The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-23

nj, iii manage the uniisciplined mob tina,
win assail his doors as ceyeriy a. ne ne,t
control OF the armies, whose comnsna ne nss ~,
rs,;nouished. The key note OF his administrator
has been sounded In bis declaration 10 Practco
sconomv retrenchment and honesty 10 the per,
formance Of the duties Of bis high once, anu
ALREADY have these stirring and almost iorsosse.
words sent CONSERVATION among tne treasury
thieves and unprIncipled lobbyists Who have 50
long infested the capital. But wnas VIII urans
do and Who "a to help hir1 DO It, 10 the sosorD-
ing question which Agitstes the RADICAL con
clsve. Why don't he talk! The necessary 10.
Stance IA removed the danger IL passed. tnst
he might commit himself on some OF me many
"ismsn which he Is supposed 10 nave indorsso
when he accepted biz nomination az the hsnds
of the Radical party. Even tne Iyr.una'e lev
net officers still remain in unhappy Ignorance OF
the good fortune which awaits them; ana worse
than all, 10 still remains unknown wnst WIN 20
the status of the Southern slases under tno
new dispensauon. Reflective. Radicals look
despondently back upon the msgnsnm9us
treatment which armed oppobtioa met al ms
hands under the fAmons kppomsttox apple
tree, and his manly indepeadence there,
no plant tool FOR partisan ends viii
occupy the executive chair sor The next four
years. The Summers and Chambers. who held
such q controlling influence over Lincoln's admin
istrsiion, fad their Occupation gone, WINE DulSI'
the would be leader OF tho House, was too COM
pletely bottled on q previous occasion TO risk
similar imurisonment at the same hands In brief,
the president elect means 20 have peace"
Peace in his distribution OF public patronage and
peace politically throughout the whole land, from
Name TO Mssisaippl; and / hazard nothing IN
the prediction shss the next two yssrs will zee an
improvement Ia the condition vi the south, ems-
mating directly from the new ADMINISTRATION, which
will convince its long suffering people that Gen.
Grant s president Of Texas, Virginia and Mssis-
sippi, IS be certainly is president OF the whole
United Stated. Radicals will call i spostacy aud
vatia hrHf ho
and who seldom err In reasoning great public
measures, will proclaim IL justice,
DIAMOND GUY DrAMoED.
Some days since the facetious jokists OF the
House attempted TO have their o{xn fun with one
Scanned, rec0ssnt witness, Who had been SUN.
moned TO appear before the comrcittee on election
frauds In New York, but who ftnnd II inconve.
nient 70 respond. Means wers found to produce
him however, and on his appearance at the bar of
the House he Was directed 70 bay the costs of
bringing him there and to remaiain the custody of
the sergeantat-arms until the amount was paid.
An effort was made at the time 10 relieve him Of
this penalty, and the occasion was improved by
the funny members TO yentnste some poor ct
tempts at wittcism at Scsunel's expense. One
member asserted that the plea Of poverty would
not do as he had heard that the witness was owner
Of race horse, and who ever heard OF poor
mans owning that species OF property while
another had carried his observations still further
and detected diamond pin 10 Scannel's shirt.
front. That was 9 settler. Congressman are
judges Of diamonds, and no alternative was given
poor Scanned but continued imprsonment-or
TO come down with the dust. de preferred i'm
prisonment in comfortable quarters at one Of the
hotels, but to-day revenged himself upon the
jokists, and completely brought down the House,
IN bis petition presented through Mr.. Brooks his
member Of Congress from New York The Pc
tion was read by the clerk, in which the petition
er grsvey disavows any intent 10 give ofense, and
then takes up the race horse and diamond business
in manner quite unprecedented. As 10 the horse
he denies ever having possession OF such an ami
nal, but humbly confesses 20 the ownershp Of
the diamond pin, and accounts for this as gift
from near ana dear friend. BE then grsvely
proceeded to make known his willingness 70 pawn
the pin, but asks the House to name the u. 8.
treasurer as the pawn broker on this special occa-
sion, averring as q reason that he himself Wss
DO lspidary and he feared TO intrust IL to any of
his "uncles" for fear that q spurious gem would
be substituted for his cwn. The jokists of the
House began here 70 scent q Roland for their
Oliver, and points OF order were raised only TO be
overruled by the speaker, who seemed to hugely
enjoy the fun. But at last brilliant idea occurred
to member and the point OF order was raised
that the petition was dsrespeotful TO that august
body, and the speaker so declared il. This
spoiled the fun, much to the disappointment of
members and spectators and after an effort on the
part Of another okst TO refer the petition TO the
committee on reconstruction, scsunel and his
diamond pin were renamed ~ the custody of the
sergeantstarms.
ORGANIZATION OF THEISExT HOUSE.
As the 4th Of March approaches, the struggle
between rival candidates for iofices in the House
Of Representatives In the next Congress Increases
and the friends OF eaon are doubling their efforts
to insure success. The contest for the speaker.
ship is narrowed down TO the two candidates
Dawes OF Massachusetts,, and Blaine of Maine. The
prospects Of the latter In tho early part of tho
present session were most favorable. but il is be-
eved that he has materially injured his chances
by the unblushing manner 10 which he has per.
sonally urged his own claims before his fellow
members. He is scarcely ever in his own seat
but goes about continually from desk to desk can
wasting for votes. His competitor has pursued
quite different course, and has not appeared in
the canvass at all, but his friends hard at work
and are confident OF success. or the two Dawes ia
the most liberal, aud would be the most
acceptable to both sides Of the House. The con-
test for the cerkship is growing warm between
Mcpherson, the present incumbent and Gen. e.
R. Eckley, Of Ohio. New York claims the Office
Df doorkeeper, and asks it, bestoval upon Otis s.
Iuxton, elected to I'LL tho unexpired term Of Gen.
j. Z. Lippincott, resigned.
The antsgonism between the Senate and the
House Of Representatives IL even greater than
superficial observation would Indicate, and il is
generally understood now that the attack Of
3utler on the Senate in tue presence Of senator's
lpon the occasion Of counting the electoral vote
vas only the belchiDg forth of some long initia-
ions which could not be restrained. The Senate
3 oftentimes inclined to tear up the House bills
rom sheer malice, while its failure to impeaoh
Andrew johnson is an offsnse objectionable In the
yes of the Buffers and Hchencks. The half has
ot been told OF the row which occurred on We'd
esday last in the Senats bad as the picture baa
'een reported. Buffers remarks meant a square
nsnt to,thesSenate, and but for the in,erpos,tion
4 Wade and Colfax this little squsll vonId hava
nded 10 aregulsr tempest. Plots and counter
ots now engage the minds of the members Of
ne once happy family and there is a prospect
nat they may do the country some service vet in
ccomplishing their mutual destruction. "Letns
ave peace" Gus
REDUCTION or THE ARMY
Army officers viii doubtless be glad to know
ist the proposed reduction OF the army will NAT
ave such OF them as are mustered out of service
such legislation 10 be turned out TO the cold
n y OF the world. In Conversation With an
'nes senator today Senator Wilson, chairman OF
le militsry committee, expressed his Intention To
lo 70, Tor such unfortuRstes by securing them a
vn !. appointment to recompense them for the loss
ther shoulder straps. In this Connection n
sy De added, that Gen. Grant 10 Considered
nlavorsbiy inclined toward the smaahing no and
!. 90 programme nov proposed, and that
receive action during the present sass;or az
on0reea 10 - F-S"eHs noesiOu VI