Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-04-23
1MpoRTANTrRoM WASHINGTON.

Ilotest movements about LecomPton:
WAsnISGToN, Tuesday, April POI p. m:
There is a general feeling of Indignation
among the Anti-Lecomptonites in the House
to-day. The Conference Committee met this
morning Mt TO- Mr. English absent. AT IL he
came in and proposed his bill, which, without
debate was Immediately adopted by Stephens,
Green and Hunter, and thus agreed on as the
Committees report.
Itamends the Land Grab Ordinance, and sub
m;ts it, with Lecompton, to the people for them
to vote for OF against admission under it II
they spurn the bride, they are TO be kept out of
the Union till they have full representative
population.
The election is to be under the direction of
the Governor, Secretary, Attorney General, and
two Speakers, majority of whom are Pro-sla-
VERY.
Mr.. Howard proposed to amend, SO as to al
low the people of.Kansas to vote on the Leaven-
worth Constitution at the same election, and
give them an opportunity to adopt such con-
stitution as they wish; but his amendment re-
Iceived no favor from the majority of the Com
The report of the Committee will probably
come in at 2 o'clock. The result is uncertain,
but English is confident of success. The proba-
biities are that he will succeed.
There was stormy caucus of the Douglas
ilnen this morning. Owen Jones Is firm against
| Englishs surrender, which he says is worse than
Lecompton naked.
The hope of defeating the English PROPOSE.
tion-which Gen. Wilson nptly characterizes as
Gribe in the one hand and threat in the 9TH
er-increases. MI. Stephens does not regard
the report as formally adopted.
! The Conference Committee hold final meet
| ing at p. M, and the report will not probably
come in to-day. Senators Crittenden and Doug
! las will both oppose it in the Senate. A few of
the most high-minded Southern Representa-
tives express their Misrepresentation at such way
! CN.tn
into the Union. If they vote Nay, its fate is
sealed.
I 2p. mt is now almost certain that Mr..
| Engish's proposition will be defeated. The
current is getting strongly againt it in both the
House and the Senate.
| 2:30 %. m.-Mr. Howard and Mr. Seward have
been in the Committee room half an hou1.-
Ever since p. IN. the other members did not
appear, though they had been very particular
in asking that all the conferces be there precise
| ly at g
1t is rumored that Mr.. Green gives it up as IL
bad job. The bridge English sought TO bnd
between the Fire eaters and Anti LecomptonIteS
was too shaky to stand. Not single trne Anti
Lecomptonite has wavered. There is most in
tense Indignation at EngIish's conduct
| Esenlng.-The bottom appears to have fallen
out of Mr.. Englishs contriyance just as the hoops
| were going on.
t When he offered his bill at the conference
I Green, Hunter and Stephens. Gov. Seward and
| Mr.. Howard asked time to consider, and to have
the decision and report postponed till tomorrow
morning. blr. Green would not consent. H.
would only grant two hours, and named o'clock
this afternoon as the hour for reassembling the
Committee and for reporting the English bill to
the House and Senate. He very earnestly re-
quested Messrs. Seward and Howard to be pune
tua, as he wished TO have the question acted
upon at once.
| AT two o'clock when Messrs. Seward and
| Howard went to the Committeeman nobody
was there. They waited nearly an hour. No
one came.
| Mr. Seward went in search of MIR. Green and
! found him very much cast down. He inQuIr-
ed what was the matterr Green intiinated that
the screws were loose and everything in disOr-
der. a portion of the party was kicking in the
trnces.
"Do you mean to report to.day?" inquired
Seward.
NO" said Green, "not to-day"
Twill the Committee meet to-night:"
'No, not tonight
"ro-morrow morning?
"No."
"When then:
Cant tel" said Green, modify. az will let
you know when We ready to meet"
1t seems that when Mr.. English's proposition
was made known to the Democratic members, q
most unexpected opposition arose to it among
some of the SouthernerS who regard it as a dis
honorable trick. Mr.. Quitman declared that it
was q mean Continuance with which he would
have nothing to do. Mr.. Owen Jones and two
or three other Anti-Lecompton Democrats,
whose corporation had been relied on also
secuted it.
Messrs. Stephens and English, alar'oed Mt this
unexpected opposition, did not dare to report
the project to the House. Secretn Howell
Cobb was sent for and came to the l, nhies, but
did not enter the hall. He laoored Tor some
time with refractory Democrats without sue.
cess. Thus the matter ended to-day.
Tomorrow, or at most in few DAYS, party
drill and the fascination of the United States
Treasury, may succeed in rallying the DISTRICT.
ed Democracy in Congress to toe the mark OIL
the English proposition. But there is but one
sentiment among the anti.Lecompton Democra.
cy about English himself, and that is a feeling
of strong condemnation for one who thus de
serts his political friends, and abandous his
principles.
For the 1ntenlgencer.l
RssSrs. Editorials Your correspondent H.
is pledged to pay no more than 50 for gas, he
has probably resolved to do without it; there
being no town in the country, whose consump-
ton is not greater than here where gas is sup