The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-12-19

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not carry him through that intolerant
race. In this race his Texan deeds Of
glory will sink upon a gloomy field, and
leave him with only his folly TO console
his gray hairs.
There goes CAIEB CysHINe, Attorney
General of the United States and Men,
Der of PlERcE,s Cabinet, rolling along in
his fine carriage. He is a man Of splen-
did abilities, a finished scholar and a
great linguist. 1t is said hat at the
Presidents lecec, he addressed each of
the Foreign Ministers in their native
tongue, with fuency aud casa feat
uneqialled in the history of American
diplomacy. To his abilities as a scholar
may be added his great proficiency in
National aud international law. He
has recently, id consequence of seizing
upon the strong points of the Champion
difficulty, called down upon himself the
thunders of the London Times, and
made himself famous He has sustain
ed himself and will be backed by the
Administration and the country. Amer,
lean laws cannot be trampled upon with
%impunity by foreign despots and their
minors. He is tall. slender, of graee.
full movement, modest and frank, with a
pale and thoughtful sountenance /; fea-
lures rather annotated, of nervous tenn
permanent, and evidently of great deter
niination. He is perhaps forty five years
of age, is in the vigor of manhood, aud
if he is spared a few years, will tower
above his peers in the political arena.
He is an honor to the country, and it
certainly e~vinces the wisdom and sagac-
ity of P EF cE' ADMINISTRATIVE in select
ing such a man TO ell the distinguished
position which he occupies in the Cab,
net.
There is Col. JEFF. DAVIS, Secretary
of War, whirling along in his splendid
coach, with his colored driver. He is
the very antipode of CUsniNG.9 He is
a military man with all its bearing and
gallant appearance. d He has shown him.
self in the hour of fierce strife, hen the
thuhders of war were dealing death
thick around, "a very devil. iincaypate, g
ready to tumble his legions upon, the
enemy. He distinguished himself in the
Mexican war and called down the APP
plarse of the Union for his heroism..
We're he called upon to let loose the
dogs of war;" it wouldlb be done with a
stro' g hand; sufficiently so at least, to
vindicate the honor of his country and
wipe out disgrace. The administration
finds in him a man of energy, talent and
tact. But how dues he look ? What
is his general appearance I? He is a
lean, bony man, about six feet tall,
light hair, roman nose, dark eyes, high
cheek bones-ls decidedly homely. His
general APP earance would indicate that
he possessed a good share of nerve, fair
mental abilities and great energy of per-
son. / cannot say that my admiration
of him is very great, because I am of
opinion that a gpod portion of his rough
exterior is assumed for effect, and to
carry out his reputation for chivalry and
daring. 1t is said that his propensity
for dueling was put to the test a few
years since by Col. BIssEL. JEFF chal-
lepged BrssEL to fight. TIE cha llenge
was accepted and BIssEL chose Muskets
aud slug-shot, ten PAGES to separate
combatants. JEFF did not relish the
fup,-friends interfered. and peace was
made without the shedding of blood.
| believe him to possess a great deal of
martial spirit, however. hica, was fully
eviHced by his courags and brilliant
achievements in Mexico. 21smnle
The political cauldroh mere, indicates
the fact that Know othingism and
Black Republieanism have each other
by the. horns and dare not letleo for fear
of being gored to DEATH With'a ire
A 49,
mendous majority the have attempted
Intellectually for the last two weeks to
organize the House. They SiBaeat each
other up this wintcr'by mutual recrim-
nations. 1 ~ H0RATIO.
-ofeg8a 81 sod NEW YORK, Dec. l7.yci
In the Georgia Senate, on Friday, a
resolution was introduced, for appropria-
ting 100000 to aid Southern men 70
emigrateto Kansas as an ofsetto North
ern emigration. -l Jfaa 70 $50! .
A large quantity of arms we're stolen
from the Harrisburgh PENN Arsenal,
and to this city. where it is supposed
they we're to be sold to fllibusters to be
used in Nicnragua.-The arms have been
recovered, and certain parties who were
concerned in the robbery arrested sqiio
The steamship CoAaso5a, from Hava1
ma 18Th INST arrived last hight There
was no pews Of Importance sgtI6i 81
News has been received from Mexi-
co to TIE effect that European Diplomat
les we're steadily pursuing a course of