Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-03-14
FRIDAY, MARCH 8.
WAsHlNcros, March 2, 1850

Yesterday We had ore Of those little
The wind blew a perfec, hurricane aIi
day, and Pennsy ylvania Avenue was one
continued cloud of du signs, boxes, &c,
; were whisked along the walks in man
ner that was truly alarming to edesirlans.
The wind partly unroofed Wlnder's new
building, occupied by the Department OF
r The Interior, AMI blew down the fence aud
a portion of the trees around the Navy Of
fee, besides doing other damage IN differ
,nt parts Of the city, Towards the latter
part Of the evening The wind lullel, aud Ivy
loo'clock il was as calm and beautiful as
. summers evening such is the nature Of
this changeab!e climate
The Prcsidcu, he'd his regular L'v;s
las, evening; It was atteIaled by an un-
usually large number Of persons. did not
( 60, although Ial several very kind in'i-
tations 10 accompany friends, but | have
TO fancy for such crowds
There was nothing Of interest done in
either House yesterday they have ad-
iourneI over to Mondly. | was amused at
reading letter from here in the New
York Herald this morning, in which the
writer g,v,s the most Golelul account oi
nffairs in Congress he says that next Mon
day will be a memorable day in Washing
ton iha, in all probability the pisto's and
bowie-knyes, which have long been car
red by the members, wi be used on that
OCCASION, and that blood will Aow freelV
fom the walls of the Capitol, and through
|, ,he streets OF ihe ci,y that Souiherners
from the adtsninr St.lts wi'' rush III -
,,enge their friends who may fall, aud to
sns,ain their rights and that, in short,
there will b. !r,ui killing time. 4 per
son 10 read th. otter, who NAs lgnr la"l "i
the character Of the Herald, would actually
suppose that W. were on the very eve oi q
civil war, and that Monday noxs had been
fxed upon Tor The commencement oi tie
work of death BY bu,chering. ! should
NJ, be greatly surprised To s,e scufii' al
.Imos, any t.e in the House, be"arsa
some few mon, on both sides, are very cX-
cited, and they will i5ni'e about as quickly
astinder but ten have not tie re'rot-
cs, idea that anything more VIII be done
/, on Monday than at any ogher 'lur and
the representation as to tho general row
which is a, all likely 10 occur, is all the
erosscst tssure oflles, wliho The s"gh'-
est f unjaicn in truth, at least at the pres
ent time. II people believe all the stun
that they see in the papers in regard to al
fairs here, they have indeed been blessed
with aarmingly credu!ous natures. Night
\tefore las. heard lciter-wrlter publicly
assert, in the National Hotel, that &c Sne'0
tina, a challenge had passed, within an hour
from CO Davis 10 Col. Bissell this re-
no,,. suppose, was posted of to New
York and before Il was half way meF''
the reputation vas gwen to the talsrhood
BY the publication Of The only letters which
passed between the two gentIemen,-ihe
one respectfully asking what had been said
by the other in a speech, aud the latter as
respectfully stating what he had asserted
The ciowd does no, at all diminish, hut,
il anything, is on the increase. There are
oui,e number of Rhode Islanders here {;
among others, met MoJ'T herman, this
afternoon.
There are hundreds of Iumors afoa', IN
regard to all manner Of subjects, but they
are all SO idle and unioundcd IN anything
substantial, that i, is folly TO name any OF
them. Occasionally some Of these kind oi
reports" turn out TO be true, hut where
such is The case in one instance, full iNen-
" Of them are utterly false.
There are any quantity Of alarms OF FIRE
every evening last night ! counted FIVE,
from 7 to IL o'clock they do not general
ly amnun, To much. however.
There a;e all kinds Of cd + o"klng cha
scters floating about the streets, from al
most every quarter ofthc globe. To day
,aw Greek Priest with his interpreter
and, sure y, OF all funny-looking specimens S
Of humlniiy that have ever seen, this
Reverend gcnlleman exceeded. Z.