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FROM OUR CORRESP ONDENT.
ORGANIZE TON OF THE HO USE Gro WDS
IN THE GALLERLES-GREAT EXCITE
MENT-PROBABLE ELECTION OF Mr..
BOTELER, &c. dc.
WASHINGTON, December 5.
Congress met to-day at noon. Most of the Sena-
tors were present, and 23l Members of the House
answered to their names. After the usual forms oil
proceeding were over, and the new Senators, Ten
Eyck, from New Jersey, and Haun, from Califor-
MIA, were sworn in, Mr.. Mason, of Virginia, offered
a most significant resolution, "to inquire into the
late invasion at Harper's Ferry, and to ascertain
what legislation is necessary to maintain in future
the peace of the country" This opens the war in
Congress. Protection, security for the future, is
what the South now demands. | hear it from all
the Southern men, from Southern Senators espe-
cally. The resolution of Mr.. Mason was laid over
till tomorrow.
The galleries were crowded with spectators when
Mr.. Allen the Clerk, called the House to order
| have rarely seen many in the Hall, and never
on the first day of the session, when there fewer
strangers in the city than later in the The
public mind is nervous and excited, and this was
shown to-day by the spectators in toe galleries
loudly applaudng Mr.. Clark, of Missouri, when he
offered a resolution that no one of the sixty en-
dOrsers of Helpers Infamous book was fit to be
Speaker of the House.
The latest and most reasonable proposition for
organizing the House, if it be found that no one
party can succeed upon its own strength alone, is
for the Democrats and South Americans to unite on
Mr.. Boteer, of Virginia, for Speaker. This com
bination could succeed. Probably every South
American, except Winter Davis, who, in fact, ought
to be called Black Republican, would accede to
this combination; and though every Democratwould
prefer to see MI. Bocock, who is so worthy, any
other good man of the party elected if that
be not practicable why not do the next best thing
defeat the Republicans at any rate Defeat them
with a man who is at least conservative on the sec
tional and slavery question: which is emphatically
the question Of the day. II it must be choice of
evils, take the least. Mr. Boteler is from the Har-
per's Ferry district, and he and his constituency
have lately experienced the consequences of Abo-
ition and Republican doctrines. They must be
convinced that there is but of the great parties
in the country that can, by its conservatism,
save the South from Northern aggression
The American party is not strong enough and
never can be. Why, then, should there not be a
union of that party and the Democrats on the sec
tional issue which is the overwhelming one before
the country, and before which every other sinks
into insignificance? Why should they fight
Quixotic phantoms, and permit the enemy of
both, and of the constituencies of both, to place
them hOrs du combat? MIR. Boteler, | am informed
is disposed to act with the Democrats on all
leading questions He is an able and high
toned gentleman.
Senators have not yet determined when they
will have a caucus, to nominate printer for the
Senate. The Chairman of the Committee print
ing is opposed to the practice that heretofore pre-
vailed of giving the printing to parties who had
printing establishment in which to do the work,
who took it in fact, for the purpose of selling out
to other parties. This corrupt practice
ought to be stopped. Besides the abominabe po-
litical and lobby-trading with the public money,
this system has been most incOnvenient to Con
gress. lfthe printing were not done in time, and
when wanted, or II the work not properly ex-
ecuted, where would the responsible men be found?
Mr.. a. was elected printer, he sold out to Mr.. b.
for twenty thousand dollars, put the money in his
pocket and went off to the far West, to California
or to Europe. The Senate Printing Committee OBJ
ject to the manner in which the work was done
They sent for the man who is doing the printing,
and he tells them his contract is with Mr.. A., and
not with the Senate. Mr.. A. not be found
and so the Senate is treated with Indifference
This has actually occurred. 1t is to be hoped the
views of Mr. Fitch, the Chairman of the Senate
Printing Committee, will be carried out in break
ing down the corrupt lobby schemes about the
printing.
| understand there are more than twenty news
paper proprietors, editors and others here in keen
scent after the Congressional printing. Several of
them, after having invested some capital in whis
key, cigars, wine, dinners, and suppers, to warm
up the sympathieS of members, especially of the
new members, have become disguised with the
world and Washington, and have resolved to retire
to their country homes. Poor fellows! how verdant
they were to suppose they stood any chance when
so MANY of the cunning old stagers were here on
the spot after the same thing. These the great
metropolitan mOguls, who only permit the small
fellows to snuff the savory smells of the public
kitchen from atar, just to sharpen their appetites
and to keep them in order through expectation
The two or three who have become so disguised
hardly got smell.
The Republican members and their protegcs for
office, much divided; so much so, that Repub-
lican Senator told me he deemed it prudent to keep
out of the way much as he could, and to know as
little of their movements as possible. They
quarrelng about the spoils before they sure of
getting any. If they do not succeed some of them
will set to work to devour each other. What an
interesting spectacle that would bel W.
The German Republican Central Committee of
New York city have endorsed the nomination
of Mr., Opdyke for Nayor.