Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-12-20
Washington Sketches Senator's, 60.

who lately wrote to that paper the following
letter. 1t reads well
There was a rich joke afoat to-day about
one of the new membership. Cullen, of Del
aware. He inquired Of some gentlemen what
kind of man former member from little Del.
aware had been-Whether he was smart a
man Of genius, &C.; and was told that he GER
tainly was. Then Mr. Cullen remarked, with
great complacency and emphasis-I beat him.
This raised slight laugh. Then Mr.. @. in
quired as to the amount Of stationary given
members, and was told that they were allowed
forty.fve dollars worth. He then picked out
six pen.knives and ten gold pens, with silver
handles and pencil cases, and filling his breech-
es pockets, marched of. The manner in which
he levied on stationary is nOised about as a
joke, and he is done for He is a Know
Nothing and votes for Marshall. 1t has been
suggested that he certainly reached this city
by navigating side track of the railroad, and
that it will be necessary to nail guide board
to him in order to send him back.
looked in upon the Senate to-day. Gen.
Cass is ponderous old fellow, with massive
head, which he covers with a rusty old brown
wig, and be keeps opening and shutting his
mouth, and sucking bis breath between his
teeth, as II he constantly tasted something dis
agreeable. John NJ Clayton is more enormous
than Cass, and his face, though fat, is magul6-
sent, He is the best looking man in the Sen.
ate, and laughs heartily at intervals of from
two to FIVE minutes. His hair is white as snow,
and his big eyes glsten all the time with in
telligence and humor. Seward is about as
stalwart in appearance as pair of tongs. He
does not weigh more than an hundred pounds
His hair is short and looks dead, and his eyes
are hidden beneath pair Of slender gold spec
tacles. His face is thin, pale and wrinkled,
but its lines ale firm. and he appears to be
what he is, man Of restless and intriguing
intellect. Senator Butler, of South Corolina,
is thickest al the waistband though not un
comfortably heavy His face is brightly red,
and his hair, which he wears long. and in sim
yular confusion, is white as newly washed
lambs wool. Hale's appearance indicates
that be has been fed liberaly on fat pork and
buttermilk. Pugh looks younger when among
the old, bald, or white headed big beled SEN
ators, than 1 ever before saw him, major
ty OF the Senators have naked patches on the
tops of their heads, and quite half of ihem
are the opposite to slender, They chew tobac-
CO very much as other folks, 50 far as could
discover, and Immediately after adjournment
several of them lit cigars, and leaning back,
appeared to be comfortable. Clayton, Critten'
den, and Benjamin, the Know-Nothing Sena-
tors, had long talk after adjournment to-day.
1t is probable that they were discussing their
chances for the Presidency. group of Sen
ators were talking in the lobby for an hour
about war with England, and they seemed to
think that it would be good idea to build at
once powerful feet of war steamers Notice
was given, BY some one whose name l forget,
of his intention to introduce, at an early day,
a bill providing for the construction of Rail-
road to the Pacific. Whether he proposes to
have it run past Chicago and round VIA the
north pole, to dig tunnel thousand miles
through the Rocky Mountains, or to try the
Texas route, did not understand. Gen. Cass
had talk with Pugh, and two or three Sena-
tors whose faces we're not familiar to me. about
the civil war in Kanzas. The old gentlemen
was excited, and appeared, from few heavily
emphasized words necessarily heard as was
looking at him at the time, to be savagely in
favor of the Squatter SOvereigns VS.. the BOr-
der Rufians.
handed Gov. Reeder the Commercial of
Monday, containing details Of the recent dis.
turbances in Kanzas. The Governor says
there is no doubt but the Free State men of
Kanzas would prevail if they had fair play,
but that they are not able to resist the whole
power of the pro slavery Missouriaps, backed
by the influence and military force Of the law
and order Government, Even Sharp's rifles
will fail against such overwhelming numbers.
And then the quantity Of arms and ammunition
in the hands Of the Free State men has been
exaggerated by both parties. Next to the
Speakership, the war in Kanzas is the topic of
conversation here. The general opinion seems
to be that the stories of the late trouble in
that Territory are very much exaggerated,
A caucus of the Opposition members of the
House of Representatives was called for this
evening, but 1t was poorly attended, and moths
ing Of the slightest consequence occurred.
Greely is 'bobbing around looking intensely
innocent, and working hard to bring the 'op-