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

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lain takes his stand. Rev. Mr. Kennard. in the curse of
his prayer, implored the Almighty to come to the deliver-
ance of the country from its present excitement and danger,
and to renew the bond of confidence which formerly existed
as to our confederacy.
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t ispraevfeaiiv m. inures to one o'clock, and the greatest con-
nalf-a-dezen members from the Demo-
cratic benches are up at once, is fearful excitement, speak-
ing to questions of order, and creating the most dreadful
disorder. A motion is before the House for the exclusion
of the unprivileged from the fioor.
Mr. John Cochrane, as a question of high privilege,'
moves that the ladies on the floor be excepted. While this
question is yet undecided, Mr. Smith, of Virginia, in gra-
titude to the sex, a merry member of which, it is said,
sent him the famous glass of egg
nogg, is busy providing
seats for such as are pressing uncomfortably upon the door-
afnacxeis glowing bright in
crowd who are
yet unprovided for, and Mr. Ashmore, making himselfous
door-
keeper. There is a half circle of them now seated on the
Rpublican side of the house, but an ample skirt here and
there
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heard above the din that reigns around, calls upon the
Clerk to enforce the orders of the house. Is this,' ho asks,
dignified body—a respectable body of men ? No, Mr.
Clerk, we are a mob—nothing but a mob.' A hearty con-
firmatory response is giyen from the galleries all round.
If you ixtend to enforce the orders of the house in
part, sac so ; but if you extend the same courtesy to all the
ladi is 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-
ary law.

'After a debate the floor was cleared of the ladies, and
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 the
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 as a whole, this little book
gives a very fair and impartial sketih 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.