The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-04-17
From Washington.

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WASHINGTON, Friday, April 9, 1858.
The plan of the Lecomp:onites as disclosed
to-day, is to take up the Kansas bill in the
Senate on Monday, at one o'clock, to vote to
insist and demand a conference. Then to
take the bill Immediately to the House and
put it through if they can.
The Administration is using its power to
the full extent to insure success in this final
struggle. Promises to Embassies and other
Offices, of fat contracts and of Southern votes
for favorite measures before Congress, are
freely made to members supposed to be wa
vering.
Secretaries Cobb and Thompson threaten
to resign if Lecompton fails, which threat
tends to cool rather than to infame the Le-
compton ardor of certain Southern members,
by getting them to speculate ON the success
sorship to the vacant post.
After the first defeat of Lecompton, week
ago, the Presinent wrote to Gov. Wise a very
long letter, deploring the evil which this Le-
compton business had brought upon the AID =
ministration, asking Gov. Wise for advice,
and beseeching him to help save the Admin
istration and the Democratic party, telling
him at the same time, that The Union was
not Mr.. Buchanan's organ, and that he had
not approved its proscriptive and vituperatve
course. The Richmond Enquirer immediate
ly came out against the course pursued by
The Union
From Special Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Friday, April 9, 1858.
death was circulated this morning, upon the
strength of which the House adjourned. His
condition is about the same as heretofore
though he is evidently sinking. He is ex-
tremely weak, having subsisted on milk and
ice cream for weeks. He dictated several
private letters in the forenoon, and this alter
noon was tranquil and easy. He has been
attended all along by his daughter, Mrs. Ca
ny Jones, who resides with him. Another
daughter, Mrs. Jacob, of Kentucky, arrived
yeserjay. His two remaining children are
not here, Mrs. Fremont, having gone to Cali
fornia, after parting with him a month ago,
not experimenting that he was in critica..
state, and Madame Boileau. being in Calcut-
ia, the wife of the French Consul General.
At this time, his youIgest grand child lies in
the room overhead, at the point of death.
Thus extremes meet.
Sympathy for Gen. Johnstan's command
and himself saved the deficiency bill in the
House to day. Nothing else but that and
contracts Involving the good faith Of the
Government. The Administration side at
tempted to dodge responsibility, but were
| compelled to face the music.
There is not one word of truth in the 'ru-
mors, representing that the President con-
templates sending in Message hostile to
Spain, and locking to the acquisition Of Cuba
as set-off for ther defeat on Lecompton.-
No such purpose has been or u entertained
1t is even secuted at Buchanan looks to
that object as the great point Of his Admin
istration, but through the negotiation only
knowing the hazards of acting otherwise
He considers Paris the focus of available d.
plomacy, and hence his anxiety for Sidell's
acceptance Of the mission. lie has the fullest
confidence of the President, ad is considered
an expert manager besides. -
Mr.. Stepens intiuiate0 to-day that the "ad-
herepce'', OF the House would hardly return
from the Senate before "Wednesday, and per-
haps not at ali. They are trying to patch up
compromise.
The weekly statement of the Treasury is
| as fOllOwS.