Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-03-13
VOLUME XLII.-NUMBER 90.

come II, write you .hus plainly upon The subject
OF "hat may or may not be done BY this Congress
IN the way OF appropriations. With strc! econo-
M charac!erizinS The legislation OF the present
and mex, session, we are sure Of cec,ing a De-
mocra,ic President, in any event; without il the
The Chances, though oy no means against US are
even. The remedy for the taroinees with which
the Senate are al prcscn, acting CT the "norce"
lies with the House. II the later will imms-
diatelv take up lie auxiliary Oregon measures
(to bnid beck houses, extend the jurisdiction of
our iowns and establish post roads &C., in the Ter
rilory) and put them through "wi,a a rush. the
Senate will necessarily be obliged 10 decide
promptly on tie proposition now before rhem.-
Nothing has occurred within The last week 10
change myopinion heretofore eIp.essedloyo that
il len without the operation OF ex!raneous inhu-
ences, the Senate will friuer away sill another
month on the one branch of the question.
] received letters from Austin city, by This even
ine's mail bearing date on The l4'h o! February
two DAYS before the time fixed Tor the meeting Of
The Legislature and the organization Of the State
government. A quorum were already on the
ground. IL S understood thai no one would
oppose The election Gen. Houston io the Senate.
Gen. Rusk had finally announced that he rOl,id
serve il elected. So, there was no doubt that
he is By this time chosen as Houslc' : colleague
him run; butthev are on such terms that the one
will not oppose The other. MACON.
Correspondence Of Tie Richmond Enqui,er]
WAsnINornN CRY, March TO- lsl6.
Mr.. Evans finished his speech on the Oregon
question to-day, following up his anti" eSlensioa
Of the area OF freedom" notions as faithfully as Oh
The day before. Mr.. Reverdy Johnson OF Mary
land has the floor for tomorrow OF course he
will go quite as ia! against The proprely OF ex-
tending the laws OF he United States over The
country West Of the Rocky mountains as any
other gentleman in either branch of Congress-
MIR. Lis one Of my favorile anipahies, for can
no. gel over the recoeciien of his connection with
he never-to-be-f orsoiten outbreak among the in
censed laboring population OF Baltimore, which
was produced by the smashing OF The bank sup
posed BY The people 10 be under his direction,
and which resulted in SO much distress TO the poor
Of that city.
The Senate spent considerable time to-day in
executive session, and confirmed several unim-
poItant uominalio' 5. Thatot Andrew J. Donald
son, Esq, as Minister TO Prussia, in place Of the
Hon. Henry Wheaton, who returns, AT his own
reques was sent in this morning. | need hardy
write you, tha. the selection meets with general
favor among all parties in Washington, for Your
knowledge O. his Personal popularity wond sue-
:,csl the fact TO your mind. Ii is anticipated tina;
no objection will be made 10 this appointment -
Judge Meek, al present clerk in tho office OF the
Solicitor Of the Treasury hut very lately from
Tuscaloosa, Ala. has also been nominated as
United States District Attorney for the Southern
District of that State.
The tone OF the National Inlelligencer, for the
last few days. shows what large calculations the
Wings here are making upon the late aii,crly
between our friends IN the Senate. This, with
Mr. Evans speech, is having lis legitimate effect
upon all 10 any manner ultra for, in their cooler
moments, Democrats do n" relish he IDEA u
aiding the cause Of Federalism by their own
want oil harmony. cannot help being amused
with the extent 10 which, in the street, the Federal
lists are hoping, if not expecting, advantages
from The relative position OF those who differ
most widely on The question Of the notice. My
political experience has given me an abiding
confidence in the good sense with which The De-
mocraic Party act, after reflection in crises, as
was evinced at the last Baltimore Convention, as
well as in the manner in which The notice resolu-
ton SO laleiy passed the House OF Representa-
lives. That good sense will surely come 10 the
rescue OF lhe principles Tor the preservation Of
which, personal preferences were SO nobly cast
aside when James X. Polk was selected as our
standard bearer, and will in the end defeat, as
usual, not only Federal hopes, ba, Federal ma
chuations, which are just now as plenty as black
berries, have every horc.
In me House, to-day, the discussion OF the Har-
bar bill was continued by Mr.. Gordon OF New
York and Mr. Farran of Cincinnati, the success
sor Of Or. Duncan. Before The question was
taken up, however, forty thousand copies OF lie
last annual report of the commissioner Of the
Patent Office, Hon Edmund Burke,) were or
c.c:cd 10 be printed Tor the use OF the House.
Much opposition, though Intellectual, was mani
tested 10 Tie resolution. AS great stckcr Tor
economy rs am, Cannot complain at appro-
priations designed 10 spread information such as
that contained in this report lar and wide through
ont the country. or all the documents printed
Tor the use OF Congress, no other so Immediately
affects the every day concerns ofhe people. Mr.
Burke has this season collected and arranged
body OF statistics, from which every man in the
United States engaged in agricultural or me-
chanical pursuits, may obtain some item oil in
formation or other which, il applied, must I'M
netia,e!y benefit him 10 his business. There is
wisdom, therefore, as well as true economy, in
circulating the:n wherever readers can be obtain
ed The large edition ordered is strong proof
Of The high estimation 10 Wh:ch the mind and
labo.s c. he present commissioned are held by
the House. The Wings throughout the country
vino have formed an estimate OF Mr.. Burke
from he grossly yi!uperalve articles against
him, originally appearing in The New York Ex-
press, and re-copcd into almost every Federal
paper in the country, will now see how differ.
.ntiy his value is regarded by The national le9is
ature. MACON.