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room. threw himself down and leaned
back against the table, his dreamy eyes
seem.ngto see nothing about him. whe.
Their he would by and by take up his
hat and 90 away, or whether he would
rouse himself suddenly. aud stand up
20 address the judges. For the gene.
rlii,y there was no knowing, and TO US
who were fore warned. II WAS a,arsing
q see how the court would Gil alter
the entrance OF Webster, aud empty
when he had gone back TO the Senate
Chamber. The chlcfinterest 10 me ia
Wrbsier's pleading, and also IN his
speaking Ia the Senate, was from see
ing One 50 dreamyanI RoAc!anidi reused
INTO strong excitement. Ii seemed
like having n curtain lifted up through
which AZ Was Impossible 10 pry. like
hearing autobiograpbicals secrets. Web
Sier 4, a lover of ease aud has an air OF
the most unaffected Incidence and care.
less sslf-suiliciency. It's something to
see hitn moved With anxiety aud the
toll of intellectual conflict: 10 see his lips
tremble, his nosinls expand, the per.
spiraiion start upon his brow; TO hear
hIS voice vary with emotion. and TO
watch the expression Of lahorous
thought while be pauSes, for minutes
together, To consider has notes and de-
CIje upon the arrangement of bis at
g1mcnt. Thee are he moments when
4, becomes clear lhat thu, pleasure low
Ing man works for his honors and hi>
gains. lie seems 20 have the desire
which oiheri"mlIahlc men have show n .
20 conceal the extent of his tolls. and
hiS wish has been favored BY some &C
ol!ents; some sudden, unexpected call
upon him for 4 display OF knowledge
and power which has electrified the
beholder. Bat on such occasions he
has been able To BRING into use acquisi-
tioBsand exercises intended for other oc-
caslons, on which ihev may or NAV not
have been wanted. No one will sup
pose that this i sad 10 disparagement
%! A.r. Webster. It's only saying ;hat
he owes to his industry What he must
otherwise owe 10 miracle.
MIR. Webster speaks seldom in the
Senate, when he does, 1t - generally
on some nsatutl1nal question. where
las reasoning power, and hts knowledge
are brought, ilto play. and where his
authority y cJn-derci so high, that he
has the glorious satisfaction OF know
ing that be - listened 10 as an orackc
10y an assemJllge OF the FIST men In
the country. Previous 10 such All ex-
ercGse he MAJ be seen leaning back 10
his char, not as usual biting the top oil
hIs pen, or twirins his thumbs. or
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laughter at Col Benton oratorical alb
sJrdI,ies. but absent and thoughtful.
making nOieS aud seeing nothing before
las ewes. When he rises, his voice is
moderate aud his manners quiet, with
the slightest possible mixture OF embar-
TaI.meni; his night hand rests on the
desk, and his lett hangs by has side
B-lore his hrst head Is finished, how
ever, his voice has risen so as To ell the
chamber and ring again, and he has
fallen into his fayorite attitude. with his
left hand under his coat tail, aud the
tight IN iull action. AZ this moment
the eve rests upon him as upon one
uader the trde inspiration Of seeing the
invisible, and grasp,ng the inpalp pablo.
When the vision has passed away, the
change Is astonishing. He sits at his
desk, writing letters or dreaming, that
he docs not always discover when the
Senate Is goInk into division. Some
one If his party has not seldom 10 jog
has eIboS, aud :eIl him that his vote Is
wanted.
AMOS KENDALL.
was fortunate once TO catch a
gnmpsc Of the invisible Amos Kendall
one VI the most remarkable men 40
America. He IS supposed 20 be the
moving spring Of the wh5le Admins.
tratIon, the thinker, planner and the
doer; but u IL all IN the dark. Docu.
ments are issued Of an excellence which
prevents their being attributed to per-
sons who take the responsibility Of
them: a correspondence i kept up all
over the country for which no one
seems 20 be answeTablc: work is done
# goblin extent and with goblin speed
which makes men LOOK around them
with asuperstItIous wonder and the IN
visible Amos Kendall has the credit VI
1t all President Jackson's letters %
h's cabinet. are said to be Ken1llrs
The Report on Sunday Mails IS aiiribu.
ted 10 Kendall, the letters sent from
Washington to appear IN the remote
county newspaper whence they are
collected and polished m the Globe
a. denominations Of public opinion
lre pronounced 70 be written by Ken
Ia.i-Every mysterious passage IN
opposition newspapers relates 10 Ken
t'll AMI d - some relief % The timid
hat his having now the Office Of Post
Master General afford opportunity n.