New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-08
PERSONAL.

Senator JEFF" Davis is a rervously -but man, Of
middle hight, thin, qniverng, full Of exctabIe emo
tons, with foreh, ad of immense capacity and
BREADTH sparkling snd very epy-set gray eyes, one
of which has been smott destroy ed by the anguish Of
tic celoreux; booked nose slender, and with nossrs
almost transparent; mouth vigorously sinewed and
chsbpesd at its sides; del Cate thin lower face, be-
rayng the psngs of physical ailment in every tracing;
cheeks hollow and wasted If By dyspepsia, and NO
bic TO su,an the at biz present hight
Of labor and power except the unconquerable spirit Of
rule and an intellect which chimes out in perysdng
lusier through every lneament and gesture. pre-
ma,uIely paJ haired, prematuIey wlihkled mana
chvslTous, high nature, turned TO bitterness by ago
ries of the body and the disappointment OF cherished
hopes courteous, cultivated gentleman, whose wit is
a raper, drawing blood wherever it touches whose
fancies are never 10 rich when they place
prospe ous rival 10 ridiculous humiiating position.
soldier Of unoOubted gallantry scholar Of high at
ailments, always frank AID kind to those beneath him
alw ays naughty and malicious 10 those who pre-
ume 10 he bis peers-no wonder tat Jefferson Davis
orgs for dhuDon, as tbe only means of giving him
bat ascendepcy which bis ambition hangers for, and
which biz talents could then command; wonder
bat he should most bitterly hate Douglas, who u.s. 10
ay the least bs peer in intellect and who possesses in
ADDITION those popu qusiitiesthat eec ity evok-
ing the PC rsona devotion Of multtudes-wbich Davis
must keeDy feel that he himself does not possess.
Tie very best fisherman on Lake Ontario lie an old
monomaDisc, popularity known rs Commodore" His
recollection Of what passed before bis unscy entirely
oblitersed. His theory of advent into this world ia
that he was at about the age of10 years. elected from
the planet Jupiter for violation Of the ws in that
orb, sn6 on recovering from the effects Of that ire
mendous fall found himself The shores of this lake.
At first be says the food Of tbis earth old not sui him.
be having suess,ed before his fell entirely electricity
the only food known in Jupiter! However, after
having nearly persisted from starvation be discovered
that whisky and gin nearly resembei electricity In
the eec his system that he has made shift TO sup
port nature by usng plentiful admixture of them with
fish, flesh and fowl, vegetables and tobacco
MIR. Story, the sculptor, has commenced work on
bic statue of the venerable Josiah Quincy, for the
Alumni of Harvard College. He has proceeded far
as TO put into form the foundation figure, and has
nearly finished the head. The artist expresses him
stlf much interested in hs work. and il very DESTROYS
OF completing it at early moment. The statue will
be about sx feet Elk inches IN hight, and will represent
the distinguished individual in hs academic robes.
Senator Tcombs Of Georgia is dsguerrectyped as
tall swarthy, bury rs'her Oorpplent figure, crowned
with SHOCK Of dark bro~n hair jagged hay stack
struck by neutrality-suspicious. drift Of seaweed
fun up to be sun-dried rock by the last bow
of q tempest. The whole head Ia massive and lion
Ike the forehead broad and low the eyesdark large
and lurierless, except when excited by passion--tho
lower lids having a nervous fulness and baggness ~
coin word ss if filed with uDshed tears; the nose
not large, but ling in bold relief the mouth
passionate, powerful and yvluptuous; already de-
veopment Of what will be in old aye pelican sask Of
double chin; the complexion s7ow and changeable;
the throat massive and musclar; bad face look
at, and very suggestive one 70 study. The man has
duration Of life in his organization and will probably
be public cbaiaet.r OF eninence-havng ripened bot
Glow y-ior the next twenty-five or thirty years
Never hsvirg heard HIM speak II only be inferred
from hs physique that HIS voice is deep rch double
bare, Of the rumbliDg roaring, muttering kind; and
that bis dction would naturally be sluggish level and
hoarte hi irt-nen Of bis nature requiring 10 lash
themselves into excitement by the sound Of their own
sentences before the ssals of Solomon be- uphftei
from the deep snd moody ably sses of passion, out of
which their full Storm of rhetoii has TO be invoked
The students Of Centre College, at Danville, Ky,
have contracted for the purchase for thai Institution of
he splendid bust of Cicero from the chse OF Joel T.
Hart the Kentucky sculptor.
Aa a contribution toward the sailing directions of
Young America in passng the narrow channel of legal
liability in obtaining Equipment fr the outer and the
inner intent so called Till twentyone years old, we
will ray that Judge Anderson has decided in England
that nineteen coats exensve of resinentasl, forty
i've waistcoais tbiyeigh pairs Of trousers, black
velvet dressng-gown, and a racing jacket, all fur
Sish,d "a young officer in the Guards between 0cto'