, 1861-03-22
:'-A Vu0f1estuu correspondents u1 nbttnetn,
paper sivP& tho following description Of tha: !
eminent conservative and UnionaoshE south11
Casollnian, Hon. James L. Petizru:'.,

paper givaa tho following description Of thai
eminent conservative and Union Towing 8outh}
Casollnian, Hon. James L. Petigru:''-
Mr.. Petigru Il, believe, anative Of this city,
He "a now about sky years Of age, about II 30
feet ten inches In heieht, stout, without rldur--
daaey Of 1ssh, broad Et face, very broad fore
head, hut low, ponderous brow, very sEnlt
eyes and deep set; indeed the Ego Is so small
one can barely dttermiae the color without
less. like ar distant stars. 3ir. PetEgru Is
Erstclass lawyer. and an orator unsurpassed
In this country. His voice Is Of The Jack Ran-
dnlph order, Ills of hand speecles abound in
wit, and when he chooses to indulge his hest.
ers With hnmor, yon will have to bind up your
sides before you enter tho hal He is Exceed
ipgly companionable, tull Of life a d auectote,
alSass plsasa1t and good humnrcd, and IS tae
life OF social gatherings. Hs ordinarily walks
the streets Alous, slowly sud thoughtful}y,
With Lis cnnc under his lett arm, and his
hauds behind hlnl. htard q good anecdote
Of Mr.. Peligra lev days ago. Some years
ago ha WAS q candid1te ior some Office, and al
opposed 10 him iu politics tell to aorstug him,
By calling him I'll kinds Of tad names, such Is
sd Ii4r," ""raaca1," apd perhaps thief"
all Of which no bore with perfect guo1 huNor.
A: last, tho fellow, alter exhauHtipg his FoeaE-
u]ars, called him O. a."d-a Federalist," aud
no 20 ,ner said than lie sprawlsl kiln. Afterit
was a'i over, come friend said to him, Pet,
wny did yon permit that man 10 apply such
harsh cpl.hets to you without resenting It,
aad for calllog you Federsltst you should
knock lin DOWN. i" t' Why" said lie, ''you all
knew, and 20 did 7, that was no rogue, Or
liar, or r4s al; but kaeu, and so did you, that
Imas q Federalist, anu could not otstaad that"
The lion. VIM. 3 Stokes, member Of Cor.
gress from tho 1Vth Congressional District Of
II, * st {n1y A4rc
&e, where he made speech to large as
sem 5lage Of bi. fellow citiz-ns. BE assured
them that the Republican party had backed
down from the Chicago platform. He warned
tho people against the acquisition OF future
Territoric-, il they could nut now settle tAeir
differences with the Territory III J EoF pos
SEES. Tic had voted fer the crittendan propo.
stlons, but With q protest; he protested
against the clause rel4ting to future Terri.
tories. II, by hnlrbling bimself upon bis
knees, and praying for three months, he could
remove the Inhabitants from Tho Territories,
he would not do 1t; H1d he would then be
willing to pray for three months more, II, BY
50 doiug. he could have these Tersltor1e,
delugcd with water, ard bid array forever.
Sptnkipg of the Southern Confederacy, le said
1il4t, whlle he lived and oreathsd, he would go
into DO such concern, because he hud no coz
tiaencc In II. lie toll the dissatisled that
If they Hanled to 70 into Southern Copfed-
eracy, for God's sake to go, ind do not atcy
here stirring up rebellion.
We find the following significant state
ment in The Alexandria (Ya-) Ga=etts:
4 gentleman OF Pittsylyanta County, Va,
q str0ug seces sionist, in February last, being
dissa.i=led with the course things we're 1akieg
In Virginia, went to 1llssitsirla for the puf.
pose Of bu}iny land aud to remove bis negroes
10 that State, lie had just returned, aud call.
ed on the delegate from his conaty, to say
TINT, though hs had thought Virginia was
slow, hope she will 70 slower stiff that ho
SAW but few Of the substaau0, wealthy pro-
prictors In Mississippi who were mot dtssa&is.
ted .uh the course e e.en{s South at us p,uspec:
Of heary ts1atioN. mud OF no bsutflts unier The
new order Of things that they oould not cx.
pect uUder tho old unlou and told them that
If Virginia and tho Border States got such
guarantees Us would hn acceptable u them,
they hsd no doubt that Mississippi and the Gs..1
Gszifs .ronld retu17s" Hs has Concluded 70 r.
1nain in Virginia-