Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-12-10
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wAsHIsGrox CIrY, Dec. 9th,

here tneysseem 10 come andE with railroad
speed, and he who would retail them IS news,
must be on the alert What is nitem to-day,
is stale insipidity tomorrow; and this being
the case, I do not wonder so much when see
the great rivalry between the New York cores
pondents 70 send them ON something startling.
They are sometimes out OF town, sometimes
little behind hand, and 50 make draw upon
their originality. For instance, the Hon. Eras-
tls Brooks happened to call here after deliver
ing his lecture at Wheeling, and the correspon
dent OF the Herald Immediately writes, that
Erastus Brooks had been sent for by the Fill
more men, and pretends to know that they are
consulting him as TO their future organization.
Mentioning the name Brooks, calls 20 mind
some conjectnres afoat here as to whether the
demonstrations between Messrs. Burlingame and
Preston Brooks were TO be renewed. Mr.. Bur
lingame arrived here day or two ago, and is
looking in rather bad health. The ground of
conjecture WAS, that Mr.. Burlingame had not
been In Washington since he accepted Mr.
Brooks challenge, and appointed. the Clifton
House, in Canada, as the place of meeting, and
that Mr. Brooks, not going on to meet him. left
the latter in rather an embarrassing position.
saw them both IN the House to-day, each one
the. lion Of his friends, and looking down ON
them from the gallery, the cock pits of old times
were called to mind Mr. Brooks is a tall, we'll
propOrtioned man, not looking very remarkable
for martial qualities. Neither is there anything
very striking about his opponent, Mr.. Burlin-
game. think they are both indebted more to
circumstances, than any inherent ENDORSEMENTS,
for their notoriety. Among the most intellectu-
81 looking men that have heard in the House,
are Grow, of Pa, and Stephens. of Georgia
Mr., Grow is clear headed speaker, aud makes
genuine character. Nature seems TO have
shaped him, physically and mentally. after the
Randolph school He is little, dried-up look
ing man, but with eyes like diamonds. Across
the House, he has the appearance of some ague-
shaken prairie boy, but on near approach, he
takes an older look. He has not strong voice,
so much as shrill one, and makes himself al
ways heard Inotice that he always commands
attention He dresses very plainly, and some
what oddly, and altogether countryfed. For
instance, he lad on tri-colored satin crayat,
such one Christmas party Sambo would
rejoice in. His apparel, generally, was far from
being to the ton standard. He is one of the
best posted men in the House, especially in sta
tistics of any kind, and can qnote aud correct
others with remarkable precision. He distin-
suished himself II year or two agoin debate
with Hon. L. D, Campbell, on the relative
growth and prosperity of Georgia and Ohio.
c.9aaEar Ra-I-s :----a--:- .>N-EAo4Iy. at
home, and the very embodiment of firmness and
decision. His presence of mind was repeatedly
tested'to-day, for the House was quite uproari-
Gus, as you might almost say twas every day.
He decides on the, instant, and, as far as can
learn, always satisfactory
There has been some talk of the Democrats
contemplating reorganization of the House.
but / do not think it will so turn out, as
Mr., Banks is so highly spoken of. Mr.. Banks
commenced life as blacksmith and machinist;
then studied law, in the practice of which he
greatly distinguished himself
The House, as I said, was quite uproarious
to-day, from the fact that they did very little
besides draw for seats and take vote to ia
Die motion to decide on the case of Mr..
Whitfield, Selegate from Kansas. This was
test question and was lost the vote being by
the Republicans los, and by the opposition III.
This seems to decide the question, and have
no doubt Mr.. Whitfield Will get his seat next
week The choosing seats was the leading itsm
of tho day. This is done first, by making eve
~ member go outside the bar, and then by wri-i
ting the names of all the members each one on
separate slips of paper, and placing them in
box, and having one of the Pages, with his face
turned away from the box, to slip in his hand
andSlraw out name, on the reading OF which,
By the Clerk, the member named comes in and
chooses seat. noticed our friend, DIR. Kid
well, came along in somewhere about the fiftieth,
aud of course got quite an eligible seat There
is q disposition between the two parties, 1 no.
tice, TO be clannish, and like the government
members and opposition in the British House of
Commons, they range over against one another.
There is place called SLEEPY Hollown-im-
mediately on the left of the Speaker, which
noticed was studioasiy avoided in the selections.
After the list WAS all called, the House adjourn
ed over until Monday next
Having little time to spare, i took a look in
at the Supreme Court, aud there found all the
erInined sages present. except Justices Nelson
aud Wayne. Our noted Chief Justice fancy,
isa-eool, passionless looking man, never taking
his eyes of the speaker, yet seemingly unmoved
by any thing he says. l have no doubt he dots
down great many items, though in his memo
ry.. Our yirgini. Justice, Peter;v Daniel, is a
man somewhat of this stamp. BE was noted in
former times as prominent member of the
Richmond Junta, togetherwith the elder Richie,
which SJnnta was an institution very similar in
its politics 70 the Albany Regency, and that was
said to have made all New York sneere when Its
members took apinch of snuff. so wen were
the wires worked l heard part of a speech
from Attorney General Gushing, Just enough to
find him a very deliberate and pleasing speaker,