The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-06
New York, Saturday, July 9, 1880.
Telegrsphic Sum mary.

Nothing Of importance done in either House
OF Congress, yesterday In the Senate, Mr.. Bell
spoke on the Omnibus bill and in the House, there
was quite tempest in a teapot, created by Mr..
Giddings, of Ohio, whe, il appears, was charged
by come etter-writers with having examined GER
ain papers file in the Post Office Department,
in relation TO the appointment or removal of GER
tain postmaster in Ohio, and abstracting several of
them. Thus il was that the House spent the day;
and if our readers desire further information con-
eerning this tremendous business, we will refer
them to the Geographic account of the proceedings
m another column Napoleon, we believe, was the
author of the maxim, that there is but step
from the sublime TO the ridiculous The House of
Representatives, we think, have verified it, Only
think of the representatives of the people of this
country engaged one day in the discussion Of a
great and mighty question, involving, perhaps, the
American Union; and on the next debating
whether the party who charged Mr.. Giddings
with abstracting those papers guilty of abuse
sfpnvilege or not without knowing the writer's
name. This is, truly, great country, and no mis-
take.
If our private intelligence from Washington be
not Of a more favorable character next week, we
shall despair of the passage of the Compro-
mise bill, and shall advocate the adjourn
nent of Congress. The late news from New
Mexico, together with the resolutions passed in
Delaware, seem to have seriously affected the
prospect OF its passage In the mean time, we hear
that the boundary difficulty between Texas and
New Mexico is assuming a more grave form-that
the President has instructed Colonel Monroe to
maintain the integrity Of New Mexico-that some
Southern wings have demonstrated, and that Colo
mel Neighhors is expected TO arrive soon at Wash
mgtop, TO learn the Presidents ultimate designs
We fear very much that this COMPOUNDED boundary
dispute will yet lead to more trouble and difficulty
Than will be agreeable.
Nothing definite has yet been done in the Gal
phin business. Condemnation of the cabinet, how
ever, fol their inquIty IN that business, cannot be
far of, aud then the backward and then the back
ward movement their part, 80 imratiently
locked forward To by the friends of General
Taylor and the people generally, must take place.
We have later news from Havana, but il does
not differ in character from what we previously
received. The American prisoners were still closely
confined, and IL Is even said that threats To assas-
s,nste the American Consul have beea made openly
IN the streets Of that city. This ia certainly nice
piece Of business No one can tell To what II may
Mad. The demand for the release Of the prsone re-
must have been received before the date of our
lsst news, Che 9th Of June,) but the peremptory
drmsrd which went cut by the Vixen viii decide
whether the connivapce Of the cabinet with the
piraIes under Lopez will end in a war or not. We
shall soon know all about It.
The wife and daughters OF Professor W ebster, il
appears, had an interview with the Massachusetts
Council yesterday The opinion is ths; the late
soniession will not have any effect IN altering his
s-ltence