New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-11
Rnmors and Humors ut Washinglon-No. ".
COrrespondence Of The Trnune

and he hastens pay his respects your readers.
We have to-day had melancholy exhibition in
the ball oil the L. 5. Senate. Hitherto that hall has
been famed for its Of gen,lemanly dignity. To
day its glories have been yelled In low and vulgar
limitations Of the great Sausage az the other end
Of the Capitol
need not describe the Hobbies today, nor the
galleries. Yesterday ,hsre was bright array OF
beauty and fashion today, q few Of the better part
Of creation came 10 DC disguised out the baser sort
ofhuman nature predominated largely In the CALLER
les. and crowded into the iobbes.
In the obbies / noticed brother Sawyer, who
loves Sausages and mis- aid decamp, brother Chip
man. who hates Education. His drill Sergeant,
Brinkerhof too was there, moving like lesser
!oninary around these central suns sharing equally
their glory and their meals; rather shining by the
reflection Of Mr. Sawyers intellect and fattening
upon the pposition of his Sausage.
Yesterday big black Dan, eoaded into fury by the
| Liputians, who had fred their squbs al him rose
like giant and crushed them into dust. His face
was like large piece OF burning charcoal acted on
by tee blow pipe OF his mighty intellect and he fused
into vapor every Thing that came in his way. He
drew his Damascus blade and The fash OF bis steel
won the admiration OF every behoider. Today the
Jack knife has been drawn In opposition; and such
an exhibition has been made seldom Is Witnessed
in a civilized community Yesterday the pity OF the
audience was moved for those who had TO feel the
edge OF the meteor blade; today that pity has been
turned into shame at the production OF such mIser
Scripture Dick" was the hero OF the fight to-day.
do but speak sober truth when say, that the dig
nifty of Senatorial eloqueDce was forgotten. and the
ptiable exhibition dwinded into something lille
lower than that OF village bar-room. Samm, OF
the Globe, calls Dickinson the star Of the Senate.
The sickly light OF the star, weak as II was, served
TO show the signs OF deep modification, and some
times of contempt, the countenaDces even OF his
friends
The Reporters, I noticed, enjoyed the fun and
could not Iake down his speech for laughing. Even
the ladies laughed 30 loud that they were heard all
over the hall One Loco Foco, l understand,
marked that the exhibition reminded him Of great
boxing match he had seen, where poor fellow.
whose eyes were beaten out of his head, and his
face pounded to Jelly, still stood up 10 fight or
rather 10 be knocked down again.
He applied the term humble TO himself AT least
hundred times. My humble effort" my hum
bic speech my humble lips terms totally unne-
cessary for every citizen of New York felt that it
was humiliating scene altogether and that the
State of New York was humbled TOO IN the eyes OF
every beholder.
There was one thing connected with it, however,
which could not hut notice and most Of those who
were in the front circleothc Ladies Gaerymust have
noticed also, that the speech was not Senator DICK
ISsoH's own. | may be mistaken in this and only
state it as my opinion, bat | think facts corroborate
it. Every body Mr.. DIcKISsoS running abou,
before he commenced his speech. showing piece
of manuscript this, that and tother Senator if
wishing TO know what ii meant. When he came
TO make his speech the notes before him were IN two
or three hands writing.
Itappeared very much as if some Senators, afraid
to fire gun the reused lion. had charged II and
put it into the hands Of Senator DICKINSON who not
knowing the nature of the charge fired il in such
way that it knocked himself When he
made serious charge against Mr.. WEBSTER
relative TO q public Dispatch about the intu
ence of the Washington Treaty the right OF
search, Mr.. WEBSTER asked him tor his authority,
and he could not find it. Senator ALLEN speaking
from behind was understood 10 say " it is true-ap
parently afraid that Mr. Dickinson, not knowing
where TO find il. would Withdraw IL
When he made the slang charge against Mr..
WEBSTER, of placing British interests before those
of his own country, Mr.. WEBSTER rose and demand.
ed of him what he said. Mr. Dickinson paused and
hemmed awhile. Mr. WEBSTER demanded that he
should repeat il MIR. ALLsS was again understood
10 speak from behind, "do not repeat it" This IN
derhand prompting, with the several specimens OF
hand writing and the strange inability TO find what
was marked in the notes, led many to suppose that
the speech in place of being his own, would hnd Its
parentage troublesome piece OF investigation The
Resolution asking for information from the President,
offered by MIR. Dickinson was not in the same hand
writing with his notes
A report was prevalent in town tonight that MIR
WEBSTER was arrested under the statute against in
Aictiug cruelty on animals The only thing that
saved him was the plea that Ohio hogs had been
badly dealt with in the House OF Representatives,
where they have been as "catawempously chawed
MP all Session without tear of pity, as the
Broomeshire breed was yesterday in the Senate.
Besides calling himself very humble to- day, Mr..
DICKINSON insisted upon making himself young.
NV Young and humble head" he exclaimed seve'
raj times while the white hairs blossomed into pal
pabe contradiction and the ladies' laughed a. the
insinuation.
Rut {" Scripture Dick was not the only candidate
for fame in the forthcoming edition Of the new Dan
clad Senator ALLEN rose 10 object 10 the passage
of Resolution calling upon the President for inior
nation. He worked himself into such a passion and
twisted his body so that in my opinion, he broke
pair of patent STIRRED suspenders
He stated that il had been said in the British Par.
liamen, that the British Government had received
information from high authority, that President Ty
Ter would veto certain Oregon bill. Mr.. CALHOUN
rose 10 contradict this and called for authority MI
ALLEN sent up document 10 be read by the Clerk,
which proved 10 be an extract from his ownspeech
delivered some time since, and published IN the
Congressional Globe! and that only stated that
certain British Statesman had said that he telt
assured that the bill would no; pass, or would be
vetoed. 4 general outburst OF auShterfoowedt hIs
MIR ALLEN rather huthshly said that he appealed
TO the dictionary for the meaning OF word Assur
ance' This was useless if there had only been
looking glass instead of dictionary bfore the hon.
orable Senator.
Mr.. CALRouS smiling. said he presumed the SEN
ator would see that assurance here only meant de-
duciion.
Mr.. ALLEs replied that he cared not whether 1t
WAS deduction or an addition. il was assurance
Every body seemed 10 feel that there was assurance
before them, and The matter died away amid the
laughter IL had created
Mr.. ALLES made some curious expressions To-
day. Intending 10 say that certain things were noi
spoken in corner or in an unimportant place; he
said tina, these assertions were not made IN sn
oyster cellar" Some expressions used In the Sc
nate and some gestures, are more fifor such place
Than where they are uttered and brandished
Blu, was always fond OF small Persimmons, and
this one is growing TOO large wanted TO say some
thing about The House of Representatives, but ne.
frain. They are getting worse since they expelled
you. l love my country well 10 relate the
scenes lha, occur there daily. Dare the House
challenge an investigation into the state of some
Loco Focos who addressed the House yesterday
and today
1t has often been wondered why the House got
itself into the hot water OF public contempt by ex-
pellins the Reporters OF The Tribune. These won
derers have NOT studied Sacred History. When the
Devil got into the swine, they for the water and
into, h. Nar,hars THAR ie ann