Washington telegraph., 1848-05-10
HOW To CREATE A VACANCY
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\ few weeks ago, when Mr., Calhoun
made his greal speech Oh the war. a parlf
ofouf pcopIe who had gone up quite early
returned with elongated cdnulennnces, aud
a dismal feppd lpuabne the prospect oi
hearing the grral southerurr
Me "a new conner, aud an incorri.
gible wae. wasyawuing over a long war
article in The "l'ninu, - aud in iusi the dis.
pasfIn "a Hasea b' oIlari
DO understand yon 10 say that You
could nj get iu!f dnWled Mac
stretching himself,
"t'a a. gtowlel l., you cant
sec m tell yeulhey are stuck together
like bunch Of figs Get in! | should
like 10 see You Try it.
"Prehaps" reioined Mac. "Well now,
| don't approve Of gambling, but would
not mind betting you boshcl Of the bi
ra'ffs, that ! can get into that chamber in
fifteen minutes -
"Doneln shouted J., edone." "
Macs lisllessness vanished At once. lie
seized his hat and took Il bee line i1T the
capitol, while sel.eonslilu,ed committee
followed him up 10 see tue thing duuc.-
lie dashed through the roiInda aud upto
the front entrance Of the Senate gallery
There was no mistake in the report. lie
could not 20 much Is SIC IN, aud dozens
were waiting ip take advantage oithe lirsl
vacancy.
Mac eumPfchendel the siala Of affairs n
a glance, auJ made speedy relfoeade move
menl. The committee gave a 'guiltw
aud followed: they thought he had aban.
doncd the attempt and was heating te.
treat b4l inlhIs they were slightly misla.
kcu.
Then !. passage leading 10 the Seu.
ate galleries IRON .Ibe north wing a The
capitol, that from is position, Is known On
ly To lhosn who are intimately acquainted
with the inlricaeies Of his building. llith
et Mac bent his slePs, aud was quickly
threading bis way up this ,oFuilous pas
sage.
On reaching lhc.lop Of the staircase a
new difficulty stared him iulhe face. Ihcfr
are two door, here, one opening into the
circular gallery; the other into the repor.
ter's gallery. Mac had expected to get III
atlho latter as usual, but this door was
now fastened within by a hasp, aud a pla.
card on the outside announced in bulky
letters,
"Poi'irclyno Admifdace.' -
Mae stared blankly on the pIacard, and
the placard stared blankly back upon him,
bat not single idea was ELECTED BY the
collision. The matter was getting despcr.
ate: bis fifteen minutes was oozing out,
aud the chairman oi the committee stood O
few stops be.ow-waich in hand-torepor
progress. Mac scratched his nose in some
lI.crmu'mcnl; suddenly bis eye sparkIrd
respondent 10 a brilliant conception in hi,
biatu, and jumping to the entrance, hr
thrust hi, long neck over tho heads Of the
.pecIauIs.
81. here a dorIor-a surgeon hcrcl
whispered Maclyslcrieally.
Instantly Gye heads were seen in motion
five hats were elevated above the crowd,
and five NJ. D.'s grow red in the face, as
they slrugglodto get their precedence Oh
their way TO he door
"What ha, huppcnci'' inquired the
foremost Of Mac, whose optics were IN a
fearful state Of enlargement.
"Oh, sir, terrible casualty has occur
rcd at the south galel--a man in stepping
down from an umnibu, has put bis leg out
Down bounced the doctors, and a lively
race commenced oycr,hc llags towards the
south gate
Nature abhOrs a vacuum, and so does
Mac-hc slipt at once into the opening
and clbowing his way uncontonsly through
the crowd, soon reaching a very desirable
position. Presently came tearing up stairs
i've nilriated VI. D.'s.
"W.w.w.whcrc's the fellow that sent Us
DOWN" suffered the tallcst one, pocring
sA,agrIy in a, the door.
"lirrr YOU. sifln said he, catching Mac S
eve. "ttthere's nothing happened at The
soulh-ga,c, srl There's no accident at
all. sih S.s.sir you're cheat. sir--noih.
ing OF the kind, ,ii!'
"Perhaps;' suggested Mac mildly
"perhaps he has rdikoi drdy.'
"W.w.what sirl-waIked away with a
broken leg! man walk away with bro.
ken lcgl--That's likely"
"Bul, my christian friend inlerposed
Mac, "rho said anything about a broken
lcgl--l merely remarked that a gentleman
in stepping from an omnibus, had put out
his leg. Now, will you be so good as 10
inform me how in the d. a man can step
from an omnibus without putting ont his
cq2 Poohl nonscnscl you must be dream
inc, rentlcmenl" and Mac turned his in.
diyilual attention to the prayer 0! the chap
Ian.
The dcciplcs o lE.culapins were com
pletoly nonpIussod by the cool impudencc
Of the reply. The crowed smoked the Iokc'
and pronounced it good 'un;' tho door
t...,,,r ,.ried uatt AZ e gln Mac kept his