Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-08

of the game, and they have accepted the offer of
the American Watch Company to prepare an elabor>
ate watch of the highest character for the young
general who takes no of time" but by the
loss Of his opponents games.
Tennessee AbrOad-ssOur BOys'' I'm wash
ingtOn.
The washing correspondent Of the Richmond
(Vs.) Index gives the fslOwing crow quill sketch
Of our Tennessee "boys' in Congress We are
proud Of our young unS and glad to Strangers
taking notice of them If they continue to bshave
themselves as well they have done heretofore they
will all be Presidents, some day.
The hadsomc little fellow with curley hair the
wide awake merry eye, the short but not ungrAce-
ful figure, is John V. Wright, Of Tennessee 00e
day he will be governor. The other two are his
colleagues. The TALL, slender gentleman, who looks
tn very soul Of good humor, as he is, is VIM. 7.
Avery Of Memphis. TIE ether gentlman, taller
evan than Avery, aud as slender, with the clear
complexion ard finely chisseled features, is Gener>
al Atkins Of Tennessee. All :hTee look like hoy3,
and are in fact, among the youngest members o:
the House. This speaks vel for their talents.
Senator slidell, Mr. Brock, Gen. Zollic fer, end
others are served up on the half shell in the follow
ing style:
That is Senator Slidell, of Louisiana. His face
is horid, and his long hair is gray; his large eyes
are prominent and his manner IS off hand, BRET
civil, but 10 more. And who is this ia man, but
toned up tightly in his short oveIcoa with short
hair bold, clear blue eyes, and little nose that
! looks Ike it was adictel TO snuff? He strides to-
ward the front door with the sep of soldier. 1t
! is General Heeniu gsen, the fIibus er
Who is that going up the steps? That is Thorn
as L. Brock OF Virginia, the next speaker of the
House of Representatives; if IlrnIer is elected, the
next Secretary Of the Navy; if Lace is elected, the
next Vice President.
Another gentleman, whose rame is prominently
mentioned with the spsskershiP and whose fitness
fer that high position there can be no question, Is
the Hon. VIM. B4rksdale-hA who comes in clad in
a shot shaggy talma. powerfully formed mau,
IN wrOse cOuntensnce strength OF purpose and be-
neyolence are admirably bleniid. The yellow wig
you On his head is the identical wig hat was
knocked off 10 the Keitt and Grow scFinmsge last
winter. The gentleman standing over there 10y the
table where The HerGkds sold, and whe lookslike
Shakespeare uJn.d cotton planter, is Reuben avis
of Mississippi - than whom a more gallant, whOle~
s1Ued fellow never breathed,' says The New Orleans
Crescent and very Correctly. Heis talking to tall,
! thin, light haired man, With stout Roman rose.
That III Al is Geo Felix K. Z,llicoffer, Of Nashville
the model of calm good seBse, Of courtesy, and
immovable courage.
Glorious John Letcher, Governor of Virginia, to
! be, is happily hit off thus:
You encounter gentleman bearing strait down
upon you, with cigar exactly in the center of his
mouth, and mind evidently lost in thought You
accost him, wake him from his reveris and get a
shake Of the hand worth having. Who isit? Way
- houeEt john" to be sure. But something has
happened TO him; he doesn't look altogether naur-
al What it be? All now you discover it is
new has The old wool hat high crowned, with
the bT d turned up behind aud befO e. is gone The
hat is in honor of the best part Of the esabN
lishmelt," who is coming from Lexington, brIng~
ing with her flower as fresh, a. sweet, lovely
any that grew upon the bold green hills Of
Rockbridge. The hat doth change the outer, but
net the inner man Ct our Governor. The same
manly strlitfoIward bearing, the same warmth and
sincerity there as of yore, and there they will
rensin long after the next occupant Of the square
house On Capital hill in Richmond sha have left
il for ool4ng house Of winter color, and nearer
the Potomac.
sold the Platte River.
The following extract from private letter writ
ten at Brownsville, Nebrasks Territory, will be in
tersstiDg to many of our readers:
Herewith | send you some particles or specimens
ofgo1 of tie head waters If the Platteriver
n4er the fJrIleh parallel Of North Lat ude; where
the strikes the Oza K or Rocky Mountains
which is nearly due ives. from th place; and dis
tanj about five huBdiCd mIles The most reliable in
formation have been able to obtain H. that the gold
is in fBe PARTICLES, called by MIXERS, Scale Gold
aud is imbtded in the sand in and near the head
waters Of the Platte iivsr, aud its tributaries
ing "a If nearly one nundred miles in extent |
Flo IA the Dst reliable information there ab1ut
one thOu-snd persons new at the gold fields, about
four-ffhs Of whom reached there late in the fall /
(sboug The first Of November LAST they ore persons
mostly from the towns and counties bording the /
Missouri river IN Kansas and Nebraska Territories |
and consequently lowing to the lateness Of the sea-
sun) have not opera ed in the mines but little But |
they all sgTee that there is gold and those who had
q Glance 10 mine before the cold weather set in
made from three. 10 ten dollars n day. From the
present excitement the indications are that Tot less
than twenty thousand persons will be in the gold
fields the ensuing SIMMER l not sufficiently
informed With that degree of certointy, 10 advise
my friends that the mines wi l pay handsome re-
muueradUn but the purity of the mountain air, the
richness and grandeur of the mountain scenery.
together with the Buffalo and Antelope chases over
the beautiful and rolling prarios of Ksnsts and Ne
braska, would aims st pay TO make the trip. The
road from this place (Browusville) IS excellent,
obsruc ion whatever TO horses, carriages yoG0,
nothing but Ga open prairie, aHordIng during the
spring and summer, luxurIant grass for grazing
stock Of all kinda The moving of the grass by
gentle breeze on those foe rolling prairies, remin
enc of the waves Of IA ocean.
Should any of our frisuds in TeuTe see desire to
see the new NJ Dorado of the eastern scpe of the
Rocky MouDta airs, if they viii come TO the place,
which is situated on the western bank of the Mis-
soari river, in Nebraska, l will d. all within my
power 10 forward their obiect-will put them on a
I'D road the and best tie mines Ii
w,il take aboIt hundred IN fifty dollars 70 each
person q outfit for mining pun Oss
First class steamers arrive here aln 81 daily from
III. first Of Apri TO first Of Decent er, from st
Louis, No The gold se4d you banded lie by
80 geutlemea who let the mines The 81 day OF De-
cember last They had quite a handsome pile of the
shining dust. Very respectfully your obedient ser
want aud friend u. W. Nixon.