Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-09-02
The .sceneo in ConGress.

| Inc 'SC6nG'' LII SOuG IOSo.
The following although somewhat out of date,
is the "scene' in the House of Representatives,
on the oath ult, which has excited considerable
remark, and which-many OF our readers have mol
read. We think it signally unfortunate, that
gentleman bearing the name OF, and relationship
to- one of the Presidents of the United States, the
pres,age of which should carry with it dignity and
respect, should have been the instigator and per
petrator of such disgraceful proceedings.
| The House resolved itself into a Committee of
| the Whole on tile state of the Union upon the sub
| ject of lighthouse ap3ropriations-Mr Nenabie in
| the chair.
Mr.. Polk said it ,ras not his purpose to discuss
the bill before the committee, and trusted he would
| be permitted to PROFOUND question to the gentle
man from Pennsylvania. Here followed some
sparring between Mr.. FOLK and Mr.. 'Ihaddeus Ste
| VEINS.
| Mr.. Polk then said he intended TO expose the
gross harlotry between men of the North and men
OF the South He proposed TO prove that the Wing
party, national party, have gone into liquda-
ton, and cannot pay ten cents on the dollar. AT
Baltimore. where they nominated General Scott
he understood for three or four days-because he
was there himScf-that men from Tennessee,
Kentucky, and Virginia, had agreed to come TO
Seward; and, when they nominated General Scott,
| it was known the bargain had been made, and the
South was betrayed and sold to Seward, and they
had TO 20 over bound to him. He referred to his
colleagues, Senator ones and Mr.. Cullom, Ill this
conneXion.
Mr.. Cullum said he could not hear his colleague.
THESE gentlemen occupied seats on opposite sides
of the Hail.
Mr.. Polk.-I wish you would come little near
cr, then. | say, the man who occupies the posi-
| ton of Senator from Tennessee at this moment
F! was to have been nominated with Fillmore on the
same ticket, and that he betrayed that interest My
colleague can answer to whether he was con-
necicd with the betrayal.
Mr. Cullum.--TheSen to W HON my colleague
refers can answer for himself; and proclaim here
that any insinuation that have betrayed any m
teres public or private, connected with either the
North, East, South, OF West, is grdtutons, unjou-
ded, mnnuthtu! anu utterly false.
The Chairman called the gentleman 10 order.
Mr.. Polk said there was but one way TO arrive
at facts, and that straightforward course:
maintain the fact stated of the Senator from Ten.
nessec, that he betrayed the wing party OF that
State. | make another charge. | VIII hot aiu"
this thing TO 90 in indefinite KIND Oh RESPONSE
biitv / will make it u fixed one. VIII 81!
h,, my colleague. made the assertion in the CITY
! Hall s1rare of Washington, that Franklin Fierce
or his horse tainted, he lied.
| The Chairman reminded the gentlemen thatsuci
remarks were out OF order.
! Mr., Culium.-W hen my colleague lilSlHuatcs
| tba, made n false representation, ne rs a hdr.
Mr. Polk.-i could ask some friend OF the gen
| ,lcnen 10 cone 10 ne.
/ Mr. Cullun.-That is what say.
I III.
! fuality resolution read.
NJ. Polk resumed. The friends of Gen Pierce
had heard him illiberally, unfairly anu shameful
" kcd, and therefore it rendered necesS:-
! ~ 10 review the history oil General Scott. pubic
I and military, and 10 hand down 10 poSterty a DENT
nj that he is all that his friends claim for him. III
| the course of his remarks on this point, MIR. Polk
said that General Scott had badly treated Worth,
| Duncan, Ransom, Dickinson, Pillow, and others;
and General Worth had said TO him that his sword
! from,
General Scott did not desire that any man should
share with him the honor of battle. Duncan
was the first victim OF SCOTS vengeance III McXl-
co, and lie tried to crush him. General Scott was
unworthy as civilian, and magnificent mum
bug; and was VIGOROUSLY vain. II necessary,
proof of what he had stated could be Produced
General Scott sat i'll proud state when Santa An
mas commissioners came TO know whether lie IN
tended 10 fight at Chepultepec or not; and, playing
the granicc, he submitted 10 II, and sacrificed sew
! en- hundred and nifty men al Mollno del Key.
| Mr.. White, of Kentucky, arose. saying he uil-
dcrStood the gentleman TO give General " orth rs
The authority for an understanding between Gen
eral Scott and Santa Anna.
Mr.. Polk said lie would encounter all the hazard
of SAYING il
| Mr. " hitc inquired whether the gentleman could
produce no other proof than by going TO the grave
yard!
Mr.. Polk repeated what he said was correct, and
| lie could povc ii.
1 Mr. W llltt lHtl CallGu lOl ploOi.
! Mr. Polk would say, in answer 10 the gentleman,
| that his purpos: not to engage III any persona
controversy. lie had learned that The gentleman
hai Geen pit,ea 10 dssaii him: and therefore he
would say 10 the gentleman that he understood the
rules when govern honor i'll their respective sec
,ionss and when he (Mr. W. asked, he MIR. y
would answer him.
Mr. White.-Wiil the gentleman yield the floor
Il moment for personal explanation!
Mr.. Polk.-Of course.
SovS tlot he under
stood That was selected TO he pitted against him.
| say Il is false And whenever my honor is as
sailed, know TO what mode OF redress shall re-
| sort.
Mr. Polk.-For fear of misapprehcnsion, / tell
! the gentleman lie as Il bar.
| There wosexcessiye excitement all over the hall
Mr. Chandler insisted on the committees rising,
| to put an end to the disgraceful proceedings. Al
length the excitement having measuraoiy subsidized,
Mr. Polk resumed his remarks IN vlndlcatlon OF
Gen Pierce, and in opposition to Gen. Scott III con
nection with the Mexican war; charging the latter
not only with WANT OF ,GENERALSHlP, bu
a DEFICIENCY OF PATRIOTlSM, and as despi-
sing certain brave officers because they would moi
be his slaves. He repeated, ecu Scott was q
mort magnificent mmbug, had preferred charges
against them he could not sustain, and had Oh.
SCuRED THE GLORY OF THE AMERICAN
| ARMS BY PANDERING TO HIS OWN CON
| TEMPTIBLE VANITY.
Such is amcagrc outline of this scurrilous Con-
gressional speech.
FEMALE Beauty.-Powers, the celebrated Scu!p
tor in n letter to a friend. says. with satlrtca
humur of MS favnrle WORK. Eve is an old fash
| toned body and not so we'll formed ana attractive
as are her IRA daughters, AT least some OF them
She wears her har natural ana most primitive
manner drawn back irom the temples, AMI ilail
inu loose behind. thus exposing those very ugly
features in monIen. Her waist is quite 100 large
for our modern notouS of beauty. and her feet, the,
are SO very brond and large! And did ever one Sc,
such long tocsI they never been wedgcd int
| form BY the nice aud pretty little SHOES worn b,
her lovely descendants. But Eve is very stiff an,
unyie ldins in her disposition; she will not allo"
| her waist TO lie re,iuced by Dnndaging, becauS,
she is far more comfortable as she IS; and, besides
Shn Las SOIL. re,ruru Tor her health. which lnlg h