Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-02-08
THIRTY-FoURTH CoNGREss.


SENATE.-Mr. Clayton submitted a joint
resolution, authorizing the Sergeant alarms
of both Houses to ascertain without delay the
cases in Washinaton of individual suffering
fer want of fuel, and appropriating $500 for
the relief of such suffering.
during the debate on the resolution, Mr..
Pierce of Maryland, said the Senate had paid
kossuth and suite with brandy, wine and ci-
gars, and surely they could give this amount
TO the poor.
Mr.. Adams of Mississippi. thought that if
Congress furnished water for the rich, it
ought to furnish food for the poor.
After the adoption of an ameudment msk-
ing the Mayors of Washington and George
town distributors of the money,the resolution
was passed.
The resolution calling for the journal of
the late Naval Retiring Board1was then taken
up, pending the discussion,of which the SEN
ate adjourned.
HOUSE. The House proceeded to the cleo
ton OF printer 0iUe a eoce. First ballot-O.
Toilet, so Cornelius Wendell, 6S Nathan
Sargent, II Robert Farnham, 49,; John P.
Defrees, A. John P. Powers, Il; Francis 7.
Blair, Jr., 2; Beverly Tucker, Seaton, Tuck,
Ridgeway, and ]. Watson Webb one each
Necessary for choice, 98.
Two more votes were taken for Printer with
Tie lu1iONill5 result
Folett, "A; Sergeant. 10; Defrees, 4;
Wendell, Sc; Farnham, %; Ridgeway, 3;
Scattering, 4. Necessary for a choice, SO.
Without elechng, the House adjourned.
CLOSE OF THE UoNrEsr-Horace Greeley,
writing to the Tribune, on the evening of the
election Of Speaker, gives some interesting in,
formation. We make the following extract
1t was only night before last that one of our
most active men in the House was eonversng
with two Southern Democrats, who urged
him to drop Banks, and let the House be or
gained. Take anybody else, they urged, and
you may elect him in an hour-even If it be
Giddings. He replied that our candidate is
Banks and we shall elect him or nobody
"We give you fair notice. they reioined,
that you can never elect Banks, for vi wont
let you. We can't afford to let you have so
great triumph as the election of Banks would
now be. 1t would light bonfires on every
Northern hill, and cause salutes TO be fired in
every Northern city. Anything else you may
do, but you shall not elect Banks
AT the Levee last evening, the President
congratulated Mr.. Aiken in advance on his
ELECTION to the Speakership, saying that he
knew he would be chosen, and that he might
not see him to congratulate him Immediately
afterward. Through all the camp of Nebras-
kaism, exultatIon ruled the hour. For, they
said Mcssrs. Broome, Walk, Bayard, Clarke,
and Whitney, have just voted for Aiken of
course they will TO it again to- morrow, md
their votes will elect him,
But with the morrow, cool reflection comes.n
These gentlemen, with Messrs. Millward,
Cullom, Fuller, and Winter Davis, perceived
that they could not afford to elect Mr.. Aiken
that, in dealing blow at us &c Black Re-
publieans" they would utterly demolish them
selves and their National American party
So they held off, and let Mr.. Banks be elect.
ed.
The city is full of rumors as to correspond.
enceor conference between Governor Aiken
and the South Americans, wherein he has ex-
pressed his concurrence in their leading prin-
ciples. When interrogated concerning it i'll
the House to. day, Mr.. A. evasively answered
that he aoGS not candidate for Speaker-
Why did he not say, if he truthfully could,
that he had given no assurance to one Of the
South Americans calculated and intended to
secure the votes of that interesting party for,
the Speakerships l am assured that such a
letter was written, and the vote shows that it
had its effect. Every American from the
southwark OF Potomac--eyery one from the
slave States but Cullen Of Delaware and Win
ter Davis of Maryland-voted tor Aiken
When this alleged correspondence or minute
OF conference comes out, we shall doubtless
know why.