The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-01-07

WAeuN0SoW, Oees 1esos to0V.
DsAs fDi1ol :-Ths hoIidlJs are here
and no Speaker VI. And from The siens
Of the times, The CONTEXT ssy b. prolsaesd
for month 70 come. FAlsswesTs, Of Ill.,,
sads . speech on Friday, and ballet wss
taken, rssalting 10 2l2 votss, Of which szsa-
NAN got l03; several Of The msubsss had
paired. On Saturday, ssExtrs BILLY Ssirs,"
Of Virgins, made very long speech and
another ballot va taken With tho sane re-
suit, - on Friday. An effort has bsse
made BY the Democrats to make the nail
contractors and ether govssnmsnt creditors
believe that the responsibility Of the fsilars
to organize, rests upon the Republicans, but
these men have too much good sense to bs
Hoodwinked in that manner, spd although
they are mostly Democrats, they swear like
"our army in Flanders" about their own
party in the House, aad thsy have come
cause for being profane. About the lot Of
January, very large amount Of their paper
will 20 to protest, and unless . speedy or,
gsnisasion is effected many Of them will bs
ruined. The disappointment Of the Demo
Gratis seems to be to tire the Republicans
into submission, bat they have got . hard
task on hand, and viii bs likely to get sick
Of Il. The Clerk holding over in his own
Office and also acting A. Speaker, il getting
double salary, and Of course Is not anxious
for any change. II . vote could BE- got o.
it, no doubt tho plurality rule would be
adopted At once, and "a imnsdiats election
Of Speaker would be the result, but ct PREF
emit no such vote can be got, and the req ab-
licans must bids their time. Mr.. CcsB, Of
Alabama had his ire excited on Satr.rd ~ !,
sketch Of himself which appear ed +. the
n. Y. Times, taken BY the reporter Of ,ba,
paper, while Coss was performing hi.
"ground and lofty tumkliog" in 4 sp.ecb
which be delivered the other dsy. He do.
tsrmined TO be rsvsnged a Ia Brooks, and
going up to the Report er's Gallery, waited
for some time with big cane to pom incl
the offending reporter, but did not get an
opportunlt::, AMI it was lucky for him, for
although he i. stalwart man over six feet.
II hs 'ntsrf eres with the peace and dignity Of
tho rer orter, bs viii get whipped quicker
than he can cay "Jack Robinson" Our
Senator's and Representatives are in their
Places every day, faithfully discharging
/ their duties.
From what have seen Of Congress % far,
think it has the reputation Of enbodying
a "harder crowd " Of men than it actually
does. believe few dissipatsd fellows
have brought reproach upon the whole body.
Many Of the members have their wives here,
and keep house. attended church yester.
day, and the house Was tastefully and beau
tifully adorned with evergreens and flowers.
obtained Isuppose, from some Of the green
houses with which Washington abounds.-
never saw anything like it on Christm., !
but once before, and that was in ,,.oh;,.
AlabaG:. TIE boys inaugurs., :. Cbr;.tm.,
here on Saturday evenin- <i,b e.. c,,cl =.
and pop. guns. Sat" iay va, cold aid windy
and ye'serda.. ~as still cold, the weather j.
~" nc -erating. I went to Alexandria on
.'.arday, and called on Mr.. Scor1, the prin.
cipsl Of young ladies' Institute, On old
friend and relative Of J. NJ. PHnLIPs. HI
has been there nine or ten years, but be and
wife are still Yankees Of the old fashioned
stripe, and At their hospitable board ate
the first Yankee bread have seen since
left the Bluffs. He talks of migrating ia
the West, and believe he would succeed
we'll there. Most Of the young ladies Of the
school had gone home for the holidays, bu,
! had the pleasure Of becoming acquainted
with two Of them who had remained. Al.
exandria 10, ~ you nre aware an old city,
but the peculiar institution 10 resting upon
it and instead Of being commercial town,
Of forty or City thousand people and an ex.
tensive trade, ~ from iss position It ough.
to be, it has only twelve Or fifteen thousand
and very little trade, comparatively. JOIN
A. WAsuINcroS, who sells Mt. Vernon to
tho Ladies 10 probably not % bad man AZ
some Of the papers make him, bat he il very
dissipated and is rapidly sinking to drunk.
ards grave. You have heard Of the cels-
brated "BEAu licknAS." He Was once
ono OF the most accomplished handles and
sponges that Washington could boast Of,
and sec him about town now, poor di.
lapidated specimen Of wasted humanity,
still preserving shabby show Of gentility,
and getting his living BY his old tricks
Your legal readers will perhaps be surprised
to hear that some Of the best lawyers here,
whopractice iu the Supreme Court, very sell
dom visit the court room but prepare their
cases and send them in. Il certainly saves
| = great deal Of talk, but il they had Jury
trials, they would not dare to trust to their
written arguments aloae. There 10 great
deal in Congress as we'll as elsewhere, 10
|" knowing the ropes" A new member Of
either house, though Of marked ability, auds
himself sadly at fault whom be enters upon
his duties. He has got to learn the bust.
ness, and it 10 no easy task ! assars you,