The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-12-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
sCENE IN CONGREss.

zion in the iinush on Wednesday,
Tito lulloling begaui the Wings fearful Of
uu election Of brown, the democrats in liHi
hopes, ireyims'lu the balollOg, Mr WI
uipl arose aud made speech, thanked The
mru VIM had voted for him lpr tieir support,
-bri l's stated that lac wAA un lnngeI cnnd-
date Ito Withdrew his name, aud nude, NJ
was generally supposed, nh assignment OF be
parry friends oyrf 10 the Loco f0coS, Ito
M down, When Charles Collins name was
called, which stands iiiird or fourth upon The
lri, 10 voted, 10 Tie surprise ~ every body
mud The mOrlihnAiinn and ,chngrin Of HE
i,ieud-, for Nm, j. Bsopn, DuTkee, another
FREQ sod Demneral, voted The hnme way
Then came Giddings, he voted ipr Brown,--
This created u greet eeuHnli0n IhrouRhoui
tho House. Preston King and Wilmui voted
tor him. so did the ehiyalry aiiia snnlli.-T-
There were suspicious Of foul play, of cheat
ing, Sc. I watched tho whole game through
uuI. The mort iuIguEH interest prryuiud.
TIE Loco foco vote, aud the Free Soil
VolecenIered upon Brown; fellow that yOt-
ud when la Congress before, In the most
thorough d0uglifhcod lines who had voted n
snlRst tho proyiao for the probiliun Of slavery
~ Oregon, when introduced by Nc WITT
thrOpand who had turned out Free Soil Van
liuren poslmnsiers last year, when he held
the office now held 10y Mr. Ful Henry War
all these, and the whole history of hia miser,
ubio life before Them Judge Allen, Giddings
A. Co., with the whole. Southern Calhoun
Loco Foco force, yOled lor him. ! state on
" what ~ universal remark, when ! sny,
JhHt n morn miserable, contemplate fellow
shnn Brown, there il not Ia Congress,
But 10 go ou,--Ihe roll was concluded, and
az the vote stood Brown WIS elected, When
this was known, upJumped Seddin, B0cock,
ID IA a = -. A A
Tor Linn Boyd. This Fixed the ilinl of Mr
brown. Without these votes It WIS certain
Brown could not be chosen, Notwithstanding
Mr Cobb, of Alabama, and Mr. Jones, of
Tennessee, changed their votes nud gave
thcm to Brown. This change, 10y the way,
wns received with olnpplng Of hands by the
Locofiros, ns II ~ Offset for the votes Sod
den, BOcock, aud Wallace. Tho vote was
declared nmid the most perfect silence, aud
the House felt relieved when II WIS found
that Brown wns not elected. Tie had ono
hundred bnd twelve volos-iwo short Of AZ
election
A. soon hs tho rosul, was known, Mr Smu-
W Of n. &. arose aud offered resolution
that committee of six be- appointed three
10 be- named hy tho Democrats and three 10y
Nhe Wings, who should report to the House
-a,, 90 gaI,lS4iioH,- that the -lluiize would
thus loo organized. Nlr Snnly accompanied
lis resolution with few remarks. Aiming
other things he said hc had no fear of dis.
solution Oithis Uniou,ngd from rtinofs which
lad reached his enr. aud from tie cumhlua-
ton of the last hnilu,, aud MI she ballots, hc
could took upon his own side of thd house,
aud the friends win whom he had acted,
with pride aud satisfaction; but when he
looked on the Other eide Of tlie chamber, he
Giishrd!
Ancr Mr. Slnnly sni down, tic floor wns
given 10 Bayly, of Nn,,who commenced max.
Jog n speech IN reply u Stnnly. lie repell-
rdparliculary the impuinIion that the Nlr-
Rinia democracy Ind done nttrthinr which
would cause tho gentleman from North Chr
olina TO blush. ilo WINS going on ~ this
Hrnudiloqupnt strain, when Mr. AshuiU0 81
ninsa., nrosc aud snd, TINT perhaps Mr. stan
I, ly's remarks had been prcdicHied IN some
degree upon common fumor which pre-.
vailed upon their side of the house, TINT n
bargain had been madc,or that certain ldodg.
go had been given, which had brought about
the singular combination which hud been
this morning Witnessed
Bnyly said that common rImor was n com
mon Iinr aud s0id that no pledges whatever
had been given, to eficc, such combination.
Ashmun, with the utmost GOODNESS, then said
Shat perhaps somu correspondence bad taken
place. Bnyly, who stood nearly in front OF
Brown. turned round 10 him, and JhougtTr I
saw Brown shake his hcud, az much as to
cay. i, is NIL false. Bnyly Immediately dcn-
cd that any correspondence had taken place
This he stated in the most positive manner,
which drew down loud Loco Foco applause.
Shortly after Bnyly snt down, aud Root, OF
Ohio, who had vdtGd for Julian, of Indiana,
got the floor and made quite u speech, in
which he bore down considerably upon nm
,nndyerlnnI remark OF Mr Siahly, about the
Wilmot proyigo heiug 'tn Tom IOolprV. - Inn
he gave considerably greater nlarm to the
"chiyalry,"hy relating nm old anecdole, which
] heard Bailie Poyton tell twelve years ngo,
Gh0Hr n guu1hiittts t,.ateh- nn- TIC Alississippi
lie so applied IL that the Southern men could
not doubt that there had been n bargain, aud
thnt he khan d, bntHeen the Giddngs faction
and the Hon. Wm. J. Brown. While he was
speaking Bayly asked to correct a statement
(which no had made. Root gave why, and
DByh said lIat in his former remarks he had
sAih lhBi no correspondence had taken itlsce.
lilo Ind since learned that ho was Ipistnkcn,
md that n correspondence had iGteh place. 'f'5is
7rohuccd n great sensation, aud '>yhen Rosa
concluded his speech, Mr. Bart, of $. c., and
others demanded that the corrcSf,osdSalce
should I've read Brown was tOrcetFiu take
the floor, mud when he showed hiniself there
WINS one universal feeling ofudignRiion. lie
tried, IL rhe truc demHgogue style, TO divert
tho attention of the Southern Loco Focos
. from the real point, TO their hostility 10 Gen.
Taylor. Ito nlon foundcred along, for five
or zen minutes, every moment getting fnr
ther into the mirc, and making himself np-
pear tho more contemplate, and whenever
he stopped TO tnke breath or drink water, he
was assaulted from his own side of the House
-"We want to see the correspondence"
Give us the LETTERS" "Let us Judge for our
,selyesn &c FINALLY lle began telling about