The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-01-14


ior The present session. 20 The passing of
lnws and Dor TO ~-quander lhe money and
take up ihe time Of ihe peope N u,oless
discussion
TIE Secretary Of The Treasury has sent
his communication 70 Congress. aud he re-
conmends specific duties Ia stead Of the at
rak0yea duty Of Tho iarsd Of 1916. cut IL is
generally believed illst no change win be
made ID nc law Of isi0 during the present
session. Notwithstanding the recommends
lion Of the President ana argument 81 the
Secretary. Il was thought that a protec-
tive sand, by Whatever name known. had
drawn rs fast gasp previous to The expira.
lion Of the last session bot attempts are
aeain made to resuscitaie The project. by
calling ia the MD ofIhe oficia influence IT
perscns 10 high Office Of this Government
il Is doubted very strongly ihat a protective
tariff Is a Wing measure. The better opin-
ion Is that it is the project Of the manuiac-
turers and merchants Of The North pressed
upon The wing purly BY the immense wealth
d The advocates ofihIs hobby.
The attention Of The Senate has been
mostly occupied in discussing the resolu-
tionso 81 Mr.. Bradbury calling for the cause
for removal from Office by Gen Taylor.
Governor Wlilcomb and DR.. Gwin have
indicated the conduct Of General Lane. as
Governor Of Oregon, and Col. John B. Wei
lei, as commissioner TO run the boundary
They consider the removal Of those gentle
men as an imputation on theiI h0ucsty and
Epdrate character generally, which they
feel themselves bound to defend as the
friends Of those gentlemen. Their removal
does impute the want Of slonesiy, fidelity
and capacity
Mr. Ewing in his reply to these gentle
men, stated that Col Weller had neglected
to render his accounts 70 the Departments,
and had attempted 10 inliict personal chas.
tiscmcnt on Capt Gray, aud in making his
remark, he strongly intimated that Col. w.
was Intoxicated, and he, as he was, a man
in this condition, capable Of taking charge
Of public monies belonging to the Govern
ment.
Owing % the large revenue accrued by
receipts from t4w postage Of letters over and
above the cost Of transporting the same,
there has been an early and decided move,
rnent made in favor Of the reduction Of the
rates Of postage. The bin to reduce the
rates Of postage, reported at the last session,
Is nov under consideration III tile house,
and from present appearnces the bill will
most likely pass agreeably to the recon.
mendations of the Postmaster General, tx
ing the rate ot three cents, with power to
further reduce it il il can be done, and the
Department sustain itself. Thala fpflher
reduction ID called for cannot be doubted,
as there is now q large surplus fund on hand
derived nom postage, The only objection
that Il urged against reducing the rates is,
that there are many post Offices i'll the
South and interior Of the country generally,
which are not able, from the hostages re-
cciyed, q sustain themselves At the present
rates, aud il further reduced, they would
necessarily be discontinued. This / am
prepared 70 say, will not be the case, for il
n well known that that there are now in the
various States, i not all. offices which do
not sustain themselves from tho proceeds
received, yes they IRE not discontinued, I'M.
derthc present arIangcment-the surplus on
one route IS applied 70 meet any deficiency
that occurs Oh another.
On last evening | had tho pleasure Of
hearing Jenny Lind sing. 10 describe The
vocal power Of this musical enchantress
would take d far ADLER pen than / can WELD,
for all description is beggared in the at
tcmpt. There may b sweefer singers than
Jenny YET the compass 81 her voice far *.
ceeds anything l ever heard She is able 10
after the loudest and lowest brepths in d
~~ngie breath which strike Tic listener with
wonder and astonislumeut 50 great, that the
palm o. superiority isnt once awarded. and
she \ Pronounced 70 DC without an equal,
She must be heard 70 he appreciated. and /
would advise oil lowers Of music 10 attend
her concerts mud Judge Of her powers Tor
themselves, GRArrAN.
William q. Allen. q colored young man,
Anw student. ia the office Of Ellis Gray Lor.
ing. esqs Boston has been appointed to the
Prolessogship u Greek and Rhetoric IL
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