The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-01-28

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rho'', ,rm,l,r,, .p"nd.ut"lth.l luu
'", lnl H. Il, follow IN" M,n a.,
pIinu"I M'~-r.. purrla auI baiI.
ri' The ,,'mat"
.Iul",' Douglas is Il man one cannot
avoid n"iirln" un such occasions.
When not in debate he looks, a. il
seems tn me, iaircr and rlnnrrr than
before his marriage. Perhaps he lives
more mclhodic;,lly. did not rcru.-
nizc him without my loryncttc. Bn,
i'll excitement Of controversy, Slrakin"
his heavy head for emphasis, with Il
lar::c plume of bushy hair waving and
no'lLiny over his forehead, rapidly
cutting and twisting with his hand,
working hmSclrto II prrsrir,ton, alld
his eyes flashing, the oll Douglas Of
the Ncbraska bill rc;,ppcars. lie is "a
very restless man. lie comes in, drops
int" his seat, pulls Il paper out of his
pocket, reads three lines, forces his
last ci"ar ON Gwin, who is going out
! to smoke, crosses over to Bcnianin
and Yris another from him which he
twists in his mouth and chcws, oilers
his RIGHT hand to Hale and his left to
Pu"h, lrams I;tlnilinrl V on Jones shoul-
der and strokes that Scxa%cncrian Scn-
ator beard, with Il gentle wiiicism
drop into tho lobby Il moment and then
into his scat, to read three more lines
ol another newspaper.
Jefferson Davis has Il strange G,scina.
ton in his tone. He is asIcmdcr man,
somewhat STOPPING. and not person
ally picposScssiny. Yet everybody
llStcnsto him. Ifa sweet voice is !,
beautiful thing III Il woman, know
that Gus there ;lrc few charms like Il
mud, firm, gent V m!nIu!,lc'l voice in
man. Such is Mr.. Davis. lie speaks
readily, roini"dIy, anl Will, that pre-
ciSlon OF cnunriaiuu Which mlarks Il
scholar. Which nothing in his uicm
OF nalnby-pan'by or affected, y"rl see
that he is Il refined gentleman. l'hcy
say he Isl, iirc-catcr. IrSu, know l,c
cats it u hunt"h', with II fork and nap
kim
Tro"blr "mony .Normon H-nm>n.-T In
one OF his late speeches, the excellent anil
ratriarcha brigham Young, aiuIcs to the
discomfort among Of the un@ratc!uI lucE-
lie says it may he necessary to call upon
some Of the Sisters 60 go into the li..l and
raise potatoes and wheat while their huS-
bands are dctcn,ln" /;on, but that there vii!
bc no counu!son about it, SO soon us he
! learns that Il woman would rather 90 To the
! cncmy's camp than remain ut home, lie will
scn h2r there, b"t he ~'W MT m"tYunt hcr
sc,'iy "m tire ~"y. ".And why," saith the
the holy man, evil scnl them: answer
So rs to send them to he'll It's sion as pos
sblr."
brother kimhall accusscs the sisters Of
gadlinS about goss!ppiny to" much, and
visiting on Sunday. He intinatcs that the
devil is among the women, which We think
very likely, or the poor things wouldn't be
in Utah. The Elder seems to be sorc!v
afflicted in his own domestic circle. He
frankly says: II have one or two women
that cannot control and never did aud
would as soon try to control Il rcbclious
mule us to CONTROL them. ''Do you not
quarrel, Brother Ilcbcr ;" says one No,
do not but when Il woman begins to dis
pute with me, about nine times out of ten
| get up and say $50 it," and then go of
about my business; and if ever | am so
foolish as to quarrel with woman, ought
to be whipped, loryou may always calculate
that they will have the last word"
brother lIcbcr is man Of sense and de-
serves better fate than to have u dozen
wives.