, 1861-07-08

Somebody must work, while others play,
and 1t is conceded that this fste belongs to the
press gang. We'll, amid the fire Of all kinds of
guns, from the cracker to the Dah1gren; and
amid the whole hum md buzz of this city,
twice or three times full, I set NE down to
my letter.
Last evening the classic halls Of the Smith
soniau Institute early resounded to the tread
ofsome five hundred mailed heels, reckoning
two for enc man, and hall that number Of
light fantastic toes, as the genaer sex tr!pped
along, with their beaur, to see and hear Mr..
Fcrney. It vas we'll that the eulogy Of Alr.
Douglas should be pronounced in that noble
Institution, Of which he wps faithful guard
an for many years.
The stage as filed by:a score of the mag
2atea and magi /; among wk6m were Secretary
Cameron and Prof. Henry, central figures, the
latter acting Us Chairman, and delivering him.
self, most abo1ninably, Of very well conceiy.
ed little speech. This Hall is model. for two
thingg-it il well ventilated, and has good
acoustic proportions, jndge, az every word
was distinctly heard, and there seemed no evil
genius secreted somewhere, as in many halls,
TO mock the speaker by sancy echo.
Nj. FoEney is q 6ne-loeking, gentlemanly
man, younger than forty, to appearance, and
dressed neatly. His address on rising, wis
graceful, with the exception Of three distinct
riPpings OF tip ups, as he was passing from
his set to the little relyet covered pillar tor
his huge manuscript. was glad he had every
word written, for I am quite convert to
the idea that thers is little worth to speech,
as there is to motion, till it Is reduced to
writing.
He entered upon his eulogy as one who
3o1r 1et,1
cut, Of high appreciation Of all Of MI. Doug
lss's salient points; and who had a
brad mantle Of charity for his laulss-so
b1cad-indeed, tlat he made no anusion to any
detects OF errors in his subject. This was well
enough, as it was only eulogy he prop to
utter; His political sins were pretty thor
oughly c1tssed rs well as discussed while he
Nas hvirg., Mr. Forney was not eparing in
his denunciation Of Ehatcyer Mr.. Douglas was
1oost injured blythe t.a!torous bearing Of the
South, which be nd1oyed, not wisely but too
well; and MIR. Buchanan, where there was not
nluch love or 4aboz lost Mr. Douglas, he
thought, laid the foundation for lis death, in
lis canvass Of the South He gave him wh:t
every one dcee-great talents, especially In
debate; declared that In mis- Last speech il the
Senate, he pulyerized" Brcckinridge; gave
aim large and wa1m heart for his friends:
for giving one to his foes; and thought he
Possessed not little Of literary finish aud love
tation Irona Walter Scott, SO beautiful thar he
es1allish.d laE himself not little reputation
Cue thing is to be observed, that In the
large list Of Vice Presidents for the Douglas
st.tee. Alasl for all the oye1.zealous love Of
Ar. Douglas for the South, that now none are
lamed to do him reverence; md probably
not dime will be given by them for his mon
nment or for his most worthy Tidow.
At o'clock this morning, tho regiments
frcm New York that arc quartered near and
il the city, might be aeeu, with proud step,
sweeping through all our avenues to the grand
review ct the Empire State troops at the
Presidents. The hands Of all were neatly
gloved; the Germans and Garibaldi Guard
were decked with their ncyer-to. be forgotten
oak leaf OF cedar; the officers were well
mounted. and horses capar;soned in good
style. New Yorkcrs were in ecstacies, aud
The :,,3 regiments that defilcd before the Pse5i-
dent, Cabinet and Gcn. Scott, made figure
which might we'll cause all of us natives to
the manor born, to be proud Of our State and
her troops.
Otber States might have done well, had they
come ont in their strength; brt they did not
make the attempt A Bay State man said the
reafon his State troops did not parade, was
that their dress vas too poor. This is 8 sad
comment On the contractors, and not much
to the credit Of the Yankee troops aud their
officers, on the ecore CT driving good bar
gain on their side
By Q o'clock the great rush mad commenced
for the Capitol Il has never been the case
that Congress WAS to meet on the 4th, and
hope never viii be again. And yet it was u
1ob-e celebration of the day, and well w2s 1t
chosen BY the President to make it the day of
the grad rally Of the Nations represent 2t1ves
3or The rescue Of the liberties declared eighty
tive ye5rs ago, on July 4th.
Everything looked charming IN the grounds
through which their owners, the people,
Eaesed to the Capitol; aud the great Capitol
itself never looked so neat or SO grand- By
II O'Clock the galleries were filled, except the
sTaee reserved fer the diplomatic circles,
Which was filled an hour after. Those who
lad glasses did some quizzing, but the search
fer beauty was none too well rewarded-an
article which is limited and we'll nigh contra-
baId in Washington just now. It Tas easy
10 tell who were the old, and who were the
that knoweth his crib" knew their seats !;
Tbile there was nervousness, with the
latter Which was lily concealed by the
y@ry Efforts they made to seem at
home The Ehalirg Of hands; the caucustnog
stt, Ecirg on; the buzz, rs Vigil calls It,
little bays ard the bigger ones cutting nboat
as pages; the ghostly form Of the chsplain,
ard his prsyer, which wss the best speech OF
which be was capable, to the psoRe;; the call
ing Of The roll by States, in which the rebels,
'"icjpg convicted by their OWN conscience" !"
Withdrawing Of his name by Mr: Co!fax; The
domination Of Alr. Grow By Mr. Stevens, and
Of hf1. Blair by John Hickman the way the
yolc eurged around IS compliment TO almost
everybody In the House, On the principle
tituld me zitmla6o oyou scratch my bsck,
and will scratch yours; - the way MI. Blair,
:orcsee'pg that he was not SO good in the bal.
fN4h hf11 in ha ahptR of f1nSh Tar
EoD, Withdrew his name; 1ho way they
chauged their Totes then to Grow. SNORING
That he was the 37psci,g man, TIL he Was elect
ed by minority OF ali the votes, and espe-
Richardson @ md Co Col. e Biair bad ~ Sa,ted ted upon @
him to the Chair he will fill 80 well; these
and other things Of the hour, and also Of the
next hour, In which Mr Etheridge, ostracise3
| for bis love Of the Union, was elected Clerk
| are they not all written in the book Of the
ten with Ink and pen BY the long TOW OF re
| pcrters and the longer TOW Of correspondents
| In The seats, better circrmstanced 1or writin.
than your Own correspondent.
1t YVES evident, ns the vote Of Mr. Grow
csme up, that the face, the bonnie face of Mr.
ForDey went down; for Pennsylvania, Though
. great State, ID not great enough to have
tc:h the Speaker and the Clerk. Forney is &
splendid Clerk, and his defeat now Is no. hi
| fanlt, Tut his tale. When Grow Was In, il
waf evident TINT 1t would elect EthaEidge o
Tennessee. 3 worthy man for the place.
1t YVES to be noticed, that though the Re
publican party has notly buried al they hat
against Douglas, and hare hung their choicest
garlauds on hisl tomb, that that little knot O
| the old pa1ttzaps OF Douglas-McClesnand
Fpnke, Logan, Richardson and, meanest o
sl},Valmdig were bent on all the miachie
| fhey could DO In the organization Of the House
| They must have been grateful sight to thi
| e1Tice President Of Kentucky, who WAS pres
ent: for Awhen the cons OF God came togeth
eE, satan came also among tlem-" There b
| eat, the dark, iron.masked man, glum ant
| gloomy, not man for IN hour coming ne1
him, nor speaking to him, with one single ez
ception, when mau spoke to him, thought
for very pity. Not even the clique Of mel
above named, did him any honor. But D
looked with q sardnnfc gaze at the etn1ste
cou1ee they took. How he WIS treated In tn
Senate, which soon adjourned, do not KNOW
/ but in the House it was q sanitary lesson t!
him, that the time for shaking hands wit
traitors is oyer and gone With Ill true men.
The Few Senator from ulinois, with his col
aod was well received. Mr.. Arnold was col
1ia11y greeted on all hands. There were sucl
mtn as David Dudley Field, Henry 8. Ian
ard ". G. RlTes on the outskirts Of the crowd
and mary amau Of marx whom cannot u1zne
seen here and there and every where. An
oae can see that there is an eaxnestunes in III
xery frst b1nsh OF 4Ais. .Cung7esa, which A1
| ruItTeu for the object fhat las Hummonad Il
i Sud when Mr. Grow -eAad, 'ssaoe a }ox Qf Ms IL
*ol pf ttts cosmhy soot5d eurr Be reltnQa{xaed I
tYoasoss III II so1s dispsdsd ostrY tseA, and the
Ioaixe5 il Tic Hood a E1aaMcn,"-&hc Ion
so i1restible oulburbt of applause which 70
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