Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1859-12-16

OUR WAsHISGToN, CORRESPONDENT, in q
letter dated Wednesday evening, Dec. 18th,
says: The excitement regarding the Speak
ership is warning. People are thinning
out in the galleries each day, and the
members are not in their seats except
when vote is expected. 1t is conceded
that Sherman is bound to be Speaker,
sooner or later-for the Republicans have
given the Democrats cmphatically to know
that they will dot recede an inch, and will
let them speak and buster until the ses-
sion expires by its own limitation, if they
wish so to do. The Republicans are max
ing no speeches ut all, leaving all that
business to the Administration men, (who
have pretty near now made one apiece
and to the South Americans and Anti
Lecompton men, against whom the Demo-
Gratis are especially directing their FIRE Mt
this time.
Mr.. Gilmer, the candidate of the South
Americans, will not withdraw his substi-
tute to Glarlt's resolution, neither will his
confederates t2s in number) withdraw him
as their champion. Yesterday the De-
mocracy, in pursuance of one of their old
tricks, tried to fasten the stigma of un-
soundness on the goose, on Mr.. Gilmor,
whereupon Mr.. Etheridge, of Tenn, an
nounced that Mr.. G. was the owner of a
hundred slaves. This set them back, and
produced great laughter.
The speeches of Haskin and Hickman
have rendered the contest on the part of
the Democracy hopeless. They have lit
orally prosecuted these men into avowcd
enmity, and have now nothing to hope for
from single Anti-Lecompton man except
Montgomery, tadjoining you,) who votes
steadily with them.
When I was over in the Senate this
morning, Hon. B. F. Wade, of Ohio, was
answering VERSIONS (of Ca fiery disunion
speech. The basis of the speech was John
Brown-exculpating the North from other
sympathy with that MANI than the natural
sympathy which people feel always for
desperate courage in a hopeless and in
sane, yet disintercsted undertaking. He
asked fhe question chow the people of
Georgia or any other Southern State
could ever know the real sentiment of the
Northern people, when the papers of that
section were thrown out of the mails, and
only those allowed TO circulate which are
congenial to their prejudices?"
The venerable Critic ndcn, saw sitting
there among the Opposition. looking the
proudest tree of the forest. felt sad 10
think thathe was serving out the close of
his term and would soon be called 10 fol-
low the long line of those illustrious pat:
riots with whom his name and fame have
been SO intimately blended.
AR. AoRoe, of Miss, is speaking as
write. He spoke over an hour yesterday,
until he had clear wcariel out the patience
of-thO House, and until John Cochrane,
(Dem. of n. " got up and begged him to.
give way for motion to adjourn. He has
spoken exactly two hours to-day, up to
this writing, and if were to be hung for
it, Icould not make ont au ineligible re-
port oft. / only gather that he goes in
for dissolution, but under exactly what
circumstances do not know.
drA McRae having finished, a cali of Che
lIotse, previous to ballot for Speaker,
has been ordered. The roll has been CAL
led and n ballot now comes. There is,