New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-31
From Washington.
IT Repu,ar Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, March 29ih le46.
The true Representative of Texas Gen. SAM
HoUsroy, arrived in this City last night and takes
lodgings at Browns Hotel. He came by the way
of Pittsburgh and Brownsville and arrived in the
train from the West about o'clock He will prob
ably take his seat 10 morrow, and then Texas Will
be pretty fairly into the Union.
Tomorrow the election for two Members Of Con-
gress will take place in Texas and they will be on
here in about month Mr.. Cook will probably be
elected in the Western District, and Mr.. KAUFF :
MAS In the Eastern
A man who gave his name as TUCKER arrived in
the city yesterday and II up at the United States
Hotel This morning he went out on the Avenue
and as he was passing lie house of Capt. RAMSEY
of the Navy he ran at III servant who was opening
the shutters. and cut him severely with knife. He
then ran into the house and cut Capt. Ramsey, and
two or three of his family in several places. He
was taken into custody. The wounds believe are
not dangerous
Mr. BURKE, the celebrated violinist and Mr..
DEMpsTER. give concert here Wednesday
evening next, at Caruseis Saloon. Singly they drew
large audiences in this City before. They are now
united and OF course large concourse of their ad-
mirers may be expected.
Mrs. Gen GAINES. who has been in this city during
the winter, lief, yesterday afternoon for NewOr-
leans.
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tcrday afternoon for New York. very short visit.
He will be back again on Wednesday.
Mr. BENNETT OF the Herald, who has been in the
CITY several weeks with his family, leaves us this
afternoon for Newly ork.
The vote on the Oregon Resolutions will be taken
in the Senate this week ! presume-probably on
FRIDAY Mr. BARROW will speak 10 morrow Mr..
WEBSTER will probably speak on "Wednesday or
Thursday. The proceedings in Congress have been
dull for day or txo. Tomorrow we shall have
something more interesting.
understand that new paper is about TO be start
ed 10 advocate the election of RICHARD NJ JOHNSON
no next President of the United States The paper
will be the old Madisonian, which has run through
the whole vocabulary-as Madisonian, Journal.
Times &c What name it will take next does no,
appear JESSE E. Dow is still to be the proprietor.
He is to have a new Editor. Ii is also expected
that Richard Nj. Johnson will be in town in day or
two.
The Union of last evening is sounding the note for
battle with the friends of American Labor. They
have had specimens of British Manufacture here 10
disparage the productions OF our own workmen.-
The Capitol built for the accommodation OF the Anne
rcan Congress has been givenup part TO the British
The Loco Focos do not hold out blue lights, but they
openly bring the British into our very public build
Jugs that they may destroy the interests OF our coun
try more etIcciually than Ten thousand men landed
upon our shores could do. The venerable Editor
has opened the battery by big gun TO day from
Lowell addressed TO Hon Judge WOODBURY. ,houga
the Union says ." 1t seems the author has not
the pleasure of Mr.. Woodbury's acquaintance. =
The frs, sentence Of the letter is this" 1t is
Sabbath day and I have stayed ct home from
church &c" Why was this announcement
made? Was il necessary to break the Sabbath in
attempts to break down Protection 10 American La
Dor? Was it necessary to stay away from the SER
vice of God 10 serve the devil in betraying the in
teress of our country Why was ii addressed 10
Hon. LEVI WOODBURY.? What hashe to do with
the Tariff and what does he know of hard toll and
labor? He knows that the Tariff will not touch his
salary of - 800 year.
The same paper is delivering mora! lectures to the
aspirants for the Presidency The text is taken
from the New.York Journal Of Commerce, whose
correspondent charges Father RlTCHIE with being
pledged 10 so for Mr. CALHOUN in Isis
The following grave paragraph appears In this
article why any man should desire to become
the President of the United States appears 10 us
almost species of infatuation. That is happy
thought Try TO come that game over Calhoun,
johnson, Cas-, Allen, and so on down, and leave
the wav clear for Mr.. Polk to continue in Office
Nobody but fool would desire the Presidency F.!
James X. Polk did desire it.
But no matter Just insist that he shall keep II as he
is probably as much Infatuated any person who
could be found on the long list of aspirants. Truly
the Union is safe under this new view of the ques-
ton. There are great many infatuated people in
this country hlcHELlEu'