Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-12-05
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8ani1atton5o OF the House, dc.
WAsYIseToy. Dec. 81, 1860.
1t now wants precisely one hour OF l2
Io'clock a.. Of this FIRST Monday in Deem
Der, the time set apart By the Constitution
for the assemblage Of each Congress
This is to be the second session of the
3ss6tb Congress-, and the question is ON
every lip, Shall 1t be the last one of these
United states2 gndonbtedlxs NE have
reached a7crisis in the history Of our gov
fernment-a crisis TO, which, and in com.
parison With which. an others through
which We have passed sinks into utter in
4 atgnihcauce. Itmay. be thar this week, or
even this day, may reveal to us 1.-The fate
of the empire. 40 conjecture at any
such time is of any avail the wisest aud
most experienced have no lights to prophe-
sy by, no parallels to even opinionate by.
They all confess their inability tosdiscern
the signs of the times, even dimly, for a
week ahead. A remarkable feature OF. this
completion Of things is, that 10 one offers
an opinion whose opinion would be worth
hearing orrepeating. The. general dispo-
sition Is to await the issue of=events-
And this is ali your correspondent eau
offer for your edlfcation on this head to-
day.
Alreadythe spacious galleries are al
mostfilled. Vast numbers of ladies throng
them. They are dressed in all sorts Of
styles, betokening that they hail from
every section of the country! Inever saw
| IA finer assemblage than that which occu-
pies the long gallery set apart for gentle
men visitors. Many gray heads are visi-
dominate largely. They are looking on
| very gravely at the different scenes on the
floor. But six people appear in the gal
lcry belonging TO the diplomatic corps
three of them belonging to the suite Of
Lord Lyons, as am told. Their dress
and stple comport quite strictly with
Washington Irving's description of the
appearance of the English nobility at their
parish churches, viz: no show, no gaudy
colors, no fuss and feathers, but comforta-
bic elegance. On the floor the members
are thickly gathered, and IRE at this time
intermingling in a grand, social re=nnion.
The whole scene puts me in mind of mat
REGULATION day Mt college, when the boys
all come back and meet each other, many
of them for the frsttime since the vaca-
ton. Nearly everybody shakes hands,
and seems cordial, suppressing all the
acerbity We know they feel towards very
many of their number. Some, however,
come in and take their seats without any
demonstrations whatever. They file off
either to the Democratic or Opposition
side, according as they belong, and sink
into their seats without more than n nod
to ANYBODY. In one Of the isles I see John
D. Ashmore, of S. o., and John Sher-
man, of Ohio, arm in arm, apparent
lily in the utmost fraternity of feeling.
thus showing how deceptive are appear
| ances. Speaking of Ashmore, I must tell
you what heard from him yesterday, up
at Wizards Hotel. He and SIR Larrabee,
LOT Wisconsin, came into the reading-room
and sat down on 81 sofa, near where / wes
1 talking with 81 friend. They commenced
quite an animated conversation on the is-.
sue of Union or disunion-the topic on,
which everybody was and is talking-and
after q, little, said Ashmore to Larrabee:
"Its no use, Isarrabee, in debating the
matter; my State is going out. appre-
4 ciate your services to our canse-in DAYS
4 gone by; Lam sorry you were beaten in
your district t!:is time, but the fact is, and
4 we have realized it, you democrats cannot
stand upto what would satisfy nv State
Iandli vesbefore your constituencies s,My
1 State" he continued, "has been wanting
ont of the Union for twenty years, and
nothing, in my opinion, can keep her in
after the l8thzinst. The fact is, I5arrabee.
i'll my opinion popular government is n
failure" Lnrrabee then went on to bcwaiI
the existing condition of things-talked
hopefully-bnt was met at the end of
every sentence. with the most cavalierand
sang froid shakes OF the head and express
sions as to the futility of any efforts to re-
strain or influence. the action of his State.
I1arrabec told him that twas notthc pub
lie sentiment that bent him Said he: ait
was money; my friends could not raise as
much money ossour opponents, and that is
what did the work. If we had the money
they could not have defeated me; for,''
said he, 81 got more votes by two thous-
and, than got when Twas elected. -
4 Said Ashmore in reply to this remark.
$50 help me God, Larfabee, If il took ten
cents to get me into Congress. would
never come" After talking a while long
er on this and Kindred subjects, thev rot
up and went out.
The hour of twelve has now arrived
The mallet of Speaker Pennington has
fallen on his desk, the members hurry to
their seats. and all slowly rise for PRAYERS.
Rev. Mr.. Stockton oficiates, and he makes
a very impressive appeal to the Throne of
I Grace on behalfsof the country. One SEN
tencc of it is that .sthese men from the
North, the South, the East and. the West,
are all in FAULT Illustrates some oftbe
members 81 little, aud they look np and
around quite curiously. That kind of
lpraying, | expect, would soon become as
unpopular as did the preaching Of the good
bishop of Canterbury to one Of the Kings
of England. BE prays for the overruling
OF all Vaccinations against the good Of
the nation, which might be construed as
personal by the South Carolina members.
1.-THE Reverend gentleman, throughout,
makes Prnyerof great propriety, sdThas
1.-The earnest nffnnfinn Of liz IIr,, % o., a i