Washington telegraph., 1865-10-04

others of their race, they wdtild not have
been thera. | say tiis. fearing that il
may be thought that brgrudga a black
man such a position. | hrgrudg- the
black men nothing that they can honest
ly lay hands on; but think that W. shall
benefit neither them nor ourselves by at
tempting with false philanthropy to
make them out to be- other than they
are
The subject under debate was a rail
way bill The railway system is not
very extended in he island; br there is
a railway. and the talk was OF prolong-
ing it Indeed, til. house | believe had
on some previous occasion deidst thar
it should be prolonged. aad- ithr present
fight was as to some particular detail
! What that detail was did aot learn { 'r
the business reing performed was con
ii ual series oil motions for ADJOURNMENT
carried on by victorious minority OF
three -..
1t was clear that the conquered ma ajori-
ty of-say thiriy-was very angry. For
some reason. appert ining probable to the
tactics of the house, these thirty were ex-
eeedingiy anxious to have SEINE special
point carried and pat out OF the way that
night, but the three were inexorable.
Two of the three spoke continually. aud
ended every speech with motion for ad-
j urnmrn;.
And then there was disa cement
among the thirty. Some declared all
this to be 'bosh.' proposed to leave the
house without any Adjournment, play
whist. and let the three victors enjoy
their barren triumph One af er another
they mad" impetuouS little speeches, then
,wo at a time, and at last ilee. They
thumped the table, and called each other
pretty names, walked about flrinusly,
and devoted the three vi tors to the il
fernsl gods
And then one of the black men arc e,
and made clam, deliberate little ora
ton. The words he spoke were atout
the wisesi which were spoken that night
and yet they we're lot very wise he
offered 10 the house a few platiiules on
the general beutit of railways. which
would have applied to any railway un-
der the sun, saying that Eggs a d fowls
would be takeu 10 market; and then he
sat down On his behalf nnst declare
/ that there were no other words of such
wisdom spoken that night But this re-
lief lasted only for three minutes.
At er while two members coming 10
the door declared that It was brcomir :
unbearable. and carried ine away to play
whist "My place j close ny, si.iioue
land If th row becomes hot ~e shal.
hear i; 1t il dreadful TO stay there with
such an object. and with tle certainty ni
missing ones OBJECT. after al a. 1
was Inclined to agree VITA him, / went
away and played Whist.
! Bu, soon a storm of voices reached our
ears round the card-tab.r They are
hard al it now" said one honorable. mem
b.r. That's So-and--o Ivy tha scrrrcn H
The yell might have been heard al King
stoa and no doubt was.
by heavens they are at H." said
another "Ha. ha, ha! A nice house Of as
sembiy, isn't i'll
"Wiil they pitch into one anotherl" ]
asked, thinking of scenes of which had
read OF in another country; and thinking
also, L must confess, that an absoiut,.
bodily scrimmage on he floor of the house
might b. worth seeing.
They d mt often do that" said my
fread They uust chiefly to their
voices; but there's no knowing"
1 he temptation was too Innch FIR me,
so J threw down my cards ard rushed
back TO the Assembly When | arrived
the louder portion Of the noise was being
made by one gentleman wiJ was waking
round and round The chamber, swearing
in Il loud voice tha, lie wo.id resign the
very moment the ~peakrr was seated in
the ohdi.; for at that time the house was
i'll committee. The louder portion OF The
noise. say, for two other honorable IN m
bers were speaking, and the rest were
discussing the matter in small parties
"chamciul. abominabir. scaniaious,
rasca ly!' shouted the angry gentleman
over and over again. as he paced round
and round the chamber. "l'll not sit in
sach Eousr; no man should sit IN such
house. BY O., I'll resign as soon as
! see the Speaker IN that chair Sir,
come and have d.iuk Of rum and wa
ter.
In his angry wanderiags his steps had
: brought him to tire door at which was
Standing. aud these last words w,I,t ad-
dre>s-d to me. Come and liav a driik k
of rum and water" and he sriza.i me
with a hospi,abl- violence BY tue arm.
did not dare 10 deny 80 ang,y a lreis-
la,"r, and drank the rum and wa.er.
! i hen l retu ned to- my cards.
! 1t may be said that nearly .he same
/ thing does sometimes occur in ulr own
House of Commons always omit;ing the.
threats of resignation aud the drink.
With us at.honIe a small minority may
impede the buSin'ss s. of the house by ad-
j"urnInent. and members sometimes be-
come loud anu angry But in jamaica
the Storm ragged IN - small tcapo, The
railway extension was to be but FIR a
mile or two. anl fear would hardly t-n-
eft more than the eggs and fowls for
which the dark gen'lem u pleaded.
n, A. I I