Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-01-28

WAsHINaroN. Jan. &c.
Senote.-Proceedinps unimpartant.

| Senote.-Proceedings unimportant.
Hoase--Os motion of Mr.. E. heridge there
wa~ call of the House with the view OF at
/ fording the Amenities tim. to arrive. preiimi-
nary 10 voting fer Speaker. The prore, ding
eonnectsd with this subject occupied u ariy
I an hour.
Mr.. Winslow. in order further 10 procure
the attendance of absenttes. moved TO adj
! jaurn. s go. I 40 = x
This was decided in the negative-yeas So,
nays 100.
Mr.. winslow moved that the House pro-
coed 10 iiailot for Speskcr. Uiua roce-
Mr.. Hickman laid be Came into tie Hall
this morning To resist vote to-day, hui hay
/ ing learned there was a general understand
| ing yest r,lay that tie House vote with Ut
+ interruption for two weeks, unless Spak r
was sooner elected. he was not disposed TO
bieik t!'r.ugiI the arrangement, though he
wOuld n"t conccde he was bound Y il. He
wonid withhold BIZ vote until he tound there
" a. some Reason TO change his determination.
/ He would nut Ell. age in This ridiculous iarcc.
! When bis vote could be of any service, it
could be had.
| M. Craige. of North Carolina. said the
gentleman nistook; he tCraige) had entered
| into no snch arrangement.
| The House proceeded to yoie- When the
name ol Mr.. Hamilton was reach, d. he said,
referring to the fact that some of his friends
had, without consultation with him, put his
name in nomination tor Speaker, u at it was
done doubtless in the hop that thv conserva-
/ tive el ments would rally around him 10 de-
! feat the cummon political enemy. He came
| here with no desire or expectation of pre>id-
1 ing over tins d Lucrative body, nor did he
| I-idcr himself Competent for Responsible
duty Il ing confident that the u~e of his
Maine could do no good, be begged leave to
withdraw 1t Thanking his friends for their
favorable regard. he wlsh d TO say one thing.
lie did not deal in bai sii language. Much
had b en- said about secession. He would
not now give his views on tine merits of bat
Question, but would content himself with
ms Ienii:l k. viz: Whatever s.utimenIs may
exist ON the other side as to- lie maintenance
OF The Uu"n at all hazar.i~, he bel3esed dis
union was this day upon us. 1t might be in
tiie power 81 the conservative eleInent TO
av'rt 1t, but it c'ud Loi b. don. by the
elecilVn ol Black Il public >pe k,r. Th,.
opic "i l. Xit> " re devoted 10 the IA
Ion as az y other CT z ns. They had maui-
ieS'ed their III votion 10 it by much lib r
al W au'i by yielding up their scparst. na-
u"h my, ana yet this Sam, people aud att.
are :Iow r. solved that il were better that the
heels Of gorrrnIn' sIou d be arr, I'd TO-
Day aud that there be no organ tsdliun. rather
IN IA that Mr.. eIman si' ud he placed ia
h Speaker ar. TIE l. i-latu. e had APP
r. ~-V-OOV W AptHscf- IL
nrc,ss ary, of the Representa- ives IF that
Stat, IN view of still further struggle on
The suljrcf.
The Toll call having been completed, the
result was found tn be: Whole numb OF
votes Z36: necessary In a chuice ii. Sh l.
90; B"cock SO; Smith. of n. C.. 81;
Davis. If Indiana. ); McClcrnaud 3. The Ie-
mainder scattering among eight others.
Mr.. Winslow moved That the House again
vote. aud demand, d lie pre-, ions question.
s me debate ensued 10 the proposal ut
Mr.. Z. hcfiuge of yesI rdav, several members
claimi & that th'y were moi b"und ny any
agree meut SUI poscd 10 have been made about
baliutIng.
The R'pullicans. afr calling for a vrte
aud some confusion prevailing, induced the
House to ballot There wer,: lhrre ballots.
the last of which WAS follow: Whole num-
b.r OF votes 226; necessary TO cbuice ia.
Sherman l09; Docuck 81; Smith Ui n. e. 33,
Gilm,r 4: Davis, OF Indiana, I; Florence 4.
The remuiud' were Gathered among Ihirte,n
other candidates.