St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-29

y. stand. In his introduction, Lincoln compl
i mented his distinguished friend said he him
self had not been in public life as he had , and
if he should, on that account, mistake any
; fact he would be very much obliged to hi.
friend the Judge if he would correct him.
Judge Douglas rose with good deal of Sena.
torial dignity, and said that it was not always
agreeable to speaker to be Interrupted in the
course of his remarks, and therefore, if he
should have anything to say, he would wait
until Mr.. Lincoln was done. For some reason,
. he did not keep to his purpose, but quite fire.
quentiy rose to put in word when he seemed
to think his case required immediate attention
One of these passages and it was pretty near
ly a sample Of the rcst-was in this wise ::
Lincoln had been giving history of the leg
islation of the Federal Government on the
subject of Slavery, referring to the opn-
ions held by public men, and had come down
to the Nicholson letter, wherein the denial of
the power Of Congress to prohibit slavery in
the Territories was first presented to the pub
lie. Said he don't know what my friend
the Judge, thinks land he looked down upon
him with a smile half playful and half roguish)
hut really it seems to me that that was the ORR
gin of the Nebraska bill This stroke at the
Senator laurels in the matter of the great
principle created good deal of laughter and
some applause, which brought the Judge to
his feet Shaking back his heavy hair, and
looking much like reused lion, he said in
his peculiarly heavy voice, which he uses with
so much effect when he wishes to be impress
slvc: No, Sir | will tell you what was the
origin of the Nebrasks bill II was this Sir
good and evil, and left him free to choose for
himself That was the origin of the Nebraska
bill As he said this, Lincoln looked the
picture OF good nature and patience. As
Douglas concluded, the smile which lurked in
the corners of Lincon's mouth parted his
lips, and he replied Well, then, think it
is great honor to Judge Douglas that he ,ras
the first man 10 discover that fact This brought
down the house, of course, but | could not
perceive that the Judge appreciated the fun in
the least
HoosIER GIRLS. We were not long since
amused by couple of Hoosier girls who came
on board the steamer -, at the little town
of Mount Vernon. They had evidently never
been thousand miles from home, and were
making their first trip on IL steamboat The
elder one was exceedingly talkative and per-
tectly free and unconcerned with regard to the
many eyes that Were scanning her movements.
/ The or her n the 1pp1Sitp turp a. mind
inclining to bashfuness. At dinner our ladies
were honored with seat at the head of the
table and the eldest Ole, with her usual in
dependence, cut her bread into small pieces,
and with her fork, reached over and enrolled
each mouthful in the nice dressing on plate
of bcefstcak before her. The passengers pre-
served their gravity during this operation by
dint OF great effort Perceving her sister was
not very forward in helping herself she turned
round to her, and exclaimed loud enough to
be heard by half the table, " Sal, dip into the
gravy dad pays as much rs any on en-.
! This was followed by general roar, in which
the captain led off. The girls arrived at their
place of destination before supper and when
they left the boat, all hands gave three cheers
for the girls of the Hoosicr State.
At a recent term of the Supreme Court a
defendant employed one of our most eminent
lawyers to help him cut in rather Ia desperate
case The skill and eloquence Of the lawyer
prevailed, and the defendant felt good
He approached the lawyer and said:
Well, Mr.. L., how much must pay you.
II usually charge Sl5, but this WAS IA short
matter, SO will only charge you ten
That is too dear counsel for Inc. There is
Mr.. W, who would have done it for So.
can afford TO pay you $40"
| - Mr.. Defendant, We have succeeded, in OPP.
position to justice Perhaps Mr.. W. would
have done us we'll But it is not often that |
undertake case when know that am doing
wrong throughout; and when do. l must be
well paid for it"
The defendant handed over the $40.
Ben Holmes had an impediment in his
speech-not Il stammer, but a sticking fast
when he wanted to speak quick. He was
horse trader on the Mississippi went down to
ceeded in getting clear of all his stock but one
inferior pony, which he had concluded rather
than be longer detained, to sell for the very
low price of sixty dollars. In short time
Frenchman came TO the boat and asked the
price of the pony. Holmes worked his lips
and face violently, endeavoring to say Sixty
dollars, - but no word could he get out. The
Frenchman, becoming impatient, said,
g.. I'll give you Il hundred dollars
This loosened Holiness tongue.
- That is just what | was going to say
This, Mr.. Holmes says, is the first and
only instance in which his impeachment was
profit to him but nc lied about it at that
In one of the sea board States resided a
Mr.. Smith, since a Senator, whocarried on the
practice of the law with a partner named Rob
inson. Mr.. Smith had brother in the coun-
try in partnership with Mr. Jones in the dry
goods and grocery line. To Mr. Smith, the
lawyer, came "A letter one day, and as hc was
absent his partner opened it. 1t proved to be
a private letter from his country brother,
signed Your affectionate brother, Smith and
Jones'
p. S.-If Mr.. Smith is out of town, Mr..
Robinson can open this letter
ENGLISH REFINEMENT Instead of saving
the cars were thrown off the track" as
: vulgar Americans are wont to do, in speaking
of certain class of railroad accidents, the
English journals use the phrase the car
riagcs were thrown off the metals
Gribbins is a neat fellow. He says he can I
spare time to take a bath besides, il
costs money for soap and towels We asked
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