Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1841-03-04

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ions of order.
Out of Congress there is but little that IS
new. The Cabinet being filled, public al" |
Iention is turned to Missions abrOud. Mr.
Sergeant, il is thought, has had the offer ot
Mission 10 England. He will hardly decline.
The Supreme Court is crowded every day.
and will he for some time TO come. Inc
A'n;c,od case will create much feeling for II.
self. and for the reason that Mr.. Adams Will
take the prominent part as counseA Aor inc
prisoners. S.o.o. :,
Strangers are here from oil the states IN
the Union, and seeming from ali quarters OF
tho Globe. The avenues and public places
present animated appearanccs.-I01d.
WASHINGTON, Feb. %, le4l.
Mr.. Webster, before the adjournment to-
day, sent in his resignation to the Senate.
most extraordinary and unexpected specta-
Gle presented itself Immediately after the
letter Of resignation was read. Mr.. Cum
bert, of Georgia, who kept from the Senate
until a week since, and came here only 10
vote for Blair & Rives as Printers to the Be-
nate. took occasion to nuke an lndirect at"
tack upon Mr.. Webster, und this, too, the
very moment he knew Mr.. Webster had
cenSed TO be a member of the body. Slave
nv was of course the subject of the attack
and Mr.. Webster was by implication pro-
nounccd hcterodox without q hearing. MS'
| Cuthbert wished to submit certain questions
which he had never thought OF until lme mo-
ment Mr.. Webster left the Senate. 'inougn
absent he WIS not without friends, and ma
nv Of them. Mr.. Clay was the first man to
| replv to the Georgia member-a member
| who had the valiant bearing of Jack Falstan.
when there was no antagonist to conteno
with. The Kentucky Senator said that the
Senate Chamber was no place to put the
questions which had been submitted by the
| Senator from Georgia. Mr.. webster was
mt now member of the Senate, and that
was The reason, why questions should not or
could not be put in regard to Mr.. w. Mr.
CLAY, leaving MIR. Cuthbert, spoke OF the
| late Senator from Massachusetts IN terms
due to his exalted character. lie spoke OF
his eminent services IN the Senate-oi tne
almost innumerable exhibitions OF eloquence
and power-of his dignified manner OF argu'
ment and uniform courtesey--oft the just esti-
nation paid to him by the country-and OF
| his grea: worth as a man and a Statesman.
I M. Rives. of Va, bore witness to the same,
and so also did Mr.. Preston of sc. Mr.
| Cuthbert became wfathy, and pulled ana
sweIled like frog. He would not consent
that Mr.. Rives should call him his friend,
what misfortune y and, in reply to MT.
| CLAW. made some remarks for which he was
called TO order by the Vice. President. The
conversation was prolonged to the ADJOURN
ment.-ErPress. r. ".,,. i. ...
| ,sr. III saJh,1p WAsH1NeroN, Feb. %.
Re,lzam let loose.-The House of Represen-
ta,ives have had a most exciting session To-
day upon the Civil and Diplomatic BILL
Several important votes have been taken
l : IN fho
reference to the fees Of, MarshGls, District A.
tor1evs and Clerks of The Courts. a provision
has been .engrafted upon the Bill, which
saws. that in no case shall the pay Of Mar
shall exceed $4,000, or the pay Of the Dis
| trict Attorney $4,000, or the pay of the
Clerks Of the District Court $4,500! The
vote. unan these amendments :xcitH1- ee .s
{ partly from the sum appropriated by the
Committee-parily from the fact that the
change has been made at the eleventh hour,
and BY the supporters of the Administration
at the moment when the friends of the Ad-
ministration are going out Of Office, The
proviSo fixing the amount Of payment was
carried by a strong vote, and a subsequent
motion made TO strike the proviso from the
Bill, was lost by vote of 1856 TO SO. ~ '4 ~"
! This subject disposed of, the House pro-
ceeded to the consideration Of other amend.
ments. ''' I'' r''t --'''i
The provision in regard to the District At
torney and Marshal will create some feeling
in the House of Representatives in New
York, as It has here. Mr.. Vanderpoel has
made himself conspicuous and notorious in
the discussion before the House. AT first, he
professcd Indifference as to the success of
the proviso before the House, and after
wards, as has been alleged, exerted what in
fluence he had to procure the reduction Of
fees. This is one position IN which Mr. Van.
derpoel stands before the House and the
country. ,...,.......
Another is, the more awkward position of
bringing forward a proposition for reducing
salaries at the moment his friends are going
out of power. For twelve years he and his
friends have been silent in regard to a Re-
form in the offices named, but now, when a
change Of Administration has been decreed,
the spirit Of economy governs the member,
or rather,,I should say. the spirit Of parsimo-
ny. meanness and hypocrisy. s,.. ,,.,.,.l g. .,
Mr.. Webster, by invitation, meets the Sem
ators Of both parties Mt his lodgings tonight.
Mr.. Cuthbert, Of Georgia, will hardly be
there, after his ebnllition of feeling, in the
Senate yesterday. Mr.. Cuthbert has barely
shown his face in the Senate to-day. Mr..
Webster was there. but not as a Senator,
though more admired and respected than
ever. .,. va ',t,-''' =, ''' ''
General Harrison is expected in the ely at
the close Of the week, and the Vice President
with him. Col. Johnson will leave the
Chair Friday or Saturday. All these move.
ments betoken the end of the present Admin.
istration, and the incoming ofthe new party.
Mr.. Crittenden will not resign his seat