New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-20
From Washington.
Things In Washington.
rom our Regular CORRESPONDENT.

from our Regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, March Is, 1916
The City this evening has been shocked by the
news OF the suicide of Commodore CRANE, Che
of the Bareau OF Ordnance and photography.
He had been il his Office and had read the letters
on business About I2 O'Clock some Of Toe
Clerks went to the door and found i; locked,
and supposed tha; he bad gone 10 sleep.
The clerk looked through the keyhole and saw
him in his rocking chair. AS be continued however
in nj. Office till about o'clock, suspicious were
e-oDsed and the door was forced open. He was
forDi in the same position in his rocking chair, with
hjs ,hroa, cut and dead. He was the sixth on the
lis, OF captains The list contains about o captains
Conuodores Barrow, Stewart Jones. Morris and
Warrirston were before him or the list. he was 8
native OF New-Jersey. No cause Is yet publicly
known for this sad termiEa;ion OF his lie.
| regret TO learn that Senator Colqui,,'s child
whose sickness has already been mentioned, died
this morning.
FRrgsg of Ohio has not yet been settled. hardly
think il possible that two from Ohio will settle
i, bv the code of blood. presume that some eN.
PLANTATION vii; be made tomorrow. Mr. FrIese Will
probably explain that he meant nothing and Mr..
Schenck will scknowed that his remarks were I'M
meaning &c &c. and the matter will drop. There
Is one thing pretty certain. that members say OF
each other much harder things Than what The TTi-
bune was expelled for. One man calls another on
the floor "Drunken 5lackguard. another pro-
nounces one OF his colleagues no gentleman. 81
leace has given consent TO both imputations. Yet
The Tribune ia expelled for stating that member
eats al a certain hour in the House
Speaking OF eating in the House, reminds me
that the Walker Tariff bill has been printed by the
Treasury Department have just been looking at
il and | find Bologna Sausages are charged 80 per
cen, dd ralorem an unnecessary restriction upon
Congressional Injuries.
The Special Committee appointed by the Senate
10 examine into the charges made against certain
Senators in the Times, of this city, have had the
following bill presented for payment
The Senate o. the United States.
To JESSE E. Dow, Dr..
For days services, AZ 81 per diem. %
If man was only paid in this way, for appearing
TO refute his attacks he might make quite snug
little office for himself.
hear that the 81 30 Senator's have thought OF
some proposition which they intend TO have intro
duced 10 the Senate which will satisfy them and get
40 votes have not heard what this proposition is.
There were great many combinations by the
Senate today. believe they were only such as
were not objected TO- Collector ROGERS of Bufa-
10 got through. | mentioned Mr.. HOFFMAN. Naval
Officer al New York city. as being confirmed also.
This is not 80 certain. The Union of tonight will
probably contain list
The Tariff Bill has not yet been reported TO the
House The Committee have been receiving OBJ
ec,ions from various parts of the country and con-
sidering them.
MIR WEBSTER will speak Oregon in the
course of n few days | understand that he has for
tilted himself with maps and documents TO annihi-
late the charges brought against him by {. J. Is
GERsoLL in the House and BY Messrs. DicKINsoS,
ALLEN, &c. in the Senate. There will be great
crowd 10 hear him. RlCHELlEU.