Show highwaymen highwaymen AND BRAVOS washington saturday jan 22 1850 the intestine strife which is rapidly r ending rending in in pieces the democratic party broke outwit great virulence ID in the secret session of the senate yesterday mr air hale was in the chair chain and a discussion arose upon the merits of some nominations to office which had been bent gent ib in byther by the president mr pugh of ohio de pounced the president with great bitter arnen new accusing him bim of insincerity and insolence iba Ina olence and declaring that be meant tr tn oppose and thwart him whenever arid and wherever he could mr dou Don douglas rids in in the same strain atrain stig mat izing mr B recent appointments to office in the west in very severe terms lie he intimated hat bat the buchanan postmasters in illinois were little better than thieves and were to 0 o regarded by the people if it anything wag was missing from the mail mails the postmasters were suspected of larceny these imputations on the standard bo bomers bearers mers of the faithful roused reused the ire of mr fitch who denied their justice ju atice stice charged mr douglas with uttering tittering shameful calum calumnies nies a ad a 4 d te as a rebel ito ithel democratic party mr dou douglas glas haughtily replied bathe was wag an and successful rebel and that neither the president prisident nor his senate r ihl f ol 01 lowers could put him down he ile then theil retorted upon the gentleman from indiana his charges of f alsgood fal fai and defamation at this ata stage ge of the affair mr hale the chairman ca called led the disputants to order kindly sug suggesting suggests gesti gestl in his facetious way that the harmony or ot the e democratic party would not be promoted by such displays of fraternal affection the war of words still continuing mr jefferson davis at length interposed and sternly rebuked the he scolding senators ile he told them they were talking like highwaymen 0 and bra mosill vos voa I 1 give you bis his e exact ian IaD language guage and that their conduct was shameful and disgraceful ce to the senate this brought them to their se senses anses and they subsided into silence this scene is said to have been the most violent and indecorous that has ever oc occurred currea in the senate even in secret session where the te proceedings are accompanied always grea great t fr freedom of manner and of language the senators lighting Ight ing their cigars and talking and discussing in the free and easy style of an af if ter dinner mn ner conversation N Y Tri trl tribune buile |