The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-22
FROM WARRINGTON.
[sPEoIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DISPATCH !
WASHINGTON Dec oO 1s6O

WAsHIsGToN, Dec. 90, 1850.
senator Johnson's speech yesterday was
The theme OF universal praise among the abe
litionists at the hotels last night Southern
ers execrate it. Johnson is a Homes tsad bill
man. See how certainly agrarianism leads q
man 10 take sides with the abolitionists against
MS own people. What makes his coercion
views more contemptibe is the fact that all
the historical statements upon which they
were based were collated by a person of the
name OF Fiagg, and it is believed that he
wrote the whole thing with his own hand
"Old Joe" Lanes bold and defiant stand
against johnson will not be forgotten by
those who witnessed it nor will Johnson's
refusal to allow Southern Senators to correct
MS Measurements fail to meet its reward
W hen men, pretending to be Southern, make
such bids for place in Lincoln's Cabinet,
what earthly chance is there Of obtaining any
concessions from the Republicans
Senator Pugh has the floor o-day He is a
great man in small matters. Details are his
forte
The compromise which will come from the
Crisis Committee will, am told amouat in
substance TO the Missouri Compromise re-
storaton suggested by Mr. Crittenden.
A letter received last night from the Gey<
ernor OF Alabama maH more likely to fok.
low publlc sentiment than to lead it-states.
that there is not possibility of keeping the
State in. Some people here think South Ca
Follna is going to hang fire. Her members
scout the IDEA L nave Just read a letter from
business man in Tennessee, who says that
the masses are moving for disunion and that
the Middle Confederacy notion will not be
tolerated until Tennessee is satisfied that she
cannot come TO terms with the Gulf States
Against all this comes the declaration
maue tnls morning in the prayer of the
the House Chaplain, to the effect that the
cloud which so suddenly and fiercely over
Wnelmed the land was beginning to break.
as soon as the prayer was ended, an Ala
oama member said; THAT old man must
be IN possession of information not acces-
slole to other people" "It is Toombs let
Ter, replied kentuckian, (which encourages
hIm 10 make the statement" But Mr.. Toom bs
declares tnat Georgia Will go out, and her
congressman deny that the vote of their Sem
ate, REFUSING 10 aid seeding State against
Federal coercion, is true
Mr.. Clemmens, of the Wheeling district ar
rived Il day or two ago, and took his seat in
the House. His health has improved rapjdly
since ne was operated on last summer in New
orleans, and some pieces of detached bone
Were removed from his leg. He reports the
people OF MS district ready to share the fate
OF virginia, be That what 1t may. In Mr.. Jen-
hihs' dlstrlct, L learn from undoubted author
ny that the secession feeling is growing
Iaose mounlaneers, L believe, would rather
fight than not
From where l sit, l have a good view of
Slckles, His face is hollow and pale. and its
expression unhappy. Few members have any,
thIng TO do with him. His wife is here. but
Keeps very quiet, and is rarely seen by any
body.
Rhe vote On Crawford's resolution. which
afnrmed that the Constitution recognized pro-
perry IN tne African, ought to be known to the
people of the South. 1t was tabled, rot.d dorm
W 'ho Noi 'herh men. ZED.