The North-Carolina standard., 1849-03-28
AFFAIRS AT WAsH1Ncro,,

The Senate, which had been in extra Co..
the 4th. of March, adjourned on Frid.u I'i0a G&
washington Correspondent of the New Yort y
says: 'A Hel
"To-day, Mr.. Benton, in secret Session
his speech on the protocol, and was renl;oii cOGc
Foote, who pronounced a most scath;1 " BY
against the Missouri Senator. He a,t.ng accmg Plli
acting in concert with the Mexican miniSeI iGSea bio
deavoring to embarrass his country bv roS' Ia
the protocol as portion of the treaty.. nP n1PeStNs
that the people of Missouri, if they could b 0ec
qudinted with his conduct, would scorn o13
him. aAd IpS
Mr.. Foote'S speech lasted about an hon,
close Mr.. Benton offered resolution doaii. dd al
protocol portion of the treaty, and that is
with the articles substituted by the Senas confe
the original articles contained in the proieo. IN M
ted by the Mexican government THROUGH I'M NJ. SGSn
A motion was made to lay this resoluton lS
nitely on the table, and 1t passed ,vitho,t lt&
Mr.. Benton himself not UeTlturing to vOte ~. Te'se
extinguished the whole affair most comnleaISs lS "
The Correspondent of the Herald ststo.,
''most important" Cabinet council was b.T
Wednesday night last, at which the question wv w
scription was formally considered. Messrs r.!
and Collamer are stated to have been in f,vo
and the President, and Messrs. Meredith. c,..,
Preston, and Johnson againstit. Mr.. Clav,oa"
absent, but was understood to be with the M.
Mr. Fillmore is said to be on the side of prosc,s
This was to have been expected from him. r.:
mere politician, of the strongest stamp of Fedo.r
and bigoted at that.
Ex-Governor Pennington, of New JERSEY b,.,
appointed Governor of Minnesota Territory !, ~
Mr.. McGaughey, rejected. Mr.. Penninqtou ::
Whig, Of course.
The Washington Correspondent of the Naw Y,
Herald has the following in regard to North C,,,a
" The whig members of the North Caroiu, 7.
Islature, at their recent session, am Informed T
or nearly all, signed Recommendation ofHon. FJ3
Stanly for foreign mission, and it seems nrobIt
that, as North Carolina is not represented in ho ~
net, and is quite modest State in askipu favo,s %
though always reliable as a whig State. for;a
mission may be conferred on one of her citizens 4
Barrlnger,. one of the members from North Canir
is one OF the candidates for Minister to Spain,
Much interest is felt, particularly among the iDA.
trlous classes and inventors, with regard to th~
pointment of Commissioner of Patents, it being ~.
orally understood that Mr.. Burke, the presentiicD
bent, will be removed. The prominent candidates
have heard named for the place are Ezra c. Seaman
OF Detroit, (author of the work called the Prorr,
of Nations J Edward Stanly of North Carolina, JOI
s. Skinner (the agricultural editor) of PhiIadelubD
Moses Hampton, Member of Congress, from Pin
burgh. Pennsylvania, and Thomas Ewbank, a n
chanic, and writer on hydraulics, &c., of the CITY
New fork. 1t is difficult to say which of they
or of others not named, has the best chance but
effort is making among the inventors to effect the
pointment of practical mechanic to an office whc
is partly of a judicial character"