New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-14

ing how many perky members elect at home
sink into this uncomfortable state after be-
ing sworn in. From being the first man Of
the village he sinks into the last at Rome,
the other. He finds himself lost in crowd,
and the eye of the Speaker-thst blessed
dispensation that lifts one from obscurity-
IL mOnOp0ljzed by dozen men NO better
than himself. He feels keenly his enforced
Obscurity. bnt accepts the situation in q
shy, awkward sort Of way that is quite
amusing to everybody.
and worked in his committee. He an
swered twenty letters day, and ran
through the departments as agent for his
constituents, until he sucoumbed to the bad
ventilation the paint-snd-putty architect,
Clarke, supplied the hall. Not only was
his Congressional throat swollen and sore,
but q strange. irritating eruption broke out
over bis law-making person. He sent for
| Dr. Garrett, and GArnett not only put pO-
ti0ns in him, but lotion on him. in his
| (Garnett's) usual heroic manner. And the
Scion gradually convalesced. One morning
he determined to attend q sitting of the
honorable body of which he was member.
He had not consulted his looking glass-tO0
modest for that. Had he done so he would
have seen, to his wonder and distress, that
the lotion given him by DR.. Garrett had
turned his face to dusty copper color. He
was other than what he had been, but all
unaware of his transmogriioation, he ap-
preached the entrance to the hall of the
house. The dCOrkeeper hesitated. But the
honorable member moved forward so de-
cidedly that the man, half opening the
door, asked:
"Member, sirl"
"Of COURSE" was the response, in some
| wonder, fer the guardian Of the portal
| knew eur friend we'll enough; that is, he
knew him before he was dyed.
Member quoth the doorkeeper, as the
| Scion entered. "Humph! member from
| Africa"
Our friend took his seat and was sorting
| over his mail, when q gentleman of African
descent approached. and, bending over,
| said cOnfidentially, in an undertoEe:
"Pinchback's defeated, sure"
| "WhatW asked Our puzzled friend.
II say Pin chback's lost his seat, sure
"YOu don't say 3d."
Eyes, does: de crisis is on US dis time,
an we mus stan shoulder to shoulder or
| de cause is lost"
II am much obliged to you, my friend,
| for this information; but what have to do
| with the cause is more than l can make
! ont"
"You-you! why you is the man all eyes
| turn on. you is bein' talked of all ober de
town. l tell We dere's going to be a sere-
made dis night, so you be prepared, sab;
yes, sah."
And before the bewildered member could
recover from his astonishment the man was
gone. What could the fool mean by Pinch
back and the cause, and he q Democrat
from the Southl The fellow must be crazy.
1t was the wont Of our friend to rise from
his seat every morning with fifty others
and shout ''Mr. Speaker, Mr.. Speaker" at
the full pitch Of his lungs. Why he or they
4 A.: I'll g. H.
never sees any one of them. Perhaps it is
considered healty exercise, or perhaps that
ia the way to be Copgressmen. What the
reason may or may not be. our friend started
up on this occasion. and TO his astonishment
the Speaker recognized him. He had the
eye OF the Speaker. Strange sensation, and
stranger, the moment this occurred dead
silence fell upon the House, and every face
turned to the amazed gentleman. He was
equal to the emergency, and then aud there
introduced his little measure and made his
little speech that no had been rehearsing
from the first day of the session. Members
gathered around and listened attentively,
and as he resumed his scat he enjoyed
further surprise in hearing Democrat re-
mark quite audibly. HE speaks right pert
for Niger"
Feeling far from well after his late attack
he soon wended bis way back to his rooms,
and on Pennsylvania avenue, meeting a
lady of his acquaintance with her escort, he
politely lifted his hat. The two stared at
him in q queer way, and the gentleman es
cOrting the fair dame hurried into hat
store, and overtaking cur colored NJ. c.,
said angrily:
How dare you insult that lady, you
skunkl"
The NJ. c. had been ill; ne was yet feeble,
and although unaware OF the fact, deeply
cOlOred; but his wrath was strong as ever,
and 90 he collided his right law-making fist
on the nose of his questioner. A lively set
to followed. and although the Scion used
due diligence in getting round and IN on
damaged part of Congress but for the inter-
ference of the police. As it was, he found
himself under arrest, and would have been
walked Oft to quod had he not tished up
card and two or three envelopes addressed
to the NJ. G. Tho police of Washington
know enough to be aware of the fact that
member can not be arrested when on his
way to and from the Capitol, and so our
friend was released.
He was nursing an enlarged nose and
swollen lips in his room that night, when
the noise of brass band and the shouts of
a crowd aroused him. He listened to the
row, still bathing his nose, when the SER
want entering, said:
"Dey's serenadin' you, sab; dey's want
you 10 Orate, ban.
He was bewildered. He had made his
speech, but if insisted On he would make
another: SO, stepping upon the little bal
cony above the bay window, he was yet
more bothered to find crowd of negroes
and boys with torches, who greeted him
with rOusing cheers. This was familiar
music to his Democratic ears, and forth
with he launched into Democratic speech.
For few minutes his audience listened in
utter establishment Thus, as with bit
ing sarcasm he attacked the corruptions
of this administration, he was greeted
with Kisses. When he referred to bayo-
net rule and the bloody rascality of carpet
baggers fearful grOans broke out. But
when he spoke of the disgusting spectacle
OF brutal negroes being returned to the
House and Senate, the most frightful scene
of confusion followed. He heard himself
denounced as q renegade and traitor. and
in the midst dead cat. gathered up from
some adjoining alley. whistled through the
air and hit him on bis already damaged
nose. Then followed old boots, and soon
bats, brickbate, in shower, hurtled and
A hasty retreat was in order. He retreated,
and the crowd, after breaking his windows,
relieved itself of some fearful yells and dis
persed.
Our friend sent for DR.. Garrett.
doctor" he asked, plaintively, sis there
anything in this disease of mine that affects
the brain?"
Certainly not" responded the eminent
NJ. D. "WhyW
II seem to be in dream-a horrible
nightmare. don't know what's the mat
ter with me-" and he then narrated bis
days adventures. The doctor laughed till