The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-04-18
WASHINGTON, April is, Is
Close of the Week.


The close of the week brings us to the close
of the first half of the present month, and per-
haps the first half of the session, to witt four
months and half. But with ratification of
that treaty. Congress may adjourn on or before
the first of July unless the revolutions which are
now shaking all Europe may require an extern
sion OF the session. We shall be fortunate if we
are not drawn into the general melee before it
is over.
The most difficult subject before the Senate the
past week, and since the day of his arrest, has
been the correspondent ofthe Herald who furnish
ed the treaty to Mr. Bennett for publication. Not
knowing exactly what to do, since Monday last,
the Senate have wisely, perhaps, done nothing
in the case. On Monday next, we shall certain.
ly expect the transfer of the prisoner to
his liberty or to the common Jail. II has
been this latter alternative upon which
the leaders In this work OF coercion to
confession, have been hesitatIng so obviously.
IL will certainly not harmonic with those elori-
Gus eulogiums upon freedom In France, with
which the honorable Chairman on Foreign Rela-
lions has RECALLED US on so many occasions with
In the past few weeks, If he shall adopt this lat
ter alternative OF a ielon's confinement of the
refractory gentleman held under duress. We
shall see wnat we shall; but We opne the Senate
are about 81 wise upon the secret which they
would like 30 well TO know, as they will be for
sometime 10 CONE, 10 whatever extreme they
may carry the despotic power awarded them by
the Circuit Court. Under the decision of the
Court, they may imprlson for life; they may
transport TO California or New Mexico, or deca-
plate or hang their prisoner, and there is no
law 10 save him-for the Senate is declared 10
be beyond the reach of law, and to hold the IL
bery and life of any citizen under it's control.
The Senate was not IN session to-day, and the
House occupied upoa the private calendar.
The letter of Cassius NJ Clay TO his kinsman,
the Hon. Henry Clay, peases the wings, that 10,
the friends Of the sage ot Ashland, exceedingly
They like it They like the bad spirit and the
bad taste which mark The production from be-
ginning to end, as calculated to turn of the
SHARP edge Of criticism from the letter of the Oft
defeated, but never subdued ,emb odlment OF VIII x
principles. Ga the o.her hand, one of the bold
est, most consistent, and most faithful supporters
OF Henry Clay, says that his letter is the letter
that was wanted, tue letter that was expected,
and the letter which Of all the numerous letters
of the day, covers the necessities of the timee,
the position oil the wing party, and the esti-
mates upon which alone they can enter into
the campaign with any prospect of success We
shall see. One thing, at all events, is undenia-
BILE; II will hurry the respective factions OF the
party TO an understanding. As a last resort, if
forced upon them, the Taylor men Of the wings
will come to Clay, while tue Clay men will lall
upon Scott, or Mclean or CrltteDden, or Man
gum, in preference to Taylor, and will only
adopt him from the force OF circumstances which
they may not be able TO control or TO evade.-
The chances OF Gen. Scott, st this moment, are