Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-03-21
From tie Ohio St1tesman
WASH!NGT0s CORRESPONDENCE.

From tie Ohio statesman.
WASNlNGT0s CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, Saturday March 4, IS43.
Ell. OHIO StatcSmdn:
The Federal 9Th Congress is closed.
Three sessions fifteen months Legislation
on, Of twenty one! Where are VET
What is the condition of the country. after
this tinkering ia retrenchment and reform?
Excepting that the Treasury is let neon
di,onaliv under the Executive, from the re-
peal Of the Independent Treasury Law-ex-
ccptng, that imported goods are far pro-
portionablv higher, in the prcsen, dcclen.
sion Of p,ce is very thing than they would
have been under re- establishment of the
late Tariff la" .-txccp'ng, that the pres
sure is tenfold severer than al the advent o.
this Observation-Disclosures Keeping, that gen
eral Executive bargaining, and purchase
Of soul and body, recently instituted, has
corrupted the political morals OF this coun-
try to some extent Excepting these and
other exceptions, we are precisely where
this Improbable Congress found Us, when
they took the government upon their shout
ders; when the working people, suffering
from bank frauds, bank Expectations, and
bank explosions, were misled to attribute
the evil times upon which they had fallen
to the NAL administration Of Martin Van
Buren,
The day upon which the defunct Con
gress closed its term Of existence, was like
that day upon which Presiden. Harrison
was inaugurated-cold, raw, and gloomy.
The weather, as the sine die Of Whggery
approached us. grew colder and gIoomier;
and on the last day Of the session, the Po-
tomac was skiJted with ice. the hills we're
covered with snow; and a freezing North
Easter blew all dav long. 1t seemed as
if the elements had consoired from the be
ginning of the jubilee of federalism against
it, to the close Of its disastrous history
Towards evening OF the last day. however,
the clouds began to recede and oJsperse-
the wind subsidized, and at half pass one
o'clock this morning, after Congress haS
adjourned, there was not a blotch upon the
face of the sparkling armament, which we
consider as an omen Of better times.
Among the innunerable items of bus,~
ness disposed Of by final passage and up
prevail Yesterday. werr:
The Treasury Note bill was passed with
an amendment authorizing the issue O
stock, with ten years TO run on all these
notes, (ncar eleven millions.) This is call
ed funding the DEBT: but the debt will have
to be paid when the promise becomes due,
in something more substantial than new
stock bassed upon Treasury notes.
The Chinese Bill was passed, appropri-
ating $40, 900 for establishing commercial
relations with China, with an amendne nj
that the commissioner, to be appointed by
the President, must be confirmed by the
Senate.
A bill granting pensions TO the pidoWS Of
Revolutionary soldiers Cor one year, was
passed.
The Nary bill was disposed Of, or rath-
er the amendments thereto.
Bills for The District Of Cnlambia "A
bill for an Insane Asylum;a bill to complete
Potomac Bridge; bill making appropria-
ton for the support Of Inmates al Baltimore
till the ASYLUM is finished; bill 10 incor-
porate the Female Orphan Asy lum at Al
exsndria, all passed and approved.
EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS.
Henry 4. Wise. nominated as Minister
| 10 ldhCc, was JtI1''d t"iNV III SCI icN
session. veste rdav. The first vote, we
! understand. was II to 2i-four wings vo-
ting Cor him, and Two democrats against
| him.
Caleb Gushing was as often rejected for
the Treasury.
John G. Spencer Of the War Depal l.
raent. was finally confirmed as Secretary OF
the Treasury, James NJ. Porter viii prob
ably succeed Spencer in the War Depart
nen'.
w. w. Irwin, of Pa. was confirmed as
Charge d'Affaires to Denmark. They
drink nothing but fourth proof braudy at
Copenhagen, 80 that Irwin will be ''perfect-
ly at home" among the Danes.
1t is reported TO day that Gushing goes
| to the State Webster to Eng:
| land-Everett 10 be transferred as Com
missioner to his Celestial Highness, the
| Emperor Of the Chinese.
THE BILL SIGNED.
| The bill for the repeal Of the Bankrupt
Law was brought into the House with the
Presidents signature, last night. a, the
eleventh hour. On being apprised of this.
a whig member near our elbow was heard
to oxclaim (alluding TO Tyler, we suppose. }
| '.Ths last link is broken
! That bound me TO thce!