New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-12-28
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.

wAsHINGToN CORRESPONDENCE.
WAsHINaroN, Dec. 1s. 1857
We laye had some business done this week. In
The Senate number ot important measures have
been brought forward, and, even id the House, the
3 regular order has been called. The important
measures alluded to are Hrst, the Pacific Railroad
second tie repeal Of the fishing bounties third, the
Treasury note bill, calling for twenty millions The
introduction Of the Treasury bill BY MI. Hunter On
yesterday, vas opposed BY Mr.. Seward in respect 70
the duration Of the issung the amount to be issued
and the rate Of interest. He thought ten millions
would b sufficient for the present one year. from
tho frat Of January, 1868, the proper limitation Of
The issuing. and four per cent the maximum IN
terest With these, or some such notifications, the
bill will probably pass within the coming week.
By the way, what an astounding voice the great
Freesoiler has, You are alarmed by Q coarse, loud
sound, reverberatng through the Senate chamber as
II hogshead had arisen to give utterance To its
sentiments, and, after some search to discover the
source Of this remarkable noise, which appears to
come from all parts Of the room at once, you finally
discover greyhaired little man, with the head Of
an enormous parrot attached to the body Of what ia
called in my State ground puppy species Of lizard
This is Seward--the Magnus Apollo of Black Re.
pubicansm the owner of the voices Of two or three
stentors and the possessoroi pair Of legs for which
Douglas himself might hesitate to swop.n His
resemblance to bigheaded little bird, just out oi
the shell, is very striking. The dimensions OF bis
voices (the singular number Is not at all applicable
to the products Of his ntonation) cease to be pro
digious after he has spoken for time within ten
minutes, be subsidies into cadence very much like
that Of an ordinary human being talking, however
through muller, OF under blankets.
Spite Of his abomnable political sentiments, and
differentiation, under the auspices Of sectional
and ncendiary party; to make himself President OF
the United States, i am impressed with the belief
that hs is friendly litts fellow. He has way Of
goipr about the chamber, and Of putting his arm
afe6idnAtely around the neeks Of Senators belong
ing his party while be whispers in their cara Per
haps this is the accepted method Of what is styled
whipping in, still cannot help thinking that it
does Seward good to do body favor. When he
takes his seat his manner changes, and yon are at
once struck with the fact that he has vivid concep-
ton Of who the honorable Senator from New York
ID His attitude and air seemed to say, this is Sew
ard, very probably the next President Of this Re-
public, and, at all events, no ordinary man"
The motion Of DR.. Gwin Of California, for com
mttee Of nine to consider so much Of the Presidents
message refers to the Pacific Railroad has been re-
sponded to BY the selection Of Gwn, Douglas, Bright
Davis, Hunter, Seward, Bell, Fish and Iyerson--
names that give assurance Of the importance at
tached to this mighty measure that accords so en-
trey with the strict construction Southern wing Of
the holy unanimous and consistent National (?) De
mocracy. The committee will have fraternal and
blessed time Of it, no doubt.
y Mr.. Clays bill for the repeal Of the fishing boun.
ties should command the hearty and united co-opera-
ton not alone of every Southern but of every sensi
Bile man in both houses. The idea Of paying set OF
fshermsn o bounty for attending to business in
Itself sufficiently rcnuneratiye is preposterous. This
il protection with vengeance. As well pay any
other set Of men for attending to any business what
scever Far better, in fact to pay bounty to many
other businesses for example, that of preaching,
and of corresponding with the newspapers, the Cres
cent more particularly
Kansas matters are making less stir at the close
than at the beginning OF the week. The sun rises
and sets pretty much as usual, and the people of
Washington are accustomed to the cry of wolf"
But the wolf is certainly on the way and will be here
In time Ex-Governor Walkers presidential pro-
nunciamento, in the shape Of letter of resignation
Is before the public. Most assnredly is paper of
great ability, conclusive vndicaton of himself, and
q mastery supplement to Douglas speech But,
unfortunately for Robert j., it is only supplement.
1t is predicted here by administration papers, that
this letter will take the wind out of Douglas sails.
Not SO. The Little Giant foreseeing this resignation
took good pains to make early start in the field,
and for the present, leads the hounds in the presi
dental chase. But the game is great distance
ahead 1t cannot be told into whose jaws it will fall.
That other Walker-the greyeyed man of destiny
is again occupying the thoughts and exciting the
hopes Of the nation. The administration evidently
intends to bring him to full stop-if it can. But
many comma must intervene before the Nicaraguan
sentence is brought to close upon the historic page
William Walker is destined to write splendid chapters
in that story and it is not for President Buchanan
for his successor to put " "nis there The book of
American filibusterng exploits is but begun. BY SO
much as the numerical majority of Northern repre-
sentation ntereres with the expansion of Southern
institutions within the federal limits, by much and
more, will those institutions make room for them
selves in territories beyond the borders Of the Repub
lie. But, in my judgment, the sympathy for Walker
of Nicaragua is by means sectional. So far from
being confined to the South, it extends over the whole
Union, wheresoever brave and adventurous hearts
arc found. Nicaragua has 80 much to hope from
Walker, has much to fear without him, has, in its
existing unregenerated condition, deporable fu-
ture before it, that wonder there can be found one
man willing to interfere with the attempt now being
made to render it a happy member of the free and
enlightened republics of the New World.
An Educational Convention is now in session at the
Smithsonian Institute The attendance rather slim
and composed principally of gentlemen of this neigh,
borhood and the North. The assembled pedagogues
were discussing yesterday the knotty question of
How far teachers responsible for the moral edu.
cation Of childrcnW suppose the question will be
decided in the affirmative; but will that be definite
solntien2 Home is the only true school of morals,
and, may add, manners.
1t isstated that Mr., W. Cabel Fournoy of Virginia,
has been here as an applicant for the Governorship
of Arizon MIR. Q. is a brave and talented gentle
man, highly connected, has seen much of political
life, and would fill the post well. He had an inter
view with the President, and suspect, though do
not know, went home with flea in his ear.
MALoU
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