Litchfield enquirer., 1839-03-14
From Me National Entelligsncer ofthe 5th.

From The National Intelligencer of the 5th.
THE LATR SESSION OF CONGRESS-.
The session was closed long after midnight
of Sunday the Sd instant, the House adjourn
ing al n quarter before 2 O'Clock, the Senate
not until after o'clock, A. M. of Monday.
Among the acts which failed may be reck-
oned, as first among those which have attract
ed the public attention, the bill known as
the Sub-Treasury bill, which, after passing
the Senate, was suffered to lie on the table Of
the other House till the close of the session,
without its friends, venturing so far as even
to make motion for its consideration.
In the list OF acts passed during the late
session the reader will find none making APP
preparations for Notifications, or for the sup
port of the Military Academy. The appro-
priations for these objects were incorporated
in the bill making appropriations for the sup
port of the army for 1889. An appropria-
ton is also contained in that bill for the de-
fence of the Niagara, Oswego, and Platts-
burgh frontier; and an appropriation of
$4,000 for the defence of the Western from
tier is included in the Indian appropriation
bill.
The appropriations for the support of the
Post Office Department are included in the
civil appropriation act. No Post Road act
was passed at this session.
No act for building or completing Light
houses was passed. The bill for that pur-
read in the house.
| Neither was any act for the improvement
of harbors passed at this session.
| The bill making appropriations for the
continuation of the Cumberland Road, after
passing the Senate, failed in the House of
Representatives, notwithstanding the strenu-
Gus exertions of its friends to procure for it a
hearing at least.
The annual General Appropriation bill
contains, besides its ordinary items, the fol-
lowing enactment for the further security of
the revenue derived from imposts:
! Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this act, all mo-
ney paid to any Collector of the Customs, or
to any person acting as such, for unascertain-
ed duties, or for duties paid under protest
against the rate or amount of duties charged,
shall be placed to the credit of the Treasurer
fthe United States, kept and disposed Of, as
all other money paid for duties is required
by law, or by regulation of the Treasury De-
partment, to be placed to the credit of the
said Treasurer, kept and disposed of, and
shall not be held by the said Collector, or
person acting as such, to wait any ascertain
ment of duties, or the result of any litigation
in relation to the rate or amount of duty le-
gally chargeable and collectable in any case
where money is to be so paid. But, whenev-
er it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the
Secretary of the Treasury, that, in any case
of unascertained duty or duties paid under
| protest, more money has been paid to the
| Collector or person as such, than the law re-
quires should have been paid, it shall be his
duty to draw his warrant upon the Treasu-
rer in favor of the person or persons entitled
| fo "a
! surer to refund the same out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
Washington, Monday, March 4.
The Senate closed its deliberations this
morning, a few minutes before O'Clock. |
[ cannot say the closing scene was such as to
commend it to posterity. 1t smelt too strong
J ly of the fumes of Loco-focoism. 1t appear
ed that Mr.. Webster had introduced reso-
luton on prior occasion for the distribution
of the opinions of the Attorney General in
relation to land claims. This shocked Ben
tons gravity so much, that he broke out in a
long TRADE against the horrid enormity of
| distributing lights and knowledge among
members of Congress: he preferred that they
should take such things in the natural way,
and not be inoculated with the virus of rus
ty tomes-and he was all anxiety to defeat
the general appropriation bill. and stop the
wheels of government, rather than so mon
strous an abuse as deriving information from
books should be tolerated.
! In this matter his own party fled abashed
from his alarming views. Well, about two,
or a little before, the redoubtable Col. B. was
asked to take glass Of wine with brother
senator, and left his seat for that purpose
while absent. it seemed the Senate took up
and acted on resolution to distribute the
Madison papers. and as fortune would have
It. he reached his seat just at the moment the
CLERK OF the House announced, in clear
and audible voice, the House has under
consideration the joint resolution from the
Senate for the distribution of the Madison
papers, and has passed the same" Had the
colonel been suddenly shot, he could not
have started with more surprise. He never
heard any thing about this resolution, and
declared his purpose to resist it, and pretty
strongly limited that it had been pushed
through by some hocus pocus that he had
been banboozled" He could never leave
his seat without mischief going on. He had
been in his seat for eighteen long hours, and
the very first moment that he had left it, ad-
vantage had been taken of his absence. He
scould see to it-he acould look to IL! 1t never
should go down while he had seat in the
Senate. Don't send any of your books to
me, Mr.. Secretary, won't have Them" and
taking the volumes in his hand, he carried
them up to the Secretary's table. and with a
kind of Tammany flourish of the arm, said,
IL will let the Senate see that I aciu not haze
them."
Master Silas Wright spoke in so indicate
a manner, and so dictatorial withal "a Ia Ben
ton) that the gentleman in the chair, at the
time the resolution passed, asked him if he
alluded to him" No. (was the reply,) by no
means !" Mr.. Allen took a hand in this de-
bate. and swore by Shrewsbury clock that it
was too late for any thing of the kind, to be
packed on the sober sense Of the Senate. The