The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-18
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP, AS DE-
TAILED TO OTHER JOURNALS.
Correspondence OF the Missouri Democratl

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Sketch Of ne Fylibsse7s in Congress.
The irrepressible wrath of the 6libusters broke forth
&c day. Gen, ouitman opened the campaign in a logged
but not very brilliant assault upon all the established
msxims OF public Law. The General Is q venerable gray
beard, with q mild countenance and q weak voice, and OF
medium stature. He looks no more like q flbuster than
the philosopher In the "yicar OF Wakefield" looked like q
scoundrel. He has the head Of an ancient-a Greek con
tour and a flowing, patriarchal beard and mousAche, and
both, ~ well as bis hair, are very gray, although he Is
not advanced In years. Nothing in his appearance be.
speaks the military man but his rigid perpendicularty OF
attitude. he Is not less distinguished a. q gentleman than
a. a soldier-the Bayard Of the Southern chivalry. He has
naturally a thin, feeble voice, which was rendered still
more imperfect by hoarsenessi and the superadded
excitement Of the question he was discussing, by
~quickening his enumeration, made i almost impossible TO
distinguish his words. This caused the members 10
crowd around him, great interest attaching TO what he
says, and his speciality for he Is recognised as the repre-.
sentative man Of the nlibuster cause. Next In order OF
time comes Lawrence ". Keht, a very truculent hlibuster
indeed. His notion Is like that Of a gymnast on the stage.
The birth OF ideas was never before attended with such
throes. He shakes his head laterally and vertically In
sanity while be Is speaking. His chin frequently threat
ems his breast, like Punch when engaged in conjugh but
fierce debate. His frown Is denunciation, his voice a
challenge. Notwithstanding all this extravaganza OF
gesture and manner, he Possesses genuine talents. He
has the fire aud fancy Of an orator, though disguised In q
melodramaiic style. Though turgid, he Is seldom ,rite,
and his store Of IDEAS, imagery and language seems TO be
inexhaustible. He Is a young man, OF good size, aud
seemingly robust constitution,
The third hlibuster was Alexander II. Stephens, who
shrieked forth his exposition OF the law. His physSque has
been so often described that II must be familiar TO news.
pnfEr readers. HE NOtCt II tDTlu II p1trtlDks Dt tOpkH
boyish at a distance, but haggard and withered on .
closer inspection. Near or far, he has an eminently In.
telectual expression, for the hieroglyphs OF thought are
deeply craven on his forehead and rosnd his mouth, and
they redeem his ghastly and scared complexion. There
il no better living representative OF the union OF physical
f~ragiity and mental power than Alexander II. Stephens,
nor probably has been since the death Of Alexander Pope,
who must have been the ante typeof the other. The
physical outlines Of the poet are drawn impartially by
history. and they delineate most accurately the pro.
slavery logican. a.
Qutman, K.itt and Stephens, a formidable trio, de.
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tralty laws. The tone and manner in which q thing IL
said indicate the snimus Of the sneaker more correctly
than the words, which are. qualified by parliamentary
usage. These men we're in earnest.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Times
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7, 1858.
The Fsnaf Delegation IN washinaon-C nno'~es and
Congress.
The streets here in Washington during the nne weather
which we are now enjoying, especially Pennsylvania ave-
tinuous stream o, mankind and womankind both, which
Is flowing necessarily up and down; and there Is no lack
OF observers at the entrances Of the chief hotels. Many
a stately lame and demoiselle go sailing by, befurrcd,
benounced and beTou0sd, with wide orbidnlar skirts
which keep all passers OF q "copfictng SEX TO the CT
irene outside or inside Of the pave. One can hardly help
spcculains as to whs, connection all these highly dressed
ladies' have with the legislation Of the country. Certain
It Is that the small city Of washington cannot boast Of
amongst its permanent residents. II h true there are
some female correspondents here Of the strong minded
order, but this fact does not account satisfactorily for this
Xerxesn invasion Of crinolne which day after day sweeps
the pavement Of Pennsylvania avenue TO and from the
sessions ~ Congress. Here II a wide Held 0f conjecture,
into which I will not enter further At this time. AZ the
knirhtiy tournaments Of the middle ages the presence Of
the fair sex was indispensable, and u seems 10 be equally
so in the galleries which overlook the tongue valiant en-
counters Of our American Congressman. Surely no one
can be 20 much N a misogynist as 10 assert that legisla'
ton u not all the better for being conducted under the
genial inference Of beauty.
Correspondence Of the Baltimore sun
WASHINGTON, Jan. ID, 1858.
A General BdnkrpJd Ldp--Ieom Lins ~ Brdrl and
Sp1n,sh Arleyiod-The Presidents Leree.
The financial revulsion has LEFT every where, scattered
over the country fragments Of the wreck OF bankrupt in.
dividuals, firms and corporations, and now, "a In ls41 and
in 1901. general bankrupt law, based on wise principles,
would be very useful. The legislation Of the States,
where they have legislated al all on the subject, lacks
uniformity. The repeal Of the former laws Of Congress
respecting bankruptcy "a W be ascribed 70 the fsct that
they vere believed TO favor fraudulent debtors. A gene.
raj lsy, which should be framed for the benefit Of credi.
tors, without bearing too heavily on debtors, wopld be
very beneficial IN a country 30 eminently commercial AZ
this is. But no proposition on the subject has been yet
made in this Congress, and II IL doubted whether even the
compulsory bankrupt law recommended by the Presi-
dent, in application TO banking and railroad corporations,
will be enacted.
Tae public will receive with much qualification the pro
nos sion Of Mr.. Digler for an inquiry into NE expediency
Of establishing mail lnes between the United states and
Isazf and all the Spanish American states. The mail
steamer communication with these countries, and conse'
oueutly, the conDercc with them, Is IN fofegn and chief'