The New York herald., 1850-06-04
INTELLIGENCE BY THE nAaE.s.
Our Washington Correspondence.
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wAsHIrero,. Juas D. 1850
Eremims Report Odi' AID Snds
TIE negro question lies in state u suspended sni
snstIo~ The galvanic battery viii revive II tc-mor-
row and startle the ghas,ly spectre It's eo In both
houses.
Mr. Clayton has been sick for several dsJs He has
hard time Of it, and the worrt is yet to come.
The osss Of Monsieur Port, Of the Pueblo tobacco
hsxes is before the peoples OF tho House
Monsieur LeCompte has been corresponding with Mr.
Clayton the subject; and 1T {. thought the uouse
committee will report bill ndemniiying Mr.. Port
for the loss of his tobacco
Mr. Briggs, and the friends generally Of the New York
Branch Mint In the House, intend to push it forward
with ali possible despatch.
We have some talk Of q sum mer recess from July to
October.
The Nashville Convention is expected to report pro-
gress to Washington to morrow evening.
Subscribers to the Southern P,ess are coming In rs-
pdly. Edward Fisher is expected to night in which
event We may expect first issue In tn. course of
week 1t will take decided ground against Clay's
Compromise.
frence to the Psnnsyvania whis dsIeg ,ton lin the
House and their going over 20 General raylor's plan
Old Hal does not know what to make Of 70
On Tuesday week the Hous. proceeds to voto on the
California bill when. you may rely upon 10. thst With
eus waiting for the Senate the bill ~ SIR Clay viii be
moved AS substitute Tor the original mes,ure All
lat We expect from II Is that it VIII add to tho ombar
reetments OF the question
Old Zack regularly takes his afternoon walk of two
rnes, at the rate o. four good m- per hour lie fights
veil he runs we'll he walks we'll but he don't seem to
Understand the negro question
The Texas boundary will give = sight Of trouble to
Br. Clay in the Senate.
The Senate endeavoring to get up compac, front
From all the reports around town. pect to hear
OF stmc fresh dsvelopemsnts OF curious stripe, in .
fw days
Tho city is pretty well 6nsd with strangers A good
IA any tariff people are here and tho Republic, to
.reIgthen old zack is pushipg forward the scheme OF
protection and 20 rome .xtent, this IN operating
against Mr. Clays conpromise
Washington elects Mayor Monday, and from
the rSvary Of three OF -four candidates have local
e1citelntnt equal to that OF presidential election.
The whole affair Is purely locsl
WAsHIroro,. Juno O. 1850.
TIE SaLiain in WasAingfon-lev -iLrsader Cs~pbeu and
htB'sscp Of JomGea aud the King efe Tset0tsers, al
Sa Ae Field.
The Rev Alexander Campbell the distnguishs cd foun-
der Of the Csmpbete Buptists the great champion Of
the Protestants against the Catholic Bishop Purcell,
and the celebrated defender Of the south against the
sbolitonists In Scotland his late visit that couu
try preached in the Capitol to-day from the text
"ForGod so loved the world that lie gave his only
begottep Sen, that whosoev.r believed in him might
not perish, but have everlasting lite"
The audis large. and indeed, large attend
anee Of members Of both houses Tho sermon, OF two
hsuis duration, full Of Learning m"tsphyscs and
the most sbstruse logic of theology but too long to be
consiste Mt with the one hour ruls Of ths Hsuse
The Bishop Of Jamaica. whose name forget
preached as we learn at st Johns, the Presidents
church tEpiscopaD at the West End, to very full
In the afternoon Mr. George Savage, the king the
teetotallers, held meeting the Avenue Wal
kes oyster saloon and ashsd tho surrounding hotel
keepers at round rate the r.tsilsrs SUM-
beginning, which collected n congregation of
several hundreds; and by wry of diversion night
fall the boys got out the and had to the
great edihcation Of the darkies, who all cut In
their Sunday toggery.