Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-12-15

The Washington correspondents Of the
Cincinnati papers tell the following inter
esting bits of gossip.
TIE GREAT BORE OF THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, promises to be
as great bora during this session, as he
was during the last. he Is TO the House
what Garret Davis Is to the Senate an in
Fiction scarcely bssrable. No matter
what themotion is, no vote can be taken
until holman has had Say" BE jumps
up, as if by natural instinct to Hobiect to
everything. It was to just such 3 man Is
be that Tom Corwin, while in Congress,
said, IT had a dream sboutyou last night"
GWhat on earth did you dream about
me?7 inquired the gentleman addressed.
why" said Corwin, HI dreamt that some
body introduced the Lords Prayer, and
tried to pass it, but you insisted on Offering
twelve amendments" It is q consolation
to know that Mr.. Holman will not be in
the Thirty-ninth Congress TO bore lis mem
bers to death. His constituents very natur-
ally felt ashamed of his Rrtesian qualities
in the last session, and would not renom-
mate him; but even if they had done SO,
he would not have bean re-elecled,
ooIEa FOR f'ILK"
htvs very good authority for saying
that Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, and Mr..
Holman, of Indiana, contemplate retiring
from politics, and embarking in the petro-
leum business, for which they are By ns-
ture and education so well qualified. By
Mathematical calculation it has
been discovered that Garrett DAVIS
can bore a well seven thousand feet deep
in a single hour, without any machinery
other than his own tongue, and Holman
can accomplish nearly as much in the
same space cf time with the sans plsin
and simple apparatus.
A oUAKEK DEGREES JUSTICE.
General Schenek's resolution, introduced
to-day, making runaWsys from the draft
who have gone to Canada, aliens, and re-
quiring them TO be naturAlized before they
can again exercise the right of citizenship,
is good but old. Congress will n
dCubtedly enact the law, but decision in
advance has already been given by CON-
petent authority.
"Thee has no right to vote" said q
good old Quaker Judge of Election IN
w nALcl SOIAtJg O4lOf W q hOul0-Do-NOkeI
at the late election. "WhAt do you mean ?
stormed the astounded devotee of the
"Grest Unready" al mean thee is not
a voter; thee is not citizen Of this State"
Why, you old fool, I was born in this
country, and have lived here all my life,
and there's nobody knows it better than
youI' "Thee is mistaken, my friend.
Thee was born here, it is true-I knew thy
father before thee, and agood man he was
I little thought his son would do such q
thing; but thee hasn't lived here all thy
life. Thee slipped away about the time Of
the draft; thee went to Canada, and neith-
er paid thy three hundred dollars, ifthee
was opposed to lighting, nor took thy mus
ket if thee wasn't; but thee became q citi-
zen Of 8 foreign country; and thee can't
vote here ~
Ths McClellsnite raved, but the Quaker
Judge was in1exible. The MeCleilanite
declared there was no law for such de-
cisiOn, and he would prosecute him; but
the Quaker was calm. GThee NAV be
right about the technical language Of the
law; do not pretend TO say; but thee
went to Canada; and I am clear in my
convictions. THEE CAN'T VOTE" And he
didn't. That Quaker was born for law
maker.