Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-13
"Mr. K. X. MEADE The ally Of Gtadings."

men, Giddings left his own dark corner in The
House and approached the seats OF The Southern
members, with an air and language OF insulting
defiance. How justly he was rewarded for M
insolence, may be gathered from The following
letter in The Petersburg Republican from a gen
lleman who, we know, took great pains 10 asceT'
tain the truth:
UNITED STATES HOTEL
Washington City, March 5, lS49.
To TIC Editor Of tie Republican:
Our mutual frleno, Capt. David FL. Branch
who has Ihe 'keeFing" otyour humble servant a
present, has a house full Of people, a large mum
Der Of whom are IRON The C0ckade, Lot a lie"
Loco!oco, and Inc way he manages 10 take care
Of all-and do it 50 wells mauer OF a%stonish.
mcnr. In my vocation, | have kept an open cal
and a bright look out, and have seen nothing
which was not worthy Of praise, and with all The
disposition 10 flGd laul, on The part Of Father
Adams progeny, have heard no complaints. ii
deserves we'll Of the travelling community, and
advise my brother Wings, who seek Office, not &c
pass Branch's without stopping. II they should
re unsuccessful with "thc General" they Will
have nothing 10 regfe, al he hands OF the Captain
The 3Oth Congress came 10 a close yesterday
Sunday morning about ! o'clock. ASS usual,
the iast nights session was extremely boistefous.
Our Meade gave Gitdinss a choking bal as
there may De misrepresentation Of The matter, !
will give you a detailed statement ui The whole
affair, as briefly as | can.
The Civil ana Diplomatic Appropriation Bill
was no; ye, col through with by The House, and
the hour was hail pas, eleven, ol Saturday night.
Nearly every section OF The bill as II came up
was proposed To be amended, and on every propo-
si.iun made The ayes and nors were called. The
friends OF the nation seeing The course pursued by
a sci OF disorganlzcrs IN the House, determined,
IL possible, 10 put a stop 10 he plans OF these trai-
tors 10 The government; and Mr.. Meade finding hat
il was a desperate case, requiring a desperate rem.
J edy, determined al once 10 take The bull by tie
horns" Wentworth, OF Illinois, was the ling
leader. OF what was his object you may form
your own conceptions. The mos, charitable
construction that can place upon his conduct i,
that re was DESTROYS OF having an Extra Session
OF Congress in order todraw his pay and mileage,
an Extra Session being unavoidable if The Ap-
preparation Bill did not pass The present Congress.
By a rule OF he House one fifth is required 10
sustain the call for the ayes aud noes, and,
strange as the statement may be, this man
| Wentworth had sufficient influence t. control
the requisite number, no matter what his
object may have been. Seeing this, Mr..
Meade waited ON Mr.. Wentworth, and in
no delicate way charged him with his evil
designs upon The nation. Wentworth spoke Of
his rights, and after an appropriate reply on Mr..
| Meade's part TO The evasion Of tie mi>creanl, The
"long man. from Illinois walks over 10 his
friend Gld.!ings, and made HIM acquainted with
he particulars Of whar had passed. la a few
moments alter as Mr.. Meade was in his seat,
| Giddings crossed over to the aisle in which Mr..
Meade was sitting, and in a very offensive man
ner while passing, made use OF some bullying ex-
ptessiuns, intended, no doubt, 10 in,lmidate Mr..
Meade. But our friend was ready 10 carry out
ms prescription, and as soon as he distinctly as
ceilained the object OF The ab0lilionis,, he admin
minislered No. :. The medicine was much mil
der in is operation Than lis friends desired, but II
had a happy effect. Meade first chucked him
under the chin, and then gently choked him.
To give YOU some idea Of The feeling enter.
tanned by members, in relation 10 the transaction,
it is only necessary 10 state what ,ranspifed be-
tween Coz. Haskell Of Tennessee, and Mr.. Gid
dings. (You see | give all The names, and you
may rely on he truth Of my sla'cments.) Col
H., a lew minules alter The affair, went upto Mr..
Gitdins, when the following dialogue ensued
Hastell-W hst is This Meade has been doing ?
Gddings-Why he choked me lus' now.
Hasicli-W nald did he choke you With
Giddings-Wilh his hand.
Hasktll-Il isa great pity he did not have a
rope.
With the substitution OF one or Two words,
more iurcible, possibly, than those | have USED,
this is an exact Statement.
One halt, al least, Of The members OF The Sc
nate are represented as being "happy" before The
hour of adjournment. Whatlhr ccndi'ion OF Ihe
members ol The House was | Can form no opin-
ion-the looks of that honorable body 10 a spec
to,.r from tho caIloTipc alWayc HAVING The An.
pearance of what our conceptions Of Bedlani
are.
The prominence given in the Inaugural 10 The
Army and Navy, and The peculiar terms Of com
| mcndation used in referring 10 The National Mill
| lary and Naval Academies toreshadows some
thing OF the gunpowder Cdor as being necessary
10 great favor with General ZsckGriah.
His powers OF endurance will undergo a pref
~ severe test, you may depend upon j, Tor The
Whies-like locusls-are going 10 make dread.
ful havoc on the face oil nature. II is natnrot
you know for the Democrats to hold offlcei and
the Wings, ike %locusis, "come" seldom.
The Cabinet that was TO be-Clayton, Ewing,
Lawrence, &c, is knocked into a cooked bat
| As COMPLETED Yesterday, or Saturday, Lawrence
was Ia have the Navy--ke wanted The Treasury.
| Not getting what he wanted, he would take none.
Ewing was 10 have the Post Office Department.
Now. Ewing declines. Some gentlemen, who
had accepted offers, declined going IN after his
nal me was mentioned. White in President Ty
| ler's CabInei, Ewing kept 4 black book in which
he wrote Town the conversations held IN Cabinet
councils. As you know. extracts from This book
were published ailef the flare up IN Al. The OBJ
jecfors declined having such intimate connection
with such a character, as under ordinary circuni-
stances, on new questions, and sometimes on old,
opinions may be uttered, which further invcsil-
gallon would require 10 change.
A delegation came .. here from Pennsylva
mia 10 protest against Mcrediih's appointment
The reasons given were. that he was IN original
Jackson man, voted Tor Skunk, and : not entire
~ opposed Ia the Tariff II '46. Old I8ok head
them through patiently, and then gave lhc del.-
gallon what he told Cant. B,asg to give The Mex
rams a, Buena Visa. "GenlIemen, said he III
you are no, content with the appointment ot M
Meredith. you may rest satisfied that II | have .
make ano.he- nomination, II NIL be Robert J.
Ua,ker" Cooper. The new Senator rom Penn
~>v!vahia, is SAID % lr ssvefr on MeTeiith's ap-
continent.
ExrRAcr If a letter ION he NorIhcln Neck
Congressional Di>lricr, da,ed 6h March:
awe had quite an exciting day al Court yesler-
day. Ba! a. he day was, an unusually large
number Il persons were cut. l~ioiiaGay aId
Forbes intt Tor ibc flrst tune, and tined the Temp
ol lneir ster!. Forbes opened The ciscr>sion il
a >pcrch Of one hour. Holiday replied, occu-
pving he same %Icuslhu! time. +. r%ejoinrd AMI
Il. ronclnded. each occupy inc fifteen minu Is
As 10 The result, you can torn a very correci opir-
Jon when the wings admitted il was d'apn bat
ne. Hol!aday has taken wonderfully win Inc
people. His courteous, Gisnifl.d and manly
bearing, bctb OF he stand and out Of doors, has
made a most decided impfe. sion on all"
POWHATAN COUNTY.
A a meeting Of the Democratic Republican
party Of The county II Powhaiau, held al iheis
Court House, on Monday, the 9TH inst. Tor ne
purpose oi nominating a candidate al ihr cleo
tion in April next OF a delegate from this county
10 The mex, General Assembly Of Virginia, he
meeting wa. called to order by Or. A. Crump,
On motion by whom, Mr.. Jerman l.. Strait n
was called 10 In Char aud Jesse y. Abraham
was apJinled Secretary.
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