Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-01-27
THE ENQUIRER.
sa,nrdav Morning, January "a, 1916.
fCurespondemee of tic Rtedm0md Enquirer.
WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. %, 1916.
RICHMOND, VA

nothing Of The arrival of the anxiously looked lot
steamer A reliable private letter, written III
Philadelphia, was however received by een'ie-
man stating tina, news had reached that CITY per
telegraph, (Which you will recolect has ou' Jus,
zone into operal;onD announcing me afrisai u
the Hibernia, bringing threatening, or 10 o'hef
words warlike advices from England. nave
overv confidence in the source from which ms IN
formation comes, and doubt not that in twenty
four hours most interesting and exciting oe'ail'
will he spread before the Washington pubic
This was to have been expected; but wish par
ticulary 10 caution your readers against REGARD.
inc the first burst Of English buster as The selieo
sentiment either Of the British press or people
upon the all-absorbinS topic. They, in all prooa-
bili,y, will not have seen The mastery and con-
yincing proof of The justice OF our CLAIM 10 Ofe-
ooo. from he rens of Messrs. Calhoun and bu-
cbanan-lhe Oregon experimentation has
disarned and sealed the lips OF our Wing cavil-
lers upon The question OF lille. can hardly be
mistaken in anticipating that il will produce
powertul effect upon the British pnoiic, whose
iaunts, vaunls, and threats are 80 soon 10 oe
spread before the American people ID Tue Columns
OF a thousand newspapers.
The Senate have to-day rejected the nomina-
lion OF Judge Woodward, OF Pennsylvania, ior
,be Supreme Court The struggle was long and
desperate indeed The vote by which this was
effected is oil course not known, but the TACT IS
cr,a,n [ believe they have debated over The
case for some five or six days. while, in The
mean time, hundreds oil nominations have ac-
cumulalcl on the Vice Presidents table.
In the House Of Representatives, the greater
- ion NO
minaly npon The subject of the late order Of the
Eynedilon." now in tie hands OF The Clerk,
should be disposed Of The debate, which was
of very desutory character, was participated
in by Messrs. Paine OF Alabama, Sawtee of
Maine Schenck OF Ohio, Thompson OF Pa, and
J. r. InaersoI of Pa. During the course of the
day. letter was read from the Clerk. stating thai
he could not be governed BY the action OF the ey.
istine House ofRepresentatves in the disposal OF
the books in question, as they were the property
OF The last Congress, having been ordered and dis
posed Of by them. He did not feel authorised TO
appropriate the property oil individual members
OF Thai Congress according TO the orders of This.
Mr.. Thompson OF Pa in his zeal moved a re-
solution that The late directions on the subject be
forihriM carried out by the clerk. Alas. he
overshol the mark; for it will be some six months
al eas, ere they are all printed furnished with the
engravngs, and stored ready for distribution
French. the clerk is safe shIeWd man, and has
probably aken the right vie OF his duty TheQucs-
lion was finally decided by the passage OF a re-
solution requiring him 10 distribute the books ac
cordng 10 the order OF the present House, this, he
will doubtless obey; as under its operation, Con-
sress must indemnify him Tor any loss ne may
sustain if sued by members of The last house Tor
their copies A committee was also appointed
al 10, cola hapLS which th.v
have ordered for themselves 10 be paid Tor out OF
The public purse. This committee are 10 go back
for twenty years, if necessary, in their investiga-
lions, in which time man. gentlemen have seen III
10 pocket The proceeds cfsuch publications sold 10
the hall price hou; sellers. This is small work Tor
the House of Representatives 10 be engaged in, is
il not IL was much smaller business, how
ever on the part OF those representatives who
have seen fix TO sell the public books in question:
which were in fact and truth, though not under a
positive order oil Congress, given TO them, IN
order that the valuable matter they contained
might be disseminated to the best advantage for
the public good, in the individual district Of each.
They were supposed 10 be SO familiar with tie
wants OF their constituents, a, 10 know best how
10 distribute them for the benefit Of the public al
large. II was confidence in their general int.
grity of purpose which induced many representa-
lives 10 vote for such appropriations who olher-
wise, would have scorned 10 pu, their hands INTO
the Treasury of the United States for "hook
appropriation" This public book-scllins is in
deed very small business, and the committee
appointed TO ferret il oul, have an exceedingly
dirty Job on hand.
The Florida Election case also came up,
though bu, in lime for single speech on 1T
Mr. Br 'ckenbrough the contestant being entl-
tied to The floor, addressed The House for an
hour in an eloquent and logical speech in be-
half of his own claims. His effort was per-
feet demonstration Of his right have seen
two or three gentlemen since lis delivery who
were before inclined 10 vote in favor ofthe sitting
member, bu, who now declare that he made The
Justice of his demand too plain TO be wilhSood.
Before MIR B. commenced Mr.. Cabell in lew
remarks offered TO resign, go home, and Try ano-
Their contest, if his opponent would agree 10 refer
The whole mailer again 10 the people. This offer
would have been magnanimous and generous, y |
II had been made while MIR. G. Tell certain, as
he did al one lime that the committee were about
10 report in his favor. But il looks like paralee-
ing as il were to make the tender al This late |
day, and indeed, only when il is reduced 10 posi-
live assurance that the House are about 10 award
the seat to his competitor. Butso The world wags.
Mr.. Brockenbrough very properly, as think, de-
clned coming 10 an arrangement which would de-
priye the good people Of Florida ola representative
in perhaps The most important crisis occurring IN
The history Of the country. Their interests, and
those Of the constituents Of every other member
OF the House, were never so likely 10 be affected
Tor veal or for wo as they must be by The action
of Congress during the remainder OF the present
session Ere The session closes, all The great
measures of Stale Except the Texas question SO
happily seitled) upon which The Democracy went
into the last canvass are 10 be dsposed Of. The
principles embazonrd on our banners, and 10
which we stand pledged by the resolutions oil the
Baltimore Convention, are yet TO be carried out II
was 10 aid in that work, thai majority oil the
people Of Florida voted 10 send him here, as he
has conclusively shown. Would he have been
true to them and 10 his lrust-would ne deserve
their confidence, if he had agreed 10 abandon his
post in this emergency2
Mr.. Cabeil has the floor for tomorrow, and al
Ter he concludes his speech, trust some charila-
Bile gentleman will move the previous question,
and thus bring The contest 10 an end.
There was quite a large concourse AT the Pre-
sidenl's drawing room last evening. The recep-
ton and East rooms were well filled, and the enler
lainment went off most pleasantly. could not
help drawing comparison between he difference
in The various tastes in dress displayed by the la
dies slusions" Ia new material for dresses)
were all the rage. Alas there were more iu-
sions about many of the fair creatures than those
Of bnbine! Bare shoulders, sharp and high
SnouiueT paues, anu oidWEy arms die eom."e
into fashion again, il one may be permed 10
Judge from last evenings display. Why will the
angels exhibit themselves in low-necked dresses,
knowing, as they must, that they thus present
signs by which conroisseur can arrive al their
ages with as much certainly as jockey can tell
| that Of horse bv looking into his mouth
pimple says twenty-five mole lwenIy-four,
hair in il twenty flakes Of fat on the shonl
ders at thirty, and wrinkles in The place OF fat
al hirty-fve, all The world over. MACON.
We devote the greater pafl Of our paper today
TO the favors Of correspondents speech of Mr.
Cobb of Georgia, and legislative and congress
sional proceedings. We have been SO much oc-
cupied with unavoidable business, and the re-
moval Of our family to Washington, that We
have had neither time or inclination 10 devote 10
the editorial columns Of our paper today. But