Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-10
81. louis Correspondence

settled weather, good roads, healthy
breezes, bright skies, winter sunshine
&c. But alus | I'm not yet allowedany
such poetic illusions. The weather.
like bad debtor has for the past SIX
weeks, refused 10 "settle," tho ioads
have fallen through, and breezes, bright
skies and sunshine are all, up to this
date, dreary decisions. For even now
while / write, the constant patter Oft
rain at my window and the frequent
splash Of mud heard upon the street Us
the sturdy old omnibus rolls along, tel
too truly, that all weather settlements
must be postponed for some time yet to
come. Tho honest iarmerwill now find
time to watch over his stock, Keep open
his drains, wade through his barn yard
cut his stove wood, at night read his
newspapers filed with thcpolit'cal quar-
rels, intrigucs, brborics, eorruptioEs
and wranglings Tor office, of the politi-
cal scullions, whom he voted for, TO
represent his dignity and peaceful vir-
tue in the Halls Of Legislation. This
remark leads mo tosay something about
politics, asubject which intended to
entirely eifain from when began
writing. Washington City is the cen
tel TO which NIL office. holders and office.
seekers are now d. ming like drifl-wood
into the eddying gulf. Some have al
ready passed through here on their
way to the Capital. Senator BrodcrieL
arrived here from California, via tn,
plains week or two ago with one o.
hs feet badly frozen, and his entire
body badly jostlod by stage conveyance
Hon. Marcus J. PARROT, alse passc(
through tho City. Senator Polk anC
Frank =. Blui.. residents here, boil
left this week. Also. Senator Douglal
passed through ON route for Washing
ON by way Of his negro plantation u
Mississippi and to shorten tho cut,
will 20 on 10 New Orleans, by reason
Of which no will not DO able &
reach the Capital until near q montl
Of this winters Session shall hav,
elapsed. There Is system In this mad
ness Of tho Senator, however, and NJ
one knows better how TO practice thi
systom than no. There are now tw'
very important epochs In tho future
; which arc staring the Little Giant II
tho face, and. bc will have to pilot wei
to avoid both the Scylla and Chnrybdi'
upon which he sees danger of beinI
wrecked. Ills election to the U.
Senate this winter, is not yet cntirel,
, certain, rs It is thought that enoug
f. Administration representatives will b
, found In the Joint meeting Of the I'LL
MOS Legislx,ex>Sro deiat hiw, which
for the diss 100 Of the Democrat
party would be the worst thing tina
| could be done. The other epoch is th
!, Charleston Convention, of-ls6o. Iii
Southern trip now Is 10 examine th
: wires in that direction, and have thor
set as nearly TO his liking ms possible
This will he q yexatious task for Doug
las on account Of the legion Of Pres
Dental aspirants in that section an
the extensive bitterness Of the Admins
+ tration mon. Another object in tn
Senator in going South, and the mai
one in going at this particular junctur
I OF affairs, is doubtless, to avoid th
party test questions which will be ar
piled in the opening of the session.
But "vcrbum sat-" or talk enough o
= that subject at present.
Il / will take this occasion TO say fe'
1 words about Ned flanagan, now c
this city, formerly tho Eloquent Ned
tho pride of Indiana Democracy
= lie who was elected to tho u S. Senat
= by q majority Of one vote in the Iodlan
Legislature, and this onevotc by n mem
Der who was elected by a majority {
one vote. Ho who gave the mnjorit
; vote that annexed Texas TO tho Unite
: States, in tho wake Of which, and as
consequence, followed the Mexican wal
the acquisition of New Mexico and Cal
ifornia, the latter Of which has bred ar
amount of facts and fiction that vii
float the largest volumes Of romance an
history down TO tho last generation
He, who was sent as minister 10 tn
Court Of Berlin. and there became
, nero wreck from dissipation whicl
: followed him home and in which he en-
acted that bloody trnjcdy with hi
bro,har-in.law Duncan, ut Covingtol
Indiana.
He is now in this city practicing tn
I Profession Of the Law. a few days ag
it was my lot to hear him make tire
hours speech in prosecution for muir
der. The Court room was full and lis
tened with breathlcss attention till th
close of his argument. Still he was no
tho flanagan that he once was
Much Of his argument was incoherent
and poorly arranged, yet there wer,