Litchfield enquirer., 1837-10-26
THE CLOSING SCENES. COrrsspOndsncs 9 Ghs ". Y. Daily Express.
 WAauNcrox, Oct. IA.


 ;n0.-At midnight at the CapitRl, in the haIk of the House of Representatives, begin my letter. Already the House has been m ses-' s;on fas,rfesn hours, and the debates from ten tbis mornina until midnight have been of 0reaf interest and excitement. The big gun Fay, the biggest gun of Loco Focoism--the great ELI MOORE himself, has spoken and a- eain tainted, and lost his senses in the begin-. Sing of his speech. Legare of $. C., as you have already been told, made an eloquent and triumphant speech in behalf of the Con- seryatives of the House, and against the Sub- Treasury Expedient. Cambreleng has sus- tained the Loco Focoism of his Loco Foco colleague in speech of more than an hour. C,1shiHg. of Mass. has made strong and nowerfili defence of the North, in reply to Pickens of the South. Naylor, who defeat ed Ingersoll the agrarian, and author of the doctrine that State Convention may enact laws as bloody as the code of Draco' made a bold opposition to the Sub-Treasury Blll, and a warm defence of the working men or inc free States. Hoffman, of New York, has made rejoinder, unsurpassed m the Amerl> can Congress or elsewhere. M
 The occasion of MT. Hoffman's rejoinder, was most unwarranted attack by MT. Cam breleng, full of bitterness, satire, and invec. tive-referring to MT. H. as politician, and as an officer of the American Navy-accus- ing him of having learned to tack and veer as a politician while upon the seas in the ser- vice of his country. MT. H. said nothing until MT, Cambreleng had closed his re- marks. MT. Wise obtained the floor after MT. c. had finished his speech, but readily yielded it to Mir. Hoffman for a brief reply to Mir. c. The reioinder came and with voica- nic force, and if ever man was f1ayed allve' it was MT. Cambreleng. The interest of the scene, the excitement of the hour, brought the members in circular crowd around tne two colleagues from New-York. The gale, ries and floor of the Hall were crowded, and more than thousand persons were within the Hall A breathless silence reigned thro'- out, and the falling of leaf, or a hard breath, might have been heard with the utmost dis tinctness. Ishall not repeat what MT. Hotf- man said--for the best of all reasons-l can- not. Its effect, however, was tremendous, and excited the nerves and feelings ot every man in the Hall.
 A zealous politician-and Van Buren man, by the way, almost in the midst or MT. Hoffman's remarks, and under the greatest excitement, cried out audibly to those around him-"take him off, "t0ke hins ot," TAKE HIM OFF," MT. Adams, who had taken notes in order to reply to Mir. Cambreleng, tore them up as soon as MT. Hoffman had finish ed his rejoinder to his colleague. MT. Ad- ans was unwilling to give a new wound to a man already dead: Every incident in MT. Cambreleng's public life seemed to be fa- miliar to MT. H., coming to him as matter of yesterday, and related with an effect that surprised and astounded all. The multi tude in the galleries clapped their hands, stamped their feet and shouted Justify for a time. Others labored zealously to quell the noise and restore silence. The effect shall never forget-and the effect never will be forgotten by those who witnessed the incl dent, and heard the speech of MT. Cambre- leng and the reioinder of MT. Hoffman. You will find but one opinion ofthe incident. No one will say less of its power and effect than have said.
 MT. Wise followed Mir. Hoffman, in a speech of nearly four hours long. The House adjourned between 12 and l o'clock this morning.-N. Y. Express.
 ~sa WASHINGTON, October 18th, Sunday Morning, 3 o'clock. 4 Both Houses of Congress, at this late hour, have adjourned over to Monday at 8 A. M.- The business done since 10 o'clock exceeds almost the entire business of the session. First of all, the House have passed bill-of course without much discussion-making an appropriation for the payment of themselves
 
 of both Houses. Such Appropriation Bills, like the Joint Resolution requiring the postage upon letters sent by Express Mail, to be paid in advance, never require much discussion, or a record of votes. The vote is generally very unani- nous, when number ONE is to be looked af- ter. This Appropriation Bill amounted to several hundred thousand dollars, and inclu. ded an appropriation for all the contingent expenses of Congress.
 Several attempts were made during the night, by Messrs. Hoffman. Curtis, and Cam breleng, to bring up the Bill for the relief of the New York sufferers by fire. The House refused to go into Committee upon its consid- eration, by small majority. MT. Hoffman and Mir. Curtis begged of the House to take up the Bill, as an act of simple justice to those who had been made poor almost, by being compelled to pay heavy duties upon goods destroyed by fire. MT. Cambreleng seemed to be more indifferent to the Bill than usual perhaps, however, from the fact that he looked upon it's passage as impossible.
 The Bill regulating the Deposit Banks was taken from the Committee of the Whole, by almost unanimous consent, and passed the House with an amendment. The Senate did not receive the Bill from the House till be- tween ten and eleven o'clock. Mr. Webster introduced an amendment which was discus sed at length and finally adopted. The Bill was then sent back to the House at past one this morning. a7..4.s-
 A quorum of members were not present. A call of the House was made, and but eigh- ty members answered to their names. A large majority of the members present were friendly to the passage of the Bill; Mir. Ad- ans, however, objected to its passage, and opposed all attempts to do business until a quorum were present. The House adjourn ed at n few nnnnnanfs hafnrA fWn for fhe ,va n4