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Show ' KAUpLPlfS. SAIIQASM. , .apiJiiisar"paro.wafc nltfaysrwitiP cringj an'd.somntimcs: his very, look, or ctxn.(Sjlenqe, was amiiliilatingir,A;geu--:tlcniau .,oncp, jelled to hip nn nnccdote uvhjclf I hnvp.iiot.secn i!priiit. Anncm-: ,bcr bfthp flpwcr hpnsc, from Virginia; had jcppntlydied-j Wi(h. thligontlemnti (Kandplpl ras pn ; very friendly terms I'.snccessor was..,cIectiti.iii.part;.nS iVas fiaid, from his Jiphilng-up,the idea that; if ; elected, ho would "ehastfso John Itari dolph lutp'his genscs.'' . n . Tjiis-brnggar.t had not been In. his Scat but a fpw days, when he sOjighUO. redeem his plctlgo by making a furious attack oh the geutleinaii' from Itoanoko. Ho Was In full lido of angry declarodtion when the object of his abuse entered tho House, On .taking Jus seat lie barelydpoked at the spenker, and tlu-ii begdn a hasty per-: tisai or .the uowspapers.oud doenmeuts on his;dvkt.,All jxpcetcd;a reply hnd-r'aVc sport us a matter or course,, but they were, ror the timo,disnppointed. Spmo Jlyaflcr,.hoyeTcr, when, the Housdjthc. lobbies, and galleries were full, Handolph: obtained the floor .to speak on some reso-lutloijthcu reso-lutloijthcu nnder, consideration., In the course of his remarks, he 'took .occasion to speak iiijUic most complimentary terpis of his friend, thb tlecensed meajber, whose scat wit thcnoccupic'd by hissuccesior a largo pp'rtly man. With inimitable el cution, VWch'hushe'd, thq House (ut,p, the most perfect, silence," ha turned to j 'tho iseat occupied by his rude antagonist, and said In his blaud and most scorching Irony, "I allude to my csUcmed friend frola Vir giuia, lately-dcccaitd, whose scat is 'still vacant.'" As his-jhcomparabla emphasis fell on, the word "vacant"' tho death-like silence was dispelled . by the moat tumultuous tumul-tuous laughter; ilefyiog all control, in -which frieuds and .foe's alike Jpined, The 'effect of this adrp.it inueudo.was sa killiim !to the principal vtctimihat he resigned 'his sont in tho body' n which lie iad so J boldly 'proposed to chastise Jphij, itan-dolph. itan-dolph. ' ," |