New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-27
From, Washington.
Things in Washington.

FINN our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. April Is, 1876 P. NJ.
7, NV letter of the Esd. published in Yesterdays
rrsnin- Tribune the names OF Mess-s CHALMERS,
D.YreS. EASSEGAS and SruReEoS, OF me Senate.
20 ,vsn without stating. as Intended 10 do that
thew were absent on the final vote on Tue -Nouee'
They were the only absent Senator'S
TIL, mira Loco Focos are very angry ABOUT Tue
vrev ,hey have been cornered or this question lie
Western " ing of Loco ocoisn little thought woeh
nav elected Polk and Dallas and large majority
81 consrpss as Polk men, tina, they would 50 soon
bsvs 70 bite their lips with rase they say no"
10, hose who voted for the anl'cab!e compromise
No,ic. are Wings " no would have tnouen''
hsn the cannon were rolling Their echoes over the
r'-,;-s. f.. months since. that IN April 1910 We
should have W mig rlsjoriIy OF 20 10 me louse y,
Representatives and rsIority oil 81 IN me
But il served them right The !ast rres,uen1iA.
rIs,rion was 4 political jasgle; successful gram
=. 49,, hnt the wire-puers are getting PAID
M Pennsylvania Tariff men are not the only per
sons who will regret their course IN supporting
Tsrss X. Polk in place OF HENRY CLAY.
Ssv.rsl Oregon men have expressed their wish
onanlv that Congress would now adjourn anu -
bnn,e leaving the Tariff just rs It Is II ihey nau
only sense enough 10 DO ms II "o0'I ue 'us
hing they could do for the country II they wou'u
onIv mass resolution 10 adjourn about the begin
nins or middle of May leaving the country without
IN. bene6, IN C: their Legislation. unless 10 pass
some private and appropriation bills, wnich 'heS
coald do in a few days, they would inaAI'es' lA0'e
ps,rotisrn than give them credit tor
YOU will see BY the Union OF last night ihat Mi''
T>crEsorI intends 10 renew his attack on Mr.
WEBSTER. The paragraph in the Union THIS morn
inc was written by Mr.. lnsersoll himself An az
tenn; was made 10 dav 10 give him an opportunity
in the House but the House seemed 10 prefer more
useful business.
= Of fka NpXI- ~ u
House OF Assembly. suppose he thinks he can
D., spared while from Albany Legislation TO heIp
the National concern here
The Eclipse came off as advertised to-day. IL DC
Cured little earlier in this city than IN any DINER
part of the country The dus, IN the Avenue al an
early hour had superseded The avenueer ooScuraIoa
and formed total eclipse There was no teiIlng
here when the Moon began to throw her shadow on
the face of Sol The Avenueller eclipse VIII De
continued TO morrow if the weather continues hne
though. at the present writing. II looks Ike rain.
Nv venerable friend, the Editor OF the Union, has
made some comments in his paper OF last night on
nv letter OF the 10Th inst. in which describe the
death of the late Senator ALLEN OF Ohio. He says
our geese are all swans might re,ort by saying
that his swans are pretty generally geese
H.. does me injustice when he says that repre-
sent the speeches OF Democrats as failures IAis Is
NOT So | have given more prominence to the
S,eaches of Messrs BENTON. CALHOUN, w Esrcorr
p,ywooD and other Loco Focos, than TO the Wing
Speeches He does not dispute the melancholy pic
ture OF carnage which | drew, but seems TO concur
with ME fully in the deep desoation created oy insr
taking off, when he says:
There is no telling how many Democrats cave oeeh
laid low since December last, by the pondeTou' oA'te
axe, OF the Wing Richards and pinked b the Keen ps
rrs.rcne sc;,netars OF the Wing Saedns The Andrew
Ferrara of Mr. Webster the gi,terinc raper OF Mr. Crit
tendeu the hair trigger pistol o Mr. Winthrop the falN'
han gun of Mr. Dixon. have each accomplished ueeds
OF dreadful note" and made daily and numerous conF!
buttons to the congressional battle-ground. and aided
amazingly the undertskers of this goodly city Al the
rate of this congressional dccimaon on the Democratic
side effected by those giants OF the opposition ohr
imposing majoriti,s u dundLc into most tes6e array
and the numbers Of widows and orphans be iearfuy IN
creased We agree then with NJ Rcheieu, that there
Is no telling where this political sau2htering VIII end
and that the giants before named ought MOTTO dance any
polkas pirouettes. pas dc deuN over Denocrac
Senators and Representatives.
Futher RITcHrE is not alone in his opinion con
tanned in the words IN Italics. in the above extract
II Is the opinion of many 81 10 Democrats not only
that the majority cili dwinde away but that 1t has
already dwindled into a minority as they say that
the Senate is now Wig. Here the organ, the hity-
tours aud myself apparently agree.
have only word or TWO 10 say about the Con-
gressional proceedings OF TO day. The Senate was
not in session. The House of Representatives re-
fused to 20 into Committee OF the Whole, as was
understood that Mr. lNGERsoLL intended TO speak,
p-vare Calendar was than taion ,>,ith >>h oh
the House was engaged until about 81 o'clock. when
an ad iournment was carried. RIcHELIEU.