The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-03-15

Among the DlilS winch Idii3Q lot want oi
time was-Alas that we should say it !-our
well beloved 54s. reirenching the Pay and
Mileage of Members of Congress and the
Salaries of Public Officers, who receive o.
yer $1,000 each. This ball, which passed
the House by more than four to one, and
would have received an equally overwhelm.
ing support in the Senate if il could have
been brought to the Yeas and Nays, was
killed, in the first place by some very inju-
dicicus amendments proposed by the Com.
mittee of Reirenchment. striking out its best
feature, 10 wal, radical reform of the Mile
age atrocity. and reducing all the reductions
Of salaries to q dead level Of l2I per cent.
Thus reported. the bill died on The table,as
we feared from the moment we saw The a.
mendments.
The Postage Reduction DILL also failed, to
our deep grief. 1t passed. the House in a
most thorough shape, cutting down all Pos
tages 10 and 10 cents; but tho Senate
were afraid that this was too sweeping, and
would not act on it; 80 the bill died. A
friend affirms that. with 5 cent rate for
long distances, the bill would have prevail
ed. Ii so, We regret that il was not insert.
ed, though we still believe and 10 cents
would afford an adequate revenue.
The Post Office Monopoly bill. forbidding
the conveyance Of Newspaper, Pamphlets,
&c, otherwise than through the Mails,
sleeps The sleep of death. After the public
exposure of its character and effects its pas.
sage was hardly possible.
! The last night was signalized by an ex.
hibition, on the part of Mr.. Tyler, of one oil
those Roman characteristics which he for.
merly deemed so culpabe in Gen. Jackson.
Mr.. Tyler had nominated 10 the Senate,
HENRY A. WISE for Minister TO France;
CALEB CUSHING for Secretary of the Urea.
sury;
WIN. w. IRWIN for Charge d,Affaires &c
Denmark.
Here were three ofthe six Guardsmen in
Congress-one- half the lotto be paid of
in lump. directly in the teeth of the cardi.
nal Wing principle, so explicitly and sol.
emmy proclaimed, that Members of Con.
gress ought moi 10 be rewarded with Exec.
utive stations for subseryiency to the dis.
penser of such stations. But these gentle.
men found the constitutional fact of The
Senate standing rigidy between them and
the goal of their ambition. Mr.. Wise was
rejected By % to u; Mr.. Cushing by 81 10
10; MIR. Irwin was allowed to pass, though
a call Of the Yeas and Nays would proba.
bly, have stopped him.
The rejection of Messrs. Cushing and
Wise was promptly communicated 10 The
President, (who is usually in attendance al
:he Capitol on the last night Of the session.
In half an hour message was transmitted
TO the Senate, re-nominating both Wise and
Cushing. commenting their eminent fit
ness, &c, and hoping the Senate would
think better of its decision They were a.
gain rejected, by some 80 votes TO or 10,
and the fact communicated 10 the'President.
In few minutes, he re-nominaied them a.
gain, this time very crustily. They were
forthwith again rejected, by some 40 votes
TO too. The Accidental mad by this time
discovered that there was al least one other
constitutional fact besides himself, and
hauled off 10 repair damages.
John T. Spencer was now nominated for
Secretary of the Treasury, and confirmed,
though several senators voted against him,
under the impression THAT he had, advised
the President in his recent attempt 10 bully
the Senate. We think this was q mistake.
Edwardj Everett, now, Ambassador to
England, was nominated for Envoy Extra
ordinary 10 China, and.prompty confirmed.
though few of his personal friends dissen-
ted, considering this scheme to get him
away from England.
Calvin Blythe was nominated and con-
frmed as Collector at Philadelphia, vice
Thomas Smith, rejected. Judge Blythe
was Mr.. Van Buren's collector, and remov-
ed by Mr.. Tyler himself, TO make room for
jonathan Roberts. a Wing. Now that Mr..
t. wants Locofoco, the Senate decide to
have a regular one rathersthan one of the
Tyler genius. Perhaps they arc right.
So Congress has adjourned, leaving the
War Department, the Missions to England
and TO France, now open, with lots Of va
cancies to be made in the course of the
month. Tylerism will therefore pay some.
thing for fresh and promising recruits. Who
is sorry, desperate and reckless enough 10
enlistl In these hard times some men will
do almost any thing for living.-N. Y.
Tribune.