The Madisonian., 1840-01-07
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
The SuB-TREAsuRY BILL, which has
aSltated the country so much for the last two
or three years, and which has been four or
five times rejected by Congress, was yester-
day, again introduced to the Senate by Mr.
Wright contrary to the expressed will of his
constituents.
Mr.. BENTON, for lack Of any thing else to
talk about, or perhaps, signing, like Alexan-
der, for more worlds to conquer, occupied
most OF the day, in war against the mercan-
tile house of the Barings, London. He set
up a men OF straw, as the continental papers
do, and then made great ado about knocking
1t down. He assumed that project for the
assumption Of the State debts by the General
Government would be brought forward, and
thereupon he belabored his own assumption!
One would suppose that the time Of the Se-
nate might be hetler employed about the busi-
ness Of this country.
The House, after the reading of the Jour-
nal, yesterday, received an announcement
va VIC uCdtH VI tlc late MT. hLNORD, OIL
Massachusetts, and thereupon, adjourned.
II is thought that the House may possibly
begin TO undertake business TO day, after a
lapse of four weeks, in which nothing has
been done but to disfranchise a State Il is
questionable whether any thing the present
Congress do as long as New Jersey is dis
franchised, is constitutional or binding. If
any Treasury notes should be authorized, the
people might be warned against taking them
| Mr. CALHOUN said in the Senate the other
day, that ''whether the President is personally
my friend or enemy, has no influence over me
in the discharge of my duties, as, trust, my
course has abundantly proved
On the Inauguration Of Mr.. Van Buren the
Globe remarked that Messrs. Clay and Web
ster and the other members of the Senate were
present and "perforned their DUTIES as Sc
majors at the inauguration" but the .face Of
CATALINE was not seen on the occasion"
We leave Mr.. Calhoun and his new ally,
the editor Of the Globe, to settle their deiini-
ton Of "duties" in their own way.
MASSACHUSETTS
There is no longer any doub, as TO the
complexion Of the Legislature OF the Ancient
Arrowhead. That body assembled at Bos-
ton on Wednesday, January lst. DANIEL P.
KING was elected President of the Senate,
and ROBERT c. WINTHROP Speaker Of the
House Of Representatives. Both the gentle
men are Wings. Mr.. Winthrop had 239
votes; Mr.. Wood, (v. b. 22l votes.
The Clerks Of both branches who have for
several years discharged the duties of their
respective offices with distinguished fidelity,
were re-elected-CEAs. Calhoun, in the Sc
nate, and LUTHER S. CUSHING, in the House.
The election sermon was preached by Doctor
Goldman Of Dorchester.
The snow in the western part of that State
is somewhat abundant, as will be seen by the
following extract from the Northampton Cou-
rier -
"Mr Billings, of Goshen, a good Whis Repre-
sentative who was eager to reach Boston, came into
town on Monday night having travelled most OF the
distance between Williamsburg and Goshen on snow
shoes drawing his trunk on sled. He represents
the storm of last Saturday as more severe than the
former one, in the mountain towns-the snow now
averaging three and half if moi four feet upon
level 1t is without parallel in the memory of the
Oldest inhabitants. The Representatives in Berk-
shire and the towns in the Northern part oi this
county are entirely shut up, and probably cannot this
elk reach Boston,"
FRANKLIN CoNGR EssIoNAL DisTRIcT.-lt
is reported that Baker (Whig) has received
264l votes, Dick nson 2ll3, scattering 535.
Whole number against Baker 2636--majori,y
for Baker 3 1t is said that the votes of the
town of Leverett were rejected for Illegally.
In Leverett there were 25 votes for Baker, 43
for Dickinson and % scattering.
Since the above was in type, we have
learnt that Mr.. BAKER is elected TO Congress
by respectable majority, and that Mr.. Eve
rctt will be reelected Governor without diff
Guilty.
Mr.. WEBSTER was expected TO address the
citizens Of Boston at Fanueil Hall, last even
ing.
The Charleston Mercury recommends that
Georgia should proceed TO coniiscale the pro-
perry and shipping Of the citizens of Maine,
and declare non-inlercourse, &c.
The Mercury is behind the times, The
govcrnmcn, Of Maine is in the hapds of Van
Buren, men, with whom the great leader OF
South Carolina State Rights has already
entered into most cordial and friendly inter
course. 70 declare n9n-intercoerse, would
be TO dissolve the coalition
JupGE BuRNETr's SfEEcH al the Harris
burc Convention. We have published at this