Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-05-10

considering the noise he has made in the countrv
and the ability he has exhibited There s IN TGcf
nson's manner irresistible humof, and cool and
placid equanmity that make him an ugly customer
in discussion. The Senate Is soon to meet for Gov.
ernor Seward is going in. How much younger he
looks than you expected to see him! He seems al.
most boyish at distance but as You get nearer
you will that time and care have done their work
What strange face he has On first sight, it
seems little like John Tyler's but that soon wears
off, and the craft and adroness of the politician are
written on every lineament. Mr.. Seward is an able
and industrious legislator but his senatorial career
has thus far been failure, owing to the extreme
doctrines he has advocated. Now let us step up to
the gallery of the Senate for it has not vet been
called to order. Do you know the slow moving man.
whose head rises and falls in answer to his thoughts
he PAGES along, and who carries under his arm q
bundle of documents That is Thomas Hart Ben
ton, of Missouri is not often that you see more
hale and hearty-looking sample of sixty odd. The
face is full of strength. How long do you think that
fragile man. with the bald head, who walks rapidly
along the aisle, could stand up before the blows Of
such bone and muscle? To speak of BENTON is to
think of Foote and the fragile man alluded to is
the Mississippi senator. His is lighter frame than
Robert ]. Walkers You will be little surprised
to how general fayorite he is, by the reception
everybody gives him. The tall man walking in at
the side door cane in hand you need not be told
Henry Clay. How Familiarity he greets Foote, and
how well he looks. He takes pinch of snuff from
the Secretarys desk, and then picks up the Intel-
geneer and takes seat. Do you notice the senator
at one of the front desks, the left of the Secretary,
who is franking documents with such rapidity -
There you see General Sam Houston, of Texas. He
rises now. What fgurei What an air What n
noble face The pale, dark man, with broadish-
brimmed hat and long, straight black hair, Pierre
Soue of Louisiana the French Creole representative
in the Senate and most learned and accomplished
gentleman. Wonder is John p Hale Or his
friends call him, g Jack Hale" of New Hampshire,
the abolition senator He has a face like q bon III
HI ol>cl Tohr1 poRkc fo~,r
evidences of attention to the pages of philosophy,
of consuming the midnight OIL in that jolly counte-
nance and wel-fed figure. Hale is a bold, amusing,
and ready debater. Observe, there is Daniel Web
ster, Did not tell you his form shrunken, his
walk unsteady, his eyes sunken? And is it not so?
But YOU we'll answer that since that time, he has
made a speech worthy of his most fourishing days,
and his ripened intellect. It was apples of gold
gathered from an old and stored tree The Vice
President enters the chair. very handsome man
is Mr.. Fillmore We know nowhere betterpre-
served specimen of ffty-three He looks like sta
tesman and though his position is of ne account so
far as the chances for displaying mind are concern
ed. vet if he had a chance, he would make himself
felt The senator who has just taken his seat at the
signal for order' and who stands in reverentia at
titude in the aisle while the chaplain repeats
prayer, blesses the government, and implores Gods
favor upon the Union-that senator is Stephen Ar
mold Douglas, of Illinois, He entered the Senate at
thirvfour and is now thirty -six-the youngest man
but Jere. Clemens of Alabama, in the Senate
His physical stature is diminutive, but his mind Is
gigantic. He speaks with a readiness and enthuiasm
that have made him famous while his requirements
and his experience in public life give him rare ad-
vantages. The discussion he had with John Quincy
Adams in 1916 a remarkable display of prompt
| itude in debate and accuracy of memory. On the
democratic sde to the right of the Speaker, and ON
one of the next the lobby, is Col w. r. King
of Alabama, who is a senatorial evergreen. Age has
not withered him for he looks we'll now as he
did twelve or fourteen years ago. He returned to
| fho oft hiS miss tn
will always be found true to the country and to his
beloved Alabama On the same side you will notice
Judge Butler of South Carolina He looks like o
patriarch with his long white hair. A kind and
warm-hearted friend he is, and, what is nowhere
denied, brave and gifted legislator. That tall
erect, and elastic figure is young Dodge of Iowa.
He has the straight form of the Indian and the reso
lutte and open countenance of a true northwestern
man. He is senator without guile or reproach.-
In point of personal advantages, Dr. Sturgeon, one
of our senator's is a noble specimen of man on the
wntry side of sixty. He looks substantial the
State he represents and is classed among tho
doubtful any question. You ask for Tom Cor
win, of Ohio. There he is; dark, good-looking
man, with stout frame, and eye that blazes with
intellect. He is unquestionably of the most
pracsed orators in the country but he troubles tie
Senate very rarely. He has not spoken during the
present session You will observe q the brave Gem
eral Shields" talking to friend at the window He
looks thinner than usual if his would was vast
ing him; but his complexion is healthy, and his
senator-Bright, of Indiana! Here heis-his broad,
manly countenance lighted up with enthusiasm
while listening to something that Cass is telling him.
Bright is of the boldest and best to be found in
the whole range of public men. If he has error,
it is in frankness and disnterestedness. Everybody
is interested in General AtchIson, of Missouri whom
you will notice in his seat the right of the Vice
President. He has the mark and bearing of the
West He personfes in his character the West
He talks like the West He votes like the Vest
He has the energy, the courage the warmth of
heart and the high honor-al Characteristic of the
: region laved by the Mississippi, and bordered by
these painless prairies in which mans conceptions
must ascend if ever from nature up to natures God
!, parliamentary paper states the following to be
the numbers and distribution of British seamen
Serving in the mercantile marine .200, DOC
, Do. do. navy $4,000
s In foreign service. $4,000
G 1Otal zee. 80. .... ....- .Z|UVUt
The value of the ships in the mercantile marine i.
t said to be EDS. 100000.
So there's been another rupture of Mount Vo
ciferous @ said Mrs Darlington, she put down the
paper and put up her specs the paper tells all
about the burning lather running down the noun
tain, but it don't tell us how it got afre. wonder
if it was set fire to. There are many people full
wicked enough to do it. perhaps it caused by
children playing with friction matches wish they
v had sent for our Boston fremen they would soor
Il have put stop to the raging aliment and | dare
i say. Mr. Barnacle and all on 'em would have gone
; for they are what call real civil engineers" Their
u was a whole broadside of commentator of our fir
+ department in the impressive gesture accompanying
her words. :" Time and space" for a moment be