Show THE NEWS the last eastern malis mails mail maii which arrived oa on monday brought a us but few late papers and none of the latest that were expected ing the weekly and daily wast which generally contain the very latest items 0 of news from that direction not one halfon half of our new york washington and other eastern exchanges came to hand randsome and some bome of those that found the way to our table were so mutilated that they could not be read the news newasa ne waso soi sor sri far as we have bave been able to glean from the few papers that were not net so wet that their contents could not b bp deciphered is not important congress was doing db ingup up to the ad dinst but very little the senate met and adjourned every third day aad the alouse in in committee of the whole on the state of the union day after afler day discussed the negro question to while away the time till after the charleston con bention should terminate next to the democratic convention the great prize fight between heenan and sayers which terminated like the charleston affair without accomplishing a the object for which it was intended was the most exciting subject amon among the christians in the states and there was more being sail said about it than about the dissolution of the union which bome some of the more observing now consider as a fixed fact it is somewhat difficult to determine from the theace accounts of the fight which was the bet beti ter man mam douglas seems to have taken the lead at charleston but had not quite bot both tom torn and speed enough to win the race another fight will have to take place before it is determined whether john or jonathan is the best christian and entitled to carry off the champion champions belt and another convention has to be b held to determine whether the little giant shall be the nominee of tb the democrats north for the presidency or not rot with a fair prospect of being beaten in the race if put upon the track unless the seceding portion of the southern wing of the great harmonious democratic party can be induced to return and make common cause in their opposition to the republicans their common foes a result not likely to be brought about abor v under existing circumstances No action had been taken in the senate on the anti polygamy ili lii bill and the presumption is that thal it will no not boon soon come up for consideration in that body if at all this session neither has anything further been said or done about mr morriss famous resolution in relation toj tol to buying out the dior cormons mormons Mor Alor mons 11 the ile introduction s of the tho resolution at that time was ably intended as the incipient step to the pre paring C of another plank for douglas 0 platform to be beldin reserve incase in case it ed in the presidential campaign |