Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-09

in what was Washington Clty-Ihe
name had been changed to Fanny
Observation-Disclosures Us as beng
rather singular. Congress was com
posed exclusively of females. We
took a seat in the Senate gallery .
Mistress McWhinncy, of Canada,
introduced bill for the annexation .
of Africa to the United States. This I
measure was supported by Eiddy
OFlagherty, Of ireland, in very
able speech, bat it was bitterly OPP
posed by the Senators from Cuba,
Japan and the Sandwich Islands,
We afterwards went to the lower
House. The noise and confusion
were appalling. Fifty shrill voices
rent the air, and one hundred hands
were raised on high. One member
wanted to abolish the duty on hair
dve-another wished to give the
former 'lords Of creation" the right to
hold property in their own name,
while third, ii phlegnatic old
woman from Pennsylvania, in a voice
that rose high above the din of battle
exclaimed: Mrs. Speaker, it is i'm
possible to sleep in such place as
this" We innoccntly inquired what
the members did with their babies
when in session. With a look of
scorn, an Honorable lady replied
eve make our husbands nurse them
"But how do the men sHStatA them
during YOUR abscnce?' we vcntured
to query. "Nothing is easier in the
world" she replied; "they give the
young ones goats milk, and now and
then a few drops of laudanum. If
these things fail to quiet them, they
separate their jaws with a stick
This we call a gag law-it operates
admirably, and prevails everywhere.
1t is not half as bad to raise children
now, as it was when people had
neither Silence or cultivation" We
were about expressing our disgust in
no dainty terms, when, observing
that that bosom, which should have
nourished her offspring, sustained a
revolver, we consulted discretion, and
preserved the peace by holding oui
peace.
Walking into a coffee house, in
Pennsylvania Avenue, with an &C,
uuaintance, we met and were intro
duced to two females who were dis
cussing the relative merits Of brandy
smashes and whisky punches. They
proved to be the President and Score
tary of State. We begun to con
graduate them on being called t.
fill places once occupied by Thoma
Jefferson and Daniel Webster
, "UAM LGersoa" said her Excel
lencv, the President What WEI
stcr!!' exclaimed the honorable Sec
rotary. "To whom can the fellow
allude?' asked the President. "T'
some old fogies who lived in the darI
ages of the republic, lreckon,' replie'
! the Secretary.
/ We were shocked. The author 9th
: Declaration of Independence forgot
n ten in his own land.-the great eX
Il FOUNDER and defender Of TIE consti
n tuition unknown in the very plac
h where he had often commanded til
?, applause Of listening Senates!
If "Imperial Cesar dead and turned to clay.
n Might stop hole to keep the wind away
f What after all is fame? A ligh
that dazzlcs, deludes, destroys
. bubble that explodcs when touched
by the rude hand of time. To oh
t tain it, requires years of patient la
- Dor; to retain it, constant and untirln!
q effort. Men like Thomas jefferson
g & Daniel Webster may start as the,
;, hear the stirring sound of the trump o
; fame, and with feelings of Joy hal
0 the near approach. Here an omnibus
passed our office, and our dream wa
/ terminated by the loud and prolong
. ed notes of the drivers tin horn-al
/, time it will be SO still.-l'lttsbur.
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