Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07
81 come TO fetch you TO the Capitol
JuIilS Cesar

"Undoubtcdly, the point to which all
eyes are turned, during n certain portion
OF the year, is the city Of Washington.
The big guns Of the nation are there
and there we have batteries Of elo-
quence, and oratoricul thunder, and, in
these high times, flashes of lightning.
came, ths session, to take II survey Of
the war rground-to look Mt the gene
rails, and the coloncls, the scrgcants, and
the corporals, the drum ma ors and the
flcrs.
81 was dropped at Gadsby's. 1t was
yet mornng-and the flags, with their
stars, were waving over both wings of
the majestic capitol, indicating that Con
gress was now under full way. | as
ccndcd the hill, whence proceeded so
much noise, aud smoke, and confusion,
and law. My heart beat high at the
prospects Of behoding the assembled
wisdom of the nation; and ! did not long
/ pause to look at the magnificent grounds
around the capitol--the stronS-built ter
racc-nOr the naval monuments, floating,
as il were, in an artificial reservoir, sup
piled by an cver-running fountain. !
hurried, out of breath, up the sleeps of
stairs, threaded the corridors and rocky
mazes, until / found myself under the
' canopy of the huge dome that arches the
rotunda. Every football echoed and re-
echoed, and each whisper reverberated,
from thousand quarters. The groups
peeping at this thing and ,hat-the sculp-
turc in the inches of the walls-and the
paintings that half cncircled the area,
detained me but m0mcnt-tor my cice-
rome hurried me Oh, amid maZes and gal,
leries yet more confined, uEtil ! found
; myself overlooking the representatives
of the nation. | was in the ladies' gaE,
1 lery amid n sea of tossing heads-a,
mong bellies from the sunny south will
their sallow faces, and the blooming
. girls Of the northern and middle states
y some blcachcd by the fogs Of New-Eng
, land--such as prevail at Newport, Rhode
Y, Island, and along the coasts Of Maine
h, and others, grown pale amid the swamp
of Georgia and the Carolinas, but max
ing up in spirit, life, and CONVEX satioT
- ali that was lacking in the rosy chee
u and lip. A long hall was before me-
y. A portrait Of Lafayette, and the flag c
iy the union were at my leil--in front,
IS large circular gallery for "lhe people,
supported by huge columns, Of surpass
& ing grandeur.
ID And is this said !, 'the House c
- Representatives Those men, therc,wlt
hats on, buzzing and chatting, whisper
ing and laughing--reading newspaper
v hemming aud coughing: are hey tn
> law makers Of our twenty-four states
A member speaking, but nobody hea
him; and the louder he talks, the loud'
q the buzzng. Sir says he; SIR ;
= gain, in yet louder tone; 'SIR--
80, and now, in voice, like the wry-nec1
=" cd fife The Speaker pricks up al
~, Yields his cars: Sir call the attcntic
~ of the House to the important fact
By this time, unless the orator is fav
rite, the speakers head is again dro
uly ped, and the yawning members, it m'
,th, be, have fallen into quiet sleep.
-. borrowed glass; for one can see b
day little with unaided eyes, athwart Il
day wide-cxtendcd hall--to take my peep
us few of the talked of, the written abo,
olhe lions" There said my cicoron
Islv Gis MIR. Adams, the cx-president, in !
7,li, faded frock-coat, and white wool
Il. stockings; plodding and plodding, CIV
lay pIodding. lie is always in his seat, p'
aay pctuaIIy at work keeping a journal
may be, or writing poetry in young
low dy's album perhaps studying TO asc'
tain whether Iicsod is an older pc
ew- than Homer knowing every thing,
tcrcsted in every thing busy spI
. clogged in cold clay small Nesuvl
;. with peak of snow with heart
n,oJ fire and hand of ice 'And who,
The inquired, is this other unquict, slow, n
,ort, ping, housekeeping body, who seems
aims live by himself and commune with III
o' self, and feed his own thoughts. cha
,t%., Wv, Geo. Nc Duilie, answered my Ciccro'
fine You have hit him Off TO the life. WI
rlivc he opens his mouth, this noisy house
pose as silent as scpulchre. PolIt'
''"r- friends and foes are alike still ev'
whisper is hushcd-every head erc'
every eye open You have no idea o'
w. sensation that little fellow can create
lie rolls out words aud bites them
are and thrashcs and slashes as did old j
ratius Coclus, when, with his batilc-'
r hc stood upon tho bridge, and with
ito single arm defended Rome. That sic
- built man, a little To the right OF
Dunie, with snowy head and Ron
pie- nose, is Burgess, the bald eagle OF
ulac- house, as he has been called a
- a adrot at all sorts Of weapons. lie
90 Oi,'o o. scmbles ono Of tho old soldiers he rs
IS. on foo, or on horse, with heavy or Il