The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-12
BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL.
Washington.
Correspondence Of the Herald

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec 8, 1913.
Wing Retofiation-Ne,c Hampshire Question The
d'nerdfion Of -Commiftccs-Grand Cere-
,synony IN Catholic Church, &c. &c.
khe game OF wholesale decapitation which the
iotQfocos have been playing amongst the Clerks of
the House of Representatives is nearly finished
Only one ortwo understanding Clerks have now to
be disposed OF, and that may be safely left in the
hands of the new locofoco Clerk to the House, Mr..
McNulty, whose .prompttude of action and fidelity
to party principles" were both established by the
single act of his dschargng his first assistant Clerk
within five minutes after he had taken the oath of
office.
There is no law, however, in this OF any other
country, SO old, SO fair, and yet so funny the lea
tahOnis. The locos have gone SO deeply into the
game Of prescription that they have aroused spirit
of retaliation in the breasts of the wings II hap
pens, fortunately, in the present position of parties
in Congress, that this game of prescription is one at
which both parties can play; The locos have play
will play shuttlecock and battledore on Monday
morning in the Senate.
1t was the intention of the wing party to have
made no change in the Secretaryship Of the Sen
held that very responsible office for many years. and
his uniform aflability and attention have been such
as to conciliate all the wing Senators The ultra
ism, however, displayed by his own party in the
House, has sealed his fate, and according to the
best flights now before me-" out he goes on Mon
day morning. His assistants are, the most of them,
OF the same political creed, and doubtless they will
periodically follow suit as soon as they get notice
to quit
Mr. Mathew ST. Clair Clarke, the very gentle
manly clerk to the last House of Representatives,
who was guillotined by the locoss on Wednesday
last, will walk into the secrearyship of the Senate,
and there Is no doubt that he will take his fellow
sufferers along with him. Thus goes the world.
These changes were decided upon at a caucus of
the wings yesterday.
On Monday morning the protest against the New
Hampshire, Georgia, Mississippi and Missouri men,
bers comes up in the House. 1t is probable that the
locos, finding that they cannot get that document
off the journals under the present discussion, will
drop it, introduce an expungng resolution, and push
it to vote without much debate.
observe that the debates upon this protest have
been gwen fully N no New York paper except the
it appears to be debate simply upon the admission
of document to the Journals yet in the course of
that debate members went so deeply into the merits
of the main question of the right Of the gentlemen
from these States to their Seats to leave II mat
ter of doubt whether they were advocating the right
| of the gentlemen to place in the House or the
right of the Protest to place on the Journals.
| more audacious and unmasked display OF nulltca-
ton was never made within the Halls of Con-
gress
The shyness displayed by the President in his
message, touching the annexation OF Texas has al
tered opinions as to that question very much !
have it from sound authority that if any thing is
done during the present Session, it will only be
after some proposition is made by Texas itself.
nose well aCqudlHteu Will Tie VIEWS Vi Tie pre-
sent Government of Texas doubt exceedingly
whether it will make this advance.
The Democratic Members of Congress are busy
Just now in assisting the Chairman to form his
Committees, which are to be reported on Monday
| morning. The Cahounites will kick the traces
unless some of their prominent men are honored
with the chairs on these committees. But it is be-
heved that they will not get even this bone to
| pick.
There is to be " Soladty'' in st. Mathews
Church here tomorrow. This is grand and i'm
posing Catholic ceremony, in honor of the blessed
Virgin Mary, and was never before performed in
the United States, excepting in Philadelphia,
some years ago. Considering the great prevalence
of the Catholic persuasion here, there will be an
immense rush ofpeople there. Pm one.
Old Shadrach Penn, formerly of Louisville, is
here just now. There rather good joke about
him this morning. As the old gentleman was
sauntering down Pennsylvania Avenue, he was
| tapped on the shoulder by the marshal, who pre-
sented him with the sight of judgment against
him, on the suit of Blair and Rives. Shadrach
astonished the marshal by the GOODNESS with which
| he offered to go to Jail. The marshal declined,
| but the more he declined to take him the more
| Shadrach insisted on being taken The marshal,
however, at last concluded, that Shadrach was
trying to work him in for an action Of damages,
and thought that the he got of his COM
pany the better. When Shadrach saw. that the
marshal wouldn't show fight, he pulled out of his
pocket receipt by Blair and Rives' attorney in
the West, for the amount OF the judgment. So
much for Shadrach.