Litchfield enquirer., 1860-02-09
-----A~ - PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

MR. SMITH, THE SPEAKER THAT WAS, AND YET WAS SoF-William ". II. Smith of North Caro- lima, who was elected-and yet not elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Fri day week before last represents the old whig district which lays all around Albermarle sound It is this district which Kenneth Raynor and David Outlaw for so many years represented, and the only democat it ever sent to Congress was Henry NJ. Shaw, who was elected over MT. Smith
 in 1857, by barely 3S votes a mistake which the people corrected last spring by giving Mir. smitf 5l4 majority over his before successful competit or. Mir Smith is a fine appearing man of about 50 years, his hair just silvered with grey. This is his first term in Congress, and the only other public station we believe he ever held was the solicitorship of his judicial district, taking that office when Mir. Outlaw was chosen to Congress in 1S47, and continuing in it until he himself came to Washington. Had not Mir. Smith'selec tion been thwarted he would have taken the chair as the first man in the history of the gov e~nment occupying that position without previ ous parliamentary experience. Besides, he would have been the first Smith that ever amounted to anything in the national government!
 ROBERT J. WALKERS LAST APPEARANCE I ou are aware says a Washington letter, that by the rules of the House adopted last session no one is admitted on the floor of the hall unless he is member or a Senator; still, now that there
 is no speaker, and virtually no rules, many per sons contrive to smuggle themselves in and busy themselves in electioneering. Yesterday while standing near the main entrance to the hall, a small nervous, and somewhat shabby individual walked up to the door and endeavored to enter without even the ceremony of asking leave, when the following colloquy ensued:
 Doorkeeper on there! are you menl- Der. senator, or other officer of the House?
 Small Man-No I am an ex-senator.
 Doorkeeper- are not admitted.
 Small Man-But am an ex-secretary of the treasury.
 Doorkeeper- Can't help it, but you have no right to go in.
 Small Man, (excitedly)-Confound it, but am ex-governor of Kansas.
 Doorkeeper, (mildly, yet frmly)-But you can't go in unless you're member.
 Small Man, (savagely)--Well, sir, take my name into MT. -. I am Robert J. Walker, sir! And the little man bridled up in a style of great indignation. Mir. - came out, and the small man went in, under his protection. After he had disappeared remarked to the doorkeep- CT, You did not know that gentleman, reck- on?" .- ... - r..
 Doorkeeper, (snickering)-o yes, I knew Me little cuss well enough, but I wasn't going to let him in without an introduction!
 Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, the new Minister to France, is in New York city and will sail this week for Europe. Mr. Faulkner will be accom- panied to France by his family, except Mrs. Faulkner, wl9lwill go out with party in May
 The present democratic platform is: A slave code for the territories, if democrat IS chosen pre- sdent dissolution of the Union If a republl- can is elected.
 MT. Horace Greeley writes from Iowa to the 15,ibuue that from what he can gather, Stephen A. Douglas will probably be the Democratic nominee for the Presidency at Charleston. He says also, that should Mr. Buchanan be that un- fortunate individual, his vote in the northwest ern states will hardly be worth counting