The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-21
SECOND EDITION.
New York. Friday. December n, IsAs.
From WashiDgtOn-NO Speaker yet; bat
Strong symptoms of Something.

From WashiDgtOn-NO Speaker yet; bat
Strong symptoms OF Something.
BY the Geographic report gwen another CO.
umn, it will be that the House yesterday con-
tinued the farce which has been gong on from the
commencement relative 10 The election of Speak
en- and after considerable debate, and another I'M
successful ballot, adjourned till day. Both par
ties held caucuses on Wednesday evening, and
appointed a committee of six on each side, tor
the puro .e of comforting, and ascert aiming it
some arrangement could not be made that would
be satisfactory TO both, for the termination of the
ultuculiy under which they labor
Such is the latest position Of the speakershp
question. A great deal of noise has been made by
the wings, and much flu has been elected in Con-
gress, in consequence of the attempt Of Mr.. Brown
to elect himself Speaker, on his own hook, by a
private arrangement, or quiet bargain, with the free
soilers the one side, and the ultra Southern
men on the other. All the other factions consider
poor Brown done brown by the attempt which has
ended in failure. 1t is very amusing, however,
to that both of the great, the respectable, the
omn,potent, factions, who have swaved the coun-
try for the last twenty years-we mean the wings
on the one side, and the democrats, or loco-tocos
on the other-are adopting precisely the tactics Of
Mr.. Brown, who was done brown, and are doing
themselves brown with the same gravy, and in the
same saucepan. Finding they could not get their
ratIons or their mileage, or pay their washer-wo-
men, or quiet the duns Of their boarding house
keepers, they have agreed TO appoint committees,
TO see if those committees cannot make q bargain,
Oh precisely the Brown principle This Is the long
ard the short of the matter; and probably they may
succeed better than Mr. Brown did in the business.
Such is the morality of the speakership question,
according 10 the last dates by the lightning of
heaven. What the result may be- is intimited by
one Of our correspondents through the telegraph.
Ii is supposed that the Candidate OF Mr.. Clay In
the House-Mr. Morehead, of Kentucky-will be
agreed upon by the two commuters, sanctioned by
the two parties aud voted for and elected to-day.
This will be cunous result ifit should take place.
Mr.. Winthrop was the candidate OF the cabinet,
pr srceleace, and of the present possessors of su-
premacy and of power over the future, far the
control of the general government gives power TO
any clique. He has been defeated, and probably
the candidate Of Mr.. Clay and :he old bunker
whigs-who have been prescribed heretofore by
the cabinet, bu, who, it seems, are getting head
and strength in Washington beyond measure
and beyond expectation-will be elected. 1t
Is very evident, therefore, that old Henry Clay,
great Henry Clay, is again IN the field as a for
midabe candidate for the Presidency, and that the
old hunkers of the wing party, in Washington, and
elsewhere throughout the Union, are determined
to make last and bold push for the next Presidcn-
cy, in his behalf Mr.. Morehead, as Speaker, or
any other person IN the interest OF the bunker
wings, who are evidently for Henry Clay, would
not oppose Gen. Taylor'o administration very VI.
IA, l,,, Al. al.
ously and we rather think the committees ap-
pointed by such a Speaker would be enabled to
demolish the Clayton cabinet completely.
The movements exhibited 10y the Senate indicate
some curious new Developments in conjunctior
with the direction Of events shaping towards the
future The old bunker locofocos or democrats,
il the Senate with the silent acquiescence of Mr..
Clay, have all the committees, and complete power.
in that body The cabinet interest and the free
sellers are thrown into each others arms, TO make
the best Of such quee situation. The friends Of
Mr. Clay in the wing party, have therefore given
the organization Of the Senate to the old bunker
democrats, probably with the view OF getting the
organization Of the House to themselves. This il
the form and shape of the new arrangement, and
it has a mighty squirting towards the putting for
ward Of Mr.. Clay, by the old bunker wings, and OF
John g Calhoun or Lewis Cass, by the old bunker
locofocos, as candidates for the mex, Presidency.
Mr. Benton, Nh Seward, the cabinet, and all the
new lights Of socialism, anti.ssyery, ant-masonry
and aniirentism, are showed oil the board by the
Cd heads If the two old parties, who arc generally
known by the term Of old hunkers.
If these WE'VE, based on facts which we have as
cersined, ere correct, they will lead to more i'm
porant remarks hereafter. We shall wait for fur
ther interesting and important intelligence every
hour to day.