The Arkansas advocate., 1831-03-23
WASHINGTON CTTy. Feb. II.

Post-OGee Dcportn,ent.-The Senate haveinstituted d scrutiny into the affairs of the Post-Oflice Department, the de- bate upon which shows the effect which the statements of the opposition press has had on some intelligent members of that body. The reply of Messrs Grun- dy and Voodbury, is a triumphant re- futatlon of the charge of misapplieatjon of the funds of the Department; and perhaps We could not offer more ap- Propriate commentary on the elamor about the insolvency of the Department. than the fact that Col. Johnson the Chairman of the Committee on Post Of fee and Post Roads, has introduced a bill into the House of Representatives, with the approbation of the Department, reducing the postage on newspapers. The object of this bill being to reduce the tax upon intelligence, and it's prin- eiples having the sanction of the Depart ment, there can be no fear of its reeeiv- ing the sanction of both Houses, if it can be reached in the order of business: and the Chairman hasa fair opportani- .ty to test the liberaiity of the opposition, by proposition to take it up out of its order. it contains but a single short section, and could be passed in one mo- aent. Its advantages to the community are incalculable.-Ielegraph.
 Feb. l7.-Propisdor. for Revolutionary Soldiers.-The House of Representa- lives in pursuance of its generous reso- lution of the preceding day, devoted nearly the whole of yesterdays sitting assiduously 10 the consideration of bills for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution. The greater part of the time was bestowed on bill making general provision for such of the reliques of the Revolution- ary army as have been embraced by for mer acts; and our readers will observe with satisfaction, that the provisions ol the bill have been extended also to the surviving .MiAtia of the Revolution thus, for the first time, and after various efforts, experiencing that meritorious class of our Revolutionary defenders in the bounty of their country. The bill also makes the relief which it provides, go back and take effect from the first of January 1830. The news of this act of the Representative, will cheer the heart of many a wern-down veteran, and send beam of comfort into the gloom of the little span that separates him from the grave.-Nat. Mtel.
 Ieb. IS.-lt IS worthy of notice that in the State of Maine, far North, there is not any snow, unless it has fallen since the date of the last letters. In windy days the people are troIlyled with dust. Snow this year, like the wild geese, has come to the south for wintcr.-B.
 It cannot but strike every friend oi the Administration, as a circumstance strongly confirming the propriety of ifs leading measures, that all the zeal and ingenuity of the opposition in either
 House of Congress, have not been able to find q point more exposed to attack tthiisii tthii iii ouT relations with the Indians.- Here they seem to have concentrated their forlorn hope. We are greatly de eeived as to the good sense of the peo- pie, if the arguments used by the oppo- sition, produce revolution in public sentiment, unfavorable to the grounds assumed by the President in his message on this subject.
 That the American people will be IL niversaflv reused in defence of inc rights Lof fnraiqn nafion established within