Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-02
Editorial Correspondence.
WAsIIINcTox. Feb. 9,


newspapers. Mr.. hey, ;he victim, has been, ir
six years, United States District Attorney for the
District of Columbia aud he occupied Il very
high position, not only ut the bar but in general
sncloty. lie was the son OF the author Of the
Star Spangcd Banner-the nephew Of Mrs. fancy
the wife of the Chief Justice the brother-r
law Of the Hon. Mr.. Pendlcton, member of Con
grcss from Ohio. lie wn4 Il H,dowcr with six
children.
Mr.. Sickes was iprm,rly Secretary Of Lrga-
ton ut London liz member Of the present Con
gress and Is reelected to the next. His wife j.
Of Italian birth. liz promptly surrendered
himself after the homicide, and was committed
to the District Jail. where he now is.
Tho nfair has crented IN immense sensation IN
Washington Nothing else il talked Of | was
here when the Brooks and Sumner affair occurred,
and also when the Irish waiter at Wizards was
killed hy llerbert-but neither Of those events
created half the talk, the cxci cmcnt and the dis
cusson that this has. The high position Of both
tie parties, and the commentary it affords upon
Washington society nrc fruitful themes Of CONVEX.
sation 1t must not be taken for granted, however.
that the crime which led to the commission #
this homicide is of frequent occurrence in Wash
ington city On the contrary, take it all in ak,
this city will compare favorably, in this respect,
with any other town in the Union North Of Ma
son and Dxon's
In the political world there is not much inter,
est. Mr.. Sdell has formally abandoned his Gu
lnn Notwithstanding that there is not time
to consider it Mt tho prcscn, session, and that it
:. :. Al. f.. 1
Of tho next Congress. admire Mr. Slidcll's dis.
erection. The proposition will become $, olious
before the next Congress meets that ho will glad.
Is consent to let it sink INTO oblivion. Moreover,
it will uttclv fail Of the only purpose for which
it WAS introduced the creation Of II new issue for
the Presidential election. The device is too trans
parent 1h. proposition Of Mr.. Sdell was tru-
~ described to mo by friend few dnys since,
as ian Ell At to buy an Island that we do not
want, with money that We havn't got from
nation TINT refuses to sell" \ luconic and for
chile demonstration of the alsurdity of the propo.
si.on.
The ro,t.Oicc Appropriation Bill after being
defeated n the House. Friday by thrty-thrce
majority, rcconsdcred on Saturday mud pass.
o by ma ority Of four. What curious set e
Representatives. we hive. to be sure! The other
Appropriation Bills will he finished up before
Friday-on which dry Congress will adjourn for
tho session. The Senate, however, has been CON
y,ked in cxtrascsson after the 4th of March, for
the purpose Of confirming appointments and
ratifying treaties. BY n little extra labor this
might have been done before the fourth OF
March-hut then. you see. there are eight or ten
new Senators who como in on that day who will
he entitled to mileage for the extra session. besides
that the old Senators WILL most of them, take
shWchw mileage. We ought not to be
rrised at such net from an Administration
whose only soli,itudc seems to lie to see how mnci
and not how LITTLE it can spend.
An animated debate occurred in the Senate ON
saturday in relation to tho Oregon war debt.
Mr. Hale characterised it, very properly, rs Il
monstrous indignity. lie stated that no had been
t Id that the people there whenever suffering for
money, had recourse to the eApelicnt Of provoking
the Indians to war, and then calling upon the
Ii ,yernment for reimbursement "Delusion' Smith
denied this very bitterly aud intimated that Mr..
llales informant was no other than Mr.. Hale
himself. In reply to which, the latter declared
that HIS lhloIhlant WtS DrlPhuier 'ciieTul " ool
Of the United States Army. This completely
cstoppcd ne.uson, and he subsidized into his seat.
Tho prospect OF an extra session il not so grca,
a. it has been. The Pennsylvania members are
Not refractory before, and seem now to be
willing to let the Appropriation bills pass. All
their camor with regard to the Tariff was for the
purpose of trying to save the party i'll that
Sae--not that they cared anything about it per-
sonaly. 1t is presumed that they have discovered
that the party is utterly beyond the reach of sal
va,ion-beyond. even. the saving power of those
traditional resorts, burnt brandy and salt petrc
Old Buck has expended some OF his accumulated
Indignation by vetong tho Agricultural College
Bill and the attempt to pass it his veto has
| failed.
The report of tho Naval Investigating Commit
tee discloses the fact that Jchu CLANCY Jones was
in corrupt alliance with certain Iron Company
in Reading by which he was to receive n bonus
OF five per cent. upon all contracts he obtained
from the Government. Immaculate Jehu! What
else could be expected Of n who is an apcs
tate Wing and preacher both?
The snow has disappeared from the streets, and
we are now luxuratng in bright and beautiful
and balmy sunshine S.
Further FROM CrAu TERRIroRY.-A letter
dated Salt Lake City January 10TH says that tho
Utah Legislature had passed law which virtually
excludes all save Mormons from serving jures
rs it requires two wears residence in the Territory