New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-10
FROM WASHINGTON.


The caucus Of the Anti Nebraskaies, lat night,
effected nothing Of Importance They claim that NJ.
Ba,ks viii, to- morrow, receive At least one hundred
and five votes for Speaker. Opln ons are divided a.
n h,s ultimate success notwithstanding his present
advantages.
Much speculation is itll INDUCED in in relation 10
10 our difficulty with England, but there is no reason
to suppose that the matter may not be Satisfactorily
arranged, the que stion bsrg still open. This fact, at
the ., oper time, will doubtless be communicated to
Congress.
An extra mail for California and Oregon, will be
dispatched by the steamship st. Louis, to leave Nor
folk on the l3.h inst, with the Ninth Regiment Of
United States Infantry. Connection will be made at
Pansms with the smship Oregon, and also An extra
steamer, both Of which will leave Immediately for San
Francisco and Oregon.
WAsHIsGTos Saturday, g. 1855.
Late dispatches receiv- d from Washington and Ore
ron Territories report distressing state OF affairs a.
ne CARDS our Indian relations in those distant regions
disastrous and bloody Indian war Is aGticip ,tsd oy
the Gov err ment Many MURDERS including cur Indian
Agent, have been coumted, and hos1lltles oil uoSs
serious pature now exist.
With a view TO protect the inhabitants OF these Ter
ritories, and punish those waIke tribes who are
spreading death among the people, the Government
has deein ined to send regiment OF infantry forth
with TO the scene of disturbances The new regiment
now at Fort Monroe 70 Point COmfOrt) has bssn ST.
ected fer the duty This regiment L. will be- recoilect
ed has been drilled 10 HsrCie's "Shspehsi" tactics.
The men are armed with the Minnie rife, carrying
ball with accuracy one thousand yards aud are
trained to travel I'll day at the pace Of five miles per
hour.
The following order has been issued.
l. The Ninth Regiment of infantry viii proceed via mama
to San Fiancsco, Ca oDis and. no. otherwise dire tied st
that place BY orders of the Department ofthe
Pacific viii rpsir thence without delay to f'h Vancouver
TrsS,portscn will be furnished from NsvYork to be
Fort Monroe by The 18th 2h and the regiment will
embark or before tho 18th inst
s. Officers regimen al recruiting service rssmeots re.
crupg psIties recruits will be immediately called IN sud
officers Of the regiment on leave OF aHsnce VIII sjon
By command Of Br.ys. Lieut Gen; Scott,
IRWIN MCDOWELL, Asst Adjutsnt General
The new steam fIigate Merimack, Com. Gregory,
will leave Boston In the course Of week or ten days
on trial trip to be absent SIX months. Lieut. n. r.
Jones and Mister j. W. Dunbin son are the only Of
fcers yet detailed for her. The Merimack will be fur
nished with forty guns only although she is pierced
for seventy. Each of the new steamers, with the eI'
ception Of tie United States propeller Niss ara, now
being constructed at New York will carry the Ike
number Of forty guns.
placed on board of her The fourth will be sent aboard
Oh Monoay al then will folio her machinery, which
was manufactured by the Government 81 the Navy
Yard here, and which the Engineer in- Chief informs
me will cost than that built by contract If ss
much at the game tine it is vastly superior to con-
rsct work
Frarcje p. Blair has written letter 10 the Repub
csn Association Of Washington in response to an In
vitation to preside over that organization. taking
strong grounds sgainst the extension of Slavery ana
urging the Republicans TO unite firmly 10 "a EFFORT 70
secure FIeedom TO Kansas.
1t is said that Mr. WhteleFs recognition OF the neS
Nicarseuan Government has been dsspProvec oy
the Administration.