The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1850-01-05

won't call any names, but Sam Jones killed
my horse.-PurceU.
| Who whistled:
Nobody, sir; 1t whistled tzelf.-.Me1anctton
| Curiosity is singular contrivance to
worm secrets out OF everybody. 1t was
invented by Mrs Adam, in the garden of
Eden, IN the year of nakedness one and
shortly alter. the first snake came-bast
his eyes! From this remote source sprung o
this unsatisfied spirit that olings close
to woman's lips and watches at the
porches Of her brain. Sometimes curiosi-
ty is found in male attire but then it
cuts such ridiculous figure that it is soon
laughed out of countenance into frocks,
and thus offends the eye of man. in panta-
looms or tights, no more. We have a
good'y portion Of the singular article and
though we keep dark, for fear of the people,
we hear and see everything that is going
on around US, for the good of our country
and ourselves. We always pu, our coun-
try first, out of respect to seniority, no
matter who calls to order or batters our
desk with uncivilized knuckles.
THIS quality property OF the mind
forced US to snug.le ourselves into a re-
porter's desk in the peoples House. and
keep tally for three weeks in a represent :
tative Bedlam, where everything was in
order. and everything was constitutional
but the constitution. merely to know who
| was Speaker as soon as the Speaker him
self Now. it SO happened that it did not
make brass buttons difference to US
who should be made Speaker. provided
he was a man, and had a voice and ha ~
mer-one to call chap up and the other
to knock him down, when he got to be
patriotic or Qui2otic enough to be killed
oil by general consent, for the good of the
body.
Well, we haunted the old bali !: we
prayed under the picture Of Washington
for our country, and under the picture of
Lafayette for liberty, broad as the uni
verse and lasting as time we counted
our stars night and morning, to see
whether any had been eaten out by the
aqua fortis of anarchy and we turned our
old Gag le round, to that his tail was
all right, and his toe-nails, thunderbolts,
olive branches, and all, IN apple pie order,
for occasionally, some Of them swore hard
enough to take off birds claws, and haul
out the tail feathers of fly up the creek
in pokeberry time.
Well, after much tribulation, and a
multitude of grumbIns, majority per-
mitted Speaker to be made, and 10 and
behold, he was Democratic, much to the
chayrin Of some of the leaders in getting
the resolution adopted, who did not know
Howe hard it was to start an impracticable
Root, after having Tuck in an aoolitionist.
We glory in the result and though, as
Christians Of the republican school, we
are bound to keep within bounds, we are
determined to get corned. on molasses and
water, the first warm day-and blast the
expense
Yes, they have made a Speak ker-an
honest Speaker-a gentenanly Speaker
Speaker that can speak for himself, and
she'll his own corn without spelling the
Cobb; and, having made head. we are
DESTROYS to see them complete the fail.
We had some aspirations for part in
green enough to think that we had been
some pumpkins in 'sthe Heroic Age - but.
alas for poor human nature, we had no
trumpet. and were taken down, a button
hole lower than usual, just for compliment
sake; and in the end, (the bitter end.
learned the welcome truth that we were
nobody. and had done nothing. We think
old lack and the people will tell differ
ent story. But this is inter nos.
Well, when they had madea Speaker,
t,ey swore him in, and he swore them in.
and they all swore to support the const'tu-
ton Of the United States-some by kiss
ing, some by bowling, some by the open
palm, and some by the closed fist. One
member, who was in hurry for business,
wanted them sworn i'll u lump. as DIR.
Franklin once proposed to say grace over
the beef barrel, to save time but strange
to say. the thing did not take, and the old
fastened way prevailed.
The American Commons then--oh. Lord.
where is Mr. Green. the reformed gambler!
played Il game of chance for their seats.
Luck. as in all other lotteries, was as
eccentric "a maiden Of fifty nine years.
and some faces grew short and some grew
long. and some grumbled and some Jeered.
and some damned the game, alter It was
PLAYED through and they had lost, as im-
moral aud unfit for such body. But they
PLAYED it out, aud again everybody sat
down and cleaned their drawers-we
mean the drawers Of their deshs-and
finally came to order, and then. like an
angel of light. Dutch built, came peJect
Bliss with a message from the fountain Ut
power, enveloped in brimstone-colored
paper, with healing in its leaves. Oh,
how soporifc its effect upon the late DIS
organizing House. 1t iulled them IKE
the odor of poppies, an! charmed them
like music addressed to deal adder IN
cold day.
AS the message appears to have been
revised since its delivery by somebody
and as .sthe rest Of mankind have Deen
blotted out of it altogether, we deem II 10
be our duty, as faithful chronicles III h'!s