The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-01-21
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Correspondence Of the ". 0. Bulletin.
WASHINGTON. DECEMBER 26.


WASHINGTON. DECEMBER 26.
Neither house of Congress is in session to
day, but there is some little news and gossip
afloat in the city, which you may as well
be in the possession OF.
The two houses adjourned from Tuesday
to Friday, and will probably adjourn to-mor-
row over to Monday. One hundred MEM
bers have left the city, most of them not to
return until the new year has opened upon
us. Those who have gone, have generally
paired off; and this, by the way, has become
popular and a fashionable plan. One OF
each party leave with an agreement not to
return until a certain day.-Thus nothing il
lost on party grounds, where there is honea-
~ enough TO stand by bargain. As the
Locofocos, however, don't believe in the obli-
cations of contracts, it may not be well 10
trust them too often.
The Speaker of the House will announce
the standing committees on Monday; and az
ter next week, the two houses will COM
mence seriously the consideration of the
of the public business. OF the standing COM
mittee, it may well enough TO inform you in
advance, that the executive committees will
have a majority Of one member-the chair
II1dU ITlcUuIy W TIC uultliutSLIdtlOu. uC
committees Of foreign Relations, and Of
Ways and Means, will be composed in the
same way, for the reason that it is but JUS
tice tfata chairman of committee should
be so far friendly to the executive and heads
of departments, as to have the freest and full
lest communion with him and them. MIR.
Hunter, the speaker, has been requested by
his Wing friends, to make those appoint
ments; knowing the disposition there will be
Oh the part of the Van Buren, men to so con-
strue the act, as to make the reader believe
that Mr.. Hunter is an administration man.
He is no such thing, as all of his votes have
shown from the commencement of the sess-
ion. He sustained New Jersey valiantly,
and opposed the reelection of the Clerk,
Hugh A. Garland. The Wings asked not
a party Speaker, and they have not got one.
They wished for an impartial and honest
man-one who would be not as Mr.. Polk
was-the Speaker of party rather than
the Speaker of House. When the voting
comes, Mr.. Hunter, think, will be found
right, excep;it may be in defence OF the
Sub-Treasury scheme; but in that, doubt
if an Administration Sub-treasury bill will
meet with his appreciation.
The "sober second thoughts" find is
less in favor Of the message than the first
and unsober thought. Southern men think
that the President has made much better
tariff than Sub treasury argument. and the
tariff men in Congress con tend that what
the President says Of the British money
power, has been their argument for years
in defeece Of high duties. Others think
that the Presidents especial homiIy upon
retrenchment and reform has been spoken
in reference to the approaching eventfll
year. lS4O either makes or unmakes him,
and hence the study to make popular mes
sage-one that would tickle their ears by
promises, and dazzle their eyes with the
lusre Of gold and silver.
Who shall be the public printer, and how
shall the public printing be done, will be
the question discussed tomorrow. The
Wing members will fight for the contract
|system-for giving the printing to the lowest
bidder-for saving the government the a
mount OF Presidents sniary per annum,
and for the enforcement Of the government
from the newspaper press. The Van Buren,
men will stand by Blair 81 Rives, and prob
ably in the teeth of their professions make
them public printers. This will b the first
act after the Presidents retrenchment les
son. Blair e. Rives are already printers to
the Senate, and the first act Of that very
democratic and economical body, has been
to give them the printing of 10000 copies
of the Presidents message without the pub
documents, and 5000 with-which number
of messages is double the number usually
ordered-l5OO documents till now, has
been considered a sufficient number for all
useful purposes. These motions to print,
which should be remembered, were made
by Messrs. Allen, Benton and Buchanan,
|oraff good aud rrus Van Buren, men.
Dec. %.
Congress is not ii session to-day, aud the
members in the city are IN doors, busily en-
ployed in franking messages and documents
to their constituents. The holy-days, all
in all, will pass off heavily, for the reason of
bad weather.
fought TO have mentioned IN my letter Of
yesterday, that the President and John G. |
Catalina the Globe dubbed him) Calhoun
had an interview on the day previous. Ill
was the first for many years, and was
brought about through the agency Of friends,
for useful political purposes. The meeting
of two head men after q separation Of years,
of course attracts some attention in the city. |
L IS known that they came together upon
Misunderstanding brought about by friends,
that neither during the interview, nor at any
fltnre meeting, should any thing be said Of
the past. Mr.. Van Buren, probably did not