Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-03-16

wood-Corpic resolutions in the House,
''scenc occurred, which showed that
Ex-Governor Baker Of New Hampshire,
i, a man ready to ego IN on lis nerve"
Whenever occasion requires it, and We
might say the same OF Hodges, OF Lee.
Says correspondent Of the Dubuque
XraM..
At one time the door was ordered to
be locked, so "a to prevent egress on
tire part Of the members. and 1t was
tbs that well nigh led TO serious times.
"Go,ernor Baker wished to leave the
hall, bat was denied the privilege by
the Doorkecpcr. lie rose to 4 point of
oldcr, declaring that the Constitution
requires the doors OF the House to he
open during their sessions, unless secrecy
was deemed desirable by either House.
There was no rule giving power to the
Speaker OF the House, or any officer OF
tie House t, lock the door. Mr.. Baker
inquired if the Speaker decided that he
could not 90 IN and out Of that door
when he pleased. i decided that it
has been customary to lock the doors
penGlng a call OF the House; but upon
what particular RUE am unable to say
at this moment To til Mr.. Il. re-
Piled: 4 am going out of that door,
If mnst break it down. at the same
time advancing towards t,wh ch brought
several members of both sides of the
House 10 their feet, so as TO be ready for
acton, which readiness was plainlyvlslble
in the countcnance OF all. The Govern
or laid hold Of the Doorkceper and was
about to remove him in very uncere-
monious manner, when several parties
interfered, to whose rcmonstrance the
Governor finally yielded, and returning
to his place, again called the attention
OF the Speaker and the House to
the outrage Of locking the door
when the Speaker finally decd ed that,
in the absence of rule or resolution OF
tic House, the door could not te locked
The door was then opened, and the
troubled clements became tranquilizcd
1t was we'll that the Speaker SO decided,
for decision in the negative would
have been the signal for "a general ron,
in which event the Democracy would
have cleaned o,t the House, although
they arc in the minority. 1t is but
proper, however, to say that difference
of opinion prevails on that subject. Mr..
Hedges of Lee, powerful man, went
up 10 the Governor and said to him,
DO YOU insist upon going ont, Govern
OF If you do, I'll ID soon make a
hole that you can get through If the
Governor had been so unfortunate as to
have answered in the affirmative, the
deed would have been done, and the
consequences remain to be told for there
were all the elements Of determined
and resolutc resistance right on tic
spot
Dodging the Responsibility.
"Sir," said Ficryfaces, the lawyer, to
an unwilling witness, ''sir, do you say
upon your oath that Pumpkins is dis
honest man p II did not say that any
body had ever accused him OF being an
honest man, did 20 replied Pipkins.-
"Does the court understand you to say,
witness, that the plaintiffs reputation is
bad?" said the Judge, merely putting the
question to keep his eyes open. Il did
not say it was good, reckon ''Sir,"
cried Fieryfaces, "sir, upon your oath
mind, your oath-you say that Bump
kins is rogue, thief, and villain" y
You say SO" was Pipkius' answer
"Havcn't you said 500" inquired the
lawyer. Why, you've said it, and
what's the use Of my repeating it = re-
piled Pipkins. Sir" Numbered
Fieryfaccs the Demost henean, sir, |
charge you, upon your oath, do you or
do You not say that pumpkins stold any
thing ?" mo sir" was the cautious
reply of Pipkins, 6 never said that
pumpkins stole things, but 1 do say
he's got ,cay OF finding things nobody
has lost"
TIE ADVANTAGES OF Poverty AND
ADvERsIrY.-You wear out your old
clothes. You are not troubled with ma
ny visitors. You are exonerated from
making calls. Bores do not bore you.
Sponges cannot haunt your table. Tin
Grant bands do not play opposite your
window. You avoid the nuisance of
serving on juries. No one thinks of
presenting you with testimonial. No
tradesman irritates you by asking, els
there any other little article to-day !"-
Begging letter-writers leave you alone.
Imposters know it is useless to bleed
you. You practice temperance. You
swallow indefinitely less poison than
others. You are saved many a dccep-
tion-many a headache. And lastly, if
you have q true friend in the world, you
are sure, in very short space of time,
to discover the agreeable fact.
BILLIARDS Practically CONSIDERED.
The Bucyrus (Ohio) Journal thus
speaks Of the game of billiards:
Yes, sir, we can tell you all about
billiards. 1t is game consisting oftwo
men in their shirt sleeves, punching balls
about on table; and presenting the
keeper with twenty cents, or as is most
commonly the case in this country, tell
ing him just to mark it down. This last
mentioned custom has given them the
title of billiard markers. If you have a
decided genius for the game, you will
make superior player at an expense of
about $4,000. Blacksmiths, carpenters,
&c, play it for exercise. 1t was invent