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PEN PORTRAIT OF CONGRESSMAN PRYOR
L following pen portrait Of Hon. Roger
A.Pryor, of Virginia, is given in Washing
ton letter to the Times:
Mr.. Pryor is very peculiar type Of man
and to bring him fairly and fully before
your readers would require more extended
sketch than is possible in the hurry oftlesc
letters. Chiefly however the fgh'ing.
crisi and politician OF the ;S"urI', may be
sketched as follows: Pryor stHnas ahont
six feet high, sparcly and actively built, with
large head Of tho Etnersonian type, in
which tho forel,esa shows externally the
two lobcs into which tho brain is divided.
fIc wears a mass Of long brown hair, very
soft md silky. combed back behind his ears
and reaching to his coat collar. just above
the eyes. which are .larkblue, large and
rather prominent, he has Two bul lgins com
P"r'mcnts, wherein the perr"ptirc faculties
may be supposed to liz coilc.l for br'ligrrru,
and. analytical purposes. His nose is Il
thin, decisive Grccitn, with contracting anl
dila!iny nostri!s his mouth ia well arrkrd
and siIe~y, furnish. Il with two finn rows
of teelh-;lc upper row not lying quite
close together and Il little incline, to pro
.rule. His chin IS square. but rc,rcntin.
with pleasant dimple in its heart and
bis complexion is rs fair, clear brarLIr>s.
delicate ard sensitive as that OF any lite
rary young lady Of stuiious habits, and \
romantic turn Of mind.-AdL to til. ftrcro.
ing scrupulous neatness and nicely of
purpose, encascd in y full dress sui, OF black
and with an abundance Of spotless l,Len
around the throat breasts ard wrists and
you will have the external man of this
editor Congressman, as nearly as your
correspondent can give it. As a speaker
Mr.. Pryor has tenor voice, a little wirv.
and no. yet quite trained to the size Of the
Congressional chamber; but his manage
ment Of language is admirable, and his
gestures, though very moderate and restrain.
ed. possess most suggestive force. His
utterance Of invcclivc is cool. slow and
bittcr-givlng every arrow time TO rankIp
before the next shaft is lodged beside it.
lie talks like one who has experienced the
difficulty OF reporting hurried, speech and
with that precision of statement and illus
tration only 10 be derived from the habit
Of thinking ren-in-Laud, and seeing hot
words in c"ll type next morning. Rrgar.
''ed as one Of the moSt rising young men in
Congress. he has troops Of friends in all
sections Of the Hursc, and is esteemed for
the possession Of many generous and ama
hle qualities. Involved as "A principal in
many dnels, and AS second in ducls without
number, he may be styled permanent
Professor in the College of Honor. lie is
heard. with breatIlcss attention, from floor
and gaIleries.-the Republicans crow,ling
over the Democratic side, and the Democ.
rats gathering around him with s,rainiug
iaces, rs if anxious to catch each word.
lie quotes Fox and Burke, Randolph and
Clay, to prove the use Of the word false
parliamentary and recalls the Ect-a de
plorable one-that the same quoted word
haS been applied more than twenty tin,ss
unreprovei during the present uuorganizcd
session.
DhJ. B. IRVING AND HIS LECTURE.
The public curiosity had been consider
rh'y excited. in advance, in regard to the
celebrated Lecture Of Dr:: Irving, of Char.
lesion, entitled Cock Robin so that when
he came to'deliyer it, last Friday evening"
at Concert Hail, neither the sloppy. uu.
pleasant weather, nor the engagements Of
large number, for the night session of the
Democratic State Convention, nor the un.
"sua! attractions of the Theatre, could pre-.
vent the assembling Of Que of the larges,
most brilliant, and intellectual audiences
which ever honored any speaker in the
city Of Montgomery. The Doctors hear.
ers were Of tie very elite Of tho Slate ami
city.
Tho room having filled at much earlier
that the usual hour, Hon. W. l.. Yanc.v
introduced 10 the assemblage the distin
su'Shed Lecturer, in few happy sentences,
complimentary TO his genius and beneyo.
!ence; the latter being a,tested bv his
travelling SO far, without other inducemeut,
than 10 MD in the creation Oft fund for the
MontgomeryFemale Orphan Asylum, under
the auspices of the Indies of St. Johns
Church.
VI course, We purposely refrain from
gratifying curiosity, bysanytl,ing like an
outline ofthis remarkable production. We
Will not spoil its delicate and peculiar beauty
20 any future hearer, by taking off the
charm OF novelty from any one Of its
points. 1t is perfectly unique, elegant in
conception, eIaborately finished, rarely
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