Litchfield enquirer., 1848-02-24


 unless accompanied by tAs successful pertOrmance on their PaFs 0f some ruse by winch they might Te1Rliats disc0m- teiIure upon the Whigs.
 The financial distress into which the criminal conduct of the Administration has plunged the country, u is said wIIl be relieved by the Czsr Of all the Rus sias. He, say some members ot the Administration party, has offered to take tho loan of sig, ,00O,O0O al par. Geo. Pondexler, q mau notorious ln the Jackson umeS, Is called by the Union 'the PrOdigal Son.' whether tor the req son or not that he has lately, like the man tn the New Testament, offered to feed upon husks il Is unnecessary to say the Czar Nicholas perhaps N-whi \ denomina,e as the Prodigal Father, with Aan equally awkward compliment.
 A little more extraordinary than even
 is offer of the Emperor Nicholas, is the Total ignorancs on the subject Of the Il Russian Minister hero. He has not been appraised, either directly or indirectly, ot the Emperor's intenlio 8.
 A circumstance like this however. does not in the least slagger the fa!h ot the adherents of the executive. They rather consider it as proof of the Emperor's sound diplomacy, likening his conduct to that of Mr. Polk, who on the Oregon question s,udiously concealed ' from his organs im both houses DO less than from his organ ont of doors, his in- tentions and negotiations with Engiand' $ E.'.E Washington, Feb. IS. 4
 SENATE.
 A resolution of vote of thanks to Gen, k Fay Tor having passed. MT Chitenden rose and spoke in reference 10 some re- marks recently made by the Senator from New Hampshire; he coDlended thai the appreciation of tfe conduct of othcers did not imply an appreciation ot lhe war. Mr Hale responded, defending himself strongly on the ground that his constitu> en,s were opposed to the war.
 N Mr Foote spoke in very strong terms denuncia,ory of Mr Hale and the Liber Ety party, and read long -extracts from pamphlets circulated in New England by Mr Wright, which were aga'nsl the \ war, aud which he alleged were circu- leted under the sanction of the whigs. He charged the oppositioa with pro- ,racting the war and aiding Mex'eo.- He said General Marshall had written a letter by which the Mexicans were greats ly encouraged to expect n pronuncia> : mento in their favor in the U S. ..
 Mr Chittenden vindicated the Wings and defended freedom of discussion. He contenLed that after law was nude by the majority, 1t was the duty ol all to unite in its execution.
 HOUSE
 MT Eyans,of Maryland, offered a res- olulioll 10 re consi1er the fOrmerT resolu> tjon. that debate shalt ,termnats on Wednesday,, 18th inst Vote taken on question to reconsider. Ayes 9S. noes
 The House then went into Committee of the whule, and the debate of the bill was resumed by Mir Morehead of Ken lucky.
 MT Pollock nf Pa. spoke in favor of a direct loan in preference to any farther sssue of treasury notes. Two o'clock the time for closing the debate having arrived, Mr Vin:on of Ohio, closed the debate, be, ,ng allowed to do SD by . new rule ofihe House. A vote was then taken 60 strike out Is miliions. aud substitute l6millions On reading the fist section ofihe biil, Mr Hailof Mass. proposed an amendment, that no portion of the money granted, should hereafter he expended in ihe prosecRtioa of the war.@
 A,vote was taken on this motion. Ayes g, noes ilS.
 MT Holmes. of South Carolina. asked the unanimous consent Of the II )use for a vote of thanks io the. naval officers enga> ged in ihe Mexican war. Adjourned.