Dominion Legislative Oratory

A St. Jühn's (N. F.) letter to the Boston Trutdtr says : In the anuals of our House of Assembly wo havo a record of one of the most reruarkablo feats oí oratory ever aecomr plished. One of oar members, in ordeto baffle soine government ineasure( aetually spoke against tiirie for twenty-four bours on a stretch - thus throwiug into the shade the migfhtiest aohievem -nu of Domosthenes and Cicero. He commeneed at tour o'clock in the afternoon, on the unpromising subject of the premium paid on the skins of wolves. Ti:e stieam of his cloquonce flowcd on until nine o'cloek, and then his opx)onents lelt sure that he uiust soon " oav} iu " froin sheer exhaustion, and that their niotion would be paseed, uiil theysnugly in bfíd by eleven. Xhey were reckomng without their host. Twelve o'clock truck and thfl tones of h s voico were as ioad as evar. In de.-iair. and determining not to be beat) tiie gorernnient sent liome tor matreMes and blanketgj aud, stretching thcinselves on the Hoor, were soon snoring soundly. The gray light of a wiiiter'sinominii St length glimmered through the Windows - tne members rabbed their eyci and yawned - to their horror, there was their tornieiator, evidently " blown," but stil) vigorous, itua pounding away at the wolves' bkins - pouring out fresh torrents of invective when he saw them fairly awake. Contenting thtmselves with a comlorjless onp of cortee ia the refreshment room, they djtc-rinined to sit ït out. lhe noon-gun tired and tho ginnt began to reel - bis hand no longer smote the dosk deftantly he emptied tuinblcr after tumblcr 01 water, stiü he held on, and not till a qu i - ter to tour did lie coilupse, and dropping into his chnir, was tast aslep in u, mu ment. In vain did his friunis try to rouse i'ii'i by dashing oold water on bis templas, uid tkkling his nostrila. He had tü be carried home, and the story goos tliat he slopt for fórty-eight hours. His namo wül long bc romciubered in Nt-wfoundland, and thoso who were privih geJ to behold thut memorable conflict will send down the partitiTÜOCS to their children's childron. feuch pluck and 011triry could not go anrewarded. The omtor is now the occupant ot' one of the hijji st offices of govornuieut. Who eau deuy that virtue is occasionaüy rewarded ' even in this life ?