Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-29

81 riso to pint Of order y
"Thc gentleman is out Of order his
selfp
estate your point Of order.p
''The gem'en is discussin that
.hich is not aforc the House,,
81 moves the previous question:
81 moves 10 lay it OIL the table.
'.Set down, you've moi got the ho'. ;"
"Mr. Speaker. oh, Mr.. Speaker"
81 had the flo fust."
"Bott of them are out Of crtter."
"Cail the yeas and nays on Il. }"
81 arise TO Il question Of substitute
OH the"
GAS l was saying before
"Thc gentleman Is out OF order
take your seat II
Il were up iirst.'
The special hour has arriycdn
1sOne-o'afock was ffi.. tine. sssss-ss -
"Thc gentleman will yield the
four."
"Sah!"
"Ihe gentleman will subsidc the
Senate Is ut the door Of the House."
''All right, sah.'
"Gentlemen, arise and receive the
Senate
THE SENATOR'S
filed in; preceded by large mulatto,
who carried heavy eight-foot pole.
which he solemnly deposited on the
reporters table. The Senators took
front row of seats. They were halt
negroes. and the rest not very thrifty
looking whites, Lieutcuant-Govrr-
nor Gleaves, "A tall, spare. solemn
looking muiatto; was escorted 10 the
Speakers stand. He has considcra-
bic stoop of shoulders, Il Roman nose,
u Wcdiuin noustache, wears eye
glasses, speaks with deilb-ratiom.
end, but for his color. is j fair speci-
mcn of the average college professor
The two houses together were re-
solved into joint Assembly, for tile
purpose ofelecling i judge to succeed
Jas. l.. Orr, appointed Minister to
Russia by President Grant.
Sevcra! Vi the S',uators were rather
heai;hwnnd lu-tv looking young GEN
tlemam, whose mental ani physical
development wuald make more iIn-
preston III the curufi I'D than il: the
Senate chamber. Some ofthcmi have
certainly ini>raiscn their voc; ton, but
The surroundings are such that it is
40: probable they will be brought 10
km"wiedee of the fact.
Whittemorc. OF cadet fame. arose
to move tha; the joint Assembly dis
solve. i-c Is q stout, heavy, short.
thick-sct man, witt an immense black
beard, and impressive abdominal dc
vcloplnent. His admir:mg consii:u-
tucucv elected him to the State Sen
ate :fter he WAS turned out of
Congress, and if there be warning
auy-proot of the unituess of the South
Carolina negroes to govern. it is
fonnd in this. WEittemure is Il thor
cughly corrupt man-one of the sort
of which tie South Carolina marke,
is pretty we'll stocked.
A C0LoRED MAN
,ien pitched into the Rev. White
more in 4 cruel manner. The motion
TO dissolve. without electing q judge,
he did not like. That's one o; his
tricks" he said, pointing his long.
back iin,.cr at the Rev. Whittemorc:
..he does n thing and then goes agin
it, He goes back or iIi5sclf and every
body else. | know the gem en-. lie
don't want any judge up Thar in the
Eighth district. He ought to be in
Jail up thar himself, without any
judge TO try him, and see how il felt"
| agree with the negro that the
Ecv. " hitternore ought to be in Jail,
no; so much to see how il felt. as be-
cause he deserves it, If the jails of
the State had their dues the South
Corolina Legislature would be hope
lesslv without a quorum.
ANOTHER DARBY
arose TO point of order. No one
paid any attention TO him, however,
and he sat down. Anotlicr defended
Mr.. Wiiiltc,norc, wilereupon he got
!; dose from still another, who hit
him thus: "Oh, yes, knows what
YOU want: you want to be Iobbiei
with and button-holed, and took in q
dark corner; that's what's the mat
ter" This made it warm all around,
aud for q time there was an exceed
ing!y lively debate. In fact it was u
general squabblc, participated iii By
about a dozen plantation hauds.
Finally "the gentleman from
Georgetown got the hoor. The
gentleman from Georgetown was
black ami fcrocious. He was fat
around the body, but thin around the
brain Ialso heart: it intiina,ed By an
impatient person that he was id
tool. The gentleman from George
town began. .'Agaiu has :. question
of vital Importance been brought be.
fore the General Assembly Of the
State of South Carolina" Reporter
TO ne IN low voice: That's the
way the id fool always begins he'll
make seventeen speeches i'll day, and
begin them all with again. etc.
While his eloquence was coming Ill
u sush a colored brother
TRIED TO WHISPER SOMETHING.
in his car, but wills met with go
away: don't bodder Inc i'll my argu-
meutt -
Another got OH his feet and gestic-
ulating as wildly Us the wings in Don
Quixote's Windmill, asked "Will the
gem'au yield:"
mo, yield not.'
Aud ne didu't. lie had his say,
and then yielded for want of breath.
Then there was general tangle IN
the Joint Assembly" Five were on
the floor, all intervis wing themselves
and one another at once. White
more shook his black wlIisSers, and
shot out his white fists as he used to