Litchfield enquirer., 1836-12-29


 an adjournment, which was carried. Here lay the soul ofthe man9uvre-the object ev. ldently being to gather together the discom- ntted and scattered ranks of the party for the purpose of choking down the resolution by a direct vote.
 But alas! all these fine hopes and visions o1 victory, were miserably blasted; for in me course or that same day, by some fortui- ,ous clrcumstance or other, MT. Wise's reso- Iutlon nad reached the hands of the Old Chief at the White House, who at once expressed himself anxious that such am investicot;on should be made, and that it was due. alike to hls own fame and character, to the reputation Of the officers implicated, and to the people of the United States, either that the suspi- cions which were abroad should be confirm. cd, or that they should be shewn to be false. He expressed ill the most emphatic manner "his wish that it should be made known to the world that it was his anxious desire that, before the expiration of his term, every re- cess of every Executive Department of the government should be laid open to the world" This declaration of the President, offers an obvious solution of the otherwise mysterious movements made by the party on the follow ing morning, when, contrary to every expec- tatlon' MT; Pearce instead of opposing the PTanclpe ot the resolution, offered an amend ment, proposing an inquiry in a modified form, and several of the Van Buren party sta ted, that if the amendment of Mir. Pearce was rejected, they would then give their votes for the orlglnal resolution of MT. Wise. Your report of that day shews the acting on the pub Iac arena; this letter lays open the movements of the machinery behind the curtain.- Courier.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. IA, 1886.
 The campaign in Congress has opened most vigorosuly. The opposition members of all classes, White men, Harrison men, Webster men, and the representatives of s. Carolina, have all come hither, not with feel ings natural to men who have been defeated, but with those of men who are just about to engage in contest, confidently believing that their endeavours will he crowned with sue. cess. They are convinced-the recent elec- tlons have demonstrated-that Martin Van Buren is not the choice of the honest and in- dependent people of the country and they seem resolved, by combined and well-iudged means, to give effect to the expressed will of their constituents during the present session. If any of the spells men have imagined that the Wings would surrender their principles, or abate one particle of their opposition to the system ot corruption by which tho office- holders have triumphed, they need no longer lay the f1attering unction to their souls. The adversaries of Van Buren are stronger even than they imagined themselves before the election, and they are passing the watch. words union, organization, discipline, from rank to rank. Let them only unite, and use energy and activity, and all is not yet lost.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.
 The proceedings in the Senate have been of uncommon interest, involving the merits or new Deposite Law-the Compromise of lS33-the Tariff Question, the Treasury Or der, and the passage of a resolution by Mir. Wright, proposing an inquiry through the Secretary ot the Treasury into the Deposite Banks: the amount of discounts made. the ex- tent of their deposites, circulation, &c.
 MT. Calhoun, soon after the Senate opened, introduced new Opposite Bill, which was read first and second time, proposing that all the Surplus Revenue remaining deposited in the Treasury in l638, be deposited with the several States, agreeably with the pro- visions of the Deposite Act of the last session. The debate created a discussion of more than two hours, upon the question of refer ence. MT. Calhoun wished the Bill to go to a Select Committee, and its opponents to the Committee of Finance, for reasons which will give you upon another occasion. The question of reference was decided by yeas and nays, and the Bill was referred to the Committee on Finance-Aycs 22-Noes p. The Vice President voted in the affirmative, as in duty bound, sustaining his party and his committee.-N. Y. Erpress.
 WASHINGTON, Dcc 9.
 There are many things going on here of paper were 10 narrate in detail. Mir. Van
 
 'he Surplus Reuenue atler Mis year. MT. Cal houn has brought in Bill for this purpose. All the arts of party are arrayed against it. MT. Buchanan, for example, abides by the Mr. Rives is vacillating. He cas in favor of the distribution, but things have changed now, he says. Mir. Calhoun lays down these propositions. FIRST: That here ought 10 be no surplus, for it was inconsist- snt with the genius of our government, and of dangerous tendency. SECOND. That # there cere surplus t ought not 10 Dc left in the harlds of Gorernment-nor of the dsposite banks-but in The TreGsuries of the States. MT. V. B. docs not intend to touch the Tariff: he means to talk about it, and then talk to death both the Tariff, and the new deposite Bill. Mark my words. He means to have his FORTY MILLIONS next year to electioneer with : and he will get it too. Forty millions is worth to him two per cent. a month Arouse arouse ! and cry out, if you would in season prevent this unholy seizure and plunder of 40,OO0,0O0 of the peoples money.-ibid.
 NEw-ORLEANs, Dec. 12.
 Santa AnnG at Liberty.-I have to inform you that by the arrival last night of the schr. Texas. captain Parker. we learn that General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana was set at liber- fv or tho O7th ,,lf nt Golnnah;, Inv tho ordor of the Texan government, and that he procee- ded inonaediafelv fn NncnrdncheS on his way