The North-Carolina standard., 1849-02-07
Corresponaenee Of The stall.dard.
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WAsHINaToa. February 1, ls49
/ have lately alluded to the fact that the Mhig
Speaker and Wing Chairman of the Committee Of
the w hole this session nthe habit of deciding
points of order without shadow of Parliamentary
law. the ends the party may have in view in
the House, eAfew days ago, Cobb of Georgia, ad-
mitted 20 be the best parliamentarian in Congress,
now that poor Dromgoole is dead, made two points
of ordeI against decisions in violation of every pnn
cpe OF fairness, justice and law, essayed with a
view to,gag the Democrats Yet the federal majori-
ty sustained the Chair This takes place three orfour
times week, often, indeed, daily. On the day be-
fore yesterday, WinthrOp, to gag soPPonents, ac-
tua1ly awarded Vnton the floor to move the previous
question close the debate the Naval appropria
ton bill. after he had yielded and had been full
minute in his Chair. Brown, of Mississippi, In the
meanwhile, was calling Mr.. Speaker. Mr. Speaker !!
B. on finding Winthrop thus bent on violating COM
mon decency even, to prevent the Democrats from
speaking to the country upon important questions,
rose to point of order-n fact to call public atten-
ton to this manner in which the Wh1g authorities
seem determined to prevent the making of speeches
and motions which may perchance expose the COM
binaon among the fedealists longer carry out the
trick of procaiming to- the South that the new admin
straten is to be proslavery, and at the North to be
anti-slaVery up to the hub. Winthrop writhed, coli
CURED and sammered in his explanation to justify or
rather seem to justify his extraordinary conduct.
Poor creatues this kicking against the pricks they
will find to be labor lost for vote they must upon
OF their own party, who do not belong to the gaggng
clique introduee-aye and that directly to the point
They cannot escape being made to show, and that by
their Votes that the new professions of their leaders,
seeking Office under Taylor, but sheer pretence
nothing else.
An amusing instance of the effect of chloroform
took place at the Pension Office few days ago. A
German, who has been boring the Bureau and the
commissioner on pensions for month or two past,
alleging that his side and limbs had become stiff from
the kick of horse administered in the battle of Mon
terey, was taken by a physician into room of the
Office, and made to fnhale the gas; whereupon myn-
heer throwing aside his crutches, capered around
spry as dancing master. He looses the pension,
of course.
The .muss over the inauguration ball goes on
swimmingly. The federasts in oficeincluding the
nothing In the hope of retaining it. com planning
bitterly about the falsehoods which they say the
federasts out of office are circulating with refer
ence to their ball. hear to-day that by way of get
ting names stricken off the list of managers to the
no-pafty BALL. the outs " have been to Parson Em-
bree. with the view to persuade him to change his
mind bout the proprety appearing in tights glazed
pumps kids and white satin rosette on the eventfui
night ;;Safleging that it may damage his standing
in and what is worse interfere sadly with
the respect of his being elected Governor of Indiana.
As 3shbfee lis patent popularity hunter, fancy
he ha9Saken the alarm and will make publication
dSH5ffaS that he gave the ins encouragement TO
make q BALL manager of him.. Any such denial
should Of course be taken at its true value. We who
are ION che spot and realize why such disclaimers
at times published, know just what this denial which
Embfee will probably be persuaded to put forth, is
woftaf9 = ~. 80 80 -.... &.
Mote than fifty thousand copies of R. w. Thomp-
sons esucal speech have been subscribed for to be
sent south, while the wings have taken than
two hundred in all to be sent NORTH This is another
proof that it designed far as intended to have
any other effect than to secure Dick the mission to
Rio, to operate the people of the south by way of
keeping them from responding to the address.
The knowing wings are laughing over the recon-
nendatono Collamer to be Attorney General by the
wings of the Legislature of Vermont. In old times
Presidents of the United States had the selection and
nomination of their own cabinet and officers, but it
seems s. times amt now as they used to was" Col
lamer in point of intellect and attainments is fifth
rate member of the House Of Representatives; fit
ting to form one of cabinet for the of the
ciques of the whig party, which, apparent, will
have the. management of the incoming President
The chances now that the California State bill
of Douglas will become law this session, that
something of the kind will pass and that too, with
out the enactment of the proviso-Andrew Stewart,
Truman Smith, Pollock, Vinton well as Caleb B.
Smith, K. w. Thompson, and others from the non
slaveheldng States, having discovered that tits a
humbug involving nothing of importance, or proper
to be applied to the territories look out for
some twenty northern. Whig votes against the Pro-
Tiso, If before the California State bill up the
different cliques of the Wings be not violently quar-
reling because it has become evident that some one
offhem only are to have possession of Taylor. /
fear that within week we are to have some such
burst among them about Office which will threaten
to defeat the admission of California as State.
know that the outsiders among the Wings of the
Hohsej those particularly anxious for Office from
flor themselves their friends, expecting
a. terrible feud to be developed daily.
T. Yesterday Edwards of Ohio introduced from the
committee on the District of Columbia, bill to
abosRthe slave trade in this district. 1t is essen
TALLY the law of the State of Maryland prevent the
introduction of slaves from the district of neghboring
States into Maryland for sale there elsewhere
for hire, the slaves being when so introduced the
property of persons not citizens of Maryland. This
bill however, differs from that law in very essen
tal feature under its provision citizen Of the
District will be permitted to buy slave elsewhere
and bring him or her here for his own use, which
under the law of Maryland citizen of that State may
do. Upon this bill there important and very
interesting debate.
The bill purPorts 10 have been reported in compli-
with the petition of the members of the council
of Washington who some days since asked for legis.
lation on the subject.
=. HALIFAX.
DR. WIsrAR THE SOUTH. Be not deceived with
vain hopelay not the fattering uncton to your soul
that disease will itself; especially that disease be
Consumption or Liver Complaint. If you would be