New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-25
Washington Dinners-NhO Pays f-CuIiiOrnia
Mail Agent-COI. BipseiI's -peech-Mr. CAT
houn's speecb-Ths Great Debate.

correspondence OF Inc Iuhunc
WAsHiSGT On Saturday FOB -
It's amusing to look on and witness the scheme,
t. which men, who have longing for the " 0esl
pots Of the Government, resort 10 crafty then
ayancious appetites BY the most adept porics
inanciers good wine aud fine dinners are consider
el the best argument that can be employed 9,
,sach the understandings aud convince the judr
nents Of the law makers Of the nation case O.
h Mind so slaring in is object TO the experienced
MEMBERS has Just tr0nsri-ed IN this city 1t b.
worth relating
short time since "a gentleman from Phladcl
il.a, accompanied 10y his Sancho Panza. reached
Washington aud took rooms at MS principal hotel
10 a few days the cards Of the two We're lett Will
uious Members Of Congress- which was rapidly
sccecdcd by invitations from toe iqtfcr 70 dinner
The choicest wines with all the dehcacie, of d.,
market and the season. loaded his table, and day
after day Members and Senators were the guests
Of these disinterostcd patriots Such prOdleality
and proiuslon on the part of stranger naturally
aroused the suspicious of some. of even the ua-
knowing ones and meeting colleague who had
previously wintered IA " ashngton, inquired who
ms Mr. ---- was and what could be the object
Of such hberalty The old Member replied, O
these things are common here there Is no doubt
a car IN ne meal fub aud few days vii solve the
problem So II turned Out. Tho principal leaked
out after while that the Government was ten
sni Of his paying for single building, $500 rent
per snnum and as he was anxious % exhibit
great hbcfality. he was willing, n Congress would
make an appropriation. to sell the building for the
amount OF which the rent paid would be the inter
est at SIX per cent To be sure he would not
ID -. .nI1Ht Nh a. IL.
bat what was that to such fine dinners and splcn
nd wine az he Toasted the Members with week .n
and week out You may therefore look Tor such an
Appropriation IA due course Of time Os another cvi
depce OF the progress OF Reform IN our day sud
generation
learn that Mr. ROBERT ALLEN, the Mail Agent
O. California. whose appointment, OWING TO his pc
cunIsry cmharrsssments, was 81 numerically de-
nounoed by the Loco Foco press. has BROUGHT back
with HIM a fortune and leaves next week for Ken
lucky for tho purpose Of payins to every man al.
that he oweth him He has upward Of $4,000 IN
dust beside owning one third OF the newspaper
establishment called the P0cifc Nccs beside other
property in California QWcrt is the Noes
LEGO Foco paper. aud II So. does 1t become likig
70 have stock in it While IN California he estGb
hshed some IS or Ii Post Ofces and made con
tracts for carrying the mail at an annual charge O.
about serenity fionSdHd i0'ldrS There was, how
ever, stipulation in each Of such contracts, that
unless the revenues Of the Post-Ofice Depart
uent would meet The payment of the contract com
penssnon for such mail service, the contractors
we're 20 have no claim upon the General Post OMce
i,r the payment Of such deficiency but are 10 re-
aPon Congress entirely for special appropriations
10 make up the deficit, Mr.. ALLEN calculates T.
return Is Mail Agent in few weeks, aud will car
y out as ] learn. machinery. &c for crushing the
gold quartz and cleaning he gold.
have heard il rumored that some If the Misss
apPi delegation have taken personal exception t.
portions OF the whitening speech of Col BlSSflI
Of Illinois In which he spoke of the action NJ the
Mississippi Regiment. in connection with the part
il took ia the memorable battle of Baens Vista
aad that it is held IN consultation among thom 10
les, his courage upon other than a battle field Ny
word for il he will no, detyaCi n word or syllable
70 which he ave utieranoe on that occasion Anc
II the game of bomhast and bullying - pecuhaf
10 the Chivalry is attempted with him. they VI.
Ind equally as ugly a customer as they found ~
Nj. DUN ct Your State. Nop shall know II thus
matter Is pushed to extremes.
Next week Is 10 be one Of the most exciting IA
the Senate that We viii have during the session.
Not only is Mr.. CALHoVS .srea, speech 10 be read
ia the Senate by a colleague bat both Col Ban
Toy and Nj WrBsrsR Will reply to IL They wi.
a. be mastery efforts OF as three intellectually
re., men as our nation can boast Of Nj CA
seuS has beyond doubt made his last speech II
Tie Senate. aud all hope Of restoration to health,
OF the part Of his friends has been abandoned.
ALPHA