The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-03-07
WASHINGTON LnrrnR.
FROM oUR SPECIAL coRnxsporr

w srHcIAL coRaxsPoHpKnr.
Concluding scenes Of Coneres.- S.uo,a.
Bentons eIcsfement-1Ae ne,c courf ~
Ciaams--Ih The Courts Of the Districf--TS.
attempt to incorporate the Tariff in t6s
csvat and diplomatic BILL
WARRINGTON, March 4. 1855
- midnight and for the first time In several
days and nights Washington IL quiet and tranuuiI
The thousand lights In the halls of the capitol ars
gone out, and hundreds of the men who wers
laboriDg in those halls this morning ia the per.
formance of legislative functions, are now wend.
Ing their way toward their respective homes In
the capacity of private citizens, or slumberine
until the dawn of Tomorrow shall summon them
to depart
The concluding scenes of Congress cannot be
SAID TO be disordery, great as was the hurry, and
nurr1ediy as was the business all despatched. II
was shame that 80 much of the precious time ol
the session was given to mere babbling upon
topics not practical to the body and so little to
real business, until the concluding hours. The
country Will be truly blessed when say ynothing
Congress shall assemble to perform the work res
quired and exemplify Its wisdom by the eloquence
OF "action, action, ACTION r-"godlike action" II
you Will Congress determined to pursue this
course could noby discharge all the incumbent
duties in little month
Mr.. Benton's protest and denuncation of fourth
OF March session to-day, was no doubt honest and
earnest enough, but the manner 10 which 1t was
made was very undignifed and reprehensible. His
last words In our national capitol were words of
anger and de1ance-of phrenzied passion, indeed.
Ths appointments of judges and solicitor of the
new court OF claims give pretty general satisfacton
put hud uoreis expected from that Court than
VIII oe realized Its decisions will not keep conter.
will not perform any more eficient duties than are
now performed by the committees of the two
houses Still, being created for the special pur-
pJses; h;s may facilitate the dispatch Of much of
hIISir
canitol OF many an abject suitor
a1s o!i LOT the reorganization of the Courts of
this district, was frittered down to q mere mea.
sure sur. ior the eodication of our laws, and the
euuor OF tnst Dill has been greatly damaged IL il
alieaged, that revenge toward two Judges. prompt.
eo all his action 10 the premises and the inpoteu.
cy OF tnat revenge has lessened him in the popular
esteem. This is great pity, for Mr.. May has
nne talents and great force of character, and was
manifestly ON the upward path
Lhe attempt to foist the tariff upon the civil and
Diplomatic bill was last night twice made without
eHect trick In legislation is disreputsbe thing,
and AMI rejoiced that this failed. Ii was made In
defiance of the following prohibitory regulations
The elst rule of the House reads as follows:
"No appropriation shall be reported in such gen
erai appropriation bills, or be In order as an
amendment thereto, for any expenditure not pre-.
viously authorised by law" &c.
And the 55.h rule reads
NO motion or proposition on a subject differ
ent from that under consideration shall be admitted
under color OF amendment. No bill or resolution
shall, at any time be amended by anne king there
10, or incorporating Herewith, any other bill or
resolution pending before the House."
surely there can be no misconception of these
rules; and If the measure had prevailed in the
manner intended, how dangerous would have been
tne precedent. Imagine an appropriation bill be-
lore the House for some urgent purpose of the Go
vernnent, and Mr. Giddings to be the leader of an
anti Nebraska party of sufficient strength to rule
the action OF the H0nsp The ia xu;ll ~
appropriate the money but In the bill is inserted
provision for the emancipation of all slaves In the
various Territories of the United States including
this District The Senate or the Executive NAV
defeat the bill thus loaded it is true; but how are
@ @tney going to obtain the needed appropriation p
Ine way Is being paved to fine mode of doing
business. A. B. C.
SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENTAL telegraphic
dispatch, dated Syracuse, New York, March 4th,
says that the locomotive "Essex," of the Cincinnati
Express Train, which left Buffalo at IL O'Clock
Saturday night, when a mile west of Lyons, al
about O'Clock Sunday morning, exploded, Sc.
riously scalding and otherwise ipjuring the engi.
neer, Mr.. James Day; aud the fireman, Thomas
Adamson, Jr., was thrown some four rods into a
ditch, and was SO badly scalded that his recovery
was considered doubtful. The cars were under full
headway at the time of the disaster:
SHoCKING.-The house occupied by James
Short In Brooklyn, N. Y, was consumed by fire
on the morning of Sunday last. He had six chill
dren, five of whom occupied the garret and,
shocking to relate, two of these children, bows,
aged respectively Is and IL years, were burnt to
death amid the flames, while another was SO badly
injured that his life is despaired Of
George Bancroft Esq, the historian has gone tc
Charleston. He expects afterwards to visit some
friends In North Carolina, and to 60 as far South
as Savannah. This Is the first time he has eve,
been south of Virginia.
The mother of Miss Vining who played at the
Broadway Theatre, New York, last Friday night
was one of the little girls who followed the body o
General Washington to the grave
The reported selection of General Harvey, o.
the U. s. Army, to command the military expedi.
ton against the Sioux Indians during the ensuing
season, Is confirmed by the st. Louis Republican
FROZEN TO DEATH.-An Irishman named Ed
ward Welsh was found in a hay loft near the Wash.
ington Factory, Baltimore, on Friday last, frozen
to death. He had been out of employment fol
some time, and in company with his brother had
made the loft his lodging place. When found he
bad In his pocket silver watch and So in money
80 that he could not have starved to death.
The number of deaths In New York last week was
532, being an increase of IL over the previous
week.
CONVICTED OF MuRDER.-McMahon has been
tried at Troy, N " for the murder of his wife, and
found guilty.
The Hon Mr.. Barringer, ex-Minister to n,
paid a brief visit to Washington last week.
MuRpER.-Mr. Jacob Stewart, who resided near
Fayetteville, N. c., was shot and killed on the 2sth
ult, by ayoung man named Jacob Johnson.
The Wilmington Journal says
The affair occurred In the upper part of Cum-
beriand county, being that portion to be formed
into the new county of Harnetf. The shooting took
place at log rolling at the house of Daniel Stone,
and arose out of quarrel on account of Stewards
having some time before refused to let Johnson re
main all night at his house, alleging that he had
some contagious disease that he was afraid his
(Stewart's) children would catch. johnson 10 now
in Fayetteville jail
THE New ORLEANS DuxL.-The N. o. Crescent