford, DickersOn, Livingston, lredeIl, and Taxewell.
 The death of Thomas B. Reed, oi Mississippi, was announced, and the customary resolutions to testify the respect of the Senate were passed; and the Sen ate adjourned.
 In the HoHse-Monday, Dec. 2, there were present l9I mcmhers-among them all the Connection, dele. gation. The House proceeded io the election of a Speaker, when Andrew Stephenson, of Virginia, was reelected, hc having l52 votes out of l92l of the g scattering votes were for Win. D. Martin of South Carolina. Being conducted to the chair, tho Speak. or made very appropriate address, thanking the House for this renewed expression ofthor confidence and promising discharge his duties faithfully and impar,ialy possible. Matthew St. Clair Clarke reelected Clerk ot the House by vote Of l35 to 5754 of the latter being for Virg;l Maxcy. oi Va, who was nominated by Col Richard N. Johnson, Of Kentucky. An attempt wos made by Col Johnson and few other members ,o have the election of Clerk
 
 members time to investigate the claims of other per sons who would be willing to serve the House in that capacity-raher intimang that the late clerk no, of the right stamp in politics to be confidential of. fcer" of,he House. After some discussion, however, the motion was overrulcd and Mir. Clarke elected by the large majority above stated. John O. Dunn was rc-appoin,ed Sergean. at Arms; Benjamin Burcl., Doorkeepcr; and Overton Carr, Assis.an Doorkeep- CT. Mir. 'Rcformer' Chiffon wished Mir. Burch 10 he superseded on account of his in6I mties-(he was a revolutionary of6cer)-and nominated Isaac Clarke, who obtained l3 votes. After appointing a commit tee to wait upon the President, and passing the tomary resolutions to furnish the members with news papers, the House adjourned.
 T'nesdGy.-The message of the President was re. ceived by the hanGs of Andrew Jackson Donaldson, his private secretary, and 10000 cOpes ordered to he printed.
 Wednesday.-A motion was made to have the stan
 ding commiites appoinied-but laid upon the nble foI few days to give the Speaker an opportunity to he come acquainted with the new members. An ordeI taken that the House would the next day appoin Chaplain.
 Great Epeed.-The message was taken from Wash ingtOn to New-York by express |" the asiOnishnI short time of IS I2 hours-ihe last 8 miles, or iron ew-Brunswick to Hoboken, in hour and 42 min utes. New-York paper says The distance lac