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Special Dispatch to the lnsclliseneer u
WAsulSoroS, April 25.-Thc exccutiv
committee Of the Republican Congrcssiona
campaign committee hold II meeting, to
morrow evening, for the election OF sccre
tary. There are three prominent candi
dates before tho committee, Col. Geo. Cor
BAN, Col. Hooker, ycrgeant.at-arms OF th'
House, md Mr. Mcpherson, the Clerk
There seems to I've II pretty fair prospec
that Col. Hooker will be elected US Secre
tary.
Mr.. Keifer was again troubled to-day
upon tho question Of his prero:ativc II!
Speaker, by resolution, olreHd by Mr.
Carlisle, Of Kentucky, recitins the fact o
the removal OF Andrew Devine, one OF tht
official stcnographers OF the House, and in
Quirins whether the said removal by tht
Speaker constituted removal for cause
within the meaning Of the rules. The reso
luton was adopted and referred to the com
mittec on the judiciary, with instructions
to make full inquiry into the matter as tc
the validity OF the Speakers action.
There Is considerable prospect OF n IA.
vorable report, from the House Committee
on Pacific Railroads, on the bill to charter
n National railway, to be constructed be.
tween this city and New York. The com
mittee had the bill under consideration 10.
day and, although it took no action, prop.
ositions were submitted and accepted by
the committee to amend the bill, by
adding n provision to protect more securely
the interests Of the Government and to
prevent the possibility Of Il sale Of the
charter by the company or consolidation
with any corporation. Such an amend.
ment is absolutely necessary rs the sole in.
ducement to charter such a road will be to
secure n competing line to New York.
Senator Frye, who introduced the
bill, says it is utterly i'm.
possibly for any other road to
be built from this citv to New York, in
opposition to the Pennsylvania company
which so surely controls the legislatures oI
the states through which the road will be
obliged to pass, unless National charter
can be secured. The question rs 10 whethe,
the Government can exercise, in such case
the right Of eminent domain will no doub1
be brought up, but it has more than once
been decided in the affirmative, and Mr.
Frye has no doubt that the bill will be iav
orably reported by the Senate committee
Ex-senator Eaton, it is whispered, is ii
training for the Presidential nomination o
1854. lie is spending much time in Wash
ington, in company with Finley, Tilden':
old advance agent.
The Sotehlo murder case came up in the
District court to-day, on motion for con
tinuance from Thursday next, on the
ground that there were certain wltnessc:
that would be necessary, who were no
present. Among the witnesses wanted is
J. B. Clements, OF Morrow, Ohio.
General Tom Brady is confined to hi:
room by illness. Ex-senator Dorsey i:
also very i'll, and Turner andsLilly are no
looking well. Misiortuncs seem to follow
the indicted Star route people.
The Chinese bill, which came over from
the House, and was referred to the Senate
committee on foreign relations having
been reported, was taken UP in the Sen
ate, this afternoon, after the passage OF tn,
Mississippi river improvement bill, ane
considered in committee Of the whole
The committee had stricken ou
the provision prohibiting th'
naturalization OF Cinnamon in this coun
try, but the Senate, bya a large vote, rein
serted it. The question of forbiddin;
artisans and skilled mechanics from com
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