Washington telegraph., 1859-03-30


VINO SLEW the PosToFFIcE ApPRo-
PRIArIoN BILL?-This seems to be the
great political question at Washington at
present. The Union, administration,
answers il by laying the blame at the
door Of the House of Representative,
who were wickcdly and uialiciously melted
thereto BY the "raw head and s,lo0dy
bones - Of " Massa Greeley" of the New
York Tribune. The Washington Star
stoutly av s that no less parsonage than
Mr.. Toombs, If Georgia, Greeloy's special
detesiation, was primarily and alone re-
HrHnsiblc for the atr0cious deed, and
tirrguron belabors that gentleman 50
vigorously that even he, tough and ondur-
iug W. hc II, must feel tile smart, ana NAY
possibly ery cut,
Hark from the 7oom5s dolefh sound"
The Washington letter-writcrs, how
ever, have third solution of the inter
esting and important question. They Say
the lu-t bill was the victim of point of
etiqu al:e-aetually killed BY 4 question
W dignity Thc Senate said the rates VI
postage must Be raised-thc House re-
piled, :" ii so, trc must Ei-e them, not
you, gentlemen Of the Senate" To
raise thc postage il tn increase the revenue.
and an measures for revenue must origi-
nute iu the House" The Senators dill
not like this sort of instruction, aud re-
fused N reccdc-thc House persisted in
it, views, and 81 tile bill failed
"A TnErLLING REVOLUTIONARY INCT-
DENT.-Mr J. I. Headley is pubiising in
. weekly religious p per, "TAc Diary NJ
Chaplain in the Army Of the Rcvolu-
tom" The following il an extract from
IL - At the battle of Bunker Hill, rs
tile British were advancing through
Ch.rlestown to the attack, soldier enter
cd house where the husband Inv sick
Ills wife was young ana beautiful, and,
hearing the soldier in che next room. went
Out io meet nim. ic immediate address
ed insulting proposals fo her. Being an
grily repu scd. Le attempted violence,
when her screims aroused her sick hus-
baud lrom his bcd Ncrvcd with THE sud-
den excitement, he leaped Up, and seeing
his wife struggling in tAc arIus of Brit
ish soldier, ran him through the body
Ihc rnan frll back un thc floor, and as his
ewes met those u Ills destroyer he Shrek
ci ont, .my brother The recognition
was mutual, ana. with the exclamation, i
4 have murdered ms brother thc over oz-
cited invalid husband fl-l dead ol the
corpse. These unhappy brothers were
-cn.chm,n. Onc ha D cmirratcd " Amer
ism several years before, iLc other had
Joined thc English army, ana after lOnE
separation titus ms; 20 perish
. CO IT Buu-TAIL.--Hcrc l. Z good oll
stIrtch.-" that haa split rnany side.
a specimen ~ Tue genus " "Iioosicr q"
wa- found by Captain --, of the steam
. er- III thc engine room ~ his boat,
while iling at Louisville one fne morning
in june. TLc Captain inquired Of him :
d" What are you doing thcreI'
" Have you seen Captain Perry was
the interrogatiug response.
!" dUu't know him, and Can' tull what
that has % do with your being in my en-
giHc room, replied tile Captain, ang.iiy
Hold on That's just what was
getting at. Nou sce, Captain Perry asked
ne 70 drink. sud SOL did. / knew
wanted d, drink NJ 1 woulin't have bceu
" cusscd dry. So Captain Perry aud
drank two or three timcs. Captain Perry
aud went W ball Captain was putting
il some extras on one tuc. 1 sung out
.-GU IL Captain Perry, If you bust yci
bilcr"r With that man steps up 70 me
aud says hc:
Z. Sec here stranger, you must leave.
Essays i. vhlt Iaust | leave fur.'
"Says he, you're making too muel
Noise"
says /, I've been ii a bigger crow,
than 7his, and made moro noise, and didn'
leave nuthcr.'
"With that, hc took me by the nap II
the neck aud seat VI the brceehcs, an'
lI-left. As / was shoyin' down street,
met ] lady. I knew she was lady, b
; the remark she made" She says:
Young man, | reckon you'll 70 hom
with me r.
Aud went NJ
> ..Pd bin in her house but a short time
4; when heard devil Of a knocking az u
door. knew ife chap wanted to get
!. whoever he was, or he would not hay
kept up such laundering racket b
| and By, said a voice; 4,
at you dOn'i open, III bust in th
door III
: And 50 be did.
/ put on a bold face, and says
"Stranger, does this woman belong
you"
u says he, she does"
!. "Then,". says l, "she's virtuous,
! think. from all that have seen Of her
$ With that, he came at me with Pist
y In one hand and bowie knife in q
}: other; and, being little pressed for tim
d | Jumped through the windur, leavin
e bigger portion Of my coat tail. AS VI
4 streaking il down town, with the Ira
> ments auttering in the breeze, l passed