New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-19
Mr.. hennedy in the HOuse-Appointmeh
the Duel. &C,
From our Special Correspondent.
WAsHlNGrnN Friday, teD. 10.

1t would have done you or any true wing good
to have seen the Hon. JOIN P. KENNEDY make
his appearance in the House this morning, to the
perfect horror Of the Loco Focos. AS soon as
the reading Of the Journal was disposed OF, the
Hon ROBERT C. WINTHROP, by whose side MIR.
Kennedy was sitting, rose, and, with his usually
elegant manner of address, said: % Mr.. Speaker,
| ask leave to announce the Hon. John 7. Ken
nedy, member elect from Maryland" The Lo-
cos looked aghast Kennedy, who was IN un-
usually high spirits and looked uncommonly well,
walked with Winthrop to the Speakers desk and
took the oath he was Immediately surrounded
and congratulated by his Wing friends in way
to show that the freis only sumbering for great
occasion. At last the venerable John Quincy
Adams walked up, he standing IN the
open space IN front Of the Speakers char, and
taking him by the hand, shook him eight or ten
times with such gusto as | have seldom seen.-
The old man looked and moved as if ten years
had been taken off his head. To morrow aud
Monday suppose we shall have the other five
Wings in the House from MARYLAND. 1t is the
ball a rolling on. Well may Rives OF the
Globe talk aboat the fatness of the Coon
You viii find by the proceedings of the House
presented Report from the Select Committee in
relation to the massachusetts Resolutions, which
was laid on the table to be disposed of when the
other members of the Committee report. There
will probably be 5 or reports on this subject
The Committee consist Of
Gilmer, J R. Ingerso Giddings,
Burt, Sempe, Adams,
Garrett Davis, Burke Morse.
Gilmers Report, is signed by himself and
Burt and is an answer to report read IN Com
mttce Yesterday, by Mr.. Adams, which the
Southern men call, regular cut throat report.
Mr.. Adams is in favor of amending the Consti-
tuition, so as to allow no slave Representation TO
the Southern States; Giddings and he have
signed that Report but did not present it to day.
The Committee have passed a resolution to allow
each member Of the Committee to present his own
views to the House. So we shall have several
reports, as the other five all have different views
from each other on the subject. However, Gll-
mer Burt, Davis, Burke, Semplc and ingcrsoll,
have all voted i'll Committee against any such
amendment to the Constitution. Morse asked
to be excused from voting at all.
The President has sent off to the Hermitage a
fair copy of the Act "reiundmg the fine" en-
crossed on parchment, and signed, accompanied
with letter expressive ol his pleasure at having
the privilege of signing and sending it.
Nominations sent to the Senate:
Dir. CRUMP, Of Va. Charge TO Chill, vice Pendle-
ton, resigned.
Mr.. WArTERsoN, Of Tenn. Charge 10 Buenos
Ayres.
The seconds in the duel wrote you about this
afternoon are named to be Mr.. Peoler, OF Alabama,
and MIR. Ashe, of somewhere. Oh, how much
have they to answer for! Poor young Cochran
had been brought up by his brother, the Chief
Clerk of the War Office, who sent him to study
medicine at Charlotte Hall, Prince George Co,
Md. He had just graduated, with high honors
He was not 20, and said to be only Is. Young
May has been literally ounger about town, do
ing nothing for some time. He is 25. They
fought with rifles, fifty yards apart. At the word
" One (" May fired; the ball entered Cochranc's
forehead, and killed him instantly. Hls brother
has also brought up two sisters, amlable young
ladies, who have to mourn this loss. 1t is hor-
rid murder. JuNIuS, Jr