The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-06
w..a,saTo,. Monday night,

,r.s,,,.a.o, Monday night Feb. 4.
n is mid.night and have luss re nm. ,r,on
tha tbopr NJ Browns hotel. one Oh tne o's Sly. ra
did and delightful balls ! ever wneru ~. ne
placid condition Of Rol''; n wsshngtsn, and zert
ns, ~ 80 svery pleasure animation is impaired
70 business affairs .us ;.s .,a.aa.,;,,..
.lst The staple of the Senste's legislative pro
i,.s Senators still handle the subject with
'.iexns and scarcely a man among them seems
I'D enough to denounce the work performed
In competence Is admitted TO be small part of
,be grounds Of the action OF the Board 1t infict-
ed censures and imposed disabilities upon of.
ticers because of moral delinquencies. Ii even as
serted that one who fell under its denunciations
had been guilty of cheating at cards II the charge
is true the act was indeed disgraceful; but what
proportion of members of our national legislature
would come out scaheless from an inquisition into
their character with respect to this and worse
practices Let the walls of Washington reply
Mr. CLAY of Alabama, ia opposed to giving pub
hcity 10 the charges against the condemned officers
respectively lest the revelation of their crimes may
ruin them. Was ever such an absurd1ty uItered
since the eighteenth cextury beganf Ii sucn an
mputaton as this, such suspicion as Is mere
suggested is to go ont to the world, VINO tnst mas
his name among the two hundred and one Will cease
10 demand public accusation so long as his life
shall asts He who shall do so will merit the scorn
and execration of the world and the detestation OF
even his children whose regulations involved
in the degrading censure.
The House has been scene OF general good
feeling and hilarity today. Mr. Banks presdes
well as respects promptness, energy and decision
but ia quicker than has been usual and is therefore
little too fast for the House. They will no doubt
soon learn 10 keep step together
Mr. Cullom was elected clerk by a very decided
vote 1t was not the purpose of the Republicans
generally to elect him by a resolution to-day but
when they saw Mr.. Walk was about to offer such q
resolution one of their number, (Mr. Sage) saved
the credit of his party by anticipating the act and
they were all consequently obliged to come up to
the mark. Their purpose was to vote for Mr.. Gull
lom but first to require stpuations for the support
of certain other candidates by the South Amer
leans"
The caucus Of "all anti-administration members
held tonight, was very generally attended by Re
| publicans and South Americans. Rev. French ).
Evans, American protesting free soil sentiments,
has been nominated for Sergeant at Arms but Will
probably not be elected, because the present in
| cumbent, bIr. GBesbrenner. is acceptable. Mr..
Morriss, descendant of the great MGrriss of the
| Revolutior has been nominated for Postmaster,
| and may be elected, though Morgan Johnson, the
present Postmaster, is very acceptable. Captain
| Darling of New York, will probably be elected
| DoorKeeper. The great contest, however, is for
| the printing. The caucus has nominated Mr.. Fol
| let of Columbus Ohio for Printer, and he may be
| elected if the other caucus nominees are, but not
without Ii is understood that Col Schouler, of the
Cincinnati Gazette is interested Ill hlr. Fonett S
succeSS-indeed that he Is the principal man in tie
| enterprise Their success is very doubtful.
| The committees will be appointed and announced
probably at the end of this week, but possibly not
until Monday next They viii, of course, give
great dissatisfaction and especially, have said
represented strongly in these committees as they
| believe they should be. Their opponents, being
| also ready to censure Mr.. Banks, will lend vii
| ling ear to all that can be charged n. c.