Litchfield enquirer., 1830-01-14

was sUpplaNled by Mr.. lnghNm. Although
Mr.. Baldwin had been 8ealOus supporter Of
Gen. jackson, he had not been bred IN that
exteFmlnatng school Uf politics which teach.
% that difference Of opinion necessarily
bursts asUndOr the cords &c friendship, and
makes n personal foe, Free "As the noun.
tain air" he breNthes, liberal and high mind.
ed, he paid his respects to Mr.. Clay, aud
enjoyed with him social hour, Ii reviewing
former scenes, In relating the ancient and M
told anecdotes Of their youth, aud In admir-.
Ing the increasing prosperity of our country
Tie was not aware, at the time, that n spy
followed his every step, nor would he believe
Il, until he received the letter Vt DuT Green,
charging him with conspiracy, founded on the
interview he had With Mr.. Clay. This letter
Mr.. Green published u few mornings since, to
blast the prospects &c Mr.. Baldwin. The ar.
rOgance OF this dcta,Ur aud Intermediates, has
Disguised many Wf the Presidents friends,
who were. determined that there should be- a
check to the impression that was fast gaining
ground, that Duff Green Wds the President Ia
fact, and az effort was made here IN favor OF
Mr.. Baldwin, which has result aVOUrably.
There is no doubt Of the confirmation.
The bills reported By the committee on re.
trenchments, appear to have been doomed to
share u hard fate. After much discussion
yesterday, on the bin fixing the rate of forage
OC tho officers Of the army-by the passage
Of which, Mr.. Wickltfe, the chairman, said
nearly twenty one thousand dollars would he
annually savCd--and after Il had been denoun,
crd by Col. DraytOn, as being Inconsistent,
crude, aud Undigested, It was taken from the
committee on wtrenchment, and referred to
the committee on military affairs. The bill
fixing the mode Of ascertNining the mileage
Of members Uf Congress, was taken up IL the
Senate to day, read the Rrst and second time,
add three several motions TO refer It to three
different standing committees "f the Senate,
haA ing been put, and negatived, Mr.. Holmes.
Of Maine, moved It's reference to select
committee, which being put, was negatived
also. Finding that there was no committee
Of the Senate 10 whom majority was willing
to refer Il, Mr.. Webster moved to lay the bin
on the table, for the present, which was car.
ried.-ib.
January 8h.-I wrote TO you yesterday,
that the President had nominated Mr.. Bald.
win to the Senate, for an associate Judge Ol
the Supreme Court Of the United States.
The nomination has been confirmed to day,
by u vote Of forty one Cor, and two against Il,
the two Senators from South Carolina being
In the negative. There were twenty one
Senators friendly to the late administration,
who were IN the affirmative, and It they had
voted in the negative. the nomination would
have been rejected. Mr.. Clayton, from Del.
aware, while the nomination was under con-
sideratiOn, rose, and remarked that he hat
seen in the Telegraph, a paper printed In THU
city, by the printer Of the Senate, some seri
rus and weiEhty charges against Mr.. Bald
win, and he wished to know from the Sena
tors who possessed the information, and h,
solicited Il particularly from the SENATOR
from Pennsylvania, whether the charges wnr,
sustained by facts. Mr.. Marks said, he con
sdered himself called on by the Senator from
Delaware, to communicate the knowledge h,
had, obtained Of Mr.. Baldwin, character
and fitness for the Office, derh I'd not only
from public report, hut from personal nc
quaintance Of more than twenty years. Fl,
then went on TO give general statement o
Mr.. Baldwin's character rs a man, aud rs
lawyer. Mr.. Barnard rose, under some px
element, and repealed the charges that Duff
| Green had made, with some warmth Of feel.
ings, mentioned that Mr.. Baldwin had the
support Of a large maturity Of the Legislature
Of Pennsylvania, cOncurrcd with his col.
league, 10 the statement he had made. Mr..
Clayton said he was satisfied: and had long
since known that no statements cor charges
"s'sNS VS. Nut tuV osHtVu-
gUished men of this country, were entitled to
any weight whatever. TO this expression,
the Senators generally nodded assent.-ib.
From The Massachusetts Spy.
AFFAIRS AT WAsHiNGToN.-In addition to
the extracts Of letters from Washington which
We have published, VIC have some private adj.
vices from that city, in relation to Il delicate
subject among the high dignitaries there, which
though Il has no connection with politics, still
bids fair to have an important influence on
the political affairs Of the nation. It seems
that Gen. Eaton, the bosom friend of Gen.
jackson, short time before his appointment
rs Secretary Of War, took to himself wife.
The lady of his choice, not being altogether
exempt from the .troilties to which poor hu-
man nature is sometimes subject, her charac-
ter had become the subject Of public scandal,
at the seat Of Government. Under these cir
cumstances, Mrs. Vice President Calhoun,
Mrs. Secretary Branch, and Mrs. Secretary
Ingham, with the ladies 0f several other high
officers, valuing themselves on the purity Of
their own Characters, declined associating, or
reciprOcating any civilities, with Mrs. Secre-
tary Eaton. This created much III blood.
last spring, and the fame, then kindled. has