The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-07-17

Erom pleasant paperAn Once~As w eek
devoted to Sir Boyle Roche, the eccen.
trio Irish orator, We make the following
extract
Thus far the public life of Sir Boyle
Roche. There is now another view Of him
TO be considered - the pleasant little Obi
ter dicta mich have been put down TO hjs
score, and which there is no reason to
doubt he really gave utterance to. After
all 1t is natural to suppose thu. the oon-
straint Of public speaking must have fet.
tered the bovine fancy and checked the
more frequent introduction of these con-
versational bills, in the reading of which
he 10 supposed to have had very great
skill.
Many of these are happily preserved.
Sir would give up hslt-nsy. the whole
of the Constitution, to preserve the re.
mainder.' This, however, was Parlis
men,ary. Hearing that ADMIRAL Howe
was 10 quest OF the French, lie remarked
somewhat pleasantly that the Admiral
would sweep the French fleet of the face
OF the earth
By-apd by came dangerous times OF
Justification. and honest mems lives were
insecure. Sir boyle writes from the
country to friend 10 the Capital this dis
courag;ng view of his position y gu may
judge he says. of our State. when tell
you that write this with sword in one
hand pistol in the other
On one occasion, when the famous let
tcrs 10 the Public Advertiser we're at.
tracing universal attention, Sir Bo,
was heard to complain bitterly of the at
lacks of certain anonymous writer, call
ed Junius.' He it was who reconntrd
that marvellous act in gymnastics, when.
in tumul, OF loyalty, he stood pros
lrala al The * eft OF hiA anYcrciya- = He It
was who denounced in whitening language
the apostate politician who lura.d his
back upon himself He it wasewho in
PRODUCED to pubic notice the ingenious
yet partially confused meta phor of the rat
Sir said he, addressing the Speaker OF
the IRISH House, Il smell rat. see hiuf
floating in the air--but, mark me, shah
IMP him In q bud.
1t was Sir Boyle who spoke in feeling
terms of the gentleman with whose iami-
" he was connected by marriage: .ile
gave me his eldest daughter, SIR he said
10 one of the professional wits ii the Irish
bar; his eldest daughter, sir To him
the wit replied: III he had IN older one
he would have given her TO you
Mr.. Cuiran used humorously 10 insist
that these strange bits OF confusion were
all the result OF careful preparation; per-
haps scarcely crediing that there could
be found mind with such an inveie -ate
constitu ional twist in it. In the Irish
House these sayings were welcome! will,
uproarious hilari,y. There was the ia
nous speech which confoundeI genera
lions. i don't see, MIR. Speaker, why
We should put ourselves out OF the way /,
serve postcrity. What has ever posteriiy
done for Us 2 He was little discomfort
ed by the burst OF laughter that followed
and proceeded TO explain his meaning
i by posteriiy, sir, do not mean our an
cestors, but those who are to come imme
dIaiely after US.
HIS invitation to the gentleman on his
hhNtis was HoSpitouie auo Nct iueaht-
but equlvocal. i hope, my lord, if yor
ever come within a mile Of my house
you'll stay there all night He il wa
who stood for the proper dimensions o
the VINE bottle, aad proposed to Parlia
mcnt that 1t should be made compulsory
that every quart bottle should contain "a
quart. Very pleasant, and vet perfectly
inlellisible, was his meaning-though i,
unhuppiiy took the fatal bovine shape
was his rebuke To the Shoemaker wher
getting shoes for his equity limbs: - toe
you to make oae longer than the other
and instead OF that, you made one small
Ter than the other, the very opposite
Still he could hit hard, ana for ono,
avoided his natural laundering turn. Mr.
Curran stated he was quite capable of b..
ing the guardian of his own honor. 81
Boyle retorted, ! wish the Hon. gentle
man joy OF his sinecure