For the Columbian Fountain.
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DOINGS IN THE HOUSE.


Mr.. EDITOR In the House Of Representa-
tives on Wednesday last, Mr. Hamlln asked
permission TO offer the following resolution


'Resolued, That the use of the Hall of this
House be granted TO the Congressional Tenn,
perance Society, on Thursday evening of next
week.


When the resolution was read, there arose
from the members an indignant burst of no.
Objection being made, Mr.. Hamlin moved 10
solution; the motion was taken by yeas and
nays, and decided as follows: yeas Sc, nays
o. The motion was lost, twolhirds not vot-
ing in the affirmative.


\ A stately member from Alabama was stand
ing in the main isle, with his back towards the
Clerk when his name was called; and, turning
suddenly around, he threw back his head,
contracted his brows, inflated his lungs, and
causing his countenance to assume an express
sion ofsovereign contempt, bawled out. ''No!"
He reminded me of Ned Forrest as Richard, in
the scene where, being informed Of the capture
of the Duke OF Buckingham, he excams,
"A "Off with his head!"


What objection can there be to the holding
of temperance meeting in the Hall of the
House of Representatives ? Would it wound
the dignity Of the House? would il empty the
Treasury of the Government would it cor
rupt the morals OF the members2 | answer, no;
on the contrary, it would contribute to the pre-
vention of an affirmative of the above questions,
and especially Of the last.


Permit me, Mr.. Editor, to renew assurances
of high regard, JAMES LITTLE.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 1876.