Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-31
WaSnlnCr0HIAN GOSSIP.


therein contained. She continued r.sdins
until she scanned the signature attached TO
the Aforesaid epis,le, and 10 sooner did her
eyes rest on the word "Bsusdict" than she
threw up her hands in holy hsrrsr. She
shrieksd shrisk. and ragged even like .
heather. tumultuouslv-in coed .oah
esmmotion was so great o. 10 disturb the
squanimisy Of the several ecds and god>
ssses represented in Bramid.s srss, paint
Ing on tbs demo underneath. Vulcan
dropped HE hammer en- Nep,unss grea,
toe. The Aquatic Divinity got wheel oi
his chariot entanglsd in a reaping mac hine
belonging 10 Ceres, aud there would, TO
doubt. have been considerable OF a .umpus
but fer the interference Of Minerva.
Now the cause Of all this turmoil, Messrs.
Editors, is thusly stated The goddess,
who is considerable Of a lady, has hitherto
looked upon me A. I'll unmarried man, and,
really, | cannst account ior your mistake
in my name, unless it be from the abomi-
nabls habit ell great men have Of signing
their names - wretchedly as possible
Now. to make this matter right, Messrs.
Editors, to appeass the wrath Of the god
dsss, to sppsase my wrath, and, further,
from the possibility that the writer may.
At some future time, have occasion to visit
your fair city, please announce the fact,
that have been unmarried since the last
report. and the prospect 10 that will con.
tinus in that condition for some time.
Although Congress has adjourned during
the holidays, and many Senators and Rep
rsssnta,ives have gone homeward. the
sjorty Of the members remain here
The capital and It's surroundings present
harms that are difficult to resist. The
Senate Chamber, tho House, the costly
paintings, the superb ststuary, the masni
fcsnt architectural surrounding, tho cell
lection Of knowledge. stacked four tiers
deep in the tnatchisss library, oil have .
magnetic attraction. even for those accus.
toned daily to worship at their shrine
A stranger a. the capitol remarked to me,
as singular fact. that in all the busts and
paintings display cd throus hout tho capitol
buildings, he had seen no representation Of
Ksntucky's greatest stateAmsn. It 10, per
hals, to DO lsmentsd that the figure Of
Henry Clay does not adorn our legislative
halls Yet, II any one inaginss that Pro.
gresS 10 myth. that tho tendency 10 retro
grade, and that eioquencs in our legislative
halls died with Henry Clay, let him bs ~
once undscsivtd. Lot him be,aks himself
at the proper tme to the gallery Of the
Senate, and hearken unto the eratcrical
eiiusions of Wiley. Aye, Wiley, when
he, Of West N!fgitis, arises in the Senate
The first Impression Of the beholdsr, when
his lanterns are liked on the mslsstic
structure aforesaid, ir, that ycu will not get
much, and Wiley has never been known to
dlsapp int anybody in this particularly
CALCULATIONS thusly are distinctly audible
all over the senate: wiley, get through"
"Will he never got thrcughr and "fer
Gods sake. Wiley, get through" And
liaaiIy, when lie does exhaust himself of
tho accumulations of fortnight, and sub
sides to his seat, you feel sensibly relieved
Of an riilction that cannot possibly occur
again FOR two weeks. This is tho b,s, fea-
,ure about Hii!oy. He is fsoihy, but not
frequent.
Buckalew chsws an enormous quantity OF
Gne-cut tobacco, but I never saw him chew
any Of his own. have no desire to init
mate that the Honorable Senator from
Pennsylvania has no tobacco Of his own,
but merely TO state, that when he leaves
his seat for any other part Of the Senate. be
creates the impression that he is fond Of
good tobacco. and don't. keep any Of tina.
kind bimself. 4 10 merely habit OF his,
and he will doubtless get over it. Aside
from this, Mr.. Is is oogent talker, and inc
disclaimer FOR man OF his size.
Now, If you cast your line OF vision o.
tho other side Of the Chamber, between
Harlan and Upton, it will rest on the Hon-
orshls Drake. Tho Honorable Drake il
from Missouri, and she author of work
pub u d several years since, entitled
En- ancipa,on, or the Afric Of America
"llew u tram and Priye Him." In STYLE
il resembles Hiram " oodruf's work ON the
"Trot,ing Horse with the exception that
lliram's is a very valuable book. The Hon
cradle Drake does not usually speak more
than five or six times daily. llc is a new
member, and OF course entitled to some,
consideration in this respect. The reason
why tho Honorable Drake does not address
Ah' A'Cbatc ~ fNC1uSJ VI AL
unfortunate rule Of that body, requiring
members to speak standing. The Honor
able Drake is not lazy, net at oil, neither
i. he bashfal. Reducing this problem to
financial basis: II a man could buy the
Honorable Drake At what he is actually
worth, and could sell him At what, he,
Drake, thinks he Is worth. he would harvest
moro stsmps than Commodore Vanderbilt
MIXED frsm Wall street, in the recent bull
movement il N. Y. Central
To change the base Of observation to the
other end Of the building and cast anchor
in the gallery Of the House, We find that II
Butler 10 not on the floor. il is because
Wsshburns hiss not yet finished. ltis .
vWy eaey matter to distinguish Butler
from the rest Of the members. liza man 10
caught in the gallery 40 stupid-if it 10
possible for man to bs 40 stupid-that 10
cannot make the distinction between Butler
and the rest Of The members, he 10 immt di.
atsly arrested by the Corpor oil alarms %
dangerous character.
am informed on unQues,ionable author.
itv, that in view Of Buffers remarkable ex.
ploits in tho spoon business at New Or
leans, and en- the reesmmend.tion Of Marx
n Pom,roy, Of New York, that b. F. will
be appointed chairman Of the Committee on
appropriations"
Alter the holidays it is expected that
several new stars will rise u tho surface. OF
at least that some old ones will develop
themselves. John Morrissey, the able rep
sessntativs from the Baxter Street District
is expected to unfold. 1t will be frs.h ia
tue memory Of ysur readers that Mcrrisssy
WAS sent On mission TO Long Point, Can
ada, several years to confer with diplo-
matist named Hesnan, whom he rednc.
to vulgar frastions in about nineteen min
utes. 1t is also to his credit in the archives
Of the Government that he cssaysd similar
mission previous 10 that, the objective
point being . Yankee named Sullivan, snd
in which he was eminently successful. With
characteristic fores.ght and in dsssrsncs
10 the Wishes Of his constituents, Mr.. Mcr>
issey designs introducing . bill te repeal
tho duty on sponses and boxing gloves, also
bill to regulate STRIKES" From his pre-
vious record there 's no question but that
Nj. Morissey viii make decided hit If he
ge,s an opening. Colfsx told me confien
italy that he intended placing Morisscy en-
sslsc, committee wi Bout we'll Of Nas.a-