The sun., 1873-01-13

tutIt NdS n sOft OF Outuless pibhc
door at once, gesticulating wildly and tAlklng w
sf % the srsumsns a1ma%e and il % doSStf@I the par
tcipante knew themselves. One black but con-
,sSe Sg,s ws his %sR
| shoulders, maintained the floor with vigor 1f
prpose worthy Of more i9'portsat nrr"s,an cause; "a
Ing tongues could distinguish or recognize, as
| it were, fragments OF discourse caught from
sboat % de d. IocS. @ on der doors and the "ieaEy
roof" and that somethina or other was an " I'm
| perfect contract is, but suppose, from the way
the hon orabis gentleman talked about u, It's
denee. While the eIpounder Of the impeffecs
| contract was spe akine, business went on about
II caii the gen'em to orderr
| II rise 10 o pint OF orde- W ,.,
"The gen 'lemsn Ia out ,.f order hisself y
"The gem On Il. diseussin' that which Is not
Il moves ,lfv previous question"
"I moves to Law II on the table
set down, you've not got tie nc,"
"fhad ipSeiS' The 90 fust." Eni ~ ''
| Both Of them are out Of order"
| "CaIl the yeas and nays on IT
81 arise to question Of substitute on the
! THE gentleman is out oil ordsr take your
! II we're up nrst 20
In. ,pessii pdsi hour % ,ss has ,,Tcs sr5'sa-
The gentleman will yield the noor'
"The gentleman will .ubsido the Senate i, at
the d9rs i, ,,Ss, 81 the ne, H"use'
"Ocnticmcp, arise and receive the senate"
| Tho senators nled Ia, preceded ly large m'i-
he solemnly deposited on tue reporters table.
| Tie Senators took a front row Of seats 1n-y
tiriftyeIooEina whites IIeut-(iov. Gieaves,
tali, spare, solemn-loosing mulatio' was escort
ed to the Speakers stand. lie has consdeiahIe
stoop Of shoulders, a Roman nose, medium
mOustache, wears eye glasses, tpeaks with 90
liberation. and but for his coloris fair spe, +
several Of the Senators were rather healthy
| and lnsty-looking young gentlemen, whose men
impression IN tho corn field than In the senate
chamber. Some % them have cerhnly mis-
| taken their ayo,atlon, but the surroundlngs arc
such that IL is not probable they vii To brought
| 10 a knowledge OF the fact.
| remained In the House untii IL hdJourned' OF
took recess as they style ii, until the ith Of
january. This recess + for turkey eating pur,
rather sirk theConstitution than miss lis Christ
They dissolved In very good humor At .
| o clock a member moved that we DO now hayo
Is minutes 70 smoke and have good time"
| Speaker-You mean that we have some smok-
| Ing and social enloymentf
| Meuber-Thlts my move.
Speaker-Aii those in favor Of having Is mlu-
utes smoke say aye.
The volume of ayes was tremendous In a few
moments nearly every member had a cigar In
hls mouth Tue room rapidly alled with smoke
Moving about IN the cloud were the legislators,
shaking hands, shouting and laughing and con-
Quoting themselves much as negroes do al reVi-
vsi meetings.
To the right and rather to Themselves were a
bakers dozen or so OF Democrats Hne. lntelli-
gentle KING men, whose business in the niser-
expenditure and corruption which threatens to
swamp the state. They do not smoke or laugh.
the proccedings 70 them They behold the down.
fall and degradation OF their state with thoughts
that not uttered. Some of them were In the
legislature 20 years ago, and comparison
makes the heart sick
THE ELECTION or JOHN PATTERSON SENATOR
By the law OF the state the nrst ballot for Som
ator s taken In the Senate. The result Is then
announced In the House, and tho House ballots.
Patterson wanted the moral eject OF "A LARGE
vote In the Senate, and there be shs!led out
freely. II is eaid that on the first ballot there,
sixteen votes cost him not less han than $500.
nt az a Whon fSp ~ it wss known in
Of The golden Patterson. lie darkeys were told
that his election vas sure, and that Il they did
not come, up 10 the work they would not ct
dillon to what they slrcady had, wa! OF healthy
effect for the one ballot tgken result ed in the
oyerwhelmlng election Of Honest John Patter-
son. He got more votes than all the rest put to-
gether. The brihlng business was at first Pretty
well covered up but On The homestretch, when
on IN open daylight. Twenty minutes before
!he vote was taken, a member Fortune Giles
WortAington, PatteSou's agent, and u roll u
greenbacks handed him. His colleague was
then called, and a roll given him, after which
they voted for Patterson. Four credible Wilt
nesses saw this transaction, as II occurred right
,
on the night Of the election victorious pattcr-
son was arrested for bribery, on the athdeSlt
hundred 10 a thousand dollars to vote for him,
which Miller would not agree TO do. Either lie
enough. Thers were also other afidayits, and
had copies OF thom 20 enclose IN this letter, but
BE- swsspns into s R
sds no exception IN the mater ot TIE sdsyts inid T
Scs XIX T-f BY ocsl OflGTs
sembled and made matters pretty lively for the
trial Justice. Patterson swore, and, In the estL
| nation of the Justice, insulted the court. FoI
: this he was sentenced to twelve hours imprison
ment, as punishment for the alleged contempt
He was followed to durance vile 10y concourse
of his friends, who were determined to see him
"Out' ~ more senses than one. Others ran foI
I a writ n habcas corpus, which they got without
, ! trouble. Patterson ~as brought out, kirk was
; sent for to come and "show cause" why The
sent to notify Kirk found him intrenched in his
own house, with the doors balrlcaded. Kirk
20 10 he'll, and Il the ofcer left left MI MacRey Ike released
, Patterson, and his friends carried him to the
. The Lesisisture cut on Kinks head next day
d but not until he had returned the papers In tile
2 case TO court. Well informed people don't see
how the Grand Jury ext term can fail TO Indie,
: Patterson. There is an abundance OF evidence
\ sufioiont bac kbons TO thoroughly sift the whole
matter. Under such sitting Il Is matter %
| grieYous doubt whether Patterson will go TO thI
, ! Senate or to the penitentlary.
CoLoRED coEGREssMAS.
: Yesterday / went around TO see the black liof
I ! in his den-I beg pardon, home-for he Lives IL
l. | style such as few white people In this smittef
: city can support. Elliott was originally from
: Massach husetts, where he picked up and crninmeC
: In good education and enough knowledge e
support shingie down here. Being an aspiring
, young man, he wisely concluded not to settle 10
! | the solid State OF Massachusetts,. He wanted Il
d | wing his flight to some cline where his own rae,
, | predominated. Africa would have been thu
= ! most oongenial point, but as that Is some dis
; | tanee OF, and as a man can't get there withoul
I having his stomach turned wrong side out eros
ing the briny deep, Elliott set his sails for tn.
!: nsxt best Afrioanlzed land, and hove 70 Il
. Edgeneld. South Carolina There he practice.
Z f0urths white damsel. As soon as he had los
I and won a suncient number Of cases TO hay