Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-01-19

Miss S*****n, from old st. Mary's, was the
object of much admiration. We missed several
fair city faces, but the reputation of the Me-
tropolis for beautiful girls was well sustained
by Misses H~*s~n, J#&*r, and A&**z**
while the sister city of Georgetown sent Miss
R*s*d, as a charming sample of those who
tired by the party of the night previous, had
not come across Rock creek.
Mrs. B*sl, from New York, was dressed with
great taste, as were Mrs. Senator W**~*r
and Mrs. M****n, fair bride from Massa-
chusetts! The many friends of the Rev Dr.
Pf*e, paid court to his attentive daughter-in.
law, while the present prominence of "Mr
Clerk made the graceful Mrs. F****y an
object Of especial attention The elegant lace
worn by Mrs. H**l, of this city-the brilliant
diamonds worn by Mrs. T**d, of New York,
and only eclipsed by her eyes-the vivacity
of Mrs. C**#*#~%*n, and many other mat
tiers were mentally noted, but driven away by
the starlight glances cast by the queenIy Mrs.
N"**n, of Alabama.
"'Twere easier far to paint the hues Of heaven,
When morn, Respondent with new glory, wakes
vi Slcdl tue varying tlHts ny buusct given
To the gold crested wave, the while 1t breaks,
Than to embody the harmonious grace
That, ever changing, fitted DER her face"
Pleasant omenades-introduction to ne W
acquaintance and cosy chats with old ones
observations on rich jewels and small yellow
aprons-gazings at celebrities and gossippings
about nobodies-s consumed what re-
manned of the allotted one hundred and TWEEN
ty minutes. Then the Marine Band, (Which,
by-the-way, performed remarkably we'll, }
struck up " Yankee Doodle" the well known
signalfO departure. "Wrappings" and "gum-
shoes" were soon in demand, and as the fare-
portion Of the guests were leaving, there
seemed to be a universal sentiment of salts
faction with what was then among the things
past-the second reception of 1856.
The Caucus Of 1849 controversy The
controversy that occurred yesterday in the
House hall created intense excitement; ex-
citement so intense that at one moment we
were under serious apprehensions that it
would give rise to violence on the floor 1t
was clear that many members were Of the
same impression, as they came forward and
so stationed themselves as to prevent the &C.
currence of any such catastrophe. The con-
trOversy to which we refer arose as follows
Mr.. Giddings, in the course of speech,
charged on Mr.. Cobb, of Georgia, and those
Democratic members Of the present House
who were in Congress in 1849, that they, as
the Democratic party of that day, had dis
tinctly endorsed the plurality rule as being a
proper way of settling the then pending con-
troversy about the Speakership, identical with
that which now pOstpones the organization of
Congress. To sustain this charge, he read
from the Congressional Globe what he an
nOunced to be an extract from a speech made
by the Hon. f. p. Stanton, of Tennessee, de.
c!aring that the plurality rule had been ADOPT
ed in the Democratic representative caucus
&C.; and he charged that Mr.. Cobb, and other
Democrats now in the chamber had listened
to that speech, he insisted, without then deny
ing the accuracy Of its statements
Mr. Cobb, and others, (who were also in the
House at that time,) appeared utterly dumb
founded by the statements in Mr.. Stanton's
speech as read by Mr. Giddings; because
they set forth things as facts, which they
knew to be VIGOROUSLY untrue, and that Mr..
stanton himself must have known to be I'M
true. Denying their truth, and giving the
House succinct history Of the action of that
caucus upon the plurality Iule, in which he
was substantiated by Messrs. MillsOn, Orr,
Edmunson, and Fuller of Maine, Mr. Cobb
was about to leave the question as one in which
a probably overlooked error in the report of
Mr.. Stanton speech, had afforded Mr. Gid
dings plausible ground for his charges He
bethought him, however, of looking for himself
at the record; and found that Mr. Giddinps. in
reading it, had falsifed it, deliberately and
knowingly, to enable him to substantiato an
accusation that he must have known TO be in
famously untrue. Ee had read to the House
as portion Of the speech of Mr. Stanton,
what were, in truth, but interlOcutory and ex-
planatory remarks Of some reporter, which had
no business whatever in the official record of
the proceedings of Congress.
The fraud attempted by Mr.. Giddings which
was plain, clear, and undeniable, created
great indignation on the part of the Democrats,
involving, as it did, deliberate resort to such
poltroonery, as has rarely disgraced the his
tory Of any legislative body, whatever. The
force of Mr.. CObb's exposure of the disreputa-
BILE trick, caused the ears of nearly all the
Republican members to Jingle; not one of
them, evidently, being disposed tojustify or in
any way to seem to paliate the dirty trick by
which Mr.. Giddings had essayed to break the
force of Mr.. CObb's exposition of the fact that
on Wednesday last, the House would have
been organized by the election of Mr.. Camp
bell, Of Ohio, (who had previously received
large plurality Of their vOtes,) to the Speaker
ship, but for the fact that fifty-t of the Re-
publicaus voted against him thus avowing
the purpose Of continuing the House in its
present state, sooner than to permit its organi.
ration by the election of such a gentleman
from among their own number.