Litchfield enquirer., 1837-02-09

from beginning to end. The EveniP does not credit this, see. The Richs..s..a' Enquirer cries out "horror" at the libellous thought. Well, we shall see. MT. Van Bu- ren has both branches of Congress at his en- tire disposal. His majority is undoubted in both. Will he pass either this or Combre- leng's Bill No-and who will prevent him Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and the men of New England who wear his badge. He is only iugglingy and this we shall see. The $5O,OOO,OOO of Surplus Revenue for two years to come, is what he is after. The Tariff is the fog he raises to clutch it in. "Honor" cries the Richmond Enquirer. Abominable insinuation! adds the Post. Well-1aoatS Uer- rOnS.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l.
 The Senate have been debating until after six o'clock this evening MT. Walkers Land Bill, which has finally passed in committee ofthe whole, after various amendments which have been ordered to be printed. The auoso- cd object of this bill is two fold. First to li- init the sales of the public lands to actual set- tiers in small parcelss and second, to secure what IS termed preemption rights. The bill as 1t now stands, permits any man to march off and settle on the public lands, whether surveyed or not surveyed, in the market or not in the market for sale, and select and oc- cupy the most valuable tracts, paying for it, when it is to be sold, one dollar and twenty five cents per acre. It is license for spe- cies of land piracy. There are now survey ed and for sale about one hundred and twen- ty millions of acres of the public lands. The opponents of the bill wished to confne its op- eration to these lands, but its friends refused, and the whole national domain is to be thrown open to the gentlemen "squatters."- The reoi object of the bill is to sustain that class of men; and by holding out the public lands as lure, induce them to settle in the new states. Well, they ythink the public is a "fat goose," and they are prepared to pick her.
 rejoice to say, however, the bill has one redeeming quality. By an amendment of Judge Black of Mississippi, the advantage it confers are confined exclusively to citizens of the United States-N. Y. Courier.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. There was a scene in MT. Garlands investigation Committed, last night So far the facts have trans pired, they exhibit MT. Whitney as offering unpro mittee, (Mr Peyton of Tennessee.) But it is difficult to get at the truth of any hingeven when you have witnesses before you and !estfying on oqtA No won d1 that may oo wde M o being closely pressed by Mr. Peyton upon some point o9t inquiry, made personal and rude assault upon @ by way & Mi PReS sSo4 they sd Bsrs by Sn ssd M Eff you dare to address me in that manner will" &c.-ofering some menace. Order having been res tored, the Committee took the matter into corsdera- lion and passed resolution, unanimously, censurng MT. Whitney, for an outrage upon the Commttee,' collect that som some " weeks a ago Mr Whitney pabsbed a card in tEe Globe denouncing as false, some state- ments made MT. Peyton on the floor of the House.
 
 WASHINGTON, Tuesday Evening. Important votes have been given to-day Ill the Sen, ate on the Land Bill. It appears that the grand bargain is consummated,by which MT. Van Buren agreed to give the new States the immense public doman condition that these States would give him their support for the Presidency. The Senators from the ne0 States, by e alu Q; enough Van isaren sen, away the public domain, which belongs to the people of the Union.
 The vote to allow a squatter presumption right over all other purchasers at 125 cents acre. no mat what might be the value of the lands, was as fo- lows:
 Yeas-Benton, Black, Brown, Dana. Ewing of Hi; 2I Eyn1 ma% anay yNehoa nf@Ssts aes Va Wright, Walker. Ayes A. Calhoun, pavis, Kent, King of Georgia, Knight Nor ard, Tomlinson, Wall, Webster. Noes 2. Mr. Clay then proposed to restrict sh's PlVeg1p g p; G5
  now stands, a "squatter'' may squat, and en]oy his pre-empton in any lands from St. Augustine to the Oregon. The vote stood-Ayes 23-Noes 23- [Tomlinson aye-Niles nol
 Thus .he proposed resolution did not prevail.
 Mr. Black of Miss then proposed to limit the bene- fits of this Bill to the citizens of the United States The vote was-Ayes 24-l7oes si-ffenlnson aye Mr. Clay then expressed his surprise at the prinei- pes sustained by the Senate in thus squanderng the Public Lands. He remarked with much energy and soemnity that under this BllI the Public Domain was I commencement of that doctrine, which enabled the new States to achieve their purpose at last He al luded Mr. Severs remarks the other day, that when Mr. Van Buren was elected, assurances were gwen that the is s.surd nave what they had been claiming He also expressed his surprise at the vote of MT. Rives who coming from an old State, he con- lands in common benefit for the whole Union. MT. Rives replied with some warmth, and said he was on- y voting as his State had always voted But the tact hs nsrt Presdency and he does not intend to be out demagogned by Benton!
 Mr.. Talmadge offered an amendment confning the operation of the Bill to the year ls4O Agreed to. substitute for the whole bill which ordered to be printed.
 The question was then at length taken, as in Com, Re S ss it's ~"Us Pssf e and carried Sy the fol- lowing vote Yeas S6-Nays lS.-[Niles aye-Tom- ins0n nol
 The Bill was then reported to the Senate, and or dered to printed, amended and the Senate ad- journed.-N. Y. Express.
 THE PUBLIC LANDS. y
 WAsHNSroN, Feb. 1857.
 MT. Clay, the other day. complained that be could not wake up the country thefhPorance ofpreserv- ing the public domain could he even impart to the Northern people idea of the immensty of their val ae that SD far as that body is concerned to use the words of MT. Clay again, the Public Lands are gone.