Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-18
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.

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The Speaker has not yet announced the special
Committee to consider the Presidents Kansas
message. 1t will be announced tomorrow. The
Committee has lost considerable of its Importance
by the fact that it is now stated by CALHOUN, that
the Free-State party have carried the recent eec'
tons in Kansas. That the North should longer
oppose the admission of Kansas, only indicates
the profound anti-Southern sentiment which ex-
lists there; for as the Free-State party have pos
session of the State Government, Kansas would
only be slave State on paper. But such is their
obstinate hostility, that even under these circum-
stances, they continue to "shriek" over Kansas
Every day is deepening the gulf between the two
sections The South are daily getting more Sou
thern-the North more Northern. Time can only
bring one solution.
The House are now considering bill more ef-
ectualy to secure the lives passengers on steam
vessels. A very good bl-for some of the most
heart-rending occurrences have indicated within
the last year, the necessity for more stringent
provisions to restrain the cupidity of the owners
Of steam vessels.
In the Senate yesterday, the Army Bill and
Kansas were discussed. think the indications
are strong that the five regiment bill will not pass.
The army last year cost twenty millions, which
would seem to be enough, in all conscience.
The Washington and Baltimore Banks have re-
sumed specie payments. l suppose your Banks
are al keen to follow suit.
The amount of falsehoods told in the papers
North about the late ''skrimmage" in the House
is rich. At first, they stated that Mr.. kEIrT had
been knocked down by GROW; now they say he
was knocked down three times by the said GROW
But the sober reality is that Mr.. KElTT was not
even struck by GROW. Mr.. KEiTT, under the i'm
pulse of the moment, took GROW by the throat,
but before he could punish him, was pulled away.
The general melee was quite racy. Some fifteen
or twenty distinguished gentlemen" were ''all in
heap" "dehning their positions" Ia Tom HY-
RR Some, like the Irishman at Donnybrook Fair,
hit at every head they saw. One Honorable gen.
tleman got remembrancer in that part Of the
body where puddings are generally slowed away;
another caught it right smartly on bis proboscs;
another lost his wig-fortunatey he was not =
bachelor; some very scientific body blows were
well put in. Upon the whole, it vas very "pret-
~ fight" 1t was little crowded, but each man
seemed to set up to his partner beautifully l
doubt if il could have been better done by the gen.
tlemen of "the fancy"
1t is curious fact how strong the Cuba idea is
at the North. The feeling in the rth-West is
very strong indeed for it. rven Black Republican
New England, seems to lave an Etching PALM
for Cuba As m illustration on this point, take
the following extract frm speech made in the
Senate yesterday, by 'oorE, Black Republican
Senator from Vernon, the most virulent per-
haps, of all the New england States, not except
ing even Massachusetts,. Mr.. FooTE was urging
that there was no likelihood of war with Spain,
and then remarks: "And will say, in passing,
that possibly we nay ultimately be able to obtain
possession of Cuh at much cheaper rate than
by such process"
Mr.. Cn1rTEwEN is now speaking in the Senate
on the Army BIZ. CRITTENDES is the wreck of a
once famous GATOR, who has fingered too long on
the stage FORMS own reputation. CATAwBA.