The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-04-14

What contrast! The bearded Turk and
beardlcss Indian! And what curiosity
must these untutored red men be to their
effem;pate Eastern brethren! Surely too
extremes meet here! These Turks are
fine. intelligent looking set of men. One
wishes they had not adapted the Frank
costume. for Turk is scarce Turk with
out his turban and flowing robes. What
a strange scene must all this have been to
them! The Admiral is not being llonlzed
here as in New York. Lions are too
common here to cause great sensation,
but he seems to be enjoying himself none
the less, and visits the Navy Yard fire.
ouently, being evidently determined to
prosecute industriously the object of his
mission.
THE SENATE IN THE EvENING.-The
Senate adjourned about 4 T. NJ, and the
crowd somewhat thinned off for an hour
or so: but at 6 p. NJ. it became more
dense than in the morning. Now every
body was sure that Mr.. Douglas would
speak, and each one was equally deter
mined to hear him. 1t was one great
mass meeting. To reach the ante-cham-
Der of the Senate from the Rotunda was
the work of half hour, and: unless the
gentleman had a lady upon his arm, quite
impossible.
THE LADIES AND THE VICE-PREsIDENT.
We found the ante-chambers filed with
ladies, all determined to arrest the Vice
President on his appearance, and to in
sist on his allowing them an entrance.
"iust for that evening"" to the lobby.
Such crushing of hoops, waving of feath-
ers, flirting of fans, and flashing of bright
eyes has not been seen ia that room for
many day. At last Mr.. Breckenridge
appeared, little prepared for the ordeal
awaiting him. In his passage through
the room he was assaulted by every pretty
woman begging for seat in the lobby.
"Ah, Mr.. Breckenridge, we have been
waiting since IL o'clock to hear Mr.. Doug
las, and you won't let us be disappointed"
and n thousand similar requests rung
around into the poor mans ears. He
promised everything, and-exit. Mr..
Gwin was next seized upon, and he gal
lantly promised the fair politicians to
make the motion-ext also. Imagine
then the triumph of the ladies, and their
satisfaction, when the door-keeper threw
open the doors and announced that the
ladies had the lobby. (The eyes had it,
With many laughing wish to their at
tendant cavaliers that they might enjoy
Mr.. Douglas speech, the ladies passed on
alone into the Senate Chamber, and soon
filed every corner Of the lobby. Some,
indeed were scattered here and there
upon the floor, like roses amidst thorns;
but very few, however. We will say in
their praise, that not even whisper from
them disturbed the long debate Of the
night, OF caused the gentlemen Senators
to regret the indul gence extended them.
But of the galleries we cannot speak so
highly. Three times during Mr.. Doug
las speech was he interrupted by the noise,
and at last the Sergeant-at-Arms was
ordered up to keep the peace, and the
doors were all closed. Once the galleries
broke out into uprorarious applause,
which, as is usual in such cases, was re-
proved by the Senator from Virginia, Mr..
Mason.
Mr.. DOUGLAS SPEEcH.-Mr. Douglas
rose, and at first spoke with great diff
Guilty, owing to the severe cold from which
he had been suffering his voice be-
came stronger and clearer as he proceeded
in his strong argumentative style to lay
down. rs with sledge hammer blows, his
opinions on the Lecompton Constitution
and the Kansas frauds 1t was dry,
powerful, manly speech. Of course, no
new view of SO thoroughly sifted a ques-
ton could be elected at SO late an hour,
but on the oft-discussed grounds he ham
died it boldly and thoroughly. He en-
tered into discussion of his own position
it might be called an exculpation-an
strongly denounced the Union for its
,currilous ttacks upon him. We would
rather he should have omitted the review
Of his own conduct. Such men as Mr..
Douglas should never step to explain.
He closed with a REPETITION of his deter
mination to stand by his principles to the
last, in spite of the Administration, and
that those principles were for the good of
his country, for its union-its peace; that
the fear Of losing his political position
thereby had no effect, and private life no
terrors. AS he uttered this last sent; ment
every eye was turned to tho reporters
gallery, where sat Mrs. Douglas, deeply
interested spectator Of the scene. Her
beauty never shone brighter than last
evening, under the strong excitement Of
her husbands position. Her loneliness is
known to all. When, therefore, he ex-
claimed that private life had no terrors,
a glance at the gallery told us why.
A VIRGlNIAN ON VIM. HI. SEWARD
The conptrv sbould look with moro any