Litchfield enquirer., 1839-02-07
WAsnINeToN, Jan. %.

The Senate went through the usual routine
of morning business, and among the memo
rails presented was one from America Yes.
pucci, presented by Mr.. Benton. The me.
mortal was written In English and French
by America Vespucci herself. She asks
Congress, ! believe, for a grant Of land and
for the rights of citizenship. The memorial
was read by the Secretary ofthe Senate. II
contains an interesting account of her jour
ney from Florence, via Paris, to the United
States. The reading of the petition excited
good deal of interest in the Senate, and was
listened TO with great attention.
Upon Mr.. Benton's motion, the part of the
memorial referring to the grant of lands was
referred to the committee on Public Lands
and on Mr.. Clay's motion, the second part
referring to the right of citizenship, to the
Committee on the judiciary.
The debate in the House of Representa-.
tives, produced by the request of certain
gentlemen to be excused from serving on the
Investigating Committee, as reported in the
Intelligencer of Monday, seems to have given
an opportunity for sharp shooting. MIR. Boon
of Indiana, a fuIl-Tory, said
Gentlemen might disclaim party as much
rs they pleased the People would look al
the facts, and judge for themselves. He had
predicted what sort of committee would bG
raised, standing as parties in this House did,
if the committee was to be raised by ballot
1t had come to be party pack committee, as
he had said it would. He was glad of it
he was glad the opposite party had got q
committee according to their own notion.-
He trusted that no democrat would consent
to serve upon it. Let the Opposition have
the whole honor and glory to themselves
Let them make their report, and let those be-
lieve it who liked.
Mr.. Wise said, if the committee, Mr..
Speaker, is q stocked pack, it is at all events
composed of new c0rds-cleGn cards-not a
dirty greasy, marked pack. 1t is not I" a pack
Of kings" or the Kings pack" which has
been used by gamblers and black-legs for the
last ten years, to cheat the country out Of its
best stakes
The Editor of the Hartford Times of the
10Th inst. is out upon his old friend, the Sc
cretary, (HinmanD by saying that he has
drawn from the public chest $5,743 92.-
Now as all business men know that no indi-
vidual can draw dollar from the Treasury,
until his account is examined and scrutini-
zed by the Comptroller, and allowed or dis
allowed according to its correctness; the pre-
sumption is that the accounts allowed by the
Comptroller, were justly and properly char
ged by the Secretary, and of course allowed.
If improperly allowed, who bears the blame !
Gideon Welles was Comptroller about eight
months, and Mr.. Field nearly three years, and
upon these gentlemen rest all the blame, if
there is any in this business, both good Lo-
cos-Mr. Mitchell your gun kicks your
friends more than your malicious article
does the Secretary. 1t will also be recol-
lected that much expense of preparing and
printing $500 volumes of public and private
Statutes for the State. and expenses of sta
tiOnery, postage, distribution OF pamphlets.
proclamations, books, &c. and other contin-
gent expenses of the Office, are usually in
cluded IL said bills, aud no credits allowed
or published, in the Times. To say nothing
public, in the Office of the Secretary, for
three years past, (and he paying his own
Clerks he has not received from the public
chest, as much MS Mr.. Beers and his Clerks
have for their Salaries alone, Ito say nothing
of other expenses Of that ofhce,) being for
three wears and eight months, rising of
$lO,OOO-Ne,c- England Reuie,o. s'r
HO,1 Ladies sometimes gamble and ,ceGr the
Breeches.-We see by an exchange paper
that story had been published in New York
about certain lndv, who lives in the habit
of frequentinga hell in the lower part of tho
city in disguise, aud was said to have lost
$500 or 1000 there. The truth of the mat
ter was doubted at the time but an adven-
ture recently occurred that tends to confirm
the belief that the fair Sex do occasionally,
and on the sly, indulge in the baneful passion
of gambling. For some weeks past n man
of youthful appearance, wearing mustachios,
was observed to be an occasional visitor to a
we'll know house in Park Row; where he
played with various success, but for mode
rate stakes. At length on a night, week or
two ago. he rendered check for $500 TO the
banker. and in an under tone requested coun-
tiers. II had been remarked that he scarcely
ever spoke but in the same subdued manner.
As he was recognized rs n frequent visitor,
and appeared to be respectable, his request
fortune seemed to crown his spccnlations-
At last however, luck turned, and he lost ALL
His agitation had been constantly increas-
ing, and on losing his counter, he dropped
senseless on the floor. He was Immediately
carried into private apartment, where eve-
ry humane attention was given him. and
proper rcstoratives applied, but he relapsed
from one fit to another; and at last on un-
buttoning his collar and throwing open his
vest, the man proved to be woman. A
medical man was sent for, and at last the
young woman was restored to comparative
self.posscssicn. Consciousness, however. ON.
ly increased her agitation for strange to
say, she recognized in the medical attendant
friend both of herself and her husband
for she was married woman! An expla.
nat.on took place and il is due to state thai
the owners Of the establishment at once com.
misseratcd the situation Of the unhappy wo.
man, and without hesitation, returned the
check, which was admitted to have beer
signed with the name of her husband!
- N. o. San
Faith and Works-A worthy son Of the
church in the West Highlands, who had pc
culiar opinions touching the " full assurance