Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-01-10

and never show his face in the house again,
il on the very face Of Document No. 201 he
could NOT convict the Secretary Of the Trea-
sury of rossnegligence, and violation Of his
oath of Office. Nay" said he. "give me
twelve men as honest as the gentleman from
Maryland HIMSELF and will convict him on
process before jury"
"This," continued Mr.. Wise, vi is the
amount Of the opposition made to these reso.
Iulions by the Chairman of the Committee Of
Ways and Means, and the gentleman from
Maryland, /" Thai yOsI haze Secretary Of the
Treasury sChO makes reports 50 false that yOu
dare not gire them to the public for te9r Of sane
tioning libel" "Instead Of going across
the Atlantic" said he, after the ono sheep
that has strayed, you had better stay and look
after the ninety and nine that are in danger.
Like good political shepherd, would keep
the sheep in the fold until they are sheared.
and wished white, (not sOhiterGshed, Mr..
Speaker) though do believe that the opera
ton of washing would kill some of them."-
II will raise the cry against the whole bands
said he, with the Secretary at their head
the cry raised against the lepers Of old, UNI
clean unclean unclean -
Mr.. Wise was followed by Mr.. Stanley, of
N. c. and Mr.. Thompson, of 8. c. who spoke
with much animation and effect. The house
adjourned without taking the question.
Before closing this letter, allow me to
make few brief remarks ON one of the ris-
ing members of the House, one who bids fair
to take high stand among the statesmen of
his country. Richard III. Menvee, is the
youngest member of the House of Represen-
tatives-being but little more than twenty
six years of age. His style of elocution is
graceful and impressive-his flow of lam
guage good. his ideas copious-he is chaste
in his expressions, without coldness-not too
rapid Of utterance, yet far from tedious. In
short, there seems to be no impeachment in the
way of his becoming a most finished orator,
except "a voice hardly strong enough by ma
ture for the expression of the more impaS-
stoned feelings.--N. Y. STAR,
Correspondence of the Nev. York Erpress.
Washington, Dec. o. Saturday Night.
Public Lands, &c-The House ordered to-
day the appointment of b select committee
members,-one from each State
Ito consider several Resolutions with a Re-
port of the Secretary of the Treasury, rela-
tive to the Public Lands in the United States
The Resolutions were offered at the last SEES
sion of Congress, and called for information
from the Secretary of the Treasury in regard
TO several important matters connected with
the Public Domain. The Report received to-
day from the head Of the Treasury Depart
ment, gave information as to the fact OF the
quantity of the public lands, their value, re-
ceipts, for what used, when appropriated, for
what purposes, sc.
william Cost Johnson Of Mary land, will
be the chairman of the select committee
which is to have this matter under cOnsidera-
ton. At the last session of Congress MIR.
Johnson made one of the most able and elo-
quent speeches ever delivered in Congress
upon the subject Of the public lands. He
proposes now, and will so report to the House,
that the proceeds from the Stles Of the public
lands be given to the several States in the
Union according to their population, and re-
presentation of each. He proposes further
that the States expend the sums received for
purposes of education, in the States. II u
law to this effect cannot be passed he propo-
ses that the States shall at last pledge them
selves to expend the interest upon all sums
received for education-expending the prin-
cipal as they please works Of Internal
improvement, &c.--but reserving fund
equal 10 the amount Of the interest upon the
principal of all sums received from the pro-
ceeds Of Public Lands. One OF these noble
and patriotic objects will be pressed by the
mover iHhis report. Mr.. Johnson was high
~ copaplimented by Governor Barbour, OF
a speech made in defence Of Common School
Education. In New-York, Er. Johnson's
philanthropic plan was noticed, and his
speech here at the lust session Of Congress,
won for him high and cnviable reputation.
Success 10 his exertions, and honor to his en-
terprisc. Like Henry Clay, to whom poster
iiy at least will do justice for the part he has
acted upon the public stage, Mr.. johnson may
fail to sec his exertions crowned with sue
cess,-but his labors, even if truitless, will
be none the less noble, and not the less re-
membered and appluuded in time to come.
The good men do live after them, and the
good done with the consciousness Of doing
ones duty, is satisfaction enough for man
employed in the service of his country. Mr..
Clay has reward for past and present servi-
ces in the sincere affections Of thousands of
his ceuntrymen. Mr.. Johnson is a pupil of
MIR. Clay's, and we know that Statesman and
Pntriot has model worthy Of oil imitation.
NEW YEARS DAY IN WASHINGTON
WAsHNeroN, Jan. Evening.
We have hidden q long adieu TO the Old
Year, and ushered in the New in the best
style of the Metropolis. The Executive
Mansion was thronged as usual upon such an
occasion, and with as motley a multitude as
ever. The prince and the beggar each took
the hand of the President, and were each
treated equally we'll. Tho woman who
makes books here and peddles them out tc
passers-by at the Railroad depot, at the Ro.
iunda in the Capitol, and along the public
Avenue, was there unattended. hut as well re.
ceived as the most exalted woman in the
country.
The Executive mansion to-day was place
of double attraction i'm consequence of the
first public appearance there of the bride Of
the Presidents son and Private Secretary
Mrs. ABRAHAM VAN BUREN,. Mrs. v. B. up.
peared too modest to be gazed atby the crowd
who ihronged around her for the three hour
which the Presidents house was open. The
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