Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1835-02-14
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.
70 THE EDITOR OF THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.

To THE EDITOR OF THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, FEB. II, 1885.
Twas whispered about at the Hotels, on the
Avenue. and in private circles, to-day that Mr.
Calhoun would speak on the subject OF Execu-
tive patronage; and at an early hour the priv
laged seats and the galleries of the Senate were
crowded almost to suffocation. Whilst some
minor business was transacting, the spectators,
and especially the ladies, manifested the great
est impatence;-but when the clock struck one
and the orders Of the day were announced by
The Chair. every countenance seemed lighted
mn anticipating a rich display of rhetoric from
tho DISTINGUISHED Senator from South Carolina.
Pint alas we are doomed to sore trials and dis
amendments in this world of trouble. At the
moment when every eye was fixed upon MIR.
Calhoun expecting him to rise,-what was the
disappointment Of the gay auditory to see Sc
nator Benton pop up and entertain the Senate
with his private griefs about Gales & Seaton,
and General Green, in refusing to publish his
speeches, and when they did publish them they
were shamefully mutated, &c. &c. But if Mr..
E. aaaoved the august body of which he is a
attendance. what pain-what anguish of spirit
did il cause when the Honorable Isaac HW sue
ceeded Mr.. B. by reading, N the most bungling
manner, speech, of eight or ten tootscaP pages,
against subscribing for work about to be pub
lished by Carey & Lea OF Philadelphia, and in
which he INDUCED his malevolence against the
Editors of the Intelligencer and Telegraph
-, If he
werc profusely showering their anathemas upon
his devoted head; and one was heard to say
81 can now feel the force Of Mr.. Van Buren's
expression, our suferings is intolerdbte'
think it probable Mr. Calhoun will take the floor
tomorrow (Friduy)
Among the distinguished strangers at present
in the Metropolis, is the Hon. Jonn Barney OF
Baltimore formerly a member OF the House of
Representatives from that city. 1t will be re-
collected, by some of your readers, that tins Is
the gentleman who wrote 10 the Editor OF the
Baltimore Patriot, from the Sulphur Springs in
Virginia, last summer, detailing the language
ofPreSldent Jackson, injurious to the char dcter
(public and private) of Senator poindexter. 1t
will also be recollected that Senator p. address
Il
the Baltimore Patriot, in which he pronounced,
most unQuaiedly, his charges to be false. Mr..
Barney being now here, and occasionally seen
with the Senator from Mississippi,-and the
above remarks being fresh in the memory oil
the pubic,-have given rise to the conviction
that this old and unpleasant matter is to be re-
vved.
Ii the Senate yesterday, whilst the Cumber-
land Road Bill was under consideration, Mr..
Buchanan of Pa. very irrelevantly said that he
was always opposed to erecting toll gates on
the road, as he solemnly believed that the Fe-
deral Government possessed no such power I'M
DER the Constitution. This brought out MIR.
Clav-He would be extremely obliged to the
Senator from Pennsylvania to inform him how
the Government could have power to make
road, and yet not have TIE power to keep II IN
order-to preserve il. Mr.. c. reminded the Sc
nator that one whom ne, no doubt, esteemed as
perfectly orthodox in his construction OF 'he
ConStitution-yes, sir, the distinguished man
who pretides over the deliberations Of this DO
av ftho We p, asldent Of the United States,)-
voted for the creation cf toll gates on the Cum
b,rland Road. Mr.. BucnSnan VAS struck oumt,
the Arch Magician looked unGttera1's
Mr.. silsbee, member of the Senate =: o''
Massachusetts,, evinces great tact and practi&ai
sense in explaining the bill, from the Commit
tee on Commerce, TO reduce the number OF the
Collection districts-abolish sundry offices, and
reduce the pay Of those continued. The Sc
nate have such confidence in his judgment and
that amendments
ceed.-Senator Sisbee is an sold Sailor" and
the only son of Neptune on that floor. After
retiring from ploughng the mighty deep, he
engaged in commercial pursuits in Salem and
Boston, in which he has been eminentiy sue
cesStul, having amassed large fortune. He is
universally esteemed among his legislative brer
thren, and voluntarily retires from the Senate
on the 4th Of March next II.