Litchfield enquirer., 1837-12-21

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 The organization, you see, is overs and
 Cambreleng. who should have resigned by
 the repeated instructions of his constituents
 still figures away at the head of the Commit
 rec on Ways and Means. Well-may Heav-
 en ana necessity, patriotism and fate, honor
 or something else, speed the business of this long session, for with "the commercial repre-
 sentative" at the head of the most important Committee of the House, can see no end oi the beginning --none whatever, unless chance
 and accident smile upon the future. "Calm as summers morn," was the appearance ot
 the head of the Committeeman, when his
 name was audibly read by the Clerk as the l first man upon the Ways and Means, for, vain as was the hope, there were men here who be- I lieved even up to this morning, that the Speaker would not violate the expre ssed will of many of his partisans and the known will of the majority of the people, so far as to l place him, who should have been last and least upon any committee, first and foremost
 upon the House Committee of Finance. But so it is. The Loco Foco Speaker ofthe House 1 in behalf of the President and his party, has sown the wind and are determined to reap the whirlwind. "A short reign and merry one," is now the hope and consolation of the party. In mercy let them have it. F. o. J. Smith at the head of the Committee on Con- IllCICCs puLIcA DOOII-'' tuS COIldrsL11dQ ("when a man has good dog, he shows the value of his quadruped by placing a collar upon his neck,''-Ath Congress, first session. ) Chairman ofthe Committee on Public Lands /! F. w. Thomas--bute enough, enough. Shades of the past, where are ye? Who, if he knew but the Chairmen of the Standing Commit tees of the House, would dream there sat be- side them such men as Adams, Sergeant, Bell, Hoffman, Gushing, Phillips, Fletcher, Lin- coin. Sibley, Legare, and Q host of others, who sit almost as idle spectators to the doings of Congress, while their seats are taken from them by the least talented and the least wor- thy in the ranks ot the administration
 Nearly two hundred members made their appearance in the House this morning, and with six or eight exceptions, the full number of Senators. MT. Webster has not yet arrived from the north, nor Messrs. Preston or Call houn from the south. Whichever way turn hear strange stories of Mir. Calhoun-some of them pointing out his future course of con- duct-some of them referring to his expres- sed opinions during the Congressional recess since the middle of Cumbersome of them detailing his professcd relationship to the Elk ecutive and the dministration-others, and appearing as if spoken by authority, giving the assurance that he will come here armed cap-a-pie in defence of the "new and untried expedient." hear nothing in his favor from friend or foe, and the end and aim of the mul- titude of stories in circulation lead me to SUD- pose that MT. Calhoun, driven from the ex- alted station he occupied year since, is now courting the favor and friendship he then despised. Think you that Mr. Calhoun IS AM B1TIoUs! That at his time of life he dreams of reaching the Presidency? That he hopes to succeed Mr.. Van Buren That he is will ling to be Vice President with Mir. Van Bu- ren as President, four years, if he may suc- ceed M:. Van Buren's second term? That he will anon make war upon his colleague? |? Can you believe all this of JOHN c. CALHOUN who for years has made an uncompromis- ing war upon the present Executive, and present Executives better self-his "illustri- ous predecessor"-w he has called base, treacherous, dishonest, unprincipled and low minded Can you believe this of MT. Cal houn, who has watched Mir. Van Buren with an eagle eye, opposed him step by step, thun- dered anathema upon anathema against him --called him a fox--of MT. Calhoun, who went from the Vice Presidents chair into retire. ment when his riual went from the State De- partment to England, and came from Eng land to preside over MT. Calhoun in the Sen- ate Chamber, and over him as the Executive of the Union? "Ay-there's the rub" But enough. It is painful for me to hint or repeat what hear, and should not have done so, were it not that MT. Calhoun is denounced and condemned as politician by men, and Car olinians too, who love and respect him as a man. But my little exp."ience has told me that men who are not honest in politics are not to be trusted in any thing. Ambition is as think of Mir. Calhoun, think of a char acter similar to his own, drawn by Edmund Burke. The same sun which gilds aH nature, and erhilates the achOle creation, does not shine upon DISAPPOINTED AMBITION. It is something that rays out of darkness and inspires nothing but gloom and melancholy. Men in this de- plorable state of mind, find comfort in spreading the contagion of their spleen.* x If such persons can answer the ends of relief and profit to themselves, they are apt to be careless enough about either the means or the consequences !'-N. Y. Express.
 House of Representatives., Dec. l.
 The Chair announced the appointment ot the stand ing committees, as follows:
 Elections-Messrs. Buchanan, Griffin, Hawkins, Kilgore, Maury of Tenn, Towns, Bronson, Penny packer, and Hastings.
 Ways and Means-Messrs Cambreleng, McKim, Hamer, Sergeant Jones of Virginia, Fletcher of Mass. Atherton, Haynes and Rencher.
 Claims-Mcssrs; Whit!esey of Ohio, Chambers, Darlington, Russell, Campbell of Tenn. Clark, Carter of Me, Stuar, and Williams, of New Hampshire.
 Commerce-Messrs Smith, Phillips, Cushman, De Grafr Poland, Curtis. Mason of Virginia, Worthing- ton and Hunter, of Ohio.
 Public Lands-Messrs. Boon, Williams of N. Caro- lna,, Lincoln, Casey, Chapman, Harrison, Yell, Shields, and Gholson.
 Post Office and Post Roads-Messrs. Montgomery, Briggs, Hall, Hopkins Hubley, Calhoun of Ky.
 District Columbia-Messrs. Bouldin, Jenifer, Daw. son, Prentss, Hawkins, Beirne, c. Il. Williams of Tenn, Davee and Petrikin.
 Judciary-Messrs Thomas, Robertson, Toucey, CorMin. Garland of Va Rrlivn s. w Morris of Penn