Litchfield enquirer., 1840-01-09

Vandepoel, and Bynum! And that too in
 the face oftheir own preconceptions and dec.
 larations, formed in the exercise of indepen.
 dent minds. How will they look in the eyes
 of their constituents, after the performance
 of such an act! Coerced to it too, like so
 many whipt spaniels. crouching at the foot
 stool of an unlenent master. Would to heav-
 en we could sec John Randolph again, in the
 hail which they have desecrated, ,pointing his | long bony finger at them, with the whitening scorn that should attend their sacrifice, that this dough faced net might be ,perpetuated through all the records of time. We look no more to South Carolina for chiuGlry!
 CorrespoadeMce ef ths Ne,O- York Erpress.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 1859.
 The city and district are alive with the usual Christmas and Christmas. holiday frol- icS. The negroes are all free today. and use their freedom as they will. Ali re-. straints are cut off, and as the day comes but once year, it is used according to the good will and pleasure of those who are fond of fun and frolic.
 The late snow.storm here, although ac. companied with rain, has left snow enough for all useful purposes in the way of sleigh. ing. Horse.fesh and sleigh bottoms have been at premium since Monday, and espe. cially last evening, last night and today Sugar. boxes, crockery ware, crates, tub.bot- toms, and every thing capable of holding party of from one to twenty, has been in re- quisition. The sleigh-bells have iingled merrily through the day. and the pleasure parties have been numerous. The snow, however, is leaving us as fast as warm sun can carry 1t of.
 Bu. little business will be done in Con. gress till after New-Year's day. Nearly N14nr e,nS, 1nN Hha Nsk 0c them to be absent a week and more. Most of them, as they say, have paired off that is, one of each party have left with arrange ments not to return for certain number of days. No party advantage is gained from such an absence, the loss being equal. The practice, however, is not a vcr;y' conarnenda. ble one, and should it become as com. mon here as it is in England, would result in evil to almost every body ofconsti,uents in the country. Congressional service is hard ser vice, all must admit; but it is too important to be even seemingly neglected.
 The Standing Committees of the House will be announced.O on Monday if not sooner. Itis the expressed wish of the Wings, that upon all the Executive Committees the Adminis- tration memberss shall have Q majority of one in tho Chairman. The Committee of For. eign Relations, of Ways and Means, and all of the Committees who have necessary in- tercourse with the Executive, will have majority of Administration men. This, as matter of justiceto the President, us such of the Standing Committees who have imme. diate communion with him should of right have majority of his own way of thinking. give you this news in advance of the ap- pointment of the Committees. The Admin. istration members may crow over such Com. mittces, but it will be no victory. The Speaker, so fur, has pursued course of con- duct entirely satisfactory to the Whig mem. bers. He has presided with impartiality and ability, and when occasion has offered in which to show his attachment to the Whigs, he has voted with them, as wpon the election of Clerk. '2.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.
 This city is filled with runors respecting bargains and sales, between the Nu'hneIS and the Van Burcn party. There is an ad. noe. ina. where there is so much smoke there must be some fire. believe that n purchase has been made of the balance of power men. This opinion is universal. Their suDscrvi- ency to Frank Thomas, Cave Johnson ~ Co. is dcmonstrative of the truth or these charges, Now, be it known unto you, ana all others whom 1t may concern that rho. mas is the tool whercwith knave doth work. The debatcable question is-whether Mr. Van Buren has or has Dof made tnls purchase for tue benefit of Benton! U would be amusing if Mir. Calhoun IS to be thus used. When spoken to on the subject, ne pretenoS great ignorance of what IS going IoFw9ro among political partizans ana ayers Inat ne confines, himself 10 his room, Nc. InIs may be an true ;, and if I was cGnylncco oi It. should begin 10 suspect. that he was ac. tually transferred, without knowing 1t, and about to be delivered to the Bentonlans. cannot better illustrate the proud emf. nenco which Mr. Calhoun and his friends now occupy, than by relating pointed re- partee made in the House some days since
 Dy matter of fact man. Pending the con.
 test for Speaker. inc vote for MT. Pickens
 rose from three to eight-whereupon a meni- Der of the little band remarked: "Caihoun stock is rising" Yes," the other graveiy replied. and we'll it rnay-'t $ fhe only stock
 sn "'Grket." It is thus that these gentlemen are spoken of and thus they are viewed. m
 tne language of Mr. Pickens, by even "the
 vnest and most proAigatc wrelches that ever
 am very much inclined to handle. with
 out nnittens some of tho most troublesome of 1nese loco loco gentry in the House of Repre-
 sen'at'ves. In the late elections throughout
 sne country. the party appear 10 have select.
 ec such candidates as possessed, in Q pre-.
 eminent degree, ignorance and vulgar impu-
 uence. always having a tue regard to their pl'aoiiity. whenever it should De found ne. Sessary to use them. One Of the most noisy
 aMa restless of this genus was an honorable
 memoer from Maine. a Mir. Smith. This
 sen.Ieman. from the opening of the session
 oown 70 the 18th inslant. was continually
 maeses motions. flying about the House.
 taas'9s points of order" and believing like
 buffalo bull on prairie.
 Al length. on the fasal 18th of December.