The State guard., 1848-04-18
WASHINGTON CrTy, April 4, ls4S.

cult Court for this county, yesterday, on a writ of quo marra,to, believe. The arr gument as to the validity of the authority by which he was detained in the custody of the sergeant. at.arms the Senate, was postponed until to-day. In the meanwhile he remains thus prisoner. The Senate is understood to have passed the greater portion of yesterday in secret debate over the subject matter of his detention, and the developments about which they are kicking up such fuss.
 In the meanwhile, facts connected with the promulgation of the treaty and the Sli- del correspondence are leaking out. It is known, 1 understand, that sometime be- fore the treaty was ratified as ame"ded, a copy thereof in manuscript, Transcribed hastily, as evinced by the insertion of words left out, in pencil) was offered to different publishers in New York at $500, and copy of the Slidell correspondence at $50; the first being purchased by the Herald at the price named, and the other by the Journal of Commerce, at $l2O, af. ter being refused at the asking price by two or three of newspaper establishments of that city. These facts may, and proba- ply will, lead to the discovery of the person and means by and through whom and which these papers were promulgated. It is said also, that the correspondent of the Philadelphia North American has been or is to be summoned before the Senate. You will perceive from the tone of yes. terday's debate in the Senate, on the prop. osition to at once proceed to the considera- ton of the resolutions of Mir. Allen, con- graduating the French, (which was lost ayes 22 noes 2l, that under the plea that the movement is premature, there is more or less opposition in the Senate to the prn- ciple therein involved. This is deeply to be regretted, but, nevertheless it is so.
 The debate in the House, of yesterday, on the resolutions proposed by MT. Cum- ming of Ohio, similar in point of princi- pie to those of Allen, was marked with great ability. Sundry amendments were offered, which in fact eliciied the debate. Cumming, Bagly of Va., the Ingersolls, Hilliard, Giddings, and Haskell, were the speakers.
 It is said about town today, that Worth's reason for withdrawing the char ges against Scott, of which information reached Washington last night by tele. graph, was, that for the welfare of the ser. vice he did not wish to make public the history of Scott's offer of bribe of a million of dollars to Santa Anna for the surrender of his army; which the quid- nucs say was debated in an American council of war, (after having been propo- sed) for two days--Pillow siding with Scott, Twiggs refusing to give an opinion and Quitman and others vehemently op- posing it, and ultimately to the point of in- ducing General Scott to withdraw it, Those who speak of it say that Worth was absent, but on returning, took sides with great zeal against the proposition where- upon the General-in- came to an open rupture. had not heard of the affair un. til to-day.
 It is believed in diplomatic circles, that Mir. Pageot expects Louis Philippe soon to arrive at New York Think of that, will you! What lion the fat old stock jobber will be
 The "press" in Washington assembled last evening, in what was to have been a grand French demonstration, but proved little more than cunningly concocted plan to give the National Intelligencer a chance to slip out from under Louis Phil lppe's coat tail. Its effort thus to escape from it's very phunkey position, was so lame as to satisfy all democrats present that such was about the object of the meet. ing. A resolution complimenting the American Minister at Paris for his prompt action in the premises, proposed by MT. Ritchie, kicked up devil of a row, caus- ing the meeting to adjourn without having voted upon it.
 Nothing in the way of business trans. pirod inteither House to-day, the death of the Hon. Wm. Black, of s. C., (which occurred last night, having been announce ed. He is more sincerely and generally mourned here, than any other member go.
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