Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-12-14
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Ispestal Correspondence of the 1ntellgsneer.l
M4suISdroS, Dec. II, 1850.
lam in the Senate to-day, and. there is
all. t6ediHarences in the world between ii
and the House at this .hour-balf past
eleven. On the floor of the House severy-
thing is noise and disorder, more like the
pit of n theatre than the hall of deliber-
alive body Members sit there ut this
hour with their hats on, their cigars in
their mouths, aud boiler and ahailoo TO
one another from seat to seat like Bowery
boys. Over here it is altogether. different.
Tue seuate isn sort of an cold gentleman's .
party" There are many more grayhcads
in it in proportion to its numbers; they
area better appearing style of men they
look more like they had been chosen
on their merits, although some of them
have not, rs, forinstance. Bright and Fitch,
the two immaculMtcs from the State of In
diana. When the Senators come insthey
go and. put their coats and hats away, like
we'll trained school boys. they make but
the very5least hit Of noise in the worl,f.;
tlend softly and dignidedly, and come and
take their seats very blandly And their
seats. too, are of a very different sort
from the cnmbrons ones in the House
Everything is plain, and neat and sena-.
torial looking about them. while in the
House they arelike SO many gingerbread
thrones. All the furniture corresponds in
about the same. way. The whole cham.
Der, from the carpet to the ceiling, IS in
much better taste, much more BETTING a.
highlegislative body.
AS write, about two-thirds of the Sen.
ators have gathered in. The last one is
Senator Baker, from Oregon, newly elect
ed, whose acknowledgement ut stn Fran
cisco you published not long since. Heis
a noble looking man-bayinp n fine nres-
ence and is Ia.reai Roman OF n looking Sen
.ator. He.is tall and portly. SLIGHTLY bald.
and his. huie rs whiteas snow. yct.E,e is as.
robust looking ms n youth, although he is
fifty years of age.=Is had the pleasure ola
lougtnik With him last night. in which he
gave me a graphic account of his life in
California and Oregon. and his canvass in
tue one two years agol for Congress, aud
his canvass in. the other flast summcrl for
U. S. Senator. He went 10 California.
from the Springfield District in Illinois
was L:neoln's colleague in the Legislature.
Eand preceded him in Congress from that
district. He knows him aud is attached
to him like a brotllur. He zcanyassed Or
cgon from border to border, making one
ihundred.and seventeen speeches, ana 7tray-
cling thousands of miles over cross roads
and 6y-paths. over hills, creeks ana rivers,
in all sorts of rude and primitive convey
tances. He is thoroughly q Western man,
fearless, frank and honest. He is nm
Englishmau by birth, coming to this coun-
try when u child. He will make his mark
in the. Senate, and every one is anxious to
thear him make bis debut He tells this
incident about his reception.by Gen. Lane.
his colleague it. the Senate, the othersday
when he came on. You know Baker is a
Republican and Lane is Democrnt.-a
.Breckinridgc and Lane Democrat. As
soon as Senator Baker arrived, he called,
as be WAS in duty bound, on Senator Lane,
aud not finding him4,t home left his card.
Coming into the Senate be found him
there, and going up to him held out his
hand, which Lane took withoutrising, and
Ilookingas fhe did not know who it was