Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-12-22
WASHINGTON SKETCHES SENATORS, &C

The Cincinnati Commercial has racy, witty
anl pungeut Washington correspondent who !d;e-
ly wrote to that paper the following letter. II
reads we'll
There was o rich joke af)at to-day about one Of
the ucw members---Mr. Cullen, of Delaware. He
! inquired cf some gentlemen what kind OF man
q former member from little Delaware had been
whether lac was smart, man of genius. &c; and
was told that he certainly was. Then Mr.. Cullen
remarked with great complGcency and emphasis
/ Il beat him" This raised slight laugh. Then
Mr.. Z. inquired as to the amount Of stationary
given members, and was told that they were allow
cd fort y-Aye dollars worth. lie then picked cut
six pen.kniycs and ten gold pens, with silver hau
dies and pencil and filing his brecchcs peck
cts. marched off. The manner in which he levied
on stationary is nOised about n joke, and lie II
done fJr." lie is a KuoU-NUthing and votes ior
Marshall. Ii has been suggested that he certain.
y reached this city by navigating 4 side trnck VI
the railroad and that it will be necessary to nail
u guide bourd to him in order to send him back
looked in upon the Senate to-day. Gen. Cass
is rondcrous old fellow, with n massive head,
which he covers with rusty Old brown wig, and
lie keeps opening and shutting lis mouth, and
sucking his breath between his teeth, as If lie con-
stantly tasted something i;sagrcea1le. John NJ.
Clayton is moro enormous than Cass. and his face,
though fat, is magnificent. lie is the best looking
man in the Senate, and lAughs heartily at int
walls Of f.om two to FIVE minutes. His hair is
white as snow, and bis big eyes Glistcn all the
tine with intelligence and humUr. Seward is about
rs salwart in appearance rs Tair {! tOrgS. lie
does not weigh i9orc than - hundred pounds -
hair is short and looks dead and his eyes are hid
den beneath II pair Of slender gold Spectncles.--
His face is tlin, pale and wrinked, Lut It's lines
are firm and he appears 90 be what h" is, man
Of rcstleSs and intriguing intellect. Senator But
er Of South Carolina tl.iekest at the waistban!
though not uncomfJrtably heavy. His face is
brightly red and his hair, which lie wears lunr.
and in singular confusion, is white as newly wash
cd lambs wool. Ila!e's appearance indicates that
he has been fed literally on fat pork and butter
diilk. Pugh: looks younger When among the old,
bald, or white headed big bceG Senators, than
ever before saw him. \ majority Of the Senators
have naked patches the tops Of their heads. and
quite half Of them are the opposite to slender
They Chew tobacco very much MS other fJks, so
far as | could discover, and Immediately after I'D
jUurnmeHt several Of them lit cigars, and leaning
back appeared to feel comfortable. Clayton, Crit
tenden, and benjamin, the KnowNothng Sena-
tors, had long talk after adjournment to-day. It
is probable they were discussing their chances for
the Presidency. A group Of Senators were talk.
ing in tie lobby for an hour about war with Eng
land. and they seemed to think that it would be a
good idea to build at once powerful feet of war
steamers. Notice given by some one whose
name forget OF his intention tn reduce, at an
early day, a bill lproviding far -truet;on o
.tl-l 7sSsFoid Is r5e Pasiiirs HhS:s Pros ssssts
havc it r6u past Chicago and round eia III ..,.t Il
pole, to dig tunnel thousand miles through tft
Rocky Mountains, or TO try the Texas route, did
not understand. Gen Cass had talk with Pugh,
and two three Senators whose faces were not fa-
mliar TO me- about the civil war in Kansas The
old gentleman was excited, and appeared from a
few heavily emphasized words necessarily heard
l was looking at him at the time, to he savagely
in favor Of th. SQua.eT Soycrcigna rs the Border
Rufhans.