New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-10


dsoraceful brawls that havelatetlyd disgused every
decent member of it! During the deii'eis ~ "
Mr.. Belser's speech, the esteemed anu se''e1 ,'o'
Mrs. Madison, leaning on the arm o. w. N
kins. was observed walking down the ceh'e a's'.
Of the Hall, in front of the Speakers chaA' ,o''
lowed by two ladies in black, escorted oy ~
Cave Johnson. 0he gentleman who has Waiheo
po,rs,l,ania Avenue with long nlne IN MS
mouth and lady on his arm lheso ia'.ei
wore Miss Legare, sister of the late lameh'eo Al
tornev ~ General. and very beautiful young lady
named Miss Payne They were handed to seats
nIaced for them on the right of the Speakers
Chair. on level with the Clerks seat; and there
the charming, dear old lady sat with her two
handsome young friends, facing that, at other
times, noisy body of Loco Focos for half an hour,
listening earnestly to the history of the formation
Of the Constitution and the part her husband took
in ceding the powers of the States, IN regard TO
the election of Congressman, to the General Gov
ernment. It was most charming sight, and IN
tensely pleasing from its novelty. The dignfled
widow Of the framcr and finisher of the Constl-
tuition might well have been taken by stranger
for the presiding officer Of the House. She
looked uncommonly well, and was in fine spirits;
she left in company with Gov. Glmer-Judge
Wilkins and Mr. Holmes of South Carolina, both
Younger, handsomer and gallant men, acting as
souires to the Young ladies' What shall we see
next on the floor of Congress strange trans
ition this from fist fight!
Mr. M,KAY, Chairman of the Ways and
Means. informed me today that the statement
IN the Courier of Tuesday is untrue. The
Committee do not intend to report Horizontal
Tariff They will report Revenue Tariff, with
discriminating duties, some time next week );
and such a Tariff, Mr.. M'kay believes, Will
pass both the House and Senate. They intend
to reduce the duties considerably on Wooden
Cloths Iron, Cotton Goods, Hardware, sc. In
fact, they mean to touch every thing l amer
with the worthy Chairman, because know ti'at
such bill will not pass the Senate.
Itwould have done Wing good to have seen
the lone faces of the Loco.Focos at the news
from the Louisiana Legislature this morning
They begin to despair already.
IN to THIS hour, the President has done no.
thing decisive about supplying the places of Por-
ter and Henshaw Gov. Gilmer can go into
either place whenever he thinks proper He will
probably be Secretary of War Gen, Saunders
would like to be Secretary of the Navy.
Capt. Stockton, who is all-powerful, is urging
Walworth for the Supreme Court vacancy
What do you say to N. P. Tallmadge?
Mr.. Binney has not finished his argument in
the Girard Case. JUNIus, Jr.
Currency: The Evil and the Remedy
A new edition of this able and interesting essay
has lust been issued, in naneat octave pamphlet of46
pages instead of the inconvenient folio form it
originally wore. 1t is lucid and scorching expo
sure of the evils every where experienced from uc
tuatons in the rate Of Interest and in the volume Of
the Currency-Auctuations which are constantly
profted by if not caused by the rapacious and de-
signing to enrich themselves at the expense of the
powerless and the simple. But 1t does not stop
with merely indicating the evils which flow from
the inadequacy, instability and monopoly of our
Circulating Medium; the author proceeds to set
forth and commend measures deemed entirely
adequate to the removal Of the mischiefs and suf.
ferings occasoned thereby. His plan has three
OUISCIS W lila lolC VI iIltclcSL pClIIdu
emily at three per cent. per annum, secondly, to
create a Currency fully adequate to the wants of
the community; thirdly, to enable every man who
wants money, and can give adequate security for
its repayment, to borrow at the uniform rate so
that Interest shall TO longer range, as now from
three per cent. per annum to four per cent a
month, in inverse proportion to the ability Of the
borrower to pay. These results effected, he
maintains that Industry would be encouraged,
extended and rewarded, Business increased and
rendered safe, Wealth accumulated and Dcstitu-
ton alleviated beyond all precedent or previous
conception.
We are not sure that we could assent to all
the propositions or participate in all the hopes of
the sanguine essayist, but we see in his treatise
the germs ofvast good if rightly considered and
acted upon, and we heartily commend it to the
attention of all who venured to think on topics of
great public concern. His style is remarkably per-
spcuous, simple and vigorous; child could not
fail to understand him from first to last Noon can
read his work without acquiring new and valua-
treats. 1t published by Burgess & Strnger,
222 Broadway, and sold at the naked cost OF
printing, (six cents copy)
GT THE Poems OF JAMES r. LOWELL have al
ready reached second edition, though scarcely
published three months. They are thus popular
because they deserve popularity. We suspect
most of the complaints we hear Of the decline
of Poetry are true in a more literal sense than
their authors intend-that the disease of our time