Daily national Democrat., 1860-10-30
A Pen and Ink Picture.

Sycamore" the very interesting CORES
pondent Of the Sacramento Bee, dra aws with
his facile pen the following sketch of the
United States Circuit Court in San Francis
and the celebrities at present engaged in the
New Almaden case:
There sat the two Justiees-Justice Meal
lister looking down into the everlasting
transcript with his usual 2lacidity of coun-
tenance; Justice Hoffman hitching his neither
lip about in strong indication of unrest under
immediate affective circumstances. but always
holding an attentive eye towards the speaker
You might suspect that his ears were else
where employed. Before Mr. Peachy was
table of books. which seemed to declare
that New Almaden civilization was unearth-
ed in the ruins of an ancient city Of San Luis
Potosi. The speaker was thoroughly en-
gagged in his discourse, which had the merit
certainly, of a direct and clear delivery.
Immediately to the left of Mr.. Penchy sat
Senator Benjamin, his face generally on a
half grin; which expression of countenancc
seemed sometimes to be manufactured in the
approval of the speak er's ideas sometimes in
interchange congratulations with Reverdy f;
sometimes in sneering at Edmund the neph
ew of he of Roanoke
To Mr.. Peachy's right sat Reverdy himself,
engaged in fashioning brief points in the or
der in which Mr.. Peachy proceeded; writing
i must ada most diabolical fist. Every
now and then he would take a good square
squint at the Justices, as much as to say,
"l've got to give these old cocks a hi of a
talking to" and every minute he would
twitch apart the left corner of his lip with a
sucking crack, then run one of his index
fingers into the right side of his mouth and
rub his back gums, as if he was laboring for
the delivery of third set of molars
And over yonder all apart and alone by
himself, bending over one of the ouside tables,
sits Randolph. He does not take many notes;
he is principally listener, an attentive, but
not a particularly interested spectator. Once
in great while he rises to interrupt Mr.
Peachy-alwsys profuse in his apologies for
so doing-propounding q question which
doth indeed sadly interrupt the speaker
somewhat modify the depth of Benjamin's
grinning wrinkles, and set Reverdy desper
ately at work around his lingual organ, in
search of new growths. Then the pale son
of real and noble Virginia aristocracy takes
his back seat with as modest an air as if he
had not been guilty of little trick of exas.
peration.
The crowd ouside is not very large, but l
have not space to notice all of its component
parts.
Near the western end of the round table,
on the left, sits Edward Stanley; apparently
absorbed in reflections impertinent to the
cause under debate--perhaps considering his
newly announced political affiliations with
the Bell-tes-to secure which he deserted
the party upon whose principles our institu-
tions were founded long before he learned to
repeat the Lords Prayer and the Ten CO.
mandments.
Not far from him sits the State Registrar,
Campbell, still indulgng in pleasant under
tone hummings of his last Report and his
pioneer poem. And there beside him sat his
brother poet, Bowman, looking as if he was
one of those choice geniuses dedicated from
High School upward to grind out rhyms to
the tune of "Amerca," and put it in the
Golden Era, put it in the Golden Era, put it
in the Golden Era.
cant go round the room with my brush.
Don't let me forget to notice, however, those
two cadaverous- looking Yankees, who are
driving furious steel pens They seem to be
purgatorally bent on making tracks which
aforesaid actually appear more undeciphera-
| bic than Reverdys hand-write.
In THE STATE.-The indications are grow.
ing clearer every, that the contest in this
State will be narrowed down to the Douglas
Democrats and the Republicans. The Breck-
inridge men appear, from their actions, t(
| feel this to be the condition of things. There
is then but one course for men who consider
themselves Democrats to pursue, if they de
sire to defeat Lincoln in California, and tina
is To vote for Stephen A Douglas If the'