The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-28 00:00:00

- (in the body of the House), like birds skimminglover a lake)
to a point where seats have been placed- for them. The
, gentlemen who are not entitled to seats upon the floor are
slowly retiring before the officers, and something like order
is beginning to appear from the late chaos.
"The gavel strikes, and silence is restored, as the chap.
lain takes his stand. Rev. Mr. Kennard, in the eourse of
his prayer, implored the Almighty to come to the deliver-
ance of the cohntry from its present excitement and danger,
and to renew the bond of confidence which formerly existed
as to our confederacy.
"It is a few minutes to one o'clock, and the greatest con-
fusion prevails. Half-a-dozen members from the Demo-
cratic benches are up afonce, in fearful excitement; speak-
diziisog to questions of order, and creating the most dreadful
rder.
of the motion is before the House for the exclusion
" unprivileged from the floor.
Mr. John Cochrane, as a question of 'high privilege,'
mpves that the ladies on the floor be excepted. While this
questioton is
the yet
sex ended,und Mr. Smith, of Virginia, in gra-
, titude
is rae
lsfs i
merrY munber of which, it is said,
sent him the famous glass of egg nogg, is busy providing
g
cnircle of them now seated on the
of
upon the door-
Rpublican side of the Louse, but an ample skirt here and
there at the doors, and a half. dozen faces
glowing bright in
skeeaetpse for
r.ch There as
ares ph
the background, gve note of the anxious crowd who are
yet unprovided for, and Mr; Ashmore, making g himself
heard above the din that reigns around, cads upon the
Clerk to enforce the orders of the house. Is this,' he asks,
a dignified body—a respectable body of men ? No, Mr.
Clerk, we are a mob—nothing bat a mob.' A hearty Con-
firmatory response is giyen from the galleries all round..
' If you i,ltend to enforce the orders of the house in
part, say so ; but if you extend the same courtesy to all the
ladies alike, throw open the doors, and give seats to the
wives and daughters of those members who are yet ex-
cluded. (Cries of ' Good, good,' from the galleries.')
"Mr. Olin (Rep.), of N. Y., reminded gentlemen that
we have no rules.

" Mr. Smith, of Va., replied—We have the parliamen-
ry law._

"After a debate the floor was cleared of the ladies, turd
many unprivileged persons of the other sex, and the House
decided to proceed to a ballot."
Mr. Reid deals very fairly with the slavery ques-
tion, and gives some sensible arguments, showing
that it is quite natural for the Southerners to
consider slavery an institution of the country.
The description of the different races to bo met
with in North America will be very entertaining
to all ethnologists. It is impossible for anybody
to write about America without devoting some space
to one of their principal institutions—Woman.;
And our author makes some remarks upon tl.lO
subject, and justly praises the practice of giving
to women a high-class of education, and establish-
ing Female Medical Colleges ; but at the same
time he remarks that American women are too
formal, and carry themselves with a hauteur as if
they were entitled to homage without giving any-
thing in return. Taken t•As a whole, this little book
gives a very fair aid impartial sketth of America
and Americans, whether in the States or in our own
colonies ; and now that everybody is anxiously
looking to the far West, it will afford much inte•
resting information, and to a certain extent ex-
plain some incongruities in American character.