Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1843-03-09
Correspondence Of the N Y.Americnn.

TO repeal the Bankrupt LGE, without 0menu. |
ment. precisely in the form in which it came
from the House. As the bill will not be sent
10 the President till Monday, he may avoid
the responsibility Of signing it, it he likes,
nv letting it lie oE his hands till the adjourn
ment, when il dies of course, as only four
days will then intervene between the presen-
tation Of the bill and the adjournment. The
Constitution allows him ten days to consider
it, il he chooses He will, however, proba-
bly,. sign it.
He has trouble enough, just now. Mr.
Forward, the Secretary Of the Treasury, has
chosen 70 embarrass Mr.. Tyler at this par.
ticular time. by sending in his resignation -
He sent it in last Tuesday. to take ef1ect on
Tuesday next, Feb. %, MIR, Tyier's lnten-
ton was that Mr. Forwad should Tttain his
Office only until the 9th Of March, when ne
meant to eject him sum,nariIy, and put Mr.
Spencer in his place. without the necessity
of consulting that very odious and impcrti.
,ncnt body, the Senate. But now, the vacan-
.cy being created during the session. must pc
filled during the session, and cannot be f1lieh
during the interval unless q nomination Is
now made To the Senate. He is afraid to risk
Mr.. Spencer in the hands of the Senate in
their present temper.
Mr.. James M. Porter of Pennsylvania, has
been summoned TO come into the Cabinet, IN
anticipation of this vacancy. correspon,
dence is still going On between Mr.. Iyier ana
Mr.. Porter, but it has not yet been decideo
what place he shall take. 1t has oeen pro
posed that Mr.. Wicklitfe shall leave the Ge'
neral Post Office, and 60 into the war De-
partment, and that Porter should then take
the office of Postmaster General, though the
general expectation has been that he would
lake Spencer's place. He is very unprin-
cipled politician, and has long been the life
and soul OF the abominab BILE administration OF
his brother, David R. Porter, of Pennsylva-
MIA. He is worthy to be the officer OF Tyler,
and the colleague of Spencer.
An active interchange of notes is going on
TO-DAY between Tyler and Forward. with the
vain desire to induce the latter to withdraw
his resignation, II he does so, it will be on
the positive pledge of Tyler. that he shall re-
tain that Office as long as he pleases. during
this Presidential term. Mr.. Tyler's great
embarrassments may drive him to make THIS
offer.
If Mr.. Forward does actually leave the
Cabinet next week, we may look tor most
interesting state of affairs between him and
the Administration. They would he glad to
open hostilites upon him Immediately but
they have mnch occasion to be afraid of him.
He knows a little too much OF the hidden
things of darkness among them, to make MN
a safe or AN agreeable enemy. There are
some things connected with the Custom
Houses and some things connected with MIR.
Tyler's management of the land fund that
have been done against Mr.. Forwards advice
and remonstrance, the knowledge OF which
would bring some distinguished men IN
danger.
The desk of the First Auditor, Tul1y r.
Wise. is full of corruption and fraud, thar
a. Oh,
We shall have the details soon, in an un-
questionable shape.
l,!.s deceit and peculation now carried on
here is beyond al. ...s.- lie people have inn
agined, or feared, or dreamed. Tho true
grounds for the impeachment of the Presl-
dent have never yet been presented, but
may come within the observation OF Loco
Foco Congress, to be acted on at their dis
cretion. The management of the land fund
during the past year has been one OF gignn-
tic chrat and fraud-desgncd to reduce the
distribution among the states to the lowest
possible amount. 1t will be soon ripped up
The great mass of denominations in the In
dian Department connected with the CON
tracts for removing the Indians beyond the
Mississippi and feeding them there, has at
last been opened to view. Lieut.. COL
Hitchcock's report to the War Department
on those frauds, which was the subject OF so
much controversy between the House and
the Department last summer. has at last
been surrendered by the President to the
House. 1t was referred by the House to
the Indian Committee about two weeks ago,
and was yesterday reported by them 10 the
House with appropriate accompanying,
and with recommendation that u snenln
be printed. 1t presents most atroclous and
extensive frauds and robberies committed
on the Government during the Admnlstra-
ton of Jackson and Van Buren, by the In
dian contractors on the frontier of Arkansas
and Missouri.
This matter was brought to the notice of
John Bell, Secretary of War, in March, lS4l,
by Col. Austin J. Raines. of Arkansas, at
whose urgent demand, Col. Hitchcock was
in June sent to Arkansas to investigate these
charges.
When Mr.. Tyler turned over to the Loco
Foco party, at the close of the Extra Ses-
sion, (September, 194I il instantly became
part of the policy, both of himself and ms
creatures, to suppress all such inquiries,
and to shield all Loco Foco ofticeholders and
agents from detection and punishment for
their thefts so long practiceG with immunity.
To this policy, John G. Spencer promptly
gave his sanction and support. Col. iiiteii.
cock, "a man, by the way, OF the most emil
nent and unimpeachabie purity simplicity
Justice and courage,) was allowed 10 go on
and complete his Investigations. He return
ed and presented his report last spring.
This was received aud deposited among the
numerous similar 0rCanG and "secrets of
the prison house" in the Indian bureau. des-
tined there to remain for the private edit
cation and advantage OF John Tyler and his
servants and helpnrc-fhOH holding q wand