, 1860-02-03


Exw foRK, Feb. e,---Ths Committees will bs
announced next week. Mr.. Sherman will be
Chairman Of the Ways aud Means aud leader |
of the House. Nr: Grow vii! be Ut the head of
'he Territories, and others who were members
CT tue Tlirty.fourth Congress will probably be |
Nothing j. yet determined, however.
Mf. keali is discharged By the lIarpcr's Fer |
r. Committee. Mr. H yatt viii a2pear.o day.
Wendell has refused to answer certain inter- |
rogatofies propounded BY the Printing 1nves:i
gazing Committee, and is allowed 10 decide
whether be will adhere to that purpose Ii be
persists, Imprisonment may be the consequence.
II. Y. He1a:dI Cos.rspoadenee.}
The city has been wild with rejoicing during
the night over the election Of Speaker. /. i
participated in by Ill parties. who have suffered
/ more or less financially in the delay OF organi-
| ziu..
speaker Pennington and Messrs. Sherman
and Hickman were serenaded at .yillard's By
| Withers Band, accompanied by large COM
pAny OF citizens and residents OF the District
Wizards Hotel was thron.ed with people. and
the sentiments uttered By the Speaker and by
Sherman mud Hickman we're bold aud decided
against the extension Of slavery.
The serenadcrS proceeded to the residence Of
Henry Winter Davis, hut did not tind hira ut
| home.
They then proceeded, about o'clock, 10 the
residence Of Mr.. Grow, aud called hi,n out OF
his bed, wlto responded in short speech.
The members Of The House today KEEP. tie
Sergeant-at-4rns busy by drawing their mile
aga aud salaries, the Speaker having yesEer
| day signed J. ch.ck on the treasury for la!se
amount Of money.
The Senate 70 day, In Executive Session,
spir1tedly debated for more than two hours the
motion to reconsider tie vote by which Hen.
Francis J. Grund wes rejected Us Consul 10
Havre. The contest WIS ended by cputirm;n;.
his appointment. Tic majority bcing unsx-
pectedly L,ge.
The resolutions which Mr. Daris introduced
into the Senate to-day, are simply collection
# I'll the issues on the slavery question, rre.
J senti"g the Southern side affirmatireIy..
The President sent to the Senate TO-DAY u
message, in which be says he deems il Il sIiH
cient reason for having retained the bill aprso
priatiug SD, o. for decrenng the cslnnnel or
the St Clair Flats, that it WIS not presented te
him until tue last day Ct the former Con.;res
t when he h:d no opportunity to examine it. lit
= says that Constitutional mode exists bv wlicl
: the Lcgi .laturc Of Michigan may in its discre
= ton ra.se money to improve the channel in 1h'
n St. Clair River.
t lie does not mean 10 indicate doubt Of III
: power uf Congress 10 construct such inter
u | national Improvements a8 may be essential:
: necessary for teFcuc= aud protection agaius
Il the invasion OF foreign enemies. 1t wou
scarcely be claimed, however, that the mfroy;s
:. ment is within ths category. This river il til
Q boundary line hetween ,he United States an
i the British province OF Upper Cauada-
q Many seekers after places were gathered j
!: the lobbies, i1npatiently awaiting tic result
Il the Republican caucus. Tie ruuors from tim
. to time created much excitement among then
o 1t was ascertaiaed from the proceedings III ii
Il Hall, that the prepoudesauce Of feeling the1
If WAS in favsr Of Nr. Forney for Clerk, and Henri
) ". Hoffman for Serseant.at.A Arms, Of the llous
e These gentlemen were recommended, but M
y nominated. No definite action was taken on cu'
4 go. o$fiY Ii r,1if
X occas.nned BY there being two candidates {.
IN Door-keeper from New ior:s-Capt. narlir
% t aod Ira Goodenough. Ex,Tov. Narston,
e y. H., IL prominent candidate Tor that odic