The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-02-18

Hurrdn. LOT the snow and sleigh SO Tree.
What care we how the winds do hlow1
With our light cigar and buffalo!
For ] love to fly DER the maiden spow
Bounding along like the mountain roe.
The snow, the snow the cheering snow.
Crispng beneath our cutters prov,
Asproudly we skim DER the Hudson's tide
Where bark and galley SO late did ride,
Tost ca its bosom to and fro
Now nought is seen but ice and snow
Hurrah Tor the snow, and winter old,
Our sweetheart and sleigh, and our coursers bold
What heed we OF the cares of life
While our sleigh holds good, and the snow is rife!
Onward we dash to our bells sweet chime
Proud OF our sleigh, and our darling Cline
New York. Feb. H. ls43. w. 8.
[6y- The following letter should have reached
IN due course of mail in time for Thursdays
Herald. It pourtrays scene, however, too rich to
be lost, and we make apology for publishing it
out of the regular order Of the proceedings OF Con-
(CoUespondence of the Herald.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday night,
Feb. Ia, 1913.
ArnOld's Celebrated Retrenchment Bill No.
54s-The MISREPRESENTATION System
jesse neutrality-suspicious. p uiiing
Putting.
The House has been having regular froic to-
day, and no mistake. You know this was the day
set apart for the consideration of
BILL SAB.
This bill you also know proposed to cut down the
salaries of every officer of the Government who
ceived over $1,000 year, 20 per cent; and to cut
down the pay of members of Congress rs per cent;
from SIS to SIG day. And Arnold declared in his
speech, which you published the other day. that he
would worry the House into taking up his Bill, 54s
And every time that number has been mentioned
lat he hao oh bur into
roars Of laughter. No one supposes seriously that
the House has any idea of passing this bill in good
faith, to cut down their own pay; and am satisfied
that the members of the present House will secure
themselves before they make any rerenchment.-
Though really there Is such queer set OF genuses
the present Congress, that there saying what
will they do next; and they seem in regular fro
licking humor just about these days.
Well, then, to the point And as the scene during
the discussion of Arnolds Bill, No. 54s, in Commit.
tee of the Whole, was so excruciatingly rich, and
beat anything you ever saw at Tammany Hall, /
must reserve the greater part OF my letter for de-
scripton of it, The other business of the morning
was not of very great moment, and can be briefly
told
In the first place then, Mr.. BARNARD said he would
beg the House TO take up MIR. CUsHING's Exchequer
plan, with his amendment, on Thursday next.
This brought up ARNOLD, who is a very worthy,
good, honest, fat fellow, ever breathed but who
of the most restless and industrious OF all
the men on the floor Of the House.
ARNoLD-Sir. my bill, SIR, No. 54S. lRcars of
anything else, sir. (Great laughter) / move we
go into Committee OF the Whole.
Cost JOHNSON wish to know Mr. Speaker, il the
special order overrides all other business, including
that OF the morning. hour.
SpEAKER.-It does, sir.
ARNOLD again rose-Mr Sneaker
VoIcE-Old SIS, is up again.
Several MEMBERS seriously and laughing Oh !!
Arnold, weld the floor Tor few minutes for the
ports. Your Bill No 548 Is all right, great laugh
ter, and here IT evident that the members were
beginning to work themselves up into sunny state
Of frolicking They were getting up from their seats,
walking about, laughing, talking, clustering about
in knots IN front of and behind the Speakers chair,
and every now and then frem one Of these knots
world come forth the cabalistic words " Bill No.
548!" and then the whole circle would laugh out
with uproarous sound, till each mans sides
seemed to ache again, and ''his eyes ran brine v)
Some few reports, &c. were then offered, amid
much talking and confusion, when
ARNOLD again rose.-Mr. Speaker, have a peti-
ton to present. sir, from the city of New York, sir,
praying for the reduction of posages sir; and also
praying the passage by Congress of House Bill No
54s! (Roars of laughter all round the House, and
some member cried out "AInold's ID bill No.
$40 will be the death Of us.")
Mr.. KENNEDY, (of Md. } said-The Committee
on Commerce instruct me to saw that they wish
day set apart for taking up the Warehouse Bill 1t is
very important matter; and as there is much doubt
whether this House means to act on it or not, l
move to make II the special order Tor next Tuesday,
so to test the feeling OF the House on this sub
ject.
SpEAKER-The motion is not now in order.
KEYNEpY.-Then I'll make 1t again at some early
day, sir.
The question of rechartering the Banks of this
District for 10 yeals then came up. motion was
made to discharge the committee from the consi-
Iteration of the subject. An attempt was made to
lay this on the table; it was lost, los to SO The
first motion was carried, Ia to SO. So these banks
are not to be rechartered
Col. CAMPBELL, (of S. CO. asked to make Bill $40
the special order for Thursday week. The bill post
pones the operation of the District Election System
in the apportonment Bill and is brought up to pre-
vent any more New Jersey Election scenes on The
floor of the House the next Congress; because some
of the States have refused to elect members under
that Law.
SpEAKER-The motion is not in order.
MEMBER. Nothing will go down to- day but Bill
No. 54S. (Great laughter)
Mr.. BARNARD presented resolution to print Jesse
Hoyt's memorial TO the House.
Mr.. BoARDMAN-As have been made the subject
OF gross abuse in the newspapers by Jesse Hoyt,
wish to state that had good and sufficient reasons
for knowing Jesse Hoyt to be wiu defaulter.-
No one cantouch this man or his conduct without
contracting aroma that no honest man can endure
for moment. ] can have no personal feeling to
CRAFTY in this, sir do not know him, though be-
ieve was once introduced TO him when he
honest but that was long time ago. (Great
laughter Now his reputation is offensive, it
stnks in the nostrlls OF every one ought to apo
logse for taxing up Time In speaking oil me abuse OF
a rogue like Jesse Hoyt, who is 100 strong in niamy
even for the subterranean ocofeco democracy OF
New York. They were forced to repudiate this
man-with crocode's stomach even, they could
not swallow him. But his abuse could harm no man.
This Hoyt is defauter Tor S226 295 81; and in his
accounts the House may see with what impudence
the public treasury has been robbed. But he is now
in the hands Of justice-hs worst enemies can de-
sire no more and if he gets Justice dealt out to him.
his history till his dying day, may be read in the re.
cords OF a court Of Justice.
The House then refused to print Jesse Hoyt's me-
mortal
A rather rambling personal explanation then took
place between Messrs. Gwinn, Granger, and Thomp-
son. of Miss, relative to The previous debate about
the Mississippi bonds but as you have so repeated
" and clearly explained the whole of this subject
shall gass il by.
Mr. GRANGER said the bonds were signed by the
Governor, sold, and the money paid INTO the Union
Bank This was chartered by 80 locofocos and Ii
wings This S5 600 600 of bonds was all the CAPT