Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-02-20
Correspondence of the Public Ledgerl
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na,e- The NeUs from England Tbs
Volunteers. -....
The war instead Of being waged against the
enemy is now very seriously going on in the
Senate and House Of Representatives. The
whole Of yesterday was spent in the Senate in
discussing the prcpriety pr expelling the repor
tcrs Of Mr. Richie and the venerable editor 10
soot. The session lasted till past o'clock 70
the afternoon. Senators in the fight actually
forgetting the cravings of their stomachs, and
the members Of the House. instead Of doing any
business. coming into the lobby Of the Senate
10 see the fun. The scene was truly magnif.
esnt--s struggle between Mr.. Turney and
John G. Calhoun, with Judge Butler coming
10 the rescue of The latter to prevent the cham.
pon Of "the balance Of power p,rty,"as Mr..
1uraey called him, from soiling his own gilt.
terng weapon in the conflict -Turney is 9
fae fellow. with quite g respectable stare Of
talent. fic is a whole souled Tenncssean, who
would have answered well 10 guard the portal.
of The temple of liberty with batile.sxe; but
IA the measure Of swords, he was no match to
,he parliamentary champion Of so many cam.
paiens lie fought, however, brsvely; and is
now. no doubt. fairly in the way of recovering
from bis wounds. To-day the debate was con.
Nnued, and have just "a o'clock. p. Nj left Mr.
Yulee speaking, who was fast defining his
position. He would not admit ,ba. the execu.
nve had any thing 10 do with the orgnn. and
'h,, ccnsure might freely be bestowed on the
latter without furnishing the reputation Of the
farmer. lie was right If,he President were
arsweratle for every paragraph which appears
IN the ncw.papers Of xlre party. he would Ger.
,sn'y have to answer for more than he agreed
10 in assuming the duties Of his office and on
the other eide there certainly was some jnstice
IN he argument that in excluding Mr.. Richie
from the floor Of the Senate, but admitting him
with all other citizens 10 the galleries, he wns
mn deprived Of right. but merely of pripi.
iege granted him by 8 rule of that body. Yet
let the mntter be viewed in whatever light il
may. the Senate and the public have gained no.
thing by this procedure. Two entire days Of
the short remaining session have been lost al
'esdy. and tho scene yesterday in the Senate
certainly did more injury TO the dignity of that
Sndy than all the publications possible of Father
tchie, Depend on it, the expulsion of Mr.
Richie from the floor Of the Senate will make
hun. if no, the President Of The United States,
as Mr.. Van Buren, was made President by his
rejection BY the Ssnate--at leas, Governor of
the honorable and ancient Commonwealth Of
Virginia.
The House, Of course. has done working to.
day. members being occupied principally with
listening to the debates OF the Senate, and in
caucuses referring to the military appointments.
The Pennsylvania delegation hai q meeting to
demonstrate sgsinst the appointing Of but six
Companies under the new law from Pennsylva.
mia. To-day the President yielded to eight,
but the Delegation wants more than regiment
and some Brigadier General.
The President here asked .or the privilege
Of appointing two additional Major Generals.
ard four Brigadier Generals As regards the
appointments from Pennsylvania, three compa.
nies only are 20 far accepted from Philad'lphi
viz. Captain Buffers, Captain Seybore's sod
Captain Cars, | believe. The State wants
the remaining 6ve perhaps ten companies, with
the regirnentsl field officers. 1t 10 thought tba
the sickly season is fast approaching, th'
President had perhops better call couple OF re-
giments from the ueighboring States Of Mary
land, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York
and send them down at once to the theatre O
war. instead of distributing them among The
their rendezvous.
The news from Europe is looked upon gene
rally as favorable. AZ TO the letters Of marqus
which the Mexican Consul in London though HI
tit to offer "lor sale" the administration expect
no difficulty from them, The British press il
selfhss taken the matter in har(l and proceeded
sgainst the enorml'y Of the proceeding. Bu
there is besidssa a treaty between England an.
the United States in regard to privatcers, which
prohibits the government of Great Britain frou
tolera,ing such proceeding. She, at this mo
ment. would be the greatest sufferer by it. Bu,
in addition to that, the ever wstchful SecretaT,
ofState, has given the subject his special stien
tion and has taken the proper official steps to 81
rest so outrageous proceeding in tho outset
Should privaleers nevertheless attempt pira
cy on our commerce, il is to be hoped that tn
crew of every one Of them. il taken by our mel
ofwar, will be Immediately swung of at III
yard arm for an exsmple.
The question at privilege in the Senate hs,