New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-21
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The SEVENTH week II the session erred iu
former letter by calling the e.sht-has come 70
a close So for as the Senate IS concerned that truly
au-us, and diCu.fed holy having adjourned yes,cr
day afternoon Thursday until Monday next The
House viii have 20 rccommcncc rs labors AZ door.
keeper making this day at noon. aud let IS hope
that rs protrac;cd effort. TO get a jorty OF the
votes 20 a-Tee upon some one Candidate VIII be
finally crowned with deserved s1cccss. Reds Die
uolary describes Door keeper thus One VINO
keeps \ door
When went 20 the senate. =, twenty minutes
81 four found is galleries crowded "a their utmost
capacity The Reporters desks were al occupied
and their esc.e qvls 10 work There had been
debate of some interest; followed by an inquiry 81
tcr 'he correspondence ol tins Government with
tie authorities cf California. The spectacle.
whole. Vas imposing. grand. Impressive. Occupy.
ING the sixty seats 100 the Senate Chamber. saw
body %. men of noble bearing and grave dcmeanor
the names and memory ot some ot whom vii. long
I've IN history as public hcneisctors. statesmen.
warriors. orators. giants On intellect friends oi man
kind Hcrcsat a senator representing nearly three
millions o' ,resmcn there The chosen representative
oitwo or ID one million. The contrast between the
hustle IN rhc House md the quiet dignity %, the -
nate VAS very strkin-. | observed that Governor
SEWARD. whom tall tins week never saw. opposed
and voted a., ans, the motion for an adjournment
ul Monday, being DESTROYS n press forward the
WORK Of the session. Few Executive nominations
have been Yet acted ON.
In the House. at Z. a really curious scene was
enacted they were hard at work clec,ing their
Door X eeper-a Mr Trfrs Of Ia. had got names
enough 10 appoint him. but certain members had
changed their votes after they had recorded them
some 90 them changing even second 1r third time
during one trial / think tins ought not % have
been allowed Mistakes should have been rect
fed but vhether the election was by ballot or 10
-he open way practlsei in VIRGINIA. Canada and
Britain. / never before saw ar heard Cd! such permlS
-lous. When Ire vote Is recorded there should b.
aH end of the transaction GtppNGss vote they
saw killed on TrFrs Wing When Mr. Cr,HiNG
co, the House rule altered from baIoting 20 viva
vocc votisc be- surely never contemplated allowing
gentlemen 20 hop from candidate O. Canidate. p 3
0f votes hy one Memberdnrns enc tral' w hle
tins shifting OF votes was Iu PROGRESS, / could Sft
thc olt veteran. Father RiICHif silently moving
from scat to s.a' among the Members and gcstcu
sfn. with great earnesness. IT, describe the
cle,fi0aecriug spirit which enters into these Door
ecper encounters j. beyond my power Even
the spectators catch the Infection lust "a II 10 were
Marcngo or Leipsjc contest
OLIVER WoL,oTT then Secretary Of the Treas
ury writing from Philadelphia. Feb. 20. 1921 70
GOV WoIcoTT his father IN Connecticut thus De
,crbes the closing scenes of the second session OF
the Fourth Congress
The se-siou has nearly come 20 conclusion nothing
vet been done le approx i0r tGe current
expenses oi Government are noi Ne' maze. spun oi
envy. ~ rivalry and ambition hes been excited IN Ac
House cd Representative which they are not able o. man
see Hence, eerns speeches, capt ous cfic sn, and new
projects a." found FOB consume al me Tine "hch ought to
ae devoted 'o business"
Nj GIBBS thus portrays the scenes Of the next
session, July 1917, 1t was ma extra one.l
nFfIF
society itscil Old sud attached friends were IS
trauged Men who had fought side by side during
the war Of the Revolution. who had acted together
10 tie no less pcrll0gs scenes OF the Continental
C0n-ress, were now personal rs well as political
enemies The very ties OF blood were sundered by
the bitterness of strife Vol /. p. $50.
As set have seen none OF this sort o, bitterness
here and Tor the sake OF millions OF kindly Amen
cans whose trust aud confidence have been given
n the honored citizens they have chosen and sen;
here. would fam hope that during the present
session, the work Of which IS yet 10 begin, there
may be none but fear the effects % the slavery
question. There are too many here who, Ike that
veteran advocate OF human bondage W. Nordecn
" Noah. coax ihe people, even while using them as
mere pack horses.
Writing to RUSSELL JARVIS on Free Territory
Mr. Moan & leader OF the Tammsny society a
New York thus explains the Democratic party
usages. and the machinery Of Hlnkcr and Barn
burner reunions
.Ha. IL ever occurred 10 YOU iai he South : more
purely Democratic than the North Here and old
practical politicians unders how he wires are worked
0y leaders know Low lits agency ne people are
permitted in " their public junction
know somsthng " The paror dlscg salons, toe
primary assemblies and the ln which nomination
for Office secured. and know hat lie only agency -
g1red Il The people confirm by sr VOes th- noHlna
ions on gins!!y nj de by their leaders
! would rejoice to see the House enabled 10
complete It's organization this week-the regular
business could then begin.
Among the remarkable men was introduced to
ls,t night at the Capitol Gen. Shieds-he IS
lively. atfsbe cheerful seems 10 ENJOY excellent
health and to be in the noontide OF his existence,