Southern telegraph., 1838-08-15

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a little indisposed.
"'There, now, is HI again." said he.
Mr.. Speaker, Duff are soped, and we must
expone the question till tomorrow; and If
Duff don't stand up to the rack lllle bet
ter pl lick him, there's no mistake. Ii he
slopes off in this way again when want
him, his hide won't hold shucks in two min
utes arier, and WON'T vote with him to cop
perate bis Macademy"
"The Speaker Of the House was a pro-
fessIonaI gentleman ofwit and learning, and
he was likewise an efficient business man;
he presided with dignity, but the rich vein
of humor in which he sometimes INDUCED,
rendered him an object of Jealousy, for he
would rarely spare his best friends in com
mittee ofthe whole. The 1neducated men,
bers regarded him with peculiar snspci n,
and they dreaded his satire. In speech
which he made against the gentleman from
Fishing River, he played upon his assumed
name ina facetious, but good humored vein.
| Ring Tail Panther rose, called Mr.. Speaker
to order, and threatened TO ''junp on his
neck and claw him up pretty considerable. !"
The Speaker proceeded and remarked-
"Mr. Chairman, | entertain a sntable re-
gard for the cat family, and am not insen-
,ible to the moral force Of brute strength.
When shall have finished the tew obseIva-
lions have yet 10 make, the gentleman
shall have the floor, or tree, whichever he
may fancy most, when he may claw up his
pen and reduce his amendments to writing"
| Here he Speaker was interrupted. Ring
| Tai Panther rnse IN great wrath, and lifting
an inkstand which was nrlrhm, exclaimed,
"d ! can't wri e, Mr.. Speaker, the way ]
viii make my max N yuli, won't rub out
e sy!' The members near him inlerp1sed
and prevented The violence which The en-
ragged panher medtaied.
There was, ut some stage Of this ,ess ion,
a proposition before the house to enter into
Stale system Of internal mprovement.-
The panther opposed it as he did uniformly
every thing which came from m educated
member, excepting always, the measures
proposed by his friend Bpnnslick. When
the question came up for discussion, the gen
!Ieman from Fishing River delivered his
sentiments to the following eforl:--
"Mr. Speaker, am agin all sorts Of new
tangled machines, every way yon can fix IT.
These ere snorting things they call sic M
boats, are talked about heap, and my 'om'n
sprained her ancle running to see the tirsl
Greater of the sort that came sneakng up
our river. The fish never done bit "a hook
arter that, and The gume is all skeared ont
of the river bottom. Gentlemen talk about
"A rd'dl rode and etarnGL impro emens.
"Some gentlemen, high larned chap
from the city, think they are a heap smarte'
nor a steel trap: but can tell 'em wern'
rocked in gum to he skeared by school
master larning, When do you hiuk, Mr.
Speaker, they'll see little steam fxln run
min on ra'aI through the Louvre, ar Twen
ty-Mie prairie?-never in all your life,
reckon! Mr.. Speaker, | move the eternal
' exponemenl ofthis ere question, and 'Ihire
a school-master to pct it down in the bgge,
kind of pot-hooks."
1t is needless to add, that from hat day
. forward, the high-minded doctrine of Rims
Tail Panther, in reference TO internal i'm
provemenl, has prevailed IN the Legislator,
Of Missouri.