The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-09

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dence, Mr.. Chittenden was sent to Congress.
to fill out the unexpired term of an expired
member
/ Physically he is extremely small; his hair
winch is very gray, is worn III the TIltonidr
STYLE making his head slightly disproportIon
ate. Then he has a gray moustache and an
lincIplent double chin which he continually
draws downward to show that there is a crease
beneath the cheeks, and likewise to enhance
the severe dignity OF lis demeanor. He i,
also cross-eyed, SO to speak, which enables
him te see both sides Of sui jeet at once, YOU
know and wien he wishes to enli ghten
Congress, he rises. pulls down his vest
with jerk. feels OF the points OF his standing
collar to see if they are even, then putting his
lett hand under his coat-tal gives twirl, to
be sure that everyone is ready for the inn mi
nent Grafton, AID pipes out III the funniest of
little voices, Mr.. Speaker" You ins.in t.
| lively think of "the little, small wee bear, y
who complained ain little, sm Ill wee voice, -
That somebody bad been NEEDING with his
little, small wee" ratioDs Then as he turns
you catch glimpse Of those projecting
coat-tai!s, aud there is bantam rooster,
ly excited; he ,raises himself on his
dear little toes, and comes down on
his dear little heels with bounce; he hurls
defiance and dlsdain in the teeth of his ad-
versaries, while everybody wears tolerant
smile, amused at his antics. The other day,
having squeaked out " -ur. Speaker! dozen
times to 40 purpose, he got the floor on the
thirteenth Coll, and his first words showed au
amount Of selt-knowledge which sent listen
ers into shouts of laughter. He wished to
denouncc something i'll the new Tariff bill,
and he did it in this way: ''ir. Speaker, L
don't suppose that what have to sly will
h off La, NJ, ~
canary bIrd, and he gave al addlli nal poke
10 those coat-tais. Fancy the roar
Did you ever consider how annoying and
inconvt nient II ust be v heA one Is thou oGgh-
" eng iged, to be Obliged to hurl the explo-
slve aaaEhemas upward, kno wing that tley
thereby lost Lali Their TO c.. L., AL very
we'll to flash your eyes Indignantly when you
can look down upon your foe. but poor htte
Mr.. Chit nden even Oh his tip-.oes with Li4
chin at its most acute upward angle, cJudn'i
look his antagonist in the eye, S, lie at down
disguised. A lack Of longitude is disgusting,
but then, you Know, We ar ali ut tn merldla'l
here any way. Tomorrow all this busy con
ilsion will cease. How empty and desolate
1t viii look and how dii1icI.l it vii be 10
bring back the faces and forms now 80 f.init
lar. hey are ruahlng business at grea.
rate to-day, bn5 occasionally some uDcom-
promising hard-sheli Of a lawnaker obst,-
nateiy dem !nds the yeas and nays making
rs MP stairs erowi during the tedious reacinG
Of that dreary rol.
Thursday, } +. ".
Died at Washington, d O., ar II II, on
Thursday, March 4, 1870 the Forty THIRD
Congress Of these United 5 a;es.
Il was our melancholy pleasure to attend
the deceased ''body' during its last hours
We tried to feel sentimental as BETTING the
solemn occasion, but while the members of
the aforesaid body were each and all OF
them conducting individual and collective
"rampages' of the most absurd type, our
risibles would assert themselves Such con-
fusion confounded, or confoanded confusion
take your choice, gentlemen never saw
as that which reigned triumphant In the
House last evening.
Galleries we're ja'nmed to Overlooking
ladies Wore their most brilliant toilettes, as
sisting the same by sweetest smiles, 50 the
hall was unusually radiant. Some, whose
wori had all been done in committee rooms,
now at leisure, INDUCED in ell sorts of antics.
Two conti1t ntial souls were sitting in earnest
confabulation. A third came behind them
Satan entered into him, aud crach, went the
skulls before him, eliciting an
idea, possibly; an expletive, certainly. Clear
ing out desks was in order, consequently the
floor was in admired disorder; rolled papers
flew here and there, aimed with an a.curacy
learned long ago in some school-house, and
dignfed noses were often astonshed at the
forcible presentation OF some document they
had not before investigated.
Holman, of Indiana,
the constitutional growler and grumbler
bounce up every five minutes. Randall, alert
10 the last contested points with the Speaker;
pages went back and forth with bills that |
must be signed, and the hours went by very |
swiftly till at two o'clock in the morning We
came home for brief rest. At ten o'clock |
We we're again in our places, and D how those
bills did tchiz through As the hands crept
round toward noon, and bill after bill Was
read, it was funny to see the pages running
Tor the Presidents signature. Their heads
heels did or not.
At the last moment Mr.. Dawes, reporting
rom the Committee of Conference with the
announced no further business;
hen Mr.. Blaine made singuiarly eloquent,
graceful speech of adieu to those whom he
las SO long and SO wisely ruled, and the Storm
If enthusiasm burst forth. So many, many
lands eagerly clapping The effect was very
,urious, watched from the gallery. The air
seemed full of hands and nothing else, while
heir inces>ant motion perpetually cleft il.
VOW the SOunu WOulu lull LOT DTeAti, tHeu
aiken u p again, it rose and fell with an occa-
ional cheer by way of emphasis, till Speaker
Blaine, overwhelmed, sat down wping the
uck t ars from his eyes, feeling, doubtless,
he pride which such man has igN to eel.
lie is beloved by both parties and deeply adj :
hired, especially by all true friends of the
MON, for his recent course i'll regard to
our relations
So Congress died. Then came the leave
kings, greetings and good wishes for the 7
1ture, when the ways must lie in opposite ,
irections; then, the surging crowd filing the
orridors, the packed street cars, and am at
~ own private and particular writing table
wing you this imperfect transcript OF scene q
can never forget. q
The last saw of Speaker Blaine, he was
aiding over toward the Senate, Mrs. Dawes /
hose husband, tomorrow, takes the position :
e has SO brayely won.
o Dear.
| don't want to stop, for there are lots of '
,inpS [ would like to tell YOU but this must =