New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-15

sages in the vast building which WILL when
completed, Gtly occupy q commanding tlle, ana
present externally grand aspect, not ato-
gether sustained by the Interior were tolerably
well filled with people, but there was no crowd, no
esgerness, no Enthusiastically even the morse
ofcouversation. The heavy, ilventilaed chamber Id
which the Senate sits WAS by no means crowuee
although free ingress was permitted I'LL the
dent took the chair, and the sitting commenced; nor
tie commodious-at least very spacious-gai,nee
opened to the public at all thronged, even ia the ladies'
seats. But many citizens and among them NUMBER
Of private soldiers seemed TO take pleasure In sn8
down in the chairs assigned individual Senator'S and
lust before the Senate proceeded 10 business, nne
snore proceeding from bearded and belted man IN
scarlet shirt, showed that one OF the Garbaidini'
corps Of whom quartered hefe had SOUGHT oo'ion
In the very center OF debate. =, e.,
A more dreary proceeding than the reading OF the
Message cannot well be conceived. The clerks voice
was low and rnonoton0us, the silence In the Sena.e
was unbroken BY single note OF appreciation, put III
the other House hear there was more animation. An
at empt was made to Sit with closed doors for the oeer
dispatch of business bat this was not agreed 10 y Tue
majority a..
Arabia was very indignant with countryman oil hers
because he affirmed that he had never seen more uS
pifed assembly than the House OF LORDS. "ha.
she said " do you mean for one moment 10 eay 'na'
they are equal 10 appearance to our Senators ~
one respect tie Senators are certainly destitute
of tie air of wisdom which is given by white mars
and venerable aspect. Few Of the Senators are
men OF advanced years. and Mr.. Crit.endsn -, !;
pointed out "a kind Of obsolete, semifos;iliLed poll
tician AZ much out Of place as Nesor would De IN
reyel with Achilles and Patroclus. In another phase
they are not 20 dgnifed They do not consids, ~ u
becoming 20 write their desks IN the MIDST OF
Wiring l. bare mechanical process alter all ahd no
man looks we willie engaged at it, Senators are nke
other men, Perhaps they are httie Iohoer VI s''o
ery. When the last Congress wss coming 10 Close,
saw large man, covered with perspration, aIsggias
n Iupe box after him into the railway station lie
was followed by two other men with smilar boxes'
This was Senator who was taking home by man MS
snpply of public stationery contained IN these ooxes
Then il must 90 "conceded !hs' o.es5 uas sonetn
m 40 with the aspect Of deberative body, and that
linn Crow hats and linen bsuses would detract from
the sppcarapce Of the most ar6'ocralic mob 10 tho
world Pretemiting these things in the United STATES
Senate there are noble heads commanding iorins ana
biph itegences nearly equal TO the greaiest OF tne
issnes before them Business istransacted eoloqualy
and eesily, but there is ON told practice OF making
set oatons hch at time threatened Tire house oil
Commons The young geotemen VINO ACT as paee-,or
messengers would not yioate republican simplicity
by H. appropriate neaness of attire, but they as "el
"a all tie servants Of the House, and the em OF
the public all over the State, display readinesst 10
oblge ciyility, and courtey which produce pleas
ing surprise in the mind OF Engislnan who reinem
bers how the gentlemen at hoe not liable TO removal
at the end If their four years. assst bin In h inquiries
at the Circumlocution-oihoe. But as we remark such
TITLES the Message Is going on. Mr.. Hamln, Vice.
President who populay believed iu the South to be
gent ernan Of color ss III his chair above the Clerk
WHO reads 1t very much ar q Commissioner ~ Bdnk-
runtcy may be seen in BdfiDghall street IL enlng
10 the perusal Of "A document from an assgDee. lhe
Message l. written separate sheets; II has teen
brought III by the Presidents secretaries, 6tlleVe,
who appesr on the floor and simply announce their OBJ
ject. and the Clerk them by order ot the Nlee-tre
dent reads il sheet BY sheet the deck, upstanding
The Senators sit and listen. Now and then one hears
a whisper " It's too long" What the NE OF GO
ing into that !" That point is not badly put" The
demand for and money produced no sensation.
IL. Il .te. fls fIff
aud silently. The general impression seemed to be
that tue argJmentstive and historical paris OF the
Message were unnecessary bn', as Senator oo-
served the people bad night 10 Know the ih'ts OF tne
case AZ they appeared to the mind OF the Executive in
making such propositions, and that nothing should he
taken for granted he supposed 20 be known TO those
who were SO materially interested in tie result.
July 6.-Marching Of many troops through the city.
Some soldiers have u bad habit of begging money for
whisky. There WAS riot in consequence OF the mur-
der Of a soldier in a house in the city, HIS comrades
assembled to ayenge his DEATH and barn three houses
of tue same kind finally they were disperfld by
United States Dragons. There has also bean
mutipy at Alexandra in foreign regiment, and cap
tain refused to obey The orders Of biz colonel sup
ported by bis company, ard quietly marched away
into War inQton, where lie gave up bis sword, and
sufrendet ed TO be tried by cOnrt-marliIL Noiun-
teers are not regulars, but their muilnics aud
r;ots are not 90 dangerous as those OF regulars.
Bat tie mischief which tlreaees the United STATES
forces arises out Of the jeaousies which exist bo-
tweeu the regular army and the volunteers. The
civilian Generals or "pOltoal chief, obnoxious
10 the regulars and Gen. Scott has battle 70 fight
yery much like that in whch Lord CLYDE oontended 10
vigorously ard ruccessfully agaInst tie TOllicals
and civilians in India. There men high In n-
finence and actual capacity for good evil who de-
Glaze that the United States army IS nuisance, and
that it would be much better 10 employ good stamp
oraiors or who know the wan 9 of tie people"
IL If,tt Sfofau arfyia. han rltn
have stndied at least theoretically, the art Of
making war all their liyes. It may be readily
imagined how Gen. Scott deals with such opinions
and their organs. All these gentlemen are Tor
pusbing Oh ahead, and making general attack
on the enfmy They think army i Ike "A round Of
canister Which can be fired off whenever toe match ia
applied. Ii strikes me, from what have seep, tina,
the Federal troops will have to be managed with skill
and caution in face Of the Coniederites. The Latter
will fight with animosy and despefaiion te ppered
by military knowledge 0! a certain kind thai may
ueuraze the advantages possessed N hunters 10y the
North as well otter points. The politicians are
eager to grasp the prize and 10 bring tor machinery
into Iay 90 Iound of is rough edges, forgetting that
they must first clear the ground by armed force
for the lever. Every man, Of coarse, here
believes he can wdte q leading article, row
a boat. drive a zig, Fight a battle, and i
have heard Of men, with high military titles,
who for their lives could not form regiment in square
or occury "A fann-hOufe, talk about otcFaons Ia The
field ~ II they were elementary IOrt0n Of the arh-
nett table. These not the only difficulties with
which the Cabinet has 10 contend for here have been
views entertained on questions Of foreign POLICY ie
would have ended in most serious complications had
they nos been fortunately overcome or abandoned.
The danger from ths sOurte or rather the cause oI
il, still exist.
JrrY Last might, an intoxicated warrior ad.
dressed me from beneath tree, at the base Of which
he was recumbent, in attitude Of utter abandon,
and demanded "bakskeesI" for, quo,h he, "Im a
Britches subix and wanna drink" exposed 10
him ucidy the inconsecutyenes5 of his logical formala