The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-04-03
WASHINGTON NEWS

IHE INVESTIGATION CoMMITTEE-TARIFF BILL-THE
ADJOURNMENT OF CoNGREss-THE RECPRoCITY
TREATY-MR. FoRD's Observation-Disclosures
Mr.. COvode's committee met again Yesterday,
and notified Collector Schel that thew desire to
interrogate him further regarding the money con-
trbuted in the campaign of 1856. If the committee
further pursue this matter and persist that names of
contributors should be made known, the Democrats
will follow it up by calling upon the Black Repub
lican leaders in New York, who are known to have
contributed largely for the Fremont campaign and
which sent into Pennsylvania and other States
to buy up number of sckly newspaper editors be
longing to the Fillmore party. Thus this Investi-
eating Committee may recoil upon its inventors.
There has not been title of evidence elected
thus far before either Haskin's Kings or C0vode's
committees which can be tortured into proof
against the President or his Cabinet. Constant in
situations are being thrown out that wonderful
and startling developments will soon be made, i'm
plicating the administration, but in every instance
they fall to the ground. Haskin, COvOde and the
whole gang of Black Republicans, will be utterly
routed in this matter. The only way which they
can injure the President is to find ready witnesses
willing to swear to any and everything with
out regard to truth.-A strong effort will
be made during the coming week to pass
a Tariff bill that will be satisfactory to
Pennsylvania, and a large number of prom
nent citizens are here from that State, urging the
passage of Mr.. Morrill's bill, already reported,
which is said to be satisfactory to the great inter
ests of that State. Henry c. Carey and DR.. Elder
of Philadelphia, are among those who are laboring
to procure the result indicated. There is pros
pect that the bill will pass the House, but the Sc
nate may fight it, on the ground that the Democra
sy are hardly ready to change from ad valorem to
specific duties, thereby abandoning their old doc
trine. 1t is hardly possible to carry the measure
in a hurry, large number of buncombe speech
es are already written, and must be made by their
authors, they will not be clothed with the requi
site record to be candidates for re-eection.-A
strong effort is making to adjourn for thirty DAYS,
reaching over the two national conventions. The
q ~ Senate n ia or twO IN
to such an adjournment was no indication of the
final intention of Congress on the subject for two
reasons First, when the vote was taken there
was just about quorum present, full expression
of the Senate not being obtained secondly the opin
ion OF many Senators who voted against adjourning
did so not because they are opposed to it, but be-
cause they entertain the opinion that the subject
should first be considered in the House, many of
the members of that body being delegates to the
Convention. The House, therefore, being the most
interested, ought to initiate the movement
There is no doubt that if the House agrees to ad-
journ for thirty days, the Senate will cOncur-
Mr.. Hatchs report upon the practical operation
OF the Reciprocity Treaty with Canada demon
strates conclusively that it works to the serious
injury of agricultural and other interests
Tariffs have been established since it was made in
contravention of its spirit, which in his opinion,
Justify its immediate abrogation. Buffalo, Roches-
ter, Oswego, and other towns, have suffered from
the withdrawal of trade The treaty will expire
in 1864, upon two years notice, unless abrogated
before.-Mr. Hindman's resolution to compel
MIR. Ford, the House Printer, to answer the cues
tions of the Investigating Committee excites a good
deal of shaking among certain correspondents and
others here. Mr.. Ford's refusal to answer as to
what combination he entered into so as to secure
his election, is regarded as q proof of the cor
rectness OF the statement that he agreed to
divide up the profits into five shares in
order to secure his election, and Mr.. Hindman's
object is to place on record the names of the
parties to this corrupt lobby arrangement
Tba Mil IL l..
fled, Commission will be appointed Immediately
to adudicate the claims arising out of the Panama
riot in 1856, which supposed to be greatly ex-
aggerated in some of the official reports prepared
for the Department of State. This ratification re-
lieves apprehended difficulty with that Govern
ment.-The House Judiciary Committee met yes
terday to take up the consideration of the Presi-
dents protest, referred to them on Thursday last.
The committee is composed almost entirely, with
two exceptions, of enemies of the President, and
but very little favor or fairness may therefore be
anticipated from them. They intend to carry
things with high hand.--The Harper's Ferry
Committee decided at their meeting yesterday not
to subpoena Gov. Wise, he having placed in their
possession all the facts connected with that affair
They have not decided What action they will take
in regard to John Brown, Jr., who refuses to obey
their summons.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CoLLIsIoN.-The New York
HeraldS Washington correspondent gives the fol-
lowing account of a difficulty, which occurred on
Saturday, between Messrs. Van Wyck, of New
York, and Hindman, of Arkansas ''There was al
most street collision this forenoon. about 10
o'clock, between two Congressman, Mr. Van Wyck
of New York, and Mr.. Hindman of Arkansas in
front of the National Hotel. There are various in
terpretations of the affair aioat, but the following
obtained from an eyewitness Mr.. Van Wyck
was standing upon the front steps of the hotel, with
Mr. Stuart, of New York, and Mr.. Lovejoy, of Hi
nois. Mr.. Hindman alighted from n carriage, and
was passing near the three gentlemen named above
to enter the hotel, when Mr.. Van Wyck saluted
him with a bow, and the words, 'How you,
Mr.. Hindman? p The latter resented the salutation
with a movement of the hand toward MIR. Vi an
Wyck. which Mr.. Stuart interpreted as an intended
blow, but Mr.. Hindman did not reach Mr.. Van
Wyck. Mr.. Stuart stepped between and mildly re-
monstrated with MIR. Hindman, and he dessted-
remarking to Mr.. Stuart that Mr.. Van Wyck had
made speech in the House of Representatives iu-
sulting to every Southern gentleman and he MR.
Hindman) could not permit Mr.. Van Wyck to
speak to him. Mr.. Van Wyck, not having been
struck, made no resistance to Mr. Hindman' After
some little conversation among the friends of the
parties, growing out of the affair, they separated
Out of these facts have grown all sorts of rumors
of desperate collision, the exchange of blows, and
exhibition of deadly weapons, nothing of which
happened"
GREAT RAoING.-We have now settled prospect
of more brilliant opening of the trotting season
than ever before took place. Ethan Allen-hither-
to known as the fastest trotting stallion in the
worlds matched against George N. patchen, the
trotting stallion formerly owned at Bordentown,
New Jersey, who last summer, on several occasions
showed lightning gait on the Long Island tracks
The first race is set down for May l6, mile heats
best in 5, to harness; the second, May %, mile
heats, best in 5, to wagons; the third, May 30,
two mile heats, to harness, best in 5-N. Y. Iri-
bHns