New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-27

pv"eu rom the post Of leader on the 400, and
r,sceo .! the head Of the Committee on Fo,s;a~
ansns, IN which position he played the nan 81
S;m sou.nern Conservative, opposing all war. Ar
70 mo nh;.s rn Sbcn no advantage was promised
70 me chief institution Of bic section: He csms
rom n. A. Wise's district. in which ,,H ''W W
pDoasteo, no newspaper was printed But 10,
Da!y was worthy to represent an eslght.
entd and refined constituency. Congrss,;an.I
honors were hereditary 10 the mmilv IL.
!'ner na'ing represented the same district durino
.Ge war OF ielS and subsequently. Wise slso i
IT.. .ne ,anny, and wes cousin to Mr.. Bayly. The
.". s come mere m December very low in health,
rau was c1lnPeiied 70 undertake voyage to Ha-
,snd' ID the hope Of arresting the progress Of bs
alsease: He died in good time, and was saved
the pain of witnessing the calamitous And bloodv
scenes which must result from the policy of sec
uohai aggression which he efficiently aided to con-
summate. ~ ''A'
we bad another act in the game of d,arcon;ng
and bullying toward the North which has just
Ieacned 'ts latest stage Of development. that of
CLUBS and bludgeoDs in the Senate. Senator John.
son of ArLansss, commonly called Bob Johnson
for short, called Mr.. Seward to account for bs re-
marks yesterday upon the exhibition of rufisnism
last Winter, in which Rust was chief performer.
Mr.. johnson wanted 10 know whether Mr. Seward
maintained or would retract his remarks on that
AFFAIR, to which Mr. 8. replied in substance that he
CeQktOY
ceeded to expOund the code Of personal rencounters
the practice of assassination, that is H. saw. which
10 IN vogue in bis State and sstonished that any
senator sb0uld not recognize or approve Of it II
was plain 'Om these explanations that the two as
saulfs by RustupoD an unarm ID man, without warn
ing, were strictly according to the Arkansas code
although they would have been little more regular
had the assailant the assaled, or both of them,
been killed on the spot. Robert who ia peasau Of
A.. r.. A j.
him 10 not aroused, sale he did not deem the answer
OF Mr.. Seward 20 full, candid and frank as he had
hoped, but would let it pass. Think of an Arkau-
sas ranger recommending the bowie knife practice
Of bis State, under which speaker Of their Leg
islature fell upon and slew member on the floor,
for the approval and imitation of the Senate of the
United States
long interviews with the President. They were
not satisfactory. The cause Of his coming here
was this: He had been at home in Charleston on
leave of abernce FIVE weeks. He wrote the Sec.
Rotary Of State that he was about to return.
Marcy wrote directing him to come to Washing
ton. When he sow the President the latter
informed him that certain parties were urging his
dismissal and the appointment Of successor rep
resentiDg other ideas 1t is not determined that
Gen. Gadsden will be permitted to return; but he
will not resign. He 10 resolved in his own words,
that he will not be SOul6d. PEMAQUID.
Corisss oDde, ce Of The N. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, june "a, 1856.
Mr.. Pearce Of Maryland, who was Chairman of the
Committee on the Sumner assault, sustained that
Committee, and said the Committee had been abused
by Northern paper over which, he understood, Mr..
Seward had some influence, account Of the report.
Mr.. Seward asked, What paperl" "THE TRIB-
UNE," replied Mr.. Pearce. Mr. Seward said he had
no connection with any paper whatever. Mr. Pearce
said be did not know whether TO be glad or sorry to
hear that but. on the WHOLE be thought he sorry
although be had never known the Senator from New
York to indulge in such slanderous language as TIE
TRIBUNE was accustomed to use. Mr.. Seward here
interrupted, and said that he must make statement
in order not 10 be misunderstood, which was that he
considered The TRIBUNE the Oracle of Truth. The
remark caused hearty laugh at Mr.. Pearce's ex-
pense