The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-12
DAILY DISPATCH.
' wA,sHINGTON LETTER.
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s=3s wAsu1NoroN. a onday night, Dec ~
This has been day Of vivid nteres. ~ .I 49,. ).
Of Representative entered t ,.a;Ssncsr IN the
hsnssx ~ many and q discussion OF its teadeI ing
General burden Of conversation. IN VIA. ,s" -
there very clear ana empn1 nnsa sSonla he
Ie~,oa today not as their choice but ~ the canai-
date most likely achieve success and Tor the
~ an carly organization II was Inferred oy many
that the able and circumspect editors IN view Oh
.h;r .,tude AZ independence Of all parties, never
yro,Id have pcnned such an article had they not
been directly or indirectly urged 70 do so oy mem
hers who required that sort OF backing up to make
them vote for Mr.. Banks II was hence believed
hv many that Mr. Banks would be elected on the
SECOND or third ballot. = q hssts .Raf "a
Az the conclusion Of the FIRST ballot, Mr.. Thor.
rineton of Iowa, new member, without consul
,ation with any one, of coursc0 proposed the same
resolution under which Mr.. Cobb was elected in
1854 Wig. that IL there should be no election In the
next ballot then In the next thereafter he should
be elected who might have the largest number of
yotes provided il should be a majority Of quo
rum. This was boisterously approved and oppos-
ed: disorder reigned: twenty persons were mp to
speak several were speaking together; the NOV
er wished to withdraw his resolution the clerk
decided that he could not George w. Jones, who
ALWAYS commands attention, affirmed that he could;
the clerk changed his mind; Mr.. Thorrington with
drew his resolution and order reigned in War
saw, Then proceeded the voting without cleo
ton On Saturday last Mr.. Letcher was heard to
say, 'You1i get up to hundred and seven for
Banks on Monday, and stumble there and cell
have to elect a Speaker st last" Perhaps Mr..
Letcher was joking. If SO, half his joke is true
already. reI ak ~ tft ~ f.f
Francis Preston Blair is now great man among
the Republicans but declines to be the President
of their Association in this city In his letter he
affirms that s.t
s'To exclude slavery from the Territories Of the
United States, and TO rebuke the violation OF the
Compromises which were made to stand a. covenants
between the slave and free States to effect that excu
sion, are, in my opinion, the most important move
neuts which have engaged the public mind since the
Revolution
The extension of slavery over the Territories
will prove faithful TO their prosperity. Moth
ms is clearer in the history of our Government than
that this phrase giving power to Congress to make
regulations respecting the Territories. was meant to
give it the power to exclude slavery from them"
TheRepublican Association, by resolution, thank
Mr. Blair
"For his able and highly satisfactory letter. showing
that the present Administration has departed entirely
from the Jeersouian principles relative to the United
States and has become but little better than work
lug model of John c. Calhoun's Notification and Dis
union doctrnes.i
Shade of Jackson! You remember that few
months ago fifty thousand dollars were said to
have been lost between some point up Northwest
and the city of New York Two boxes, OF uniform
appearance, each containing twenty live thousand,
We're delivered to an express company. Two
boxes, of like appearance with the genuine labels
were received in New York but they were found
to contain leaden bullets instead of gold coin The
loss was published. A large reward was offered
The Secretary OF the Treasury indicated his de.
termination to hold the express company response.
BILE. They acknowledged their responsibility, and
promised to make good their loss by a certain day,
if there should prove to be loss. The day came;
the amount was paid over; the telegraph announced
the fact with encomiums the integrity and pc
cuniary responsibility of the company Weeks
again elapse, and then the boxes are found ''some
where on the roadF A. B. e.