ANOTHER STATE FOR PIERC
; Georgia, "bulling on tie shore of her occan
, borne, with dilated chest and expanded nostrils,
gm-t AlaUnwi1 coming, with the Brigadier, in
her arms 1, Iu U-ott, to ca:m ourselves a little
and l-e less II w,! Alabama laving recommended
Pierce for re-nomiution, Georgia baa followed
i. . . -Jl J 1. n V;-nrr At tin'
nor cxapipie nu uoue mo kuw "" -IXanocratic
Conventual at the Gipitol of the
" State, ob Tuesday, the l&th inst, tho following
resolution was adopted, nem. cem: ; .'-' -
" "4thi JUaaltfi, That this Convention deems
it "doe to iU convictions of justice to declare, that,
as decided a onrprtfermct is, we construe the
nth CMrJntioMof th Platform propounded by
tlie 1eiBOCrauc iuu Amruiim wu6
turn, oi me om oi i"veuioer u, i.o.v.e
' . . t r C. v
us in the expression oi utat preiereuo: iw "j
particular individual for President of the United
stti? Ami 1 it further resolved. That wluk
S we are TnuwuMirij: to embarrass the action of the
'! Democratic Convention, by directing the rote of
I the State to I cast iu favor of any particular iu
I dividual, we rsjpiiot refrain from giviug cxpr
,' woo to the general sentiment of admiration and
; of gratitude w hich tlte people of Georgia enUr
i,tain towards oijr present Chirf Magistrate; that
' tbe State of GtSTina would bail with unloiinIed
! satisfaction sjxI entire confidence the rc-uoinina-I
tiou of Franklifc llerce to th oflioe tf lWideut
..fit I 'i.i ted State: frveiaal. lie shall staud
j pledged to' carry out tbe principles of otir.PIat
i fcirm in his adniini&tratiou and in liis appoiut-
! menu to office.'
h.r,i "tintsii of Messrs. Wise and
i Hunter? StoteaftcrSutoatfheSouthhu
cmivcutiais, and . yet none so poor as even to
j nieiitiou their names,. while the Brigadier is pat-
ted and applauded, and his uomiuatiou earnestly
! -imaedtv nearlv the whole of them! 1 Messrs.
: fnnter and Wise, wo say unto you, in all the
i r..?!.. .."r .iiintintftl nTn in juiiins? heart
. j luuiioa vi " 9
"Awake, arise, or be forever fallen !" " a
i-l in t .-f ItoiM dt rmi there
lij v v am v j 7
! in your palace all the day idle ! Why not put
on jour knapsack, buckle on your eword, and grt
astride jxur iluc'uiaute, anl sally fiUi. anjl jut
-:; an end to these vilhanous IXmocraUc conveu
? . tiona, w hich arecontiuually pronouncing iu fav-r
: of the w i! v Lttle Brigadier I Jo you really thiuk
"r tlit let ter- riling and massage-making ara go-
"! ing to forward youc pt?peits any? Going to
; beat tbe jbrairts t-ut of IMerce's eflice-holders, and
" " hammer irise 'jviews into the middles of polki-
ciana wlii get'uj conventu-i:s, and make Presi-
i dcnU.? , (Vain and uitidal thtnight, if such you
ntert:un ! You mw4 work and wire-wtk your-
. keif, aud'enudov f.dthful agent who can do the"
't..l 11
same thit.g. a ou ought to semi a snrcwa, wcu
i mannered, caly-torgced, scrtiph-ik-spiaing Wise
man to all the cotiTeutioL, tig aud little, and
fnllv auth.irve hiia to tnanie irway all the cf-
1,;. h will b in vuiir cift. when you jri t to
; Le PrenideuL ! That s the- way to get the nom
natka at Ciufituiati, to which place you ought
t.i in ncrsou. and make a snerch, in which
, v-ou inivht Ull of ywir great exploit in the last
5 rauT.L-4.iHKl ?iow, om ior you, -jou.-j, uun-
t preskling vir the. destinies of the " Mother of
i.ifiwt of hist another rick iu tlie chair of the
l and ereat Washington. Make them
r.nan?. teax-down.thcnaer ana ugimung s pcecn.
- . i
withory words and phrases all through it, aud
with intimations of how ywi mean to rAair up
yankecdom, awallow EugLmd, iraprisun France,
Hve Srin sine and thirty, annex Cuba, and
Uiake a pea-patch oat of Mexico, and our wonl
for it, tlm Cincinnati Couventiou will hang its
head, tuck iU tail, and d jutt as you want it to
do. Take occasion, though, to mention, by way
. of clinching the najl, how vigorously and beau
tifullv the "mountains milk the clouds" in-oh
' Yirgiuia, ami; what fine butter the "invincible
i - Democracy" Is have in consequence, and jour
; ...iur.ntLm U ri-'ht iwT a "tixiil facL' I3e-
lieving that you camiot Lil to jerctire the wl
! ' vanLures of the sniTiiesiiiou we make, we lcav
t rnfc nttO chew tlie cud of silent
j j i -
mnlitatfim. I '
Af..r Hunter, we think lie is st4mthiug like
j-f n-w ip a ttnmitM condition : and tliero-
1 fi.riliklv to I kiK m'T tlyin we have given
f l.im credit lor. We advise him, lmwevcr, to
! m well or Tierce will out iraa bun at last.
OirncuiLL C. I'AMBKfxixo. This gentleman,
in the davs of Van Unren was called the
'h'tti Pit niH-'l'"." """ his always prevedin,
that geiitUn", . the premonitory symptoms
precede tin v'4ra, in uot dea.1, as many have
M.pp.ol, bu alive and kirking. He givt-s signs
of JilV- by a i4g U-tUr t-a Mr. IahIIowcou the
siil.ject of tlte Kansas and Nebraska Ull. We sub-
juiiian eitrtict, prtinUing that the view of Mr.
jimbnlir.g Nthe view of the whole Northern
Democracy -j j
"llrfj slaveli' ld rs will not git Kansas, am
they art? i.w ,k iviilof the ritext of going
into the terriloih' utU of 36 8U, under tliat
awpnanW. jl luy gt ira!ly tpj-fce.! iun-jnteT-veatimoa
that grMiiid, ami cotitende! far hav
ing tl c.niinmW line restored. Why the
Sotith sin u'.d jiave voted for its n ieal,is a qm-s-tion
for thiriuelves. to settle tl ey all, at the
time, admitted thatKanssis would never l a
tJaveFtate: j 1'hope our (ricuds will meet the is
sne boldly, anji leave the question of State or
ganizatiou to jthe ile of the Territory, who
have .the natiiral and liest'riht to decide for
themselves.! j .
"It api-cars jt roc t- lie perfectly abnurd fr us,
to erumble abuvt 'squatter sovereignty' at the
prcsenttjnej $-u squatter soven-igntj will make
free ererT inch of territory now belonging -to the
.. . - . ; r. .i : ..r i.r.t...
. I lllttl Slates.) lirr Uc atquit-oiou ui uimw-
I'LL with the iirosret-t of the addition oL
Mexk-iu tertiary, wlicn Gen. Cja proposal the
doctnueol K)-iniervejun, wa uu iinjioi'
taut ou.rs4iolu.as It jniRiit have led to. tlie lutfv
" hirti.inf so luiuiv slave states: but sfter tbe
Sia:tJi ka.1 li-eii cirfs-k tely check-mated by Call
funaa's k laration iu favor of freedom, we luul
im reasou UMolect t thi doctriuc of. uon-uiter
vm.ti. m of snuattcr sovereignty. - u
-W Ivavc new. besides Kansas and Nebraska,
New Mexico, llah, Minnesota, Oregon and Wash
ington: making veii Territories, which will give
n n.v.m frre ' Stales. Sme tlunk thc fate of
KutiMaa d-uttful : but the invasion of Missou
ri rowdktJ, ; iisk'ix i'lent of natural caues
'. will make' t a free Mate. 'I.iese Oorat-rers
tme oer f.rstfo vote (r pro-lavery u:e? tiie
' ndi'i-' to vi4e aaiia-ttheiu inthekcation of
!,- ni.rtoI-ail the third time to make a blus
ter ur.ckr S! jinn4!.iIr.Mier tlie ieiJe, and drink
wli-.-kr. This is tiie last and dvii g struggle of
slavery. t"ud-r mh circumstances I cannot
Wncvive what we can j-sibly gain by resisting
a principle whidh has b:tlt;to exc IuJ.I slavery
from our J err in cies.
' Mr fjoiilc!in: coiuludea vnin a ftronff re-
cvnnendatin U stand by the Nationid 'Democ
racy. ; Of coutve. "The National Dehnxrracy in
. the Ncrth vitwifor the Kansas-Nebraska bill,
hmnse the considered it tlie very mukiug of
Abolhdiiou. I . '
. COMING TO THE POINT.
G rev-lev's iTribune jlecLtrc tliat slavery must
1 fradicateil, Wcause kUves uuder-work the
n whites of the North, and reduce them and
their Wittrs 'nd ihildren to die of lamiuc ! If
-4l y tan't gut rid J such rivals in any otlr way,
th y will rt-sortiKl.arpNrille. . ;
Thw i a fct-wjUu-k. Heretofore slavery was
kUnrr tit t'G4 and man, lcanse of its injus
tice' to the enslaved class am! Heaven, and 'enrth
wore . U" moved, in the name of liberty, eqna
h'ty fciid hiimain'ty. Put now we are uJd
that the fro--- n:i of tlie North can omtemplate
the siifieriiigs of African sUvea widi the samc
c.mpuTc f ol. that they ilu those of tho en
s'avot masses t-f lllindostati ?"
Tliere it is! all their sublime ami disin truest ed
professions vanish in sme. The. "entire stimn
hint t" their magnanimous endeavors in behalf of
the Afrirftn5;degtieratc into a base and sordid
; stroCK' for filthyj lucre. The black slaves under
work tWir white slaves I That's the secret oill
th--ir philanthropy lEick Express. , j
BR!TiS!YJKy OF THE CONTEST JOR
. SPE.KERSH1P IN THE HOUt Or -
.;!r KErRESENTATIVES.
This obstinate contest is a good sign of the
m .... . i ' tt 1 Ct.ju Knfh
prosirous coudiuon oi ine uiumm u"
iu their fieiga and domestic relational Did an
enemy stand at the gates, were a commercial cri
sis impending,- were a servile war aging in .the
Southern SUtes, the election oi opeaacr
not be spun out to such a length. . All other con
siderations would be flung to the winds in .order
that Congirw might proceed without delay to
cobcert measures for averting the danger. But
the United States have peace within their poru
era aud beyond them. With ample elbow room
in their cxtcnave and tniniy peopieu icrro.j,
with an ample field of remunerative employment
for a thousaud limes the capiUl and labor they
can command men have no temptation to civil
broils ; and unless they force a quarrel H some
foreisn nation, no people or government. uo
.nriiMnij in tnun hv xttackin? them. The annu
al meetings of their representatives are devoted
t.i routine business, which micht stand over ior a
vr nr wn without wriouslv munng tnem.
'n.r T-Uifi-il lotuit-eaters oi me mouern
wnrl.t thev can afford to mduljie in leisure ana
procrastination. Fdices si bom sua norint.
'Hie nations of tho Old orld have the won con
stantly at the door, and must dearly auiuo an
it of nrecious time they let slip.
President Pierce, however, apiears w oe . ga
: . . - - . . v - ;
ting impatient. He wishes to see the test-que
h.m of who in' to be MneaRer ttcciaeu one way i
the other, and has been cudgelling ma, oraina ior
some constitutional mode of coercing the House
of Representatives into decided action. 10 tnis
we attribute his delicate insinuation to one of the
mmlxot nf the House, that if the election is pro
tracted much longer, he will have to send two
XTp'sBn.wi instead of one. To an European ima-
miMilnn th threat is appalling. One rresi-
dMitV Messasre of the ordinary length appears to
ii a cv(r(" trial of patience: how any mortal
could endure two at-once baffles our pow ers of
conception. If the House of representatives
can contemplate the prosjiect of haying two
Messages to read with unsnaKen equaumm v, u
case is hopeless. London Jautf zcw. ,
1 t
MR. SOULE. .
Mr. Soule: the late Minister of the United S
at Madrid, has len in retirement since his re
turn from his mission, engaged, it has been re-
in th composition of his work, liut in
x.in thev.bave not forgotten the ex-Minister,
l.Ttr d:itil Mailrid. DecemWr 19tlu
which w e find in a late number of the Biiissels
rndependauee Belee, wc translate the following
" Lovers of scamlal will soon be fully totisfioil.
Tn the m-ssion of December 1st, as well as in that
of December 2d, on the occasion of the violent
attacks of the DcmocraU on Marshal U Uonneii,
M. Orcnse, in onler to vindicate himself from
seme allusions that had been addressed to him iu
regard to the understanding established between
the Spanish Democrats and Mr. Soule, declared
that a man who was at the Sahulro at the time
of ihe revolution of July had falsified signatures
and forged dwnmenU designed to make it appear
. ifpitti.it ion bad leen concluded between
1ia late'Mihistor of the United States and the
Spanish DcinocraU on the.subject of the sale of
the Island of Cuba. M. deLazen (the person ac-
of tlie forirenes bv M. Orense) has resolved
in view of this public accusatioii, to publush a
pamphlet which will reveal every thing on this
irr:iri nnestiou. and to nnke known .the names
of all the principal Democrats who were pledged
in case they came into power, to sen ine isiam
of f"uha to the United States." . .
These revelations of M. de Lazen will be in-tntiiie-
in the United States as well as iu Cuba.
It is to be hoped that the full history of this
memorable nrion to Spain will one day be pub-
. w - it
lished. FfiUadtlhta- vmuim.
U .
A WASUISaTONMAMBLINO HOUSE.
A Washington correspondent of the Clevelam
f laindeakr thus describes a visit to a gambling
house, ami what he saw and heard there
i' Havinsr heard much of the magnificence am
pranik'ur of the nictroitolitan gambling-houses, I
with several Cleveland friends, paid one a visit
the other nicht. The entrance Vas through
narrow, lighted way, opening from the avenue
just" east of the Natioual. A pair of stairs at the
further end of tho liall briugs you abrubtly against
a small door, fattened on the in.side ; yon ting a
l-U : a colored servant looks through the latu
n.!tl itaucl to see if all is riuht. If he discovers a
well-known customer, or a frequent visit r of sucl
man nature tatter than anvbodyelse. We were
admitteil first into a rom beautifully carpetted
frcat-o paiuted, with cliairs, sofas, lounges, &c, of
. . .11 .1
rosewood, a.lar;e. centre-tanie, ou wmcn were me
lra.linr newsrapers of tlie country, and aroum
which sat se'vond well drcssctl gentlemen, leisure
Iv rKklini and discussing the news of the day.
Thi was but tho half of a don l.le parlor, the re
ception room or, as MiUuu would say, th j vesti
bute of hell.'
Our guide, who was a well known Washington
gent'ctiian, introduced us to the keeper of the es
tablishment, telling him that we had never, leen
in such a place before, and were led, bv curi'ity,
to explore his infernal domains, lie appeared
highly delighted, and immediately opeued up
the inner maple We entered, ami found that
tlni.nlf hed n "men told us. A chandelier.
c sting from 20) to ;J,00, brilliantly lit up,uugT
its irlittcnna rays on gold papered---wa!ls, satiu
damask cuTUmssijfjWJlfer In the centre, and
near one endfmrntom, stocnl a long -six-legged
taHcwitlTa richlv embruideretl spread, falling
n folds nearly to the flour; on the wall over this
table hung a i.-Hsye gilt frame, aud large as life
a huge crouching tiger, with t'-esol glaring lire,
Bank,' with ail the implements of that well
known fascinating gained-ivory chips, repre
senting $1, $5, $2o, S2o0 each, lay pjlt up m
i;ie corner, for the convenience of the betters ;
in a nnvi'l box beneath, lav tiles of bank bills
and heaps of double eagles, for the redemption of
these ivory issues.
It was early in the evening, and the players
lad not t in". Tlie keeper entertained us with
t:i"i of tfo table how foolishly young men
came there as we had. out of curiosity, and were
induced to 4 try thuir liK-k, out of the curiosity,
which generally left thenicout f cash, out of
ch;u-acter. and out of friends m tho end. We
proposed leaving, when he politely, invited us to
stav to supper ; l.e snoij-ed us his lull of fare,
which included soup, roast beef oysters in all
styles, ducks, venison, quail, fish, chocolate, cof
fee, nuts, and all the wines aud liquors to If
found in the best restaurants, hoover is ad
mitted to the rooms, either as players or specta
tors, are also admitted to, these suppers fVaa of
ck-irge. Don't ramblers understand human na
ture? The keejier was impatient to have the
House onranized, so members couhj draw their
mileage and make his business better. TWa W
but one of tlie many institutions in this city, and
the Tiger is bound to be fed, though the people
starve.
A New- Cocbsk of Sermons. Some one, who
r.u.1.3 tit aw1 ,.i liikfT iiii ii'itK tliA timiM n &-ri-
tea to the Philadelphia ("hristian Chronicle as fol-
"Wc have bad the "Women of the Bible,'
(The Daughters of tho Bible," and many other
things in that hoe, and now we are having from
one of the pulpits in New York "The Mothers
of the Bible," with the usual varieties. "Please
announce through your valuable columns that I
propose commencing a course f sermons on the
-Men of tho Bible 1" among the subjects of which
will ta the following : - .
Adam, t.ie Gratnlfather of all.
Noah, the First Sea Captain. ,
Esnu, the Man with the Heart Beard.
Absalom, tlie Fast Young Mau. ,' .,
Nebuchadnezzar, the First Pure Vegetarian.
Felix, the Free-Lover, &c, &C." . 1
I i
places, the whole iarty is admitted, ou the prm
ciilc, of course, that ' a jtersoii is knowu by the
ot mi'auv he keeps.' Gamblers understuid hu
lins apart, and apparently ready for a spring upr
o his unsuspecting, victim. . The cloth bejng re
moved from the table beneath revealed a 'Faro
. - -J. '.. '" t T 'Y ilf .'::,.'-'
: : From the" 'National Intelligencer"
LETTER FROM. MAJOR DOWNING. j.
To TTkclk Joshua ''Dowkixo. 'Pot Muter Of:
DotcningtiUe, down East, in the State oj Maine.
Aboard the Schooner lieo trouxts, ai aiuar r. :
-Inside of Sandy Hook, January, 21, -'56. :i 1
har ITwci Jobhoa: I have lest got bAck
from Washington, where' I have been for the last
fortnight watchin the old Blup oi istaie layiu w
in a sort of three-cornered gale of wind. This
calo Btmck her the 8d of December, and threw
her all abacs, ana tne gate noius va jc
.1 1 t V- l.nin nnn BAVmt
ever, ana were sue ua rou ij" -
weeks, head to the wind, rolling and pitchm, and
hastn't gained ahead a rod. ; I've seen rough
times in the TwoPolliea, and locggaies oi wmu,
and hurrykanes and whirlpools, and all sorts of
weather, but this is the first time Tveseen a craft
layin tuo agin a three-cornea gaie ior vwu
upon a stretch, in a ohoppin sea worse than the
finlf Stream in a thunder-storm. But don t yon
be frightened, Uncle Joshua; she won't godown
but will live through it, and go on her voyage
i...nw oil rirrht Our old shiD of State is a
staunch craft ; she is built of the very best stuff
and put together in the strongest manner ana
there isn t a spar nor a pians. uor uuiwrc.
iu her but what is as souud as a nut. She s the
best ship in.tbo w:orld, and the Two rotnes i
next. " So you needn't be afeared that any sea
.;ii .vpr vmn her : and if ever she should be
in danger of running ashore or on the breakers
by thfe squabbles and tooim oi ner oiuccra, o
,mt. a rrrtn that will take care of her.
" You know, Uncle, Tve been sailin round Cuba
and up the Gulf a good while, trying to carry
out the plans of our Congress at Ostend and. Ax-
-Shaoi)eI to taKe uuoa pecause our tuuuu.
couldn't get along without it; and self-preservation
you know, is the first law of nater. We
should have got.through that job long agoif our Ca
innot hadn't hacked outabout it. I never exact
ly understood the home difficulty : but I'm sure
hard shuffllnff somewhere. We
UJti " ' . 11-
was nil rirht abroad : but the backin and nllin
in the Home Department was what bothered us,
and nrettv likelvTias upset the business. First,
the Home Department told us to go ahead and
n-r n n nnr Ostend matter the best way we could.
Rnt as soon as I and Mr. Buckanan and Mr.
Sooley, and the rest of us in the Foreign Govern
ment, had got things well under way, and was
about ready to take Cuba, tho Home Depart
ment turned right round and j fit agin us, tooth
and nail. As I said afote, I couldn't account for
this home difficulty and the sudden turn about
of the Home Department, unless they was aiearn
wc should get the most of the credit of takin
Hnl . and mav be I. or Mr. i Buckanan, or Mr.
Soo1pv. or Mr, Mason, or Mr. Sickles, or Mr
Sanders, might get to be President by it. But
such a thought never entered my head, and I can
pledge myself the same f' r all the rest We was
to work entirely for the "country's good, and no
thing else. And for the Home Department to
gvt jealous of us and turn agin us in that way
was cruel and onkind. It grieves, me every time
I thint f it ; for I think like the good JJr.
Watts, where he says
How pleasant 'tis to see
Breethren and friends agree.
I sent despatches Gineral Pierce about it
more than three months ago, nut never got an
answer." And finally I sot tired hokliu on ol
there ajope, and heari'u all the time that the Home
Department kept stopping all the reinforcements
from coming out to holp me ; so I up helm and
headed the Two Pollies for Downingville. When
we got along in the latitude of New York, that
terrible 5th of January storm overtook us, and
we jest made out to weather the gale and get in
side of Sandy Hook and come to anker. The pi
lots come aboard and treated us very kind.
Them New York pilots are clever fellows.
They brought us lots of newspapers, from which
I learnt what had been goin on -for two months
past. When they see th0 PowtdngyiUe melitia
was abroad, and Sargent Joel at the head of em,
dressed up in his uniform, one of the pilots took
me oue side and whispered to me that he would
advise me as a friend not to go up to New York,
for if we did the Two Pollies was a goue goose.
"How s?" says I; "what do you iuean?"
"I mean," says he, " that Mr. McKeon, the
District Attorney, w ill nab her in less than no
time, and condemn her for a filibuster vessel, and
you'll all be put in prison aud tried for violatin
the neutrality laws.
"Let him do it,'' says J, "if he darest We are
at work for the Government. Our cruise has all
been under the direction and ad vice of Congress."
"If I remember right," says he, "Congress
wasn't in session when the Two Pollies sailed for
the West. India station. Jrlow, then, could you
be under the direction of Congress f
" I mean the Ostend Congress," says I, "and it
makes po difference which, one's as good as 'to
thcr." "Well," says he, "youH find it makes no dif
ference which when you get up to New York.
Tlie District Attorney is death on every vessel
that has the least smell of gunpowder, or has any
thing aboard that bears any likeness to a musket.
He has a rooster keen scent for gunpowder ; he
often smells it aboard vessels where there isn't a
bit nor grain, and it all turns out to be only bilge
water."
"If that's the case," says I, "I'll leave theJTwo
Pollies at anker here, and 1 11 be offto-Avashinj
ton and see how the land laysr
So I called upjCapt. Jumpehesailing-mas-ter,
and told Mm tokeerTthings all snug and
tigntTwtdleJirgonfe, and I told Sargent Joel
to taie-goodcare of tlie wen, aud Fd try if pds-
sible to be back in a fortnight.
When I got to Washington I thought I would
jest run in a few nijnutes aud see how Congress
"was getting along first, -J had let my bpard grow
pretty long, and was dressed so Uinerent from
what I used to that I didn't feel afoard of any
body's knowing me ; so I went right Into the
Representatives' chamber and took a seat in the
gallery. Business seemed to be going on brisk
and lively. A man was standing np in front
and reading oS, in a loud voice, Banks 105, Rich
ardson 73, Fuller 31, Pennington 5, scattering 4.
Then I went out and went into the Senate. But
there business seemed to be very dull. I couldn't
find eut as any thing was doing. Some was
reading the news papers, and some was talking a
little, and some was setting as calm and quiet as
so many bears in their winter den wiih nothjn
to do but suck their paws. I soon, got tired of
this, and went back into the House again. I had
but jest got seated in the gallery when the man
in front got up and read ff .agi? Banks 105,
Richardson 73, Fuller 31, Pennington 5, scatter
ing 4.
I turned round and whispered to the man who
sot next to me, and, says I, "That's just the same
inne they had whpn 1 was in here half an hour
ago."
"Exactly," says he ; "they donl play but one
tune, and that hasn't no variations.
" Well, in hat upon airth are they doing ?" says I.
"Oh, they are choosing a Speaker," says he,
"Choosins a Sneaker!" savs I. "For. gracious
sake, how long does it take 'em to dp that?"
"J caap have the -slightest idea how long,"
says he. "They've ; been at, it now about six
weeks, and, if they continue to gajn as fast they
haye since they begun, t guess it might take 'em
pretty nea from July to etarnity."
"If that's tlie case says I. "J'll clear out, for
I can't wait so long as tiiat." So I hurried out
aid made tracks straight for the Whito Hnse. I
rung to tlie door, and the servant let me in. 1
told him I wanted to ha Pf esjdent He said,
very well, the President was m his private room,
and he would take my card to him, I told him
he mitdd go and toll Gineral Pierce that an old
friend of his and a fellow-soldier in the Mexican
war wanted to see him. Presently he come back
and askpd me to walk np, I found tiie Prea'deut
alone, walking back and forth across tlie room,
and looking kind of ri!d and very resolute. It
made me think of Old Hickory when he osed to
get his dander up about Biddle's bank, and-walk
the floor all day and lay awake all night planning
how he could unset it, The Gjneral knew me as
soon as I went into the room, in spite of pay beard,
and shook hands with me and said he was yery
glad to see me. .-. -: . ; . . .
"Well now, Gineral,' says I, "I want to pome
right to the pint the first thing, ; Tye left tbe
frsiiobe
.'tiSy Giueral ; f
I want to Know ngni upanu uowu
rLahhfxlnrn.it. You knOW how .
wont nut "n c-ood faith und-.r the
orders of tW Ostend ("ougTessj and you know j
the Home Government backed us in the begin- j
ning of.it V.bnt now ou've turned agin'us, a"d
I understand vou've been seizing aud overhauling j
every vessel all along shore that had its bowsprit
pinted towards Cuba or Central America; anu i
was told if the Two Pollies went up to York she'd ,
be sarved the same sass Now, I want to know
how we stand, that's alh If youa't want the
help of the Two Pollies there's enough that uoes ;
and if you dou't give her a clear purport out and
in, shVll be off pretty quick where shecau find
better friends
Why, my deal1 Major, SiUd the President,
and the tears almost come into his eyes : "Aiy
dear Major," says he, "you misunderstand me en
tirely.! You and the two Pollies' hav'ut got a
better friend in the world than I am. 1 he fact
is, I've been very much tried ever since that Os
tend Congress business.! It made a good 'deal of
hard feeling in my Cabinet, and as things work
ed we Was obliged to xome out agin it. And
then we had to make a show of sticking up very
strong for the neutrality laws ; and that's why
we serzeu so many vcsscis. uui juu uuu
yourself tl e least uneasiness 'about the . Two Pol
lids.. I pledge you tlie honor of the Executive
that she shan't be touched. And, besides, I'm
in a Pood deal of trouble now all round, and 1
want vmi and the two Pollies to stick bv me ; for
if vol
"Agreed," says I, "nuff saiil ; that's talking
right up to the mark. Give us your hand, Gki
eral ; 111 stick by you as close as I did by my old
friend, Gineral Jackson. Now, what do you want
me to do ?"
."Well, Major," says he , "I've got a good many
ticklish jobs on hand that I don't hardly know
what to do with, nor which to take hold ou first.
You know there's a' Democratic Con vent iou to
meet at Cincinnati to make the nominations for
the next term." (Here the President got up and
locked the door, and sot down close to me and
talked low.) "The main question is, how to bring
things to bear on that Convention so as to make
the nomination so riirht. Marcy wants it, and
Buckanan wants it, and Wise wants it, and Dick
inson wants it, and perhaps Cass tqo, though he
savs he dont, aud!I don't know hoV many oth
ers, all eood Democrats, you know ; but we can't
all have it ; so you see I've got a hard team to
pull against. As for Douglas, I think he'll go
for me, if I'll go for him nter wards. 1 ne Cubi
net and I have been tryin to get things ready be
fore the nomination to give the Administration
V the credit of being the smartest and spunkiest
Administration we ever had. We want, if poss
ible, to go a little ahead of Jackson, l ou know
we've already Mowed Gray Town to atoms.
We've struck a heavy blow to knock off the Dan
ish Sound dues, and shall be ready for a splendid
rumpus there in the spring. We've got a rou
in arthquake kindling up between us and Eng
land, which will be jest the thing ifwe can touch
it off at the right .time. "Hut you know -these
things sometimes take fire too soon and do mis
chief both sides. I feel a little oneasy about.
this, and wish ihat stvpid Congress would ever
get organized so " as to fctke jpart of the res
ponsibility. Then we've got a quarrel brewin,
too, w,ith Col. Walker, out therein Aicaragay,
and have refused to receive Col. French as his
Minister. If Walker chooses to resent it as
national insult, we are ready for him. We shan't
give back a hair. Now, Major, what do you
think of the chances for the nomination 3
"Wal, Gineral," says I, "I think if you manage
right you'll get it. 1 11 do what I can for yoii, any
how."
.The Gineral shook my hand, arid got up and
walked the floor. Says he, "The greatest difficul
ty now is with this confounded, stiti-rieeked, stu
pid Congress. They won't organize that is, the
House won't and t hey seem determined to throw
a damper on the Administration somehow or
other', Here they've been foolin away their time
six weeKS ana icuin ine wnoie couuiry nang oy
the eye-lids war and all. I had to keep my
message on hand a mouth and let it- almost spile
lest because the House wasn t organized. At
last I, happened to think it was a good chance for
me to take the responsibility. So net drive, and
fired my message' right ui among em. It made
quite a flutterin among 'em. Some was quite
WTathy : but I didn t care for that. I meant to
let 'em know I'd show 'em a touch of old Ilicko
ry if they didn't mind how they carried sail.
But here 'tis now goin on two months, and every
thing is at a dead stand because the House won't
choose a Speaker. We can't have any certainty
of getting enough , money to keep the Govern
ment a goin till we get a Speaker, and all our
Slans is in danger of being knocked in the he id.
fow, Major, I wish you would shy round among
the Members a day or two and see if you can't
bring.malters to a pint. I don't much care who
is Speaker, if they'll only organize."
So I went round among the Members two or
three days and did my best. 1 lound em all very
IU tin an cr
stiff, and the lobby members were : stiffeatadyT
ine uiiru uay l went o.uk wj niejFCTiueiit "gui,
and says he, "Well, Major, -how does it stand'
now t Does things look any more encouraging?"
" A leetle rain," says I. "but not much."
"Well, how-islt ?" says he.
It is, Banks 105, Richardson 7:3, Ful-
ler
31J Pfiiininoion fi. scattering 3." I
7 O S' ) o " .
"But that's the same old tune-says he : "jest
the same that's been for the'Tast six weeks."
"No," says I, J'you mistake. ' Don't you see
the scatteriuglias fell off one ? Isn't that a leetle
encouraging?"
The President looked disappointed. Said he,
"That's a very small straw for a drownin man to
cateh at. But how do they talk ? Do they grow
any more pliable ?
"Well, the Fuller men seenied to be the most
pliable," says I, "of any of 'em. They said tfiey
was perfectly willing and ready to organize at
any time, and tho only difficulty was the Banks
men and the Richardson men standing out so
stubborn."
"What do our trde Democratic friends, the
Richardson men, say ?" said the President.
Says I, "They say they'll stand there and fight
till the crack of doorn before they'll allow the
Black Republicans to get the upper hand."
"Well, that's good spunk,!' said the President;
"but the worst of it is this business will crack
my Administration sometime before the crack of
doom. ( Well, boiV do the Banks men talk,? Is
there any hope from that quarter ?''
"They say they are in' no hurry," says I.
"They had as leave vote as do any thing else.
They've got money enough and can stond it, and
they'll stick where tliey are till they starve the
Administration out."
The President jumped up, and I must say he
looked more like Old Hickory th?n I see him be
fore. Says he, "Major Downing, this will never
do. vo must have a Speaker, by hook or by
crook, ij Can't you coprrive any way to bring
this business about ?"
"Well," says I, "there is one way-I think the
business may be done, and I don't know but it's
the last chancer and that is, for me to go and
bring the Two Pollies round here, and bring her
guns to bear on the Capitol. Then send in word
arid give 'em one hour to organize. If they don't
do it, then batter the house down about their
earst or march in the Downingvill mel'tia and
drifc 'era out, as old Cromwell did the Rump
Parliament." - J ' ;
Tlie Presjilfjnt stood a minute in a deep study.
At last he ra'd, ''Well, Major, a desperate disease
sometimes needs a "desperate remedy. If you
think you are right, go ahead."
So here J am, Unple Joshua,- aboard the; Two
Pollies, I jeststopt to write this account to you,
and shall now up anker and make all, sail for the
Potomac. And if things is np better when I get
there, you may expect to hear thunder. -c
I remain your loving nephew, -1'
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
II . - i ,,l - :."
i Texas on TnEPiiEsipENcy. Thtl Americans
of Indianola, Texas, have instructed': their dele
gates to the Sta.e Convention, which is to elect
delepates to Philadplphia, to vote fijr such men
for delegates only as are . favorable to Millard
Fillmore Jot President and Sam Houston for Vice
President. , , ii ;
Two Pollies at anker down to Sand
i . , ji . i j ;.
Jfi ti-ii;i!iij51iiU!iU i5l ifi!
- -.!'- -. ,A. , Iri-r- .irH-.
" Our' are theplansof fair", tleUghtftd peace;;
Ifnwarped by party rage to livijike brother."
a a ij ElG u. k: a
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, JAN. 30,: 1856,
Correspondence of the '''Register.'
' ; Washington, Jan. 23rd., 1856".
Mb. Gales(: I see a leader' in' the. last .'Stan
dard against Messrs Pur'ear, Paine and Reade; j
for voting for' Fuller. As evidence that Fuller is
not with the South it was mentioned that he hea
Mr. Wright, who wad with the South. And it
is inferred that he beat him upon that question.
Now you may have seen that that was charged
upon Mr. Fuller in the House, and he arose
promptly and 'denied it and proved conclusively
that it was not' true.-fin tfcis way: lie said ihat
Bigier, for Governor, who was upon all-fours with
Wright, carried the district by several Imiid red,
while he, Fuller, beat Wright more than 2,00,0.
lie said it was the American question upon which
he beat Wright. j
Mr. Fuller has put himself upon grounds sati5
factory to every Southerner. You may remember
that the Union said as much after his exposition
and said all that he needed further was to join
the democrat;.' j '
The Standard says that even if Mr. Fuller is
right now, yet he, has not always been right, and
fhat we ought rather to toke Richardson, who has
always been right,, ; - j
Now you have no doiibt observed in the debates
in the "Daily Globe," that Mr. Zollicoffer brought
out upon Richardson his speech in 18o0 in which
he maintained in substance that the Territory we
got from Mexico was free . territory, and that if
the Territorial government was organized, wiifi
out saying any thing about slavery, it would -re
main free territory. 'j And that if it were not so
organized, he would vote for the Wilmot proviso !
Call you that always right ? Why, when this
was brought out on him, he had to get up and
take'.bafk, and say that he did say so, but tliaJie
i ' r, 1 t 1 1
' was wrong. And, even auer ne iook uacK, suvei -
al of the South Carolina members left him' be
cause he still admitted the constilutiomdity ot the
Wilmot proviscij. And they only came back to
him after a day or two, when he had to take back
again, and said that wliile the Wilmot proviso
was according to the letter of the. Constitution, it
was against its spirit. !
. Again : Richardson is in favor of Squatter
Sovereignty. -.Fuller' is not. Fuller i then iu
every way safer for tlje South. ,
Again,: The National ; Americans could not
have elected Richardson, JThey could have tie.
ted Fuller. , ,
You will observe tliat on yesterday Mr. Rust,
one of the Administration, put in a resolution to
the effect, that Fuller, Richardson aud Banksy
were in the way and ought to withdraw. - Tiiere
ujwm Fuller immediately withdrew. The others
did not, t And then Mr. Carlisle, American, uo
minateti Villiam Smith, of Va., and all, except
probably H. Wr-i Davis, voted for him, and, with
a few democrats, ; gave him '47 votes; There
were 44 democratic votes cast against hirn. Jf
they had been cast for him!, it would have given
him 91 votes, which would have been a majority
of 2 of the whole vote cast ; so that the Nation
al Americans took one of their .own mm not
simply a safe man Jar the South but a man of
the South, and run him Up so that they could
elect him and they could not do it ! Can , there
le any longer a doubt as to their' responsibility.
If,., thereafter, a Freesoiler is elected, let it be kept
before the eople that the -National Americans
put it within their power to elect both Fuller and
Smith, and they refused
It .is well understood here that they do , not
want an organisation. Ihey seek to play upon
the country by saving the oiitosition has tlifi-Si
iority and afe discordant aud not to be--tfiisted.
Keep the facts before tho pei
On yesterday, Mr, FaTilkner moved that they
break up andg-o-home and submit it to the peo-
pleanortTiey all voted tor it,
This was to make-
I j jtJ" .., . ,wi iv, fl, t rllo,r At-
intrtxil a resolution thatVhere was greai
danger of war with England and we must organ
ize immediately and prepare a 'sword for the
stranger.' . This was to make-believe their patri
otism. But then where was the propriety; in
breaking up yesterday and leaving the country
perlectly delenceless upon the eve ot a war
I - qu?
KANSAS AFFAIRSESPECIAL MESSAGE
1 ' OF THE PRESIDENT. '
A special message, sent into Congress ThurST
dayj is calculated to -attract considerable atten
tion. It expresses the views of President Pierce
concerning the origin of tho disturbances by
which that Territory is still agitated ; denounces
the course pursued by Governor Reeder and the
Northern Free-so'l associations ; defends the act
of the Territorial Legislature, in removing the
seat of government, and asserts the'right of Whit
field to a seat in Congress as the legally elected"
delegate from Kansas.
The President declares his determination to
exercise the powers with which he is clothed
by the Constitution, in preserving order, and in
enforcing respect for the laws throughout the
territory. He recommends Congress to pass an
act to protect the people of the" territory in the
exercise of their legal rights, and prepare the
way for their early admission into the Union.
He finally closes by asking an appropriation, to
enable him to take such measures as will secure
an observance of the laws and promptly repress
any further disturbances. ,
: Anoheb BboaIdside 1 The United States
Senate is in a state of siege and heavy ordinance
is opened upon it from many of the "old Commo
dores," who have" been degraded by bing retired!
Among the rest. Commodore Jones has sent in a
memorial, from which vie extract this sentence :
. '"I am as capable to perform,, "promptly and
efficiently," all my duties, '.'both ashore and a
float." udw, as I have "been at any time since the
14th of December, 1814, when, opposing the ap
proach of the British fieet transporting a power
ful foe for the attack on New Orleans, I received
a severe wound in a desperate battle, whepein J
combatted two; hours hand to hand, when pdds
were eight or nine to one against me.".
HgpThe Funeral of our lamented fellow towns
man, J. B, G. Roulhac, Esq., was attended, on
Sunday last, by a large number of our citizens,
whOjdespite the inclemency of the weather, sought
the opportunity of paying respect to his memory.
The "Oak City Guards," of which he was an hon
orary memberj also accompanied hisTemaihs to
the Episcopal Cliurch, where the usual funeral
rites were performed and a most impressive and
instructive diasourse delivered by ' the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Atkinson, i .. - .
" Ai.ExAN-nrR K; Ma bshai.iV, FiyWe sulioin
' letter from tbL4'geutlvinait,who represent.tle
teiiigtoii iCIay'sJ ' DistiicUn Cohgrerfs.' to the
editor of the Lexington Observer. Itjwill be'ob
Sfirvcd tliat Mr. Marshall puts a new iiicecntire
ly upon the'conduct of thejAmHcV
Cofagrcssi'ie &iys there iiever wajri tinlo.vheu
t' eir uniou 'with the Democracy would havoi se
cured a Deniocrntiii Sealrerl He snys. m. reoyer,
that such a union Would have inevitably, electpd
Banks, by driving- into his uppC'rt4argc pro
portiou of the scattering vote: The .American
party," then, has saved tlie 'icaihtry IVoin all the
daiigcrs to be pjj;reiierwle4I frm' f h ttJji'Jl-
a Black Rejrtiblicin Speaker. At tlie fefii.c time,
the Democracy always have been desirous to see
a jSpeaker of that complckion -elected,' providol
it could be done wit hout their appearing to ha vo
aiiy hand iu it : ;; vUr .f. :
' , . : . . Was'hisUtost, J;ih.4, 1&5'.
Sia i have not iieeiy jsilde to learn, except
from -a "letter wliii b I ha'ej rweived 'iromme of;
my .'.personal fiHiids,vvh:it is tlie.ojfiiii.ioii of our
trieiiU, a.s to liie .staiHl-tlio'AiiioricaH party t'op--er
have taken in 'regard tothc ek'etin of ripenkor
'of. the- Hons"-;' I havc, as yet, receivetl but. few
par.s I'rom my district, and most of.Jtlieni. .u
luigjit he expocted, are dowii oii us, and on ine es-
pecLilly, lor tlie course I tend rue true ; .Americans
have taken,-' I hey, are; in course, the democra
tic papers who kindly jcnd nie all the disagreea
ble in formation' they call! .HI have felt, aiid do
iWi, anxious to, have' tho 'approbation 'of those
whose wishes f 1 nvst earnsestly- desire to repre
sent, and whose' interest : aul honor I have tarn-i
csily at heart; md I '. have piirsucl the only
course which seenied' to'ine '-p risible to prevent
the ruin of our pai-ty. and; seiio'us injury, to the
country. ' To have, united with 'the .Democrats,
even if such itnioii had not been put beyond the
pale hf honor, by the resolution which they
passed at their first 'meeting, would have result
ed in the election of Banks, wlto is, in my opini
on, tint very wM-st jnah in the liou.se. We have
nevef iad votes enough to elect rby joining the
Domocrats: and they know it And theircon-
ifeint .-ktort has hit u h) '.force tlie election of
Banks, lioping to thrw the responsibility' of that
act oiru. and thus fasten the' charg of Addi
tion onus-, so often and so falsely mule agaii:-st
Diir party, or failing in that, to'"priehum us ob
stiiiate 1 Vactionists, who preyenti Ian; orgitniz;i-
tion. ' . ' 'V ' ''-" ! ' i :
It is true, we could effect an orgauixation to
morrow,' by joining the. Republicans, but this act
oft reason to our .country',- and self destruction,
is not 'within the eontcinplatiOii of one of us ; and
earnest'y as the eneuiicsof Ainericuuism may de
sire it it will never he done. We will not do
that w liich would furover 'disgrace ourselves, in
sure a sei'tionai contest for tho Presulency, per
haps, first . the success of the Deinoc rnts, but cer
tainly, within a very short 1in'e,- cause a disrup
tion ilt the country.." i'Hndod ly party prejudice,
and greedy for iinnieli ate. victory, the leaders will
ni t see the ultimatecuechs.ipf a course i which they
seem to desire us to take;! , ! - ,
i Tins is the condition in which we.aro placed,
'and the country should not, hold us-. responsible
for the non-organtzation ol tlie House,
We Jiave not the pow er to ehek a Democrat
even it we wished to do so, VV a Lean not carry
with us to that party the" scattering verfes -which
never ! live as vet voted with us. ionic of them
not members of our order. And aii attempt to
do so would be almost sure to. force theiii to vote
6r' Banks. .They object to tlie man we are run
ning; but I think if some. other 'candidate were
started with a hope of success, 'they would join us,
or -even if Fuller were run up so that their votes
would elect him, J llulive. it oul 1 be dome.
The Drmocrats know this, and they know that
they c.-in organize the IIoti.se at any time Vty voting
with us, awl ice cannot by eo'ing wt 'h theui:
Tliey 'are. arid should be held responsible for
the unhappy condition oft things Iilto,, aud if it
should hapjien that Banks is dec od, that sin,
and a most grievous one it will be, ivill fa nt their
doors. Ye have with us able, sou id men,opio
sed to the repeal of the" Kansiis bil ,v opposcil to
ihe restoration' "Ah! here's the vub,--Deino-crat.s',
if they chose, who Could, am ! "would be e
lected without a doubt, or difficulty, if they wou'd
unite with us. But the riesideue ,! would Ihj In
doubt. The sceptre might depart fern the house
of Judah ; ami what is country tu, them when
itheir rule is over ? But we will -beat
The struggle may lie lrg--aiTd hard
them yet.
. l.nf iViwtf
will be forced utJasjtogive the llo'use to the
''Hack RepidihVans, or t gave it in thp oi ly way
in wnunrit can oe s;ive(i, oy me.
election of a
niui janHiai American.
I intended only to ask yon to
bend me vour
pajicr. fI iuu c ordered it by the
.Clerk ol. -ie
H, iise.l when I began, but have written much
more than I intended Excuse, and be'teve, me.
Yours,; - A. K. IMaeshall.
it. j. v icKinje, CiSq.
Russian Barbarity. In the present Euro?
pean war Russia has had a large share of outl
sympathies, butrwe are shocked 3t tlnccounts
of its inhumanities. The recent arrival informs
us that the Emperor Alexand) sb Hi has or
dered a special court to be formtd rat Kieff for
trying captured Poles and Hungarians, Theforr
nier are to be punished with death, thB latter de
Ijivered to the Austrians for execut on, So many
polish and Hungarian prisoners are taken in
irons to Kieff, that no fewer than fjur judges, ten
secretaries,; and executioners innumerable, are
continually employed in their condemnation.
The blood of these men will 'arise like that of
martyrs, aril sit heavy cipon the head, heart and
ars of the Russian Emperor 1 j h-
The New Orleans Delta says that, the
American State Council of - Louisiana have pro
nounced in favor of Mr. Fillmore for the Presi
dency. '!'. ' 1' '1 '-.
IWe are requested by the managers of the
Jullien Minstrels to announce that they will give
a Concert in this City on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings next. j
TACTICS OF THE ENEMY.
The opponents of the American party are not
worthy of their cause, unless their cause is a very
unworthy one. Look at their way of conducting
both attack and defence 1 Not one of them meets
the main-'questiehsi Not one of them has yet at
tempted to answer the facts and arguments on
which the movement is founded , They never
attempt anj'thjnjj except negations evasions and
JJUSrepiurtiUWUUU, ; - j- ,
; TheirTnisrepresehtat'ons are, that the object of
the Americans is, to persecute thej Roman Catho
lic religion, when theyfdo no such thing, and pro
pose no such-thing, but only oppose Roman Cath
olic politics, They accuse tbi AeicaiW also of
nniting' with oj f lavoring other parties. But,
when that has been done, however wrong it may
be, it is no part of themoyemnt itself, whick is
in its nature wholly diBtmct and : ndependen"; of
every other. -; ' ; ' i .- ".;;- ; ', ; ' "- !
The Foreign and Fusion Journals might be
challenged to come out for once and meeVthe
Americans like honorable opp meirtsana no Ion-,
ger to attach . principles which hnve' never been
theirs, nor to confine themselves to 6nlyhe view;'
oj the. influence and effects of foreign inTnigra
tion, ' With their customary cuiining, however,
these enemies of ' Sam '' take care to avoid tlie
question of Popish "j politics f !in the United
jjtates. They are very eloquent about the bene
fits we are deriving from immigration, and we
constantly hear of the holy "principles of religious
toleration, just as if ', Sam j' disowned the one,
pr was opposed to the other bit all of them
are as dumb as a mummy, Ion the more vital
question of restraining, for the 6ake of our com
mon safety, the daring attempts I of the flomish
Hierarchy to make themselves a political power
in the una.-1 : - . -
CONGRESS.
esv.vfr.ff U. - - i.n;.j, hay 24 ih.
.ClrFiukr- Siuil that it had been his desire r i
weeks to withdraw its a .candidate for tho Sfx-ak- ,1
ership, and he ' had so expressed, himself to las
friends. But as they had Considered hh lauho J!
under their control, -ond not his own, he has per-' '
mitted its use witVoiit making public tibjwtiou; j!
He. wislied now to withdraw, 'and" to have it dis- !
tinctlyiinderstotHk , - - ' ? 4 . , !
; He returned his acknowledgments, for the kuj- V
port received, and the. iifiifttrm ktitdj-iess and j
courte y with wh'ch he had letr treated,. ex- jj'
pressing the hope that the. House may now adopt
somap&ui by. which the existiug ditlicultics nmy a
ita CAtthwl tnul rvl' Ht !II1 tlll'l it ftm'fumlrtl :
to tlieinstives satisfactory tolh? Cuiitry, to tlieir;!
constituents"' and honotablo to- thc' Xvhgle, rout).' j
try. ; ( ; ... 'v ' ': . -.
' The resolution offered by Mr ' Iliist, yostenlay, i
requesting the candidates for the Speaki rship to 1
withdraw was, then tabled, and the House pr J
ceeded to vote ash J lows ; . . I
Bank 90 : Orr 08 ; Fuller 12 : Kictud 18
uc.'vio t ;-;
i. IV'iiniiig-' I
Willi'ans I, f
Gimnbull: of Ohio. 3 : Kddy, Haven
ton, Miller, of li)diaiis, .Keniu;1t and
each. Necessary to a choice .-I?),
'While the. roll was being called, and Ihelluuscj
was- voting h' r a "Speaker, the Dwrkecpcr an-v
tnwinced " A message from tlie President of the ,
IT. States . -'' ' ' ,:' j',-'., "j
? Mr. .'Campbell, of Ohio, at oiu e' rosp and ob
jected to the reception f tlie nn'ssage.!.
Mr. Iraige saul tie wisnctl to Know wnat yne 1
communication was, i ' , ' -.' i
.Mr. Orr suggested that the private secretary of
the President pinko ihe announcement, aud then
tlie gcotleniaii from Ohio 'Mr. Campbelljnught ;
object to its reception ". ' I ;
The confusion was greater. than at any p ret
vioiis period of this sessiorf members were on
their feet in all parts of tho hall. II'
Mr. Craige, of JSorth Carolina, amid the excitrt
nieut and the calls to "order,"' "go on with tlie
election, 'fdowii in front, "take your scats,'' in
sisted upon 'being heard. He represented, lr
said," the district winch firt proclaimed tlio'tj'
claration of independence. (Cries of order.) JI.
intended to be heard. 1 ; j
Mr. Pairijo, in the name of flod aud his count
try," protested against this sti.de .of thiug. Jle
was ashamed of -them. ,".'
Mr. -Craige 'said he was-tfshamed to have a-col
league (Mr. Paine)- who objectcil to tlie exercise
'6fi liis rights.. '' ' 7 - . i-
tVho Clerk vainly endeavored to rwtc.re order.
Cries of 'iiear the j Clerk,',' "let the Clerk bo
heard,"-&c ,
Mr. Craige, order lmw being restorVd, inadthis1
point: That we have a riflit "to know who the
niessfiiio-er is and t.ho blisinnss which hrini'M him
hither. .If .the question of order .raised by the!"
gentleman from Ohio is good, sustain it; if not
reject it. pienewed cries of "order."
' Mr. Campbell's point was, that the House could
no nothing except to go on voting for a Speaker.-'
Mr. Stephens, to end .the dispute, moved that
theinessiige be received ; and under tlie ojcra-
tion of the previous question, the motion was
agreed to Jyeas 11 7, nays 84.
Messrs. 'Campjiell, of ()hio, aiid Craige ha.
previously withdrawn their points of order. .
The result of the scoond vote to-lay fdrSjieak
er was tnen anuotmecit as follows: i
lianKs ao ; urr ( ; r tmerzn; nienuo p; "Jump
bell, or Ohio, 3 ; Messrs. LiMy, Haven rciiinii
ton, li,ngiisnj and imams t eacn. ,v iioiejitun
ler of votes 201 necessary to a choice 101.
Mr'' A. K. Mashalt moveil that the incssa;
iinove-re'errea to tie rean. u.
A motion was men mime 10 my in:i nioitofij
on thetahle, but it did not prevail; s eas ;n; luiysi
108. J ',
The message yvaa then 'brdem to be rca-j
ye:is 108, navs M. - . ' ' .- g '"J".
The President says that cir(ulllsfallcesllav ()
eufred.to disturb the course of tliegiweriirnent It:
Kansas'.1 and ', produced a condi'ioir of thin gs
which renders it lncumla.-nt'ou him lo call tn i "
the attontionf pf Congress, and urgently .recom-'
trend the adoption of such measi'res us the emcr -genoy
of Jthe occasion-appears to mpiiw. ' ' ''
lie enters ito a full histry of the allairs r
of both parties, iind-regards the format ion, re
cently, of a Free State constitution as illegal la
part of the jMXiplo only taking a part .in the pr I
ceeilings. He declares that he will use 'every ,
means in his power to suppress domestic insi
rection in tliat terntory,siotihl any oceur,. afflk
do all in -his power to" preserve the peace, and ".
II I I'J 2'v'l'v WUV ItH III'
In conclusion he recommended that Cmgntsj t
pass a law providing for the people of Kairsas y
call a '' rivt-iit!oii, wij,li a view to the formnlij) .
of a State Constitution, in a legal way ; and hho
a. special appropriation be'. made to defray uujr,
expenses which muy become requisite iirtlm e.e.
tutioji ofxlie laws or the niaiutenance oi orctrr.
in that territory. . '
' J Imj tm ssage was laid on tlie table, aiid tlif
House adjourned. .- - . -I f
Anecpote, of John" RASpoi,nr. Profesl
resHor
Binl
Sandford, who Mokc at the reccut Webster
quct. at Boston, related the following anecdote of
jtJ of
John jRandolph : -.
"Tfie dates and references cannc
not accurately Ihj
recalled, but sometime during tho first yuarsjuf
Mr. Webster s service in Congres Mr. Calhoun
vas speaking upon a . 'propositi to require liJi -r
the government dues to he paid in silver aiid ,
sold, i He was opposed to the measure; argumd ,
ite inconvenience to the agents cf the government
with great ability, and incidentally asserted thjat
in nnint-inpf) liart iiiir cnvflrnmprit nvcT rpsi-irtn.'l
to such a measure. M. Webster, sitting j
Randolph's side, said to him '"He is mistaWcti.
on that pdiut-; Tor there is a post office lanr'iA
the year 17 requirjug tleputies to receive only
silver ajid gold in payment -of postage.'" I Is 7
there such a law?" said Randolph, with grfi
earnestness; 'show it to nie." Mr. Webstojr
stepped to the Clerk'B desk and selected tho .
unjre of United States laws which coutaiued he
on actnient alluded to, an(Loje)iing to tho vry
Sage where it was tnunu, gave the book to lt;in
olph. He studied it attentively, noted the patJ,)
chapter and section. Tho moment Mr, Gdhoni
took his seat, Randolph rose, aikl in his shrill
and harsh tones slumted-?"Mr. Speaker," aiiil
gaining his attention, he proceeded to say "7
odmirari is one of the beautiful and sentcntiikia
maxims of Horace which I learned in " my Ixjiyr,
hood and to this day I have been Wont to' bclif vb
u ts truth and to follow it iii- practice. Ihtt ' ff
give it vp. It is no longer a rule of my life. t
wonder and am utterly astonished thatji nlan
who assumes tolegislate .for the country shornd.
be so utterly ignorant of its existing lawsi
The
gentleman meutiouu that the 'bill .before
kho
House introduces a hew provision into our le
lation. " He does not k now that it has evor 1
ei
ikcorpotatwl into any statute by
any Congn'sl In
our country s history, when it has been a c
m-.
mon usage almost from the infancy of our uatuiv'
JUacgruuer, Bcrearaed, the excited orator to hne
of the clerks, '.'Macgrudci", take volume 5offtlijo
United States laws, page 150, chapter liksecmoii
10, and read," The Clerk read "Beit euac Ul.y
xc, that all tne dues or lxstai tiepurtm.ent stiatt
be paid in pilver and gold,' "Witnets,1
said Randolph, the gentleman s innocent aim
city. kis aittor want of. acquaintance with
tho
laws of the land for which he affect's to be aid
ing legislator. Now, Mr, Speaker, I was educa
ted to know the laws or my country.-- I he
iust recited has been familiar to ine from cl
id-
hood ; indeed, I cannot reinepiber the time w
eii
I did not know it; yet simple and clemenlir
it is, the gentleman, in his 1 superficial stud;
our laws, has overlooked it.'" " " J
lis
of ( ,
- Roman Catholic Lecture for thk Toou
Dr. L. S. Ives, recently the Episcopal Bishoj of
North .Carolina, but who was convcrtetl to; the
Roman Catholic ..Church ahold, two years ''si ic,
delivered a lecture oh r"liursday evening at tho
Broadway Taliernaiic,' on liehalf ot the Soifiefy
of St. Vincent d'. raid. " His subject was.
fflio
ii.M.r in thcif' relation to society." He was grot-bid
wiUidoud apd prolonged applause uy a i
fcrge
uidieuce. On tlte platform were stveral ofl tlo
Catholic clergy of this city, A". J. Juprei.
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