Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-30
From Washington

From the Washington correspondence OF va ~
Gus journals. we select the following items aud
speeulations
Members Of Congress continue TO arrive last, and
| the hotels begin to fill ur,
The President and heads OF depariments nrs b"'y
night and day. with the annual reports
N. Sartiges is expected to resume the Ere 'ch
| Mission here in about six weeks he having ja'ted
To obtain a European transfer.
Mr.. Preston has leave OF absence for six mo- tbs
from Madrid bat it il believed here that State nj
vats affairs will prevent his returning ns MIN e :
His dispatchos regarding our relations "lta
spain will accompany the message
Hon. Miles Taylor is spoken of hereHt tic
probably Democratic nominee for Speaker.
The Post Office Department is disposed to ioubt
the 'popuarity Of thcruled envelopes andpro ab'y
no more will DO ordered.
Tho Message, and tho accompanying reports
will not he printed In advance Of their delivery 10
Congress and NIL official Safeguards have bcrn
doubled to prevent the possibility of leak. lnslht
removal is threatened against any employee Who
shall reveal an item.
The organization of the House Of Representa-
liyes is subject Of universal and increasing inter
est. The legislation of the session and the PScs-
Dental question arc 10 DO much influenced by IT.
rate effort to secure tho election of their csaius
candidate. There can DO no doubt, Though Mr.
Corwin is willing 10 accept the speakership. Mr..
Sherman, of Ohio. is t. DO the Ropublican choier.
The Republicans consider the clerkslip as highly
important to tho proper movement OF the party
machinery. Mr.. Underwood, Of n.y., is to bs tho
caucus candidate.
The democrats, it is understood. will nominate
candidates for speaker, clerk, &c. Tho thee
most prominent democratic candidates FIR tho
speakcrshp arc Mr. Bucock. of Va, MIR. PHELPS.
OF Missouri. and Mr.. John Coehrane, Of NV
York For clerk. the present clerk viii 10
70 nominated. number Of other names %
mentioned in connection with tho spsakcrthip n"l
ole rkship. it being possible. il not probable tat
no caucus candidate can he chosen by u ma or,y
vote.
Tho benches which have replaced tho chairs
and desks in the House of Representatives ar" not
acceptable to the members already on the GROUND.
In fact, it will be difficult to find any authority in
the resolution ordering tho removal Of the desks,
for tho substitution which bias been made. Tie
benchos AFRO made Of heavy oak, cushioned and
fasten down with massiyc iron fixtures, some IT
which weigh nearly n ton; and could not he 10
moved and restored under n new charge in lcis
,han mouth. The arrangement Of the floor is
much mo,ihei, and oae oil lis pccuiurltics
is, that n small brass heating register about The
size of spiloon, and res smbling it in appearance
is placed before nearly every space for seat
With the tobacco chewing habits Of our leg>la-
tors, the ntn,osphert Of no House under the y
cess of steam, generated from the repositories,
may be better imagined than described. lln.se
desks ut the sides OF Tho Hall ill the spaces deer
ted by some " Tho desks, and others are placed TO
the right and left Of the Speaker on the min
Goor.
Mr. Justice Daniel lies in very critical couli-
ton. and his life is iesralred oI by lis friends
who have messed the progress of tho disease
which now prostra,cs him 40 dangerously. His
nge dsenuragcs, to some extent the hope of 4 "a
yorablc reaction; but the physicians are no, al y
6cther desponont vt the result rel wing upuu tho
strength Of n constitution which has not been
abused. Chief Justice fancy ia now in the c,ty
and is naturally much concerned Mt tho serious
illness OF an associate. who has snt many yesrs
near his side on the bench Of the highest juiirrd
tribunal.
1t is ascertained, beyond doubt. that several
members Of the Northern Opposition vii! MT -
into n strict Republican caucus, who are still pre-.
pared to support any fair and conservative eand,-
date that may bo nominated by 1t.