New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-11
FROM FLASHING TON
A DAY IN THE sENATE-s0CEi

DSI I' iH1 D''''
Correspondence of The N. Y; Tr'sune. ,s,.
So ". ,s Ya' .~ -
1be dny P'eeeo"s Ing ''a''' 49,. -
10 the oen"e. i~'o''s "'0 ;" ' 49,, *,
leres Of legislative "aSas win ~ VI " 80. -.
ccnynIsons OF potcs exo''s''e'' Seea :" ''.S
resisfibly az the presence OF spfn'e o Hno
blood, or as the thunderscr an es'iing p'eacn s's'
the seats reserved for the1 use nah nee" I'll SN'T
the cry still they come and they continued ~ s,s's
during Part Of the day. While Mrs. "insnd sie" o1iei
ladies' were accommodates IN p1va's room ooih..ui'
eating with the body OF the hena'e Cha'noe'' ~"
gentlenens gallery, c|ossiy packed with tne fts'e'
eek strongly reminded one Of the roagh edges OF me-
while the other three sidfs Of the houfe presented
garden-like appearance, abourdug with the sess ana
the delicacies Of the Washington season. A stranger
seeing tbese hundreds of hdes waiting patiently Iof
two bours for beopening Of the performance woad %
induced to believe that the Prince Of Wales was about
to give public exhibition of ssn-rns or that Spurgeon
himself had crosed the Atlanfic ~ beard the sopshron
in bic den The decorum however, Of thislsrge female
congregation compared youbly with the autssF the
Philharmonic and other hsdy as~epbhes In Nswrfork.
The babituees Of the Senate sre the nost unssacss
and selfpossessed Of women. Their number fcfudss
reyeral gay.hared veterans, who have attended the
debates for the last half century, and whose Is pes
on earth are intimately connected with the moyssnts
of the body polite Lot Of young girls there are who
20 to the Senate on SPREE and get scoded when bsy
come bome while not few Of the hdies absorb the
attention of the Hon. Mr.. Chpgman the unavoidable
tnator from North Carolina. who skilfnly eonoeab
the ravages of time under Lothario-hke nuHaches,
which now grow where once all was smooth. AZ fog
tho abandonment man. the contest lies between Brecn
a. kaoo
,,;,b ,ho more womanlv. He looks upright and
- ona 1r;,bo, o,o,efnl. vhile BENJAMIN ID sharp
.nd tser nm, HAND sroo.sh and efysminase. To
p,.l;,;dos ,bev yvonld willingly rive their bears;
hn, 70 Renamn Mt hest uly the management Of heir
ou bnsness Tbis oily Jew IL formidable for be has
h .;, ard the e,oonenee 30 manage the business Of
an ~ "a ~ an elegant Maid pleeder.
~. III. ,,sy No e. "a u,denab,e thai the
'S:, 4, ,sa Az ~ ,ha arguments
49,. = a. ~. 80 ,hs asns,or. solid dowaeers
- 80 - ,h ssno,s today who called Mr.. Ggin
,oolro man o,he,s ~ the order went even %
ho Isna,b ~ o5m;,;no Ms. while Toombs with his
49, coo,,;or h,ou and ;ndom;table air of rssolu-
o,,..,oS ,,or. n,a;v;ds5 a,,en,;on. Hunter. too.
Nn - - "a 4. = b.aa .esr,.a hs,,s,
49, ,''' 'p'r.. - o.ou;.h Jnn,o ,bsn n, an
~ s.. 49,. Seen. n. lose c.overuxr M
- ,ra-..o.,, aud non, ,,sphsrof The Hooss
', p"e.....,;,.. -, ,,.. n,s..n, d,rino the de-
1870 -, ,r,sp,,,a,, =, ,ber, Al, ,hsooh bis
o''e a,a 80. IL ..sS a
aPi"""o 20 a 80, vr.,s ,h.r. ,oo
me ""'e'n''" ". ,h.;, .u..
TOT yosuer pa,., ,n'e S' e - ,h.n, A. {. ~.
i'e,,eu ~" 60" 49, u,,,h.x ~ a. laa;As
niOno =, ~. ua~h;n,.o, ,bo cou,s 18th q
20. hoo, - ,bs, hand. I'm, invar;aby coufoupd the
Clsrt 81 Tho Bonse with one Of the Senators. To them
,t ,;f, naoes even who seem N be the most koneet
49,, If n. Senate are obisyts Of
...sI-~. ;,,,.r... With eayer svss thew sc.n all
.sr,-a;-.,. or,.or. ,vbo ,,sh in and ON, bese the
o,,;n,, g hr.;n... and .s they generally suppose
r. -, h. cono,or. ,h.v syre,ence thrss d;sipc4 emo
.;or,srs tba, Of dest, in behodinR him of Arkansas
or Tennessee then that of DISAPPOINTMENT in discover
ING that it ia not he, and finally comes the climax
when ttey see him who is really he The news epreade
with the rapidty Of lightning; country mother whis-
mars II 70 country daughter country sieer to country
cousin The country gentleman in their company eca-
firms the intelligence in perenptory voice. II s be-;
but from the moment of that discovery their nterc In
the occasion begins lag. and Is only revived BY the
appearance Of messenger the House or the Pres
dent, or by personal alterations between the
cz..o-. Most NJ ,b.m bovevsr SAT ratisntlv
through the day, although The air "ss nsersoy 0oss'
and nothing Of moment happened excepting nsnja"n
sally apropos Of John Brown ana sfoy. Andew vi