Litchfield enquirer., 1830-01-07

WUu U IS UOpeu tUey WtU CeutuU' ue CtuN gems represent the consternatiOn and dismay that prevailed here during the Summer, to have been only exceeded ln France, during the revolution, when the greatest anarchy prevailed. Any officer, however humble his station, would now be dismissed, i( an ex. precision unfavorable to the administration should escape his lips. The mind, and the freedom Ur speech, are ensaVrd; and us much 80 as they ever were in the camp oT a military despUt. No nominations Uf any i'm portance have been sent to the Senate. The President is doubtful whether they would be confirmed by the Senators now here.
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 Er,yalt of ono'Ety letter ddte6 D,: 70.
 Monsieur T0nsUn come again" TRc house was occcUpied yesterday aud to day [;,pd the day following on bill rcp"rtrd by the Committee on Retrenchmen,, fixing rule for asccrtaining the mileage of members. It is said by the Chairman, Mr. Wickliffe, that great abuses in overcharglng exist. The bin proposes that the Secretary Of Senate, and Clerk of the House, at the commence ment of each sess,On, shall, as nearly as pos sible. ascertain the travel Of each member, and obtain from the Post Master General the distance to the nearest post. office to the resi- dence of each member, and then deduct or add, as the case may be, the distance the
 member may live from the nearest post.oilicc. Some of the members thought the officers of the house were abundantly capable to asccr- tan the distance, without calling on the Post
 Master General; and they intImatcd, proha. hly without recolleCting that he was mem bsr of the cabinet! !hat & t was somewhat ds:
 ber, to submit his account to the supervision Of this officer. Others thought the Calcula- ton should not be madc by the shortest post route, but that the common travelled route should be taken. A motion to amend the bill, so far as it devolved any duty on the Post Master General, prevailed in committee of the whole yesterday. Mir. Chiffon was not in his seat yesterday during the debate {; but to-day "thc real Sam Patch appeared"
 -" there is no mistake in that" He moved to recOmMit the bill. with instructions to the committee to report bill fixing the wages at six dollars per day, and six dollars for every twenty miles travel, the distance to be ascer- tan"d on the principles reported by the com mit,ec in the 6i then under disc ussion. The reason hs assigned for making the proposition was. that he had pledged himself to his con stituents to use his endeavOrs to reduce the wages. MT. Burgcs, in an argument. sug- gested that if any member had stated to h.s constitucn Is that hc thought eight dollars pe. day were too much, he could leave the mnn- ey In the Treasury, or divide the surplus among his constituents; hut he said, no nlan who thought eight dollars day too much or that his serN ices were not worth that sum- could pocket the money without pockriing his consc,ence. The reduction of the wages is desired by but few members. Mir. Chiffon withdrew his motion at the solicitation or several gentlemen. after heinz informed ny the Speaker that he might obtain the sense of the house on his proposition, by offering it as an amendment tO the hill, after the a. mendments made tn the committee of the 1 whole were disposed of Many of the mem bcrs. observed. were very busy in examining to" post office distances, and comparing them l with their mileage and, it 1 am not deceived n the expression of cOuntenance, the post. office account was very generally cundeme d., IS being inaccurate.
 There have been undoubtedly some ahnses under the existing law. Mir. Benton and Mir. Barton, senators from Missouri, live in the anne town. Mir. Benton. the champion of re- orm, and who says much about the dear 'eople' virtue and integrity, and whose soul las been shocked with constructive journeys, las received about six hundred dollars ppr esslOn more for travel than Mir. BartOn.-ib.
 lOn the 3lst, the biN reIatice to the mileage / fmembers, Gtier sundry amendments. passed.
 1he HOrnet.-Addtional arrivals from "a. lous ports Of the Gulf Of Mexico, leave no ! oubt as to the melanCho fate of the HOr. ( ct. The gale tn which she was swallowed D. was one of the most terrible hurricanes yer known in those seas. The captain of gut brig who was in the edge of the tempest. 'presrnts It as having heen the most appsll. . E spectacle that he ever heheld. The sea ? as wrought into foam as though ,hous. nu ~ater-sPonis were bursting over as many q nmr'pooIs. while the winds were driving with 'ury mat mountains only could resist. His m "n .n vessel was very light, and although but s '....s m. soge of the gale. he was borne almost U 'rOuSn the air. he knew not how. The c. % apta'n thinks that no heavy ship, pr shin sas''y laden. could have stood that awful |, mPest'-N. '. Spectator. M a' The Roman Catholics have recently s.,,,l;..oa m 'sss M S' Louis Missouri. which is now open for r