The State guard., 1848-05-23
Correspondence state Guard.
WASHINGTON CrrY, May 3, Is4s.

WASHINGTON CITY, May ?, lS48.
 As nothing has been done in Congress during the present week so far, so we may not expect any business to be done until next Monday, for both Houses must sub- init to the very disagreeable, but necessa- " interlude of grand spring shaking of their carpets. Here, in Washington, their honors are subject to quite as much nnoyance-interruptio this source as in the domestic circle.
 In every long Session the members are thus turned neck-and-heels out of the Halls on the last three days of the first week In May. Many of them take ad- vantaga of the dust then being kicked up, to escape for the time being from the dull ness of the Federal city, always compara- lively dull when Congress is not in Ses- sion. On Saturday and Sunday last some forty or fifty took their departure for home or the neighboring cities.
 Delegates to the Baltimore Convention representing far distant regions are alrea- dy dropping in upon Us, or rather passing through Washington to points from whence they can easily reach Baltimore in twen- ty -four hours. As far as 1 can perceive, these gentlemen care as little as the mass of the democrats in Congress who may be the nominee. They think of principle alone, which with the result of the recent Virginia elections staring us in the face, is admitted to be strong enough, without the extraneous influence of personal populari- ty, to carry us through the coming contest in triumph.
 By the bye, the Virginia election has knocked Taylorism into the middle of next week. Neither Clay's pronunciamento nor the dicta of Root and Giddings, the whig leaders in the House, served tc so dispirit expediency. It's wonderful sto- ries about what it was to effect in this election by the use of the name of the commander of the army of occupation, had at length obtalned credit with some few timid democrats. Nay, it had so hoard ed up the political strength of Gen. Fay lor's name, as to cause itself to believe there was something in it. The result is known to prove that it has given us vic- tory, such as we had not previously achieved since the days of Andrew Jack son. It is not remarkable, therefore, that the expediency is sadly cast down. Mr. Bolts is said to enjoy the discontinue of the Taylorites with great zest. He de- clares the result to be the first great Taylor victory of the campaign" John $. Gallagher, late a State Senator, who was the leader in the late successful at- tempt to brow-beat B. in their State Con- vention, is beaten for the first time. B., I hear, chuckels over this event not a little. ,
 The funeral of Senator Ashley, which took place today, fromthe Senate Cham Der, was attended by a large crowd. The Rev. Mir. Slicer. the Senate's Chaplain, ofliciated. The President and Cabinet were present.
 commend to your readers the very last published letter of Gen. Taylor, in which he gives fhe lie to the story that he had declared his intention not to run in case of the nomination of his friend Clay. Between you and l, the story originated from the declaration of his own epistle to the gentleman in Charleston South Car olina. 1 refer to the letter in which he modesly declares he would prefer to see Clay, Crittenden, or some other distin- gushed civilian, elected, rather than him self This last letter will add nothing to the Generals character for fair and hon. est dealing. So the Clayites declare.
 You may judge of the effect on Expe- diency, from the fact that the conveyance which brought it first to Washington also brought deputation from those who a fortnight since were Taylor whigs, with proposition to Crittenden to permit his name to go before their National Conven- tion, backed with an assurance that in no event would the Southern whigs support Clay. This direct and prompt abandon ment of Gen. Taylor, is significant of the near approach of the dissolution of the vniversal kingdom of Coondom.