Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-01-19

M WAsHINGroN, Dec. 90, 1855.
n The sayings and doings of the dsorganized
House for the past week, have been but those Of
the preceding week, 'swth variations" Mem
bers still stand by their candidates and upon their
respective ssplatforms,' with an obstinacy which
augurs anything but union and Compromise
The question now is, shall the lO7 Banks men
abandon him and join the administration party
of IS, unite with the forty Fuller men; stand
where they are and LET the government get along
as it may till its friends are willing to give way
and let Speaker be elected by those who have
the largest number in the body? One thing is
certain, that whenever the appropriation runs out
and the Administration find it impossible to get
along without further supplies, way will be
found to let the plurality organise the House,
and until this shall be the ease, see no way by
which Speaker can be elected. .,..
Mr.. Banks has been several times called up, but
has never spoken more than three or four minutes
| at time, and always in so manly, frank and ex-
| plicit manner as to make most favorable inn
preston. He was at the outset no favorite of
mine; in truth my feelings were strongly set
against him, but he has borne himself so upright
~
pledges, has SO uniformly refused to intimate
what course he may pursue, and his manner Of
speaking isso Cidy-like, that cannot but respect
him. 20,
The House in bravado mood adopted ,reso-
luton that motion to adjourn should be
in order until Il Speaker should be elected, and
declaring that they would continue to vote till
this was accomplished. But when IA O'Clock
came and with it a collapse of gentlemen's stom-
achs, change came Ger their spirits they then
began to think more of getting good dinner than
agood Speaker. But the question was how could
they get away? AT last a proposition was made
that the House should take a recess till the next
morning at 10 O'Clock, which was carried almost
unan imously, amid roars of laughter. The next
morning the resolution was rescinded.
A small breeze was raised in the House on
Thursday by a member from Pennsylvania rising
and accusing one of his colleagues Of endeavor-
ing to induce him to vote for Mr.. Banks by PROM
isng him the place of chairman of the committee
on engraving and lithographing. Mr.. Banks i'm
medlately rose and said that the gentleman from
Pa. had no authority whatever to make any prom
Use for him. s. u. .cai
The member thus charged, Mr.. Paine, admitted
that he had had conversation with his colleague,
Mr.. Millward, but said it was half in Joke, and
that he never promised his colleague as he had
stated, and had no authority to do so his colleague
must have misapprehecd him. ."f Ca
The Administration phalanx endeavored to get
up something like very virtuous indignation on
this occasion but were unable to do so, as Mr..
Banks had never made promise himself nor au-
thorised any to do so for him, there was moth
ing to be made out of it. Mr.. Pierce had done
an important thing, perhaps, and MIR. Millward
had inJudiciously brought the subject before the
House, and thus given it an Importance it was not
entitled to, and SO it passed off.
There was some little speaking on Friday,
chiefly among the Nebraska men, who undertook
constitutional power of Congress over the SUBJ
ject of Slavery in the Territories, and its right
to egislate, confer the power to others to leg
is!ate on the subject; no two members agreeing
on that subject. Several votings took place on
that day, when Banks lacked three votes only of
Icing elected.
If the information which the Courier En-
source, in Europe, be at all reliable, and am as
sured by Col. Webb, that it is semi official, there
is a strong probability that the war in Europe
will soon be brought to close. The basis of
the proposition of Austria, which is said to have
been accepted by Russia, France and England.
though reluctantly by the latter, is that the Eux-
inc or Black Sea shall be a sea of commerce and
NOT Of obi nd hat b,lI a.,
upon it the Crimea to be given up to Russia,
and she to have no power over the mouths Of the
Danube. ~. 81. ,....-f 5..,.
The Secretary of State received information
similar to this, by the last steamer; but see
nothing in the news brought by the Pacific, con-
6rmatory of this, though rumors of peace were
still rife in England and France.
The treaty entered into by Commodore Perry
with Japan, for which the Commodore received
so much eclat and valuable service of silver, be-
sides 900 from government, turns out to be
worthless to merchants and commerce. The
Japanese completely outwittcd the Commodore.
Though the hllibusters have been prevented
from departing from New York for Nicaragua, it
seems that many have gone from other places,
and the rascal, Walker, will probably succeed in
receiving three or four hundred recruits, -suffi-
cient to enable him to accomplish his purposes,
and disgrace our country.
did not mention that when Mr.. Stephens res
olution to hold a continuous session and to keep
voting for Speaker, was adopted, Mr.. Campbell,
of Ohio, moved that Mr.. Orr of S. c., be request
ed to occupy the Chair of the House temporarily,
till Speaker should be elected. This did not
carry but had he named Mr.. Ethridge, of Tenn,
in the place of Mr. Orr, think it would have car
ried, aud very likely have made Mr.. E. the Speak
He is Anti Nebraska, Southern Wing and
American, and ought in fact, to have been sup
ported by the Anti-Nebraska men and Americans
as their candidate for Speaker had he been, he
would have been elected, and we should had none
of this delay and trouble.
In the course of speech made a few days
since by Mr.. McMullen Of Va, he is reported to
have said that ''if the government passed in
to the hands of the Republicans, and the Missou-
ri resolution restored, and the Fugitive Slave
law repealed, the Unicn must and would be dis
solved, and that this party should never reach
power in Washington without passing over his
body"
Such gasconade only excited smile of deris-
ion from some, and broad laugh from others.
The voting TO-DAY has been going on with no