Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-01-30


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\. We copy the following very fair notice of Col.
Benton from the aDaily Mail" we take il to be from
the pen of one Of lis Editors, who was formerly al
WASHINGTON correspondent Of the Atlas, and had
good opportunity Of Witnessing Col Bcntons course
and listening 10 his able speeches in the Senae While
the article is justto Senator Dehlo II Is as" c'
,Iahe to the writer, exhibiting as u does spirit OF
fairness and canior highly conlnendabie.
Stretch OF SENATOR BrSroS.-The great majority
Of newspaper readers, we are confident entertain very
erroneous IDEAS respecting Senator Bcnon-h's per-
sonal apoearancc-his intellectual power-i's manner
Of sneakina-and his political standing. We vel! re-
member with what incrcduous ieeling We rst nok
ed down upon the Missouri Senator from the reekIng
and seaning gallery OF the Senate, where we were
engaged in the unenylable occupation hi taxing ho'es
mon The crown Of hat. Is that Col Benton thought
we Is that the 'great Missouri hnmbuggcr -
The truth is he did not look like "huinbngger
nj ALL There was nothing Of that coarseness and
vurarity in his manner, which we had been led 10
cxnrct by the nevcr-varyiny expressions OF the
pe.spauer press in relation to tins man. Instead
Of a rrcat rough rcd-faccd braggadncia, We saw
calm, handsome, PoTiiy genilehan-the very
beau ideal of great statesman Instead Of runr'
raining, and violent Remuneration, we heard tie miln-
est and most meluous flow oil harmonious SOUNDS
The ncwspa have done this Senator great injustice
We state no more than truth, when we say that MIR.
Benton is an elegant specimen OF perfect gentleman,
in dress and manners. The common portraits oil lim
arc yery correct Indeed his features are so strongly
marked that il hardly possible tor an artist oil toera
BILE skill not to obtain good likeness Even IN me
most ordinary of the political carcatnres, person who
has ever seen the man, has become at all familiar
with his appearance, will discover The resemblance At
once Mr. Benton always dresses IN that pam, nut
plrrant syie which is remarkable tor nothing Out us
simnlc clcrancc and is the mark Of gentleman
But his greatest popularity is his glass, md The
use which he makes Of il. This glass is ms constant
companion Ii is suspended by very small gold chan
aad IS worn in the left side of his vest lie Doubtless
needs the aid Of specaccs and uses this glass as sun
sritutc When he addresses the Senate, he invariably
holds this glass in his right hand, and the documents
before him. al great distance from hrs eyes, ara SPEAKS
in very low and rapid manner. lie is very method
cal in the arrangement of his papers, and is seldom Al
a lnss to find any document that he may desire. ii
lie takes M his papers, by one, as carefully as
thew were made Of the finest threads o.. glass dispatches
them carefully, and lays them ASIDE IN Inc same man
ner Durinr the whole of the excited session oil lSIo,
we never saw Col Benton depart from this calm and
transformations style of speaking but once ana .hen
only for a moment. In reply to some challenge IRON
Mr. CLAW. he one day exclaimed, " Let the Senator
from Kentucky come on, sir, feel like the ola war.
horse in his harness! am impatient for the contest.
From what we have SAID, the reader must not inler
that Senator Benton is always so calm and PLACID ID
ALTHOUGH he seldom "sps the ear" with violent
sounds he possesses the faculty Of uerng sarcasms
which penetrae the very vtas of his opponents and
in print they cut like the lash Of scorpions. Though
there Little OF the ponp and tinsel OF The eiocuton
list in his manner there great force and beauty IN s
Ian tuagc and passages may be found IN his pup
shcd speeches which would do homer to the best ora
tors in the Union. .
Senator Benton in our opinon-leaving his peculiar
views entirely out of the questions an extraordinary
10 nFp
powerful influence over the desncs of this country,
than many people imagine. He is now, undoubtedly,
in the foremost rank Of the Democratic leaders, and
stands the best chance Of being the great head oil The
party We shall attempt TO raise the veil IN which
the future is shrouded.
A Christian aud Patriot goac.-lt our painful duty to
record the death Of the venerable Elder John Leland OF
Cheshire Mass. The Greenfield Democrat states that
he died in Adams, the evening of the lih instant
aged S4 He was extensively known as devout and
Jealous Christian Minister, and sound Democrat OF
the Jeiitrsonan school He was loved and honored by
the Democracy of Massachusetts,, as an honest man
and true patriot Ardent and firm in his support Of
Mr. Jefferson and his Administration, he was equally
50 in pyiur his cordial aid and influence 10 secure the
election of Jackson and Van Buren, to the Presidency.
lie lived to see his country prosper under the benign
influences Of Government founded and administered
upon tile principles of Democracy, and has passed to
his rest al a ripe old age He has left good name,
which will long be cherished by his countrymen.-B.
THr ATTEMPTED MURDER At NAsHvILLE-Weye yes
terday alluded TO the fact that most cowardly and
dbloodcd attempt at Nashville, to murder Mr. Har-
ris the editor of the Union, Democratic paper pub
lished at that placed. correspondent OF The Globe
furnishes the snboined particulars of the revolving &C
currence, which appears have been throughout Of
the most atrocious character :-Pennsylr anian.
Extract Of a Letter, dated
NASHVILLE, Tenn) January u, 1S4l.
On Yesterday evening, our friend Col. J. II. Har
rs editor of the Nashville Union entered the public
room at the Nashville Inn on his way to his supper he
was shot with pistol by R. c. Foster, Col Z. II.
Fosters SOM without giving any notice to Harris his
intentions He aud his brother, with pistols cooked,
and number of strikers stationed at assigned points