Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09
WASHINGTON sKETCHEs-sENA.
TORS. &c.

pondent who lately wrote to that paper
the following letter. 1t reads well
There was rich joke afoa- to day
about one of the new members-Mr.
Cullen, of Delaware. He inquired of
some gentlemen what kind of man a
former member from little Delaware had
been-wEether he was smart, Ean of
genius, &C.; and was told that he cer-
tainly was. Then Mr.. Cullen remarked,
with great complacency and emphasis
81 beat him." This raised a slight
laugh. Then Mr.. c. enquired as to the
amount of stationary given members,
and was told that they were allowed
forty-five dollars worth. He then pick
ed out six pen knives and ten gold pens,
with silver handles and pencil cases,
and filling his breeches pockets. march
ed off. The manner in which he levied
on stationary is noised about as joke,
and he is "d done for" He is a Know
Nothing and votes for Marshall. 1t has
been suggested that he certainly reach
ed this city by navigating a side track of
the railroad, and that it will be neces.
sary to nail guide board to him in
order to send him back.
1 looked in upon the Senate to-day
Gen. Cass is ponderous old fellow, with
a massive head, whichIhe covers with a
rusty old brown wig, and he keeps open
ing and shutting his mouth, and sucking
his breath between his teeth, as if he
constantly tasted something disagreea-
BILE. John N. Clayton is more enor-
nous than Cass, and his face, though
fat, is magnificent. He is the best look
ing man in the Senate, and laughs heart
lily at intervals of from two to five min.
utes. His hair is white as snow, and
his big eyes glisten 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 be-
meath a pair of slender gold spectacles.
His face is thin, pale and wrinkled, but
IFS lines are firm, and he appears to be
! what he is, man of restless and in
triguing intellect. Senator Butler, of
South Carolina, is thickest at the waist
band, though not uncomfortably heavy.
His face is brightly red, and his hair,
which he wears long, andin singular con
fusion, is white as newly washed lambs
wool. Hale's appearance indicates that
he has been fed literally on fat pork and
butlermilk. Pugh looks younger when
among the old bald or while-headed big
bellied Senators, than ever before saw
him. A majority of the Senators have
naked patches on tie tops oflheir heads,
and quite half of them are the opposite
to slender. They chew tobacco very
much like other folks, so far as l could
discover, and Immediately after adjourn
ment several of them lit cigars, and
leaning back. appeared 10 feel cOmfOrta
bic. Clayton. Crittenden. and Benia-
min, the Know Nothing Senators, had
long talk after adjournment to-day
1t is probable that they were discussing
their chances for the Presidency. A
group of Senators were talking in the
lobby for an hour about war with Eng
land, 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
forgot, of his intention to introduce, at an
early day. bill providing for the con-
struction Of Railroad to the Pacific
Whether he proposes 10 have it run past
Chicago and round via. the north pole,
to dig tunnel a thousand miles through
the Rocky Mountains, or try the Texas
route, did not understand. Gen. Cass
had talk with Pugh, and two or three
Senators whose faces were not familiar to
me, about the civil war in Kansas. The
old gentleman was excited. and appear
ed, from a few heavily emphasized words
necessarily heard as l was looking at
him at the time, to be ssvagely in favor
of the Squatter Sovereigns Us. the Border
Rufisns.
l handed Gov. Reeder the Commercial
of Monday. containing details of the re.
cent disturbances in Kansas. The Gov
ernor says there is no doubt but the Free
State men of Kansas would prevail if
they had fair play, but that they are not
able to resist the whole power of the
pro-slavery Missourians. backed by the
influence and military force Of the claw
and order" Government. Even Shsrpe's
rifles will fail against such overwhelm-
ing 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 Speaker
ship, the war in Kansas 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. 7
A caucus of the opposition" mem
bers Of the. House Of Representatives was