New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-31

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without dclsy to Port Leayeuuor.E. ard sppi,
"to BreEtt Bfieadier Gtlersi Hartley for al the
"ordtrs hI d Instructors be has recetved q. com
"Hhndcr cf that expedition, " h:ch you viii C no.
"sldrr addressed 10 yV1rself AID b5 which yoa
"vll be governed Accordingly" These explicit
orders left him Oh discretion. bu, a. obey auy
QUESTION usds uudrr tt-m By tee Governor,
Ju'g's, or Msrshais. and in 10 WY Recognized a
superior light cf Cne Of thc.e fuLct ouaries over
The otter. They were ne er m,df-c, ctansed. or
substituted 10 any amer or frm. u, I'll the ec,L
collis!n. OF authority otcurret, when tie PresL
dent caUfed the fret Instructions to DO revoked.
ard du.cteo that Gsrornl Johnston should hereaf
ter obey or " tie rsquisiion OF tbs Cove rnor when
the troops we're "a BE- used as posse comitctas.
Itis is the Whole story, AID he facts are very OBJ
yicus. General Johnston oLly IerfJrued bis duty
wien he Cbtyed the sLumoEs Of Judge Cradle
baueb.
The result of the election in Virgnis occasions
neither surprise n)r regret. Both wigs OF the
Democracy had al importaot stake in securiog
success-Hutter, t. confirm his position as the
leader OF the party, and 70 strengthen his sspir.
tors hs Presidential csLdid,te, and Wise 10 re-
lieye himself Of the ociun Of a factou'st VITO
would BE- held responsible for de'eet. Tne Ad-
rnuistIatiOn SET ms t. have been repudIatd By all
sides and divisions. Letcher distinctly condemned
the whole policy of the President. Wise fired
thirty .column broadsde or the very ere Of
the battle, and Gcggin Denounced it from first
TO last. Indeed, there were note 30 poor
ss ts do il reverence 10 other respects,
Goggin conducted the csnvass badly, and
du arfed great Opposition contest down to con
troversy his to Letcher's opinion or somebody's
ptnphlet, twelve years sgo AID his vote on Kos
suth's board BILL 1t is very true, be did cot cl,im
to be o propagsD6ist, strT the fashion OF tue Op.
position csrdIdate in Kentucky woO has run to
the other extreme snd sought 10 cut under the
II, IN bta
would really have been gained b. tie election of
GorgiD in representative capacity, aud very little
interest is felt for success IL Kentucky u1de the
circumstances. The Opposition in Teunessre have
loid down very oIfefeLt platform, in which 40
such miserable concessions aie u.ade, aud 10 such
smbll rxpedients are consulted. Let Virginia go
as Mr.. Clay once said Of the senator in the cor
neis," where size belongs.
The arrangement Of the House of Represert
ativcs, uLd,r the order fr removing the desks, is
nearly completed, and tie effect upon the eye is not
materially changed. The large arm chaIts, with
their gIsrirg red cLsLi0ns, silk hod their grouod,
with eGtlIe disregard OF taste. Tue elevations Oc-
cuped b. Ill chairs Are lerely l-Dethecei cut, to
cover the deserted spaces uf the decks. Since to
experiment is to be tried in imitation Of the House
Of Commons, it would have been INST as well t.
have carried out the whole design. and substituted
benches for tie loupg;bg ctars, which rem.n as
al encouragement to ldlcu,ss By seating the
members in that way. the eye OF the Speaker aud
galleries wold st ono. readily detect abseoeeism,
in tue gaps On tee beaches, which would BE-
some improvement on the present sy-tem. The
bel ef is that the desks will be ult ndtey restored,
rs being a sort OF American Institution. Other
stttmpts Of Ike character have fallen into dsuse
cutrely, aud 10 fact never could bc established.
Tweve years ogo, or thereabouts, Mr.. Charles j.
IugersOll carried a resolution through the House.
in,y, ducDg tie tribute used in tie French Cham
l.. fhnr -nr1S mt fhnF l1IA
the member recognized b. the Speaker, to address
The House from the Clerks deck, instead of his
place on the floor, thus turning his back upon the
presiding officer. / remember very wrn hearing
Mr. Ingersolrs first speech fItm that elevated po-
sltiOn, AID observing the curiosity which was
manifested in the House to witness the experiment.
1t was tried by few, but soon given up AS un.
suited to the modest tastes and habits of |" hnnora
"be pebtemeD," who did not care to occupy
position which attracted the gaze Of every spects-
tor, and which not nearly 50 convenient for
palmirg Of written speeches as exteupore pro-
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