, 1859-02-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our own Correspondent.

: OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
fFrom our own Correspondent.
WAsHueTo1, Jan. s. 1853.
The application Of III. Mccormick for the e.
tension Of bis Reaper patent for = term Of ssren
year., ~as, on Saturday, ~deeadsd adversely by
the Commissioner Of Pstenta. Ths case haa
been pending for long period, snd was elabo-
rately argued By Edward L. Dicksrson, Egg, Of
New jersey, and Hon. Reverdy johnson The
renewal of the patent would hare been worth
ono million Of dollaEs- The:ground on which
the denial Of tbs spphca.ion d based. is that
Mr. Mccormick, having had the unobstrueted
uaa Of Tho pAtant for fourteen years, hss been
fully remunesated for the invention. Though
the decision terminates the monopoly, yet Mr.
Mccormick will retain great advantages over
&ny competition in tbs manufacture Of his ma
chimes, because be is already established with
greater facilities than can BE- enjoyed bY begin
ners.
Iappears that we have reached tho end Of
tho tariff agitation for this Congress- Party
caucu4eS havo assumed all the powers and re-
sponsibilities Of legislation. 0ne Of these mon.
sters Of usutpatiou these fungi Of psr.izan
impudence hiss been held BY Democratic Sen.
ators, snd the caucus have resolved that they
viii neltner psss' nor permit 70 pass, any tar'1
bill at thiG sesaiou. Ar. Hunter laid down the
law Of party opinion, and presented resolution
in naecordancs with it. declaring no change in
the present rates Of duty to BE- necessary. Ar.
Bigler submitted =. resolution that tho revenue
W. o'n''ea' aou o'sa' ~ 10 1upp''ea W oa,
increase Of duties on importa- Bgler waa voted
down, and Hunters proposition then passed
.,roa;,,o.,,7,, III. 49,, :, han,d hn .t;. .,.
f0' 40 .1nN - '.0
tlon, ana as II nas t"enty majority, 11 oecree
il fate. No member is now at liberty to vote
for any modincation OF the tariff, though bank
ruptcy and rappdiatoa stare the Government in
the face.
The Senate, eyen in lawful session, has no
business with the subject st al for the right Of
originating bills to raise revenue belongs TO the
House Of Representatives. and then the party ia
we'll known to~be divided on this important
question The cooTentlc'e Of Senators, there
tore, was intended to lntlmidate minority,
who hare been talking Of union with the Re-
pncilcaas II oToef 10 rellese me tosernment,
which hss been saved trom sudden collapse only
by the late loan, and is liable to faii into the
same extremity Is soon Is that pittance as dis.
If buchanan now had the courage OF mouse,
be would say to Mr. Cobb, "My dear fellow, you
| and totally disagree on the very first question
OF this, as Of every, administratioa-to nit. the
ways and means 70 keep it in existence. You
cannot deny thst you have failed at every point
nry. You spent all that. You bought in the
public debt At sixteen per cent premium, and
two months afterwards you were besieglng
Congress for . loan Of twenty millions. fou
| got that and spent it. You then borrowed
t~eoiy millions more, and that y nearly gone
Thus you have run through with t6e. .ooo, 600
more than your income IN two years. And yet
| you obstinately oppose all plans to raise more
revenue, either to avert the necessity OF other
loans, Or to provide TOT those you nave made.
Upon this point my cabinet must be d unit
with myself: Icannot have Secretary Of the
Congress are oil directed toward resistance to
my just authority % head OF the Administration;
therefore, Ar. Cobb, please deliver your seala- +"
but probably hr. Buchanan will not,
II is said that sne hepnol'cane hela caucus
On tue 'stan: al "olcu !ue5 iesoleu ~ toIe 'ol
~ 'oau -. 10y ~ S,1sa;.h SoGs.s TI;s ~ T.
mt eorrect. no 3uch oancus has bee held. but
that is nevertheless the policy Of the purity. Bu.
chanan WI BE- III TO the cna7ee OF revival o'
h;ot 1;;i sn,;t ths nsrtv into ;t,Is fsc,;on. a1t
f,onrnant. 1n 0pA'' '0~ f'''
Tne Senatorial caucus passed = resolution in
favor OF cutting Gown apptopriasions' OF, n Inc
fcrun 'I M n,sarv tha vhois Of iast ve.t wa,
consumed in the struggl,ngs OF the same party,
IN the House, to hold their gslpe npou halt.a:
oozen otpo%a.c w. opess ps G1s..ns nsasy *1oo;ooG ~
ofar. Lo,tiov. were seeking 10 abolish % to.
tally useless That il the way they will reform.
But they will have other ordeels to pass. The
oppos'aon ase sova " ,sa 1a 49, @ :nuss Thss
propose to hIot half Of them ont Of xisteucs
rs mere rookeries for swindilng contractors and
dsns OF wanton waste Iae united united pemosraG5 a
dstanrs ~ NJ , +hsT ~''Ao ~ -
Bills hare been adopted By the Committee on
Territories favorable to all me applications BE-
Nspsd seem ''r Thst LIZ h ro"s IN Tbe
prospect ID that they viii all pass. Jus1us.
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Chlt-Chat Adolf 6old and the Told
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" nrsNmxrs I'm Al, ,,s9,
What mara ve,come tonic shall | write Of
tban 7o,dr Hov and vhers In oct ito Get i.
y, hont po;np th7ouph the Circumlocution OF
6ca of aa.ed TINA and haryest,,-o of ntouphinp