The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-08
WASHINGTON, July $3.50.
IN. SENATE.


The Hon. w. R. King was elected president
pro- tenn, in the Absence of the vice president,
whose stealthy steps from his duties to cleo
tioneer for himself, was scarcely perceived The
public lose nothing and the Senate gains much
by the charge MIR. king is familiar with par
Elementary rules, anil manages to get through
the, public business to, the satisfaction of the
body. He was conducted to the chair by MIR.
Calhoun and Mr.. Knight, and with his usual
pri1n old maidish look,, returned his acknow-
ledgments Sc. Mr. King looks somewhat dis.
consulate since Mr.. Buchanan has gone wooiNg
with Col. johnson. The loves of Messrs King
anGBuchanan are strong those of Jonathan
and David, and their political interests much
stronger, the was to'manage Alabama, and
IN return receive Pennsylvania, but the peculiar
n,aq,ege of Col. johnson, having giving him 80
strong hold on the affections of the loco focos,
hasso far thwarted all their schemes of political
usurpations
an effort was made by Mr.: Ruggles, to get
through his resolution, calling on the Presi--
dent for a copy Of the survey of the British
commissioners but he could not succeed. 1t
was opposed by Alien, on the principle that it
would be making it an, American document, and
giving it an impliediauthority which it ought not
to, have. 1t was by consent laid over until
Monday, when we, shall have il up again. The,
eautiousness of tao, President and his friends in
seeking to keep this matter n secret from the
people, is not very well eivad by the delega-.
ton from Maine.
REPORTERS OF THE SENATE.
Mr.. Walkers resolution IN relation to the,
employment Of reporters by the Senate, was.
taken up, adopted and referred to a select COM
mittee of five This resolution, in effect, is that
two reporters of each political party, be selected
by the Senate, who shall be sworn to report the
proceedings as correctly as possible. Now let
us suppose chat four competent reporters are Sc
lected, who shall be sworn to report the pro-
ceedings as near verbatim as possible, AMI what
would be the RESULT Why that in less than one
month, the paper in which such reports were
printed, would cease to be read at all, There is
a deadly hostility to letter writers, because they
give spirited and true sketches; but am muck
mistaken if it be not better for these people to
bear the remarks of letter writers, ard comments
upon their speeches, than to let their own colo
quics go precisely as they are delivered. In
England, reporters give the pith and spirit of
the proceedings of Parliament. The reading
public of that country would not tolerate the
B,mcon,b speeches of this. The papers at dis
lance from this metropolis, have had to employ
correspondents to select from the business such
matter as will interest those readers, and should
this measure go into effect, opine there will be
then ten ''lctter writers" for every now en-
gagged. Nous ee7roRS
There is a clique of Senators and members,
who conceive the duties of reporters to belong to
them, and not to the public.
Some weeks since, Mr. Norvell introduced a
resolution to have the meeting Of the next ses-
sion fixed as early as the first of November in
stead of December But Mr.. Calhoun having
explained that to cotton planters, October and
November, were the busiest months, the resolu-
ton was laid on the table.
At one o'clock, the special order was taken
up, being the bill relation to the collection of
the revenue.
| Mr. Henderson addressed the Senate at some
length against the pending amendment, when
the bill chartering our District banks, came from
the House, when Mr.. Clay, of Ala moved to
lay the bill on the table to take up this bill, but
attempt was made by Messrs. Allen, Wright,
and others, to throw impcdinents in the way to
defeat the bill. The gallery was crowded with
anxious citizens, all deeply interested, some vi
tally, in the bill before them; and yet those cold
booded creatures, with this evidence before their
eyes-I Allen, Tappan, Wright, and 9TH
ers-sought to crush their hopes. A debate
arose, which wasted the time that might have
been better employed in relieving the intense
anxieties Of tn people.