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A GLANCE AT THE UNITED STATES
SENATE T. - = -

lgreat men in fhe United States Senate: ,s'
"The active but heavily built man passing
|throughthe rotunda with rapid step, and pack.
lage ofpapers in hand, face beamine with in.
Itelligence and healthi person clad in a. suis o
slglossy bleck-is no less parsonage than Lewis
.IEasss Of Michigan. He stops to talk with q
tgentiernan with gray hair, who has Just entered
from theavenue, and who listens intently to the
lshort quick sentences addressed to him. Thai
rs Daniel S. Dickinson, Of New York; not near.
lly 90 large in stature as would expect, cohsid-
tefing the noise he has made in the country and
the ability he has exhibited. There is Dickin-
lson's manner, an irresistible huinor, and cool
and placid equanimity, that make him an ugly
customer in discussion.-The Senate is soon to
meet; for Gov. Seward is going in. How much
younger he looks than you expected to see him.
He seems almost boyish at a distance; but as
you get nearer, you will see that time and care
have done their work. What strange face he
has. On first sight it seems little like John
lTyler's; but that soon wears of, and the craft
and adroiness of the politician is written on eve
Iry lineament. Mr.. Seward is an able and indus
trious Legislator; but his Senatorial career has
thus far has 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 yet
been called to order. Do you know the slow
moving man, whose head rises and falls in an
swer to his thoughts as he passes along, and who
carries under his arm bundle Of documents?
That is Thos. Hart Benton, of Missouri. 1t is
not often that you see more hale and hearty
looking sample Of sixty odd. The face is full
of character, and form 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 such a bone and muscle? To
speak Of Benton, Is to think of Foote; and the
fragile man alluded to is the Mississippi Sena-
tor. His is slighter frame than R. J. Walkers.
You will be little surprised to see how gene
raj favorite he is, by the reception every bo-
dy gives him.---The fall man walking at ihe side
door, cane in hand, you need not be told is Hem
~ Clay. How familiarly he greets Foote, and
how well he looks. He takes pinch of snuff
from the Seeretary's desk, and then picks up
The 1Delligencer and takes seat.
Do you notice the Senator al one Of the desks
on the left Of the Secretary, who is
franking the documents with such fapidity?
There you see Gen. Houston. Of Texas. He RI
ses now. What fgurel What an air! What
an noble face.
The pale, dark man, with broadish brimmed
hat; and long straight black hair, is Perre Soule,
Of louisiana; the French Creole Representative
in the Senate; and most learned and accom-
plished gentleman.
Yolder is John P. Hale, or as his friends call
him, slack Hale," ofNew Hampshire, the abo.
iition Senator. He has a face like a bon vivant.
He locks like John M. Bolts. There are few
evidenes OF attention to the pages of PHILOSOPHY
or Of consuming the midnight oil, in that Jolly
counte,ance and well fed figure. Hale is bold,
amusing, and ready debater.
| Observe, there is Daniel Webster. Did / not
tell yos his form was shrunken, hi. walk un-
STEADY, his eyes shrunken? And is it not so?
But yot will answer, since that time, he has
made aspeech worthy his most fourishing days,
and ripsned intellect. It was apples Of gold,
lgatherel from an old and storied tree.
The Vice President enters the chair. A We
ry handpme man is Mr.. Fillmore. We know
Iof nowhere, better preserved specimen of SO.
He look like statesman, and though his posi-
on is DINO account, 50 far as the chance for dis
playing hind Is concerned, yet, he had a
chance, le would make himself felt.
The Sinator who has Just taken his seat, at
the sigma for "order, !" and who stands in rever-
ential attitude in the ais Ie while the chaplain
repeats aprayer, blesses the Government, and
limplores Gods favor upon the Union. That
Senator /; Stephen Arnold Douglass, Of Illinois.
He enterd the Senate at "a and is now 36--theI
youngest nan, but Mr.. Clemens, of Alabama, in
the Senate His physical stature is dimunitive
but his mind is gigantic. He speaks with read
mess and snthusiasism that have made him IA
NOUS, while his aequirensnts, ard his expe-
lrience in public life, give him rare advantages.
The discussion he had with John Quicy Adams,
lin 1876, vas q remarkable display Of promsi-
tude in dehte and accuracy of ofMemory. -.
| On the Democratic side, to the right Of the |
speakers, spd one Of the seats next to the lobby,
lis Col. R.W. King, of Alabama, who is SEN
atorial evergreen. Age has not withered him,
for he look As well now as he did IL or IA
years ago. He returned to the Senate after his |
mission to trance was ever and always will
be found trls to bis country and to his beloved
Alabama. ..'' - -. - -. ol4.' -.
On the SINE side you will notice Jude But
Ilsr, Of s. c., He looks like q patriarch with
long white hair. A kind and warm hearted
friend be i, and what il nowhere denied, sbraye
and gifted LEGISLATOR. ..,f,..s -. ,..5.t....
That tall, erect and elastic figure, is youngI'
Dodge, Of Iks. He has the straight form ofanl
Indian, and he resolute and open ccurkersncel
iof . true nolhwestern man. He is Senator