Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-12-05
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

one hundred and twenty members being in
the Hall acting in its organization while
! Mr.. Cutting, and one or two ethsrs Of New
York, probably indisposed to commit them
selves positively to act with the Democratic
party in the House, are understood to have
been within the doors, but not within the bar.
At least until the disposition made of Mr..
Stanton's resolutions developed matters so
that all could see precisely how the cat wa.
about to jump.
Mr.. Jones, of Tenn, we hear, called the
meeting to order, and nominated Mr. Odds for
chairman; into which position the latter was
installed without o. position. Messrs. Inger:
sol and Davis of Ind, bsing mkt made Sec
retaries the House rules wore adopted, so
far as they might be deemed applicable to the
occasion. Ir. Stanton, of Tenn, then offered
the resolu!ions* which, according to tho New
ford Hsraid's intimation, were to knock every
thing into Cooked hat" Mr.. S. having
signifed his disposition to explain them, the
chair, fancying the House rule applicable to
that case in point, promptly decided ION OBJ.
I lection being made) that they must ago over
under the rule Under the circumstances
this was equivalent to chucking thbln, not on,
but under the tabs; there being no to NOR
row for that meeting. Mr.. Stanton, of Tenn.
appealed; and it is understood that Messrs
Riddle, Macy, the two Stantons, Bayly, of Va,
and Wheeler only sgnifed disposition to
override this decision. Mr.. Wheeler, va
hear then rose to offer resolution, but the
meeting refused to hear it read; more than
one gentleman present crying out vocifer-
ously his desire to proceed to the legitimate
purpose of their gathering Mr. W. also
wanted to explain that under such cIrcun.-
stances he could not remain there all his
colleagues being away, on account Of hand
bill posted around the city an hour or so be-
foro they came together. which professed to
be an authorized postponement of the caucus
until a M: to-day. Mr.. Dean asked Mr.
Wheeler who printed or posted that bill or
notice when Mr.. W. answered that he did
not know. 1t may not be amiSs for us to re-
mark that its publication is written down to
have been mere trick of the lobby, on get
ting their eyes open late in the afternoon to
the fact that their schemes to make trouble
could not possibly succeed that night, at least
Mr.. Wheeler then took his hat. and left the
hall; his friends outside of the bar disap-
pearng from that quarter about the same
time, it is said 1t being next agreed to pro-
eeed to ballot for nomination, Mr. Jones, of
Tenn, nominated Mr.. BOYD; Mr. Mace, Mr.
DISNEY; and Mr.. Eastman Mr. ORR.
On the first vote, Mr.. Boyd had As; Mr.
Disney, 81; Mr. Orr, 35; and Mr.. Bocock J.
Those voting for Mr. BOYD were
Messrs, Bayly, Banks, Belcher, Bocock,
Breckenridge, Chastain, Chrisman, Colquitt,
Graige, Curtis, Drum, Edmunson, Elliott, En-
glish, Faulkner, Fuller. Goode, Hamilton
Hibbard Houston, Ingersoll. Jones, of n. T..
Jones, of Tenn. kidwell, kurtz, Lamb, Lilly,
McMulcn, McNair, Miller of Ind, Milson
Morrison, Murray, Odds, Packer, Perkins, OF
Y. Phelps, Pratt, Robbins, Seymour, shaw,
SHELTON, Smith. of Va. Stanton. of Ky,
Walker, Warren, and Wright, of Pa.
Those voting on this ballot for Mr.. DIsSHY
we're
Messrs. J. G. Allen, Banks, Bliss Chamber
lain, Clark, Dawson, Durham, Eddy, Edger-
ton, Ellison, Green, Harlan Of Ind, Hen
bricks, Johnson, Lane, Latham, Lindsay,
McDougal, Mace, Macy, Muhlenberg, Nichols,
Noble, Riddle, Ritchey, Stanton. of Tenn
shannon, Stratton, Straub, Stuart, of Ohio,
Thurston, Trout. Vail, Nansant, and Wittce
For Mr.. ORR there wore
Mess Bailey, OF Ga, Bridges. Churchwell,
Cobb, Cumming, Dean, Dent, Dowdell. East
man, FeIton, Florence, Grow, Harris. OF Ala
Hastings, Hem, Hillyer. Hughes, Kithsdsc,
Mcdonald May Mayall, Perkins. of La
Phillips, Powell. Rome. Ruffin. Smith, of Ala.
Stevens, Of Mich. Taylor. of n. Y, Wells.
Wentworth, and Westbrook
For Mr. BocoCk-Mr Ashe
This ballot not resulting in a choice, another
was taken, which resulted in a nominations
Mr.. Boyd receiving majority of all the vote,
east. There being for Boyd 81, for Disney 81
and for Orr %
Those voting for BOYD on this second .allot
we're
Mes'Ts A'hc, Bailey, of Georgia, Bayly, Of
Virginia, Belcher, Bocock Breckinridse,
Bridges, Chastain Chrisman Colqutt. Craig.
Curtis, Daw.on, Dean Dent Drum Edmun-
son. Elliott, English, Faulkner, Fuller, Gooie.
Hamilton, Harlan, Of Indiana. Hastings.
Hendricks, IIibbard. IIillyer. Houston. Inger-
soil, Jones, of Now York, Jones. of Tennessee
The following are the resolutions offered
by NJ. Stanton:
]. Ereoffe@, That tho platform of the Dem
ocratic National Convention of 1852 not only
reaffirmed the past policy Of the democratic
party. but in resolving to " abide by and adj
here TO faithful execution Of the acts known
as tho Compromise acts, including the fugi-
tive slave law" did in the most solemn man
her, and under circumstances of urgent ne
ceSsity, give renewed pledge of fidelity to
the constitution and all its compromises,
as the only secure basis of union and har
mOny.
2. R"soired That the nomination and cleo
ton of franklin Pierce to the Presidency
were mainly the consequence of q universal
belief, derived from his past history and DO
ltlcal associations, that he would fulfil the
pledge thus given for the party in every way
which the measures involved could be strength
ened in their moral force as welLas in their
legal authority.
3. Rrsolrea, That the inaugural address of
General Pierce was in perfect conformity
with that profound national sentiment which
secured his triumphant election, and gave the
country good reason to expect that both his
measures and leading appointments would be
consistent with the sound and patriotic senti-
ments therein avowed
4. ResOfrrd. That, in the language Of Gen
Pierce, if the men of the North who have
stood by the constitutional rights of the South