Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-02-23
Notables in Washington.

Notables in Washington.
The Washington correspondent of the Viz
gaia Index, \ new journal published in Rich
mond, writing Of " Christmas in Washington
gives the following pen and ink sketch Of noia.
bes in that city,
Some distance below kirkwooG's, you find
the bookstores of franklin 0hilf and Taylor
& Maury. Here ,here e some life. People
are buying presents and lOG,ipg At ,pieturcs=-
among the latter the celebrated Villxse Black
smith of Kiring-not the engraving, but the
original painting. This you will not mnulely
crilieise, for you are from Farmvile, and know
nothing about pictures. But you lingcr 10 lool;
at genl,empn who is criiicsing it. Above the
medium height, strongly but not too heavily
built, perfectly plain in his attire, bald, with
gray hair around the sides and on the back Off
large and admimbly moulded head. A clear,
pale face, smoothly Shayen, with handsome
lcatures--a face indicating intellect, capacity.
power. A high-bred mir, with no trace Of AFRO
gance, on the contrary, kindly aud altogether
natural expression. The type Of cultivated
| Southern gentleman. ltisGJte,nor hammond
Of South Corona---" the FIRST mnn IN the Sen.
ATE as many contend. :"
You have hardly emerged upon the street,
beore yoa encounter a gentleman bearing
straight down upon you, with cigar exactly
10 the centre OF his mouth, and mind evideut-
~ lost in thought. You accost him. wake him
rom his fevere, md get shake Of the hand
worth having. Who is it why, honest
John" 10 Oe sure. Bat something has hap
penrd TO him; he doesn't look altogether nat
urai, What cAa IT be !. Ali now you discov>
er; it is new hat The old wool hat, high
crowned, with the bran turned up behind and
down before, is gone. The new hat is uhocor
OF 'the besr part Of the establishment who is
coming rom LsSAEg'on tr 1yc:assih ier, .
flower rs rash, ds A5sef, rs IVA yEa any tbat
ever grew upon he Sold, green h:llaof Rock-
bridge. The hat doth ctnngs the ontet, but
not the inner man of our Governor The same
manly, straight forward bearing, the same
warmth and sincerity ara there, as Of yore, ayl
there they will remain, lang after the next occu-
pant Of the squafSbouse on Capitol Hill, in
Richmond shall have left il for an oblong honse
OF whiter.color and.nearer the Potomac, Tlti is
scarcely necessafy4to say that honest john
| is the Ron. John Lctchet, the democratic can,
didate for Governor Of Firginm.:- DELTA.l
Fatigued with your Christmas walk, suppoggt..
you step into Browns and rest awhile. Not
mary people here. you see! All who is this
comes waking briskly up to the office counter,
with blue beaver oyersacl. on his body, and
u jaunty little wool hat on his head
That is Senator Slidell Of Louisiana. His
face is 1orid and his long hair is gray; his large
eyes arc prominent, and his manner is off hand,
brlef, civil, bur no more.
Aud who is this tall man, buttoned up light.
| ~ in his shor. overcoat, with short hair, bold
lclear blue eyes, and little nose, that looks like
tit was addicted tosnoffi He strides toward
The front door with the step Of a soldier. his
Gen. Henningsen, the fibusier. And who are
these three warming tbsir leftover the regis
ter! The handsome little fellow, with the
curly hair, the wiae-awole, merry eye, the
short but not ungraceful figure is John w.
| Wright, of Tennessee. One day he will be
Governor. The other two are his colleagues.
I The tall, slender gentleman who looks the very
soul OF good hnmor,. as he is, is VIM. i. Avery
OF Memphis. The other gentleman, taller even
than Avery, and as slender. with the clear
complexion and finely chiseled features, is Gen.
Atkins. of Tennessee. All three look like
! boys and are, in fact, among the youngest
members of the House. THIS speaks well FOR
their talents. 74-s,,.-, -
| Who is that going up steps That is Thos
/ l.. Bocock, o. Virginia, the next Speaker ofibe
House Of Representatives; if Hunter is elected,
the next Secretary Of the Navy; if Lane is
elected, the next Vice President
Another gentleman, whose name is proani-
nent!y mentioned in connection with the
Speakership, and of whose fitness for that high
position there can be no question, is'the Hon.
| VIM. Barksdale--he who comes in clad in a
short shaggy talma. A powerfully formed
man, in whose counienance strength Of pur-
pose and benevoence are Admiralty blended.
That yellow wig you see on his head is The
identical wig that was knocked off in the Keitt
and Grow scrimmage last winter. The gem
tleman standing over there BY the table where
the 'Heralds' are sold and who locks like
Shakespear turned cotton planter is Reuben
Davis, Of Mississippi, "than whom more gall
ant. whole-souled fellow never breathed," says
the N, o. Crescent, and very correctly. Heis
talking TO tall, thin hght.haiTed man, with a
Stout Roman nose. That man is Gen. o. Zol-
ikoffer, Of Nashville--the model of calm, good
sense, Of courtesy and immovatle courage.
OLD Guzzle, about year before be signed
The pledge, said II ne could havehis choice Of
things, ne wonld choose frsta plug Of tobacco,
secondly good stock Of fuu. and shirdy be
should chooses one more nm : Be was an
inordinate old wretch g.
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