Gazette Of The United States

NEW-YORK, MARCH 13.
A Correspondent says,-" I love short Speakers,
who hit the mark with a single ball—One
ball thro the heart will as surely kill as a thou-
sand grape shot—
Extract of a letter from Boston—March 3.
" The dispatch with which business is carried
on in our House, as we call it, must in a great mea-
sure be attributed to the activity and genius of
our Speaker, Gen. COBB. His independence,
quickness of apprehension and comprehension—
his industry and attention are universally ap-
plauded : And in turning a question when the
vote has been equal, he does it with a prompti-
tude and native firmness, which nothing but a
mind directed by right principles could inspire.
The papers will inform you how our legisla-
tors go on. Altho Praisesgod Barebones, in his rage
of Law-Reform, has let in a flood of impertinen-
ces, yet the measures adopted by the Court have
been far better than some persons wish to effect
elsewhere.
" The House has expressed its disapprobation
of paper taxes—voted che product of the Excise to
pay the interest of the State Debt—has raised the
salaries of the Superior Judges, &c.-and repea-
led the Warden Act.
" There is however much anti-federalism in
the house; and **** has brought forward in the
senate, a budget of alterations to the federal con-
stitution.One of which is that the members of
Congress, shall depend on the legislatures of the
states for their pay, and the quantum of it—bles-
sed effect of individual folly ! To suppose that one
set of the servants of the people, should make
wages for another—and a higher set too ! If our
legislature should adopt this mess, I hope that
Congress will send out an amendment that the
pay of the state legislatures, shall be stated by the
representatives of the union."