Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-27
SIND cannot doubt that he will become very popu-
lac nrosf;p officer Nav treat success attend him.

sind cannot doubt that he will become very popu-
las prcstin, officer May great success attend HIM
(Frora II. =. y. Pest DeHoerat.)
Congress- is at length organized and ready 10 proceed
TO business The House of Representatives have elect
ed Mr.. Hunter, of Virginia, their Speaker, by the en-
re vote OF the Wing party, aided by the VOICES OF some
&C ile Southern Democrats Mr. Hunter IS State
Rights man, and warm advocate OF the Independent
Treasury scheme. If he composes his standing COM
nittces iudicously, and with just attention to the
views of the majority Of the House, we see nothing
IN the circumstance of his election winch we neea
regret. IF he does not, the ory OF the House VIII
be obliged to take the matter into their own hands ana
10 raise special or select committees for considering and
reporting on subjects Of importance which might other
wise be neglected It will certainly give great sa-
,isacton to see Mr. Hunter dscharglng the duties OF
his arduous and responsible place with the same dsh'-
the same candor and sense of justice and the same
adm;rabe promptitude which distinguished his predc-
in the last Congress If this should be the case,
| il will matter little by whom he has been elected
In supporting THIS gentleman, the Wings have done
homac to the democratic policy OF the Administration,
and the great measure oil divorce oi Dunn .iu
They abandoned all the candidates whose pubic charac-
tors and nubc course identified with opposition
~ Tint noIicv John Bell has been laid aside as obsolete,
and William c. Dawson rejected as not being IN the
taste of the times they have both been snovea l,o
cornor with the old lumber of National Bank and a
nartnershp of Bank and State; Just as we carry INTO
carrots the worn out and uncouh furniture OF past
gnneration The Wings have passed by the true re-
representatives. of their party the champions OF their
doctrines and the proPosers OF Their measures 10 m
nnon member who distinguished hmselflast winter by
his Jealous defence of the policy of the very Admins
tration which they SO violently oppose.
Tho Washington Correspondent of the Baltimore
Republican has the following in reference to the new
! Speaker: 80
Mr. Hunter is young man, scarcely two and thirty;
of small stature Of manly appearance and possesses
temperament thai should think peculiarly fitted HIM
| for the arduous Office of Speaker
In politics. ne is independent OF Wing or Democrat
At the last election, he run TO use common phrase OF
the day, on his hook; and is not committed TO The
Wings or the Administration.
That you may be advised of the exact position Mr.
Hunter occupies as politician, will state what he
said in reference to that SUBJECT to ircnd OF nine,
and in my presence, on Friday evening last. 81 am,
said Mr. Hunter "Independsni; am an advocate OF the
Sub Treasury bill; and State Rights man, and hold
the same in relation to the great parties OF the United
States, that MIR. Calhoun does; am, if you please,
Calhoun man.
Wing, or how much of an Administration man Mr.
Hunter may be. His election need not be deemed
either defeat or triumph by either party IN Con.
cress As however, he was elected in the main by the
Wings, is very possible that he may incline some.
what towards that party. As he has, however, vowed
his independence of all party bias, it s to be hoped,
that he wall carry it out to the letter.
FRoM WAsHrsoToy.-Below will be found the con-
cuson Of the proceedings of the House of Representa-
ves Saturday night, in the attempt to elect Speaker,
1t will be observed that the vote shifted very much at
last and that the leading candidates both sides were
in effect dropped live may Judge from the last ba!
lot the contest lies between Mr. Lewis OF Ala, Null
LITER and Sub-Treasury man. and MIR. Hunter OF va,
also Nullifer and Sub-Treasury man. We should
neither be surprised dissatisfied at the success OF Ell
Their of them There is not member of the House for
whom, as to ability independence and sound principles,
we have higher respect than for MIR Hunter.
charleston Mercury.
| ILLINOIS SPECIAL ELrcrIos-An election for State
Senator, from the counties of Cook, Will, NC, was
held on the Goth alt. The result is the election OF
| James H Woodwork, the Democratic candidate, by
ups7ards of thousand majority. In Cook county, his
majority Us far heard, s $780, in Chicago alone 26O
VIII county 3GS; Dupage county 60 Every species
of bsowbeatng and prescription resored to By the
"Wh;gs' Of Chicago, TO defeat the Democratic noml.
nee. Speaking of the result the Chicago Democrat
SAYS:
ts7he late Election has proved that an united demo-
cracy in this distr invncibe. Woe be to any
or any set Of men, then, who from personal ambition
revenge, would scatter the seeds of dssenson among
US! Whatever the past may have been, let US all now
shake hands and 90 way rejoicing, side BY side
and crying, Regular Nominations toreeer'
The following letter from the Secretary of the Navy
to Lieut. Thomas T Craven, upon the snhjcct OF his
efforts and fundamentally i'll rcsculng part OF the
crew of the Chilian ship of Monegnido, has been
! handed ~ for publication
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
December O. 1880.
Sir The Department has observed in the newspapers
notice of your gallant and successful efforts in rescu
| ing portion Of the crew Of the CHILEAN ship of wal
slonteguido which it appears was wrecked IN the mar
Dor of Valparaiso during the gale of the 9th and 25t
Of July last.
Although you have already enjoyed the highest re
ward of your exertionS in the which crowned
them the Department would not do justice to its owr
feelings did it refrain from expressing to you its ADM
ration of the fearless selfdevoton displayed by you
that OCCASION and which alike honorable to yourself
to the service, and to yonr country.
am, very respectfully,
| Your obedient servant,
/ J. X. PAULDING.
Lieut.. Thomas T. CRavES,
IT, s. Exploring Expedition.