Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-01-07

refe rred to a select committee.
The National Intellgencer speaks in
commemorate terms of the zeal and bust
ness like feeling which seems to be mani
tested by members.
The Indies Of Jefferson city Us. DR.. Scott
and other ,corthy members Of the House
of Observation-Disclosures of the
depth of mad IN the Streets of Jefferson
Getting drunk of some of the members
Report of the Select Committee appointed
to Investigate the charges against Judge
Leland
Correspondence of the Boon's Lick Times.l
JEFFERSON CITY, Dec. 3, 1913.
MEssRs. EDITORS; "A happy New Year to
YOU and your readers! Old AZ is now among the
'.things that WERE" Its joys and its sorrows are
past and gore; and with it have many Of the no.
bic and ignoble sons Of earth taken their ever
lasting flight to regions unknown!
ga great invention that which divides TIME
into seconds, minutes, months, and yeats-but
for which the old wheel would have rolled on
without leaving any marks Of its progress save
the broad and leveing track it makes. For
Legislators, it serves as dates for their grave pro,
ceedings and enactments And to certain great
men, it enables them to transmit to posterity the
precise period in which they fOurished.
did not furnish you with letter last week.
for two reasons: first. had nothing Of interest
10 communicates; and secondly, it was Christmas,
and |, like many Of the members Of the Legis.
lature, was taken with sudden desire to partake
OF its enoyments at home with my family. So
procured me horse and off sped without
over much care OF bodily comfort, and reached
home in time, and in a condition, to enjoy an
egg nog, with other "fxens," prepared for my
reception. But, pardon this recital Of my own
maters-it may "smack" OF egotsm--yet there
is something SO delightful about ones own home
wife-children--the comforts and conveniences
OF country residence -turkies, pigs, chickens,
&C., that | could not resist making mention of
it.
You have heard, eIe this, Of the great "catas
trophe" which happened here some time week
before last. but its effects you may not have
heard. allude to the difficulty between the
Ladies of Jefferson city and portion of the
members Of the House Of Representatives. The
Ladies held a Fair in one Of the Committee
rooms OF the Captol-used by the Committee on
the Penitentiary The Committee, on the even
ing of the Fair, repaired to that room to transact
some important business, when they found it oc.
cupied by numerous collection OF Ladies and
Gentlemen engaged in all sorts Of cratic and
trade"-fair and fancful The aforesaid com.
mi,tee, Dr.. Scott, Of your county, Chairman,
,hereupon made report, and submitted it TO the
House next morning, setting forth that they had
been un. fairly cut out Of their room, and that
they were consequently unable to perform any
Of the duties imposed on them. The House re-
iected this Ieport-but this would not satisfy the
Ladies--they determined to show their resent.
ment--which they did in the manner following,
10 Wit: The Speaker had given notice that the
Rev. Mr. Gallaher would preach on certain
evening in the Hall OF the House--the Lad es,
aided and abetted by some Gentlemen, with NAL
ice arorethought, had the Senate chamber lighted
up, and then and there assembled. or course
the preacher followed the Congregation--so that
the preaching was not in the Hall Of the House
OF Representatives as had been announced by the
Speaker-who. to show his resentment, next
morning gravely descended from his Chair, elo.
quenty informed the House Of the indignity of.
fered TO it, and concluded by declaring that he
should now 60 for consolidating the Supreme
Court at Bo0nvlle instead Of Jefferson city He
was sustained by Dr.. Scott that inconigible
old bachelor Alter much time had been spent
many speeches made, pro and con,-ihe House
reconsidered its vote upon the report Of the Com.
mit,ee Aforesaid and accepted it, So ended the
farce. But its effects were to array the ssrs.
against each other, and completely clog up the
wheels Of Legislation am told however thai
during the Christmas Holydays. peace was con.
cluded between the belligerant5
The members have pretty generally returned