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A Visit to the Senate.

count Of the personnel of the United States
Senate:
The first seat on the left as you entc'
is occupied hy Senator Mason, Of 'irginia
lie is Of the blue bloods--onc Of me san.
gre o=ulu of the Old Dominion, a very in.
carnainn of +. +. N.'iSm. Right across
on the right is the thin, tall person ofCa,
meron, Of Pennsylvania. He is the anti podr
Of Mason. At little distance from Came.
ron. in the same circle Of the seats, you see
Seward, Il short gentleman, with Il promi-
nent bcak-a regular St. Anth"ny's nose.
The redoubtable New Yorker is of red
dish, sandy complexion, which indicates a
Temperament generally associated with great
physical and intellectual activity. Stewards
voice seems to be altogether disproportioncd
to his almost pnny figure. 1t seems to is
sue from the chest Of giant-so deep. and
! sonorous is it. Next to Seward come bluff.
witty, oIeagnous, impcrturbable Jack Hale.
Of New Hampshire, the "Yorirk" Of the
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in q roar whenever he chooses to do so.-
! Obnoxious as his sentiments are to many
Senators, he can at any time hold the floor
on sutlerance, when a single oljec,ing voice
would stop his m"n'h-in such good hu-
NOR does his wit put his audiuce Beyond
Jack are several other Free Suilcrs. new to
the Senate, and indeed to the country, who
have not yet made their mark. How they
will open up, cannot ?rnrhesy. There is
Chandler, from Michigan. lie looks like
smart, well-doto New England store
keeper or speculator. lie has not the as
pcct ola man Of thought or clucation.-
Irumhull, of Illinois, may he Il man ofbrains
for aught that the writer knows to the con-
tfary, but he has Il sneaking sort of a de-
mcanor that do not like. As the coIlea-
que Of the Little Giant" lie makes rather
i'll matched span.
"Doolitlc, of Wisconsin, talks like a"
Meihody parson." Below, on the same
side, sits Senator Fessenden, Of Mainc-IIe
is also one Of the humanitarian brethren.-
lie evidently man of resolution, ability
and culture. His countenance is rather
rigid severe and Observation-Disclosures. Col
lamer and Foot, Of Vermont, sit just above
him. They are grave and reverend signors,
both, with al unmiStakahle New England
air. Below Fessenden sits young Senator
Pueh, of Ohio, with well bearded coun-
tenaIcc; his clear, open forehead, such an.
one as the Psychologist holds in bighe~es,i-
naion. Great energy and vigorous, de.
cisivc character, evidently belong Is to the
able young Ohioan, who represents Young
America in the grave body to whf,b he be.
longs. The word Senate. as is well KnU ..,.
implies age in its members; but capacity
is an equivalent for it in Mr.. Pugh's case.
Right up amongst the magnates of freesoil-
ism, its sages aud cxpounders, sits Toombs
! of Georgia, the most noticeable man in the
Senate. One would hardly look for the
distinguished Georgian, in such environment.
lie can take care of himself, however, in
the midst of any number Of foes. You feel
! sure Of that rs you contemplate his fine,
massive coun'enance, visibIy stamped with
the zeal and superscription of mind and
strong manhood. Near Toombs sits Scna-
tor Benjamin, OF Loui>iana-a short, mus.
cular, compact parsonage, with as keen and
i,.,ri initial al, g
peers. There is no better lawyer in the
Senate than Benjamin, as will he readily
perceived by listening to him the Supreme
Court, where bis services are in great rcqui.
sitiou.
"On the same side, too, lower down, sits
Senator Evans, Of South Carolina, grand.
fatherly. benevolent looking old gentleman,
the very last parsonage who you would sup
pose to be the chosen representative of the
land of notification and fire-ea,ing. Scna-
tor. Crittenden, of Kentucky, also sits on
this side; his locks are literally powdered
with the frost of time but, old as he is, and
long associated with the Senatorial history f
the country, he can cope in debate with any
antagonist however strong. The venerabl e
Kentuckian is still full ofthe fire and vins Ibis
features are open and strongly marked his
temperament is choleric and easily aroused
to consuming fire. Preston King, Of
New York, is the opposite Of Seward, his
colleague, in persons; he never will lie
awake from leanness; he sleeps soundly
o'nights, and is Of Daniel Lambertlsh OBJ
esity; viewed a tergo,r he forms a spacious
parallelografn; if he had Dutch name, one
nigh, suPposs, him to be lineal dccend-
ant from Walter the Doub,e7, described bv
Diedricb Knickerbocker. 2 Senator Sumner,
of Massachusetts,, belongs on this side of
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