The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-09

From Washington.
A L.ughabIe scene In the House,,
A Kehtuekiau makes n spread.
EngIe Hpeeeh..lIis Opponent,
However, Gels the Con.
tested Seat.
The Impeachmeht Business..The
Possible esoIemnity OF the Proceed.
InEs nc u Discount on Account
of Expected PaiIure...Ap.
pearanoe of Boutwell,,
Chairman OF the
.'.-. Committee. .tT
Correspondence Of ths InteliOcneer.
wAsHINaroS, Thursday Eve,

'.-.- Committee. il.tT
Correspondence Of the IntelliOcnesr.
WASHINGTON, Thursday Eve,
Dec. 8. 1867. 7
The House thA morning 1t is the
fashion here to say morning any tune
before 0 o'clock In the evening, the
fashionable dinner hour) INDUCED in a
little merrlnOnt over Que Of the Ken
lucky contested election cases-lhat Of
Blakely Us. Golladay, from the uIrd
District During the emornlng nonr,
Mr.. Dawes, Chairman ofthe Committee
ou Elections, submitted II report In thIs
case, giving the seat to Golladay, the
Democratic claimant, who, It seems
plain from Mr.. DIS statement oil tho
law and tue evidence, was entitled 10
II. In anticipation of this report, per.
mission was given yesterday for the
claimants to be heard, each In an hours
speech, aud accordingly Mr.. Blakely,
who Is Il man of Falstatlian proportions
Ia veri,able Kentuck y giant-appeared
on the floor OF the House, carrying a
roll of MS. proportlOuately ponderous,
and entrenchlng himself behind Il
members desk, he, fortified with the
MS, opUned his guns on the House.
And for nearly an hour 1t WAS one con.
tinuous fearful detonatIOn and roar,
from
WAiuftnF plixhan n nd ra,o nIn
Columblad, Parrott, Armstrong and
every other variety OF heavy artillery
known 10 the ordnance manual. Mr.,
B. Is evidently gifted. And such Il
speech as 10 matterI In his opening
paragraph he quotes Brutus In Snake.
speare's Cnsar, aud opens the second
with the hrst clause OF the Declaration u
of Independence. II was u queer con.
glOmeratien of hifalutin,h bathos
platitudes. don't Tember ever having
heard anything TO equal It unless II was
an address made one night to u political |
meeting, atthe Court House, In YOU
city, by Morgan II. Gregg. Esq, many
years sgO-probably In 1857. The 'in. :.
mortal j. N. could no doubt equal II,
but never heard him. Appreciation
OF good thing is an American charac-
terIstic. The auditory In this case was
not an exception; FOR both members
and spectators gave free expression 10
their merriment; and when the eloquent
orator got or such flights us the follow
lug their delight knew no bounds:
IL wish to be an officer on board the
great ship OF state upon her first Voy-
age, bearing thnt beautiful banner with
thiS Inscription "rhe loyal mans
Government" Letthe old ship OF state
be launched with that motto floating
at her Masthead, and my word for II,
If you Will cast your minds eye up into
the precincts OF the glory-land, you
will see Washington and Adams,
Franklin and Madison, Jackson, Web
Ster and Clay, leaning over the high
bHttlements OF heaven, looking down
with approving and exultunt smiles,
while the salnted martyr, with the iull.
Ell braves, would raise their voices Mt
tuned anew, singing, "ROll on, roll
on" Let the old ship OF state, thus
newly rugged, be launched upon the
waves oI time AS n missionary to the
world, and ut no distant day you may
see the American coat OF arms, the bird
OF liberty, extending her pinlons 50
that the tip Of one will rest ON the north
and the other on the south pole, leaving
in their tracks the remains OF crumbled
thrones aud trampled crowns, while,
like the bow Of hope, she will hold her
eliminating point In the heavens, and
shed her redeeming radiance upon the
evening OF the world"
MIR. GolladHy, the successful clalm4uL
in this case, Is specimen brick Of De.
moCracy. His appearance alone would
| In IA - l.. l..
party. Like BnrdOlph, he (being a
modest mani blushes extempOre and
neHrly all his bushes seem to have
lodged In his nose. Aside from this he
has that indesGribnble but unmistHka.
BILE look which we always associate
with the suspicion OF An unremtItiug
enuehV0r TO conceal large quantity OF
alcoholic fluids, aud suggests the idea
whether such reservoir ought not TO
be taxed or put In bond. Unless am
very much mistaken, MIR. Golladay's
Post Office Is that kept by his friend
Sasby at "ConfedrIt y Rouus, "aud he
Is u near neighbur aud good customer
OF the grocery" ut tho "Corners." AZ.
Ter being sworn he chose his seat lnr
back In the Democratic corner, near the
illustrious John MOrrissey, whereserv.
|
cite stove, his steady glow will dilTuse
warmth and comfort and enable his
fellow Democrats, who Mie OF the more
fastidiOus sort, like Fernando Wood
and Brooks, to realize what II cuuItnrta.
bic thing It would be this winter 10
have iull Democratic delegation from
the South.
When this matter hnd been disposed
! n IInnnunb tNU
up, as II question of privilege, upon the
resolution reported hy Mr., Boutwell,.
OF Massachusetts, on hehAl Of the mai.
Ority of the Judiciary Committee, d..
clarIng the impeachment Of "Andrew
Johnson, President OF the United
States" tor "hiRh crimes and Iniyde.
meanUrs"
At this hour nearly every member
WAS in his sent; the galleries we're
crowded around tho entire circle of the
Chamber, and many privileged visitors
occupied tie SOlhs on the ilIur, Before
MIR. Boutwell,, who was To Omen the
discussion, began, Speaker C0llnx an.
nOunced that II there should be any
manifestations Of applause or dissent In
the galleries, he would order them
cleared, aud If any sUch expression wns
made by members, he should call them
by nHnie-lhe effect Hf which would bu
to bring tho offender before the IIonse
Ia answer for contempt Of Ita rules,
This announcement wns induced by
Ihe fact that last Wednesday, both
gallery and floor broke into applause
and hiSses when the resolution deular.
Ing the Impeachment Of the President
wis reported by the committee. But
there seemed To hv littl0 UGcuslOn to.
day for thu caution.
When Mr.. Boutwell,, who hnS his seat
far on the len, upon the Republican
side Of the House, arose To speak, the
members from distant parts Of the Hall
gathered around him, and rnr half n
minute perhaps, there was thnt rustic
and buzz Of movement always heard
when II multitude is COMPOSING itself
10 silence. Then Nil became quiet Hs
death and there WINS II sOlemnity nnd
lnpresSiveness IN tho occasion which
was probably felt by Nil present but
cannot enSlly b" described. Il must
have been tar more Impressive and
solemn hnd II not been no generally un.