Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-12-20
Washington Sketches-Senators, &c

The Cincinnati Commercial has a iacy,
witty an pungen: Washington correspond
ent who lately wrote to that paper the :o-
lowing letter. 1t reads we'll:
There was rich joke aioat to day about
one o! the new menlbers-Mr. Cullen, of
Delaware. He inquired of some gentlemen
what kind of man former member
from little Delaware had been-whether he
was smart, man of genius, &C.; and was
told that he certainly was. Tnen Mr..
Cullen remarked, with great eompacency
a slight laugh. Then Mr.. G. inquired as
to the amount of stationary given men,
bers, and was told that they were allowed
forty-five dollars werth. lie then picked
out six pen.knives aud ten gold pens with
silver hardles and pencil cases, and filing
his breeches pockets, marched off The
manner in which he levied on stationery is
noi.ed about as a joke, and he is "done
for" lie is Knownothing and votes for
Marshall 1t has been suggested that he
certainly reached this city by navig ating a
side track of the railroad, aud that it will
be necessary to nail guide board to him
in order to send him back.
| looked in upon the Senate tc.lay.-
Gen. Cass is a ponderous old fellow, with
massive head, which he covers with Il
rusty old brown wig, and hekeep, opening
and shutting his mouth, and sticking his
breath between his teeth, as il he constant
ly tasted something disagrceable. John VI,
Clayt ton is more enormous than Cass, and
his face, though fat, is magnificent. He
is the best looking man in the Senate, aud
laughs hartily at intervals of from two to
five mirutes. HIS hair is white sas snow,
and his big eyes gllstened all the time
with intelligence and humor Seward is
about as ,stolwart in appearance as pair
Of tongs. He does not weigh more than
an hundred pounosr His hair Is short and
looks cend, and his eyes are hidden beneath
a pair OF slender gold spectacles. His face
is thin, pale and wiinkleJ, but its lines are
firm, aud he appears to be what he is, a
man restless and Intriguing intellect
Senator Butler, of South Carolina is thick
est at the waistbani, though not uncomior-
tably heavy. His face is brightly red, and
his hair, which he wears long, and in
singular confusion, is white rs newly
washed lambs wool. Hale's appearance
indicates that he has been fe] liberu!y on
fat pork and buttermlk. Fdgh looks
younger when among the old, bald, or
white headed big bellied Senators, than |
ever betors saw him. A majority OF the
Senators have naked patches on the tops
of their heads, and quite half Of then are
the opposite to slender. They chew tobac-
CO very much es other folks, so far as l
could discover and Immediately after ad-
iournment several of them ,lIt cigars, and
leaning back, appeared to feel comfortable.
CLAYTON, Crittenden. and Benjamin, the
Know Nothing Senators, had long talk af
ter adjournment to-day. 1t is prObabe 9
that they were discussing their chances for
the Presidency A group of Senators were
talking in the lobby for an hour about war
with England, ard they seemed to think
that it would be a good idea to build at
once a powerful feet of war steamers.-
Notice was given, by some one whose name
| forget, of his intention to introduce, at
an early day, bill providing for the con-
structon of Railroad to the Pacific
Whether he proposes to have it run past
Chicago and round ola the north pole, 70
dig a tunnel thousand miles through the
Rocky Mountains, or to try the Texas
route, | did not understand. Gen. Cass
had a talk with Pugh, and two or three
Senators whose faces were not familiar to
me, abort the civil war in Kdnzas. The
old gentleman was excited. and appeared
from a few heavily emphasized words
necessarily heard as was looking at him
at the time, to be sa,agely in favor OF
the Squstter Sovereign us, the Border Ruff
fansS> =,
I handed Gov. Rseder the Commercial
of Monday containing details of the recen
disturbances in Kanzas, The Governor
says there is no doubt but the Free Stat