The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-13
LATEST INTELLIGENCE,
WASHINGTON, July IL, 1886.

: weather hot as Africa. Professor Espy's wind
mill In operation On the top Of the Senate. suck.
ing out the foul air, whic generates and has ge.
nerared with great rapidly, somehow, during The
last few days A stranger in the Senate might
readily mistake the veptilator, from its noise fsr
an oil mill.
Mr.. DIX reported back from committee the
warehouse bill, which was recommtied yester-
day, and said that the committee had made two
amendments; one, in Difference 10 the suggestion
OF the Senator from Massachusetts, on the com
ml'tee, (Mr. Davis) requiring bond to double
the amount OF duties on goods in store as a guar
anty for the payment Of sad duties and the Sc
cond, in consideration of the time adopted by the
House in The tariff bill as the extension of the
time for which goods shall remain in the public
stores, and one year had been agreed upon IN
committee the limitation. Mr.. DIX said he
should move that the Senate renew the discu ssion
upon the bill and amendments at one o'clock. IL
was not his purpose to press the subject TO vote
to-day.
You will perceive that there is material
abrdgment and emasculation OF the original
scheme OF Mr.. Dix for the three years were cut
down tn one I; and the goods, which in the re-
puted bill were 10 stand the guaranty for the
payment Of the duties, 10 be backed by
heavy bond. This cripples the measure TO great
extent.
The two hours allotted to morning business
clock, agreed TO continue IN the consideration OF
the private calendar, and did so, III reference 10
bills not contested
In the House, there were several peculiarly
close votes upon Ne land graduation and reduc-
ton bill in continuation of the bo-peep game of
vest, rday. After half dozen calls OF the ayes and
naes, beginning with call of the House, follow
ing with laying the bill on the table, a reconsider
alton and refusal TO lay again on the table, bya
scanty majority ol two out of very nearly two
hundred votes. The House then took up the
calendar OF private bills.
Five members OF the cabinet We're present in
the House during the morning, to wit :-Messrs
Buchanan. Walker, Marcy, Bancroft, and John
500, and, whatever may have been the cause Of
the simultaneous visit of all these high function
aries, it certainly had the appearance of alarming
the refractory representatives into obedience by
the presence of their overseers This was rhs
conclusion, at all events, of the wings. The
plain state of the is this. The cabinet feel u
natural curiosity in the crisis OF affairs in the
trution. Saturday is often slack day with the
heads of the departments. They can afford the
time to ride up to the Capitol, and we suppose
this will account for the appearance OF five OF
them in a lump in the House to-day. True, they
may have thought that their presence would not
lie Instantaneous to the land bill, but thai they
came up to brbe the disobedient by offers 0f
Offices or to coerce them by threats to take offices
away we hold TO be sanderous and absurd.
The amendments which Mr.. Dix submitted to
in committee on the warehSusng bill TO he
considered as being acquiesced IN by him. in order
to get the bill again before the Senate, rather than
from any co operation IN the amendments Mr..
Dix is fully apprised of the shoals and sands which
now surround the legislature Of the two Houses.
The slow inflammation Of eight months is now
coming. as the old ladies' say, to head, and its
suppuration commences in the midst OF the dog
days,-countng upon the beginning OF the dog
days from the commencement of the dogkliing
season in the Atlantic cites, and not from tho
elimination Of the dog star.