The Committees OF the House-A Reeast'
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The Committees OF the House-A Reeast


Editorial Correspondence


wAsaIsoTos, Tuesday, Dec T.


The COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE were announc-
ed this morning, as if appointed yesterday, when
they were not given out The delay has been
caused by internal difficulties, which have re-
suited. as will be seen, in very important
changes Neither RIiETT nor BEAEDsLEs mas '''
head Of the Comrnittee Of Ways and -'e4'Ns'
br,t both are lef. off that Committee ana P'i' oii
! tina. of Foreign AFairs, which is very S.'o.s
one. Mr.. WILKINS, who felt sure OF beng ohan-
man NJ this Committee and certainly mao suohg
claims TO the post is put aside; Mr.. I. j. lseER-
! - .n cider II not better soldier. having
pushed his claims to that stauon 0iio ia. ..iei''
conceded. So Mr.. I. has the fofelgh Anaifs'
and Mr.. w. the Judiciary, though the latter was
once Minister Plenipotentiary. | am glad lnger-
sol,. who once made fierce and insidous attack
on the Supreme Court of the Z. States, is not at
the head OF the Judiciary, even at the cost OF
having him in position where he can do more
mischief. Neither RI1ETT nor BEARDsLEY is
Chairman of any important COMMITTEE Mr
HOLMES of Charleston, S. G.. is chairman OF the
Committee of Commerce, on which Nlessrs.
PHOENIX of our City, WINTHROP of Boston, C VI.
REED of Erie, Pa and D. P. KING of Mass. are
the Wing Members.


The Committee of Ways and Mems is strongly
composed of Messrs. J. ]. MKAr, of n. c., D. II.
LEWIS of Alb, J. r. Ingersoll of Pa. DRoMGooLE
of Va. Barnard of n Y WELLER of Ohio, d. l..
SEYMOUR, of Troy, n. Y. ChoppeH OF Ga. and
| NORRIS of n. H.-three Wings On 1tallcs) to SIX
| Loco. Focos. / believe all the Loco-Focos on
on this Committee but Mr.. Seymour OF our State
are ayowcd Anti Protective men, and Will agree
| in reporting bill to upset the present Iarlft.


The Committee on the Post O flee is compos-
ed Of Messrs. HOPKINS Of Va. KENNEDY of Ind.
Gr7nneA of Mass. RELFE of Mo. jerks of Pa.
STILES of Ga. Hardin of Ill. DANA Of N. Y. and
D. S. REID Of n. C.-three Wings On 1tahcs)
fec Reform, at any rate to any such extent as
the earnest friends of the movement demand.
| Mr. Hopkins was the leader of the majority OF
the Committee last year, who overruled MI
Briggs the Chairman, and brought in bill utter
y inadequate to the wants of the country-mak


ing hardly any reduction of the Rates of Postage.
But trust all the Wing Members, at least, are
| in favor of radical reform and hope they are
not all. And, if the worst comes to worst, /
have great faith in the YEAS and NAYS. If we
have forty earnest friends Of the Reform IN the
House, and ten in the Senate, the triumph Of the
good cause is certain. There can be no danger
if we can but reach the YEAS and NAYS.
I H. 6oe, IL
the death of Senator LINN, and taking proper or
der thereon Mr.. BENTON is said to have spoken
well in the Senate SO did Mr.. Bowlin in the
House.


The morning hour was devoted TO another at
tempt of Mr.. BARNARD to place on the Journal
of the House the simple fact that the Wing
Members on the first day Of the Session presented
Protest against the admission fthe Members from
four States elected in violation of the law requr-
ing all Members to be chosen by Districts. The
majority have determined that this fact shall not
appear on the Journal Because they by brute
force prevented Mr.. Barnard from reading his
Protest, they insist that its contents shall not
stand on the record-thus making one outrage
pretext for another. But it is every way mpor.
tant that the record should bear witness that the
admission Of the Nullilying Members was pro-
tested against at the outset; and it acN be made
to appear, though the majority may consume
much time in preventing it. Messrs BARNHND.
WINTHROP, J. R. IsGERsoLL, CL1NeMAN of N. c
and others have made gallant efforts for the Right
yesterday and to-day. was astonished to see
Robert Dale 0ren-who is reputed a liberal and
candid man-to.day pettifogging in favor Of the
violent suppression of the truth.


Another Whig Victory In Boston.


The Municipal Election Of this city took place
on Monday last, and Loco Focoism was driven
out of every Ward but the Second and Third