The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-04-06


heavy brows, brown hair, whiskers, and
moustaches. He bears the appearance of a
/ strong man in legislation.
| Wilkinson of Minnesota tall, we'll
| built man, of marked countenance and
| bearing He is a man of force and in
| fuence.
Last, bat not least, is Trumbull of ILL
| nois. He is a medium sized parsonage
| slightly built light colored hair, and eye
| brows, inquisitive keen expression. He
wears gold-rimmed spectacles, and carries
his head thrown well back. His appear
ance is that of college professor, yet he is
| practical man of the world, and an awful
" ugly customer in debate, as the Little
Giant" his colleague, can testify.
A spectator is impressed, while looking
at the Senators, with the fact that there are
very few grey heads amongst them. The
| Senate has greatly degenerated both in
| point of talent and experience in states
manship since the days of Clay, Webster,
Calhoun, and the other real giants of their
time.
Indiana is being remembered and provid-
ed for in the Interior and other depart
ments. A large number of Hoosiers have
| found places, as clerks. The German adopt
ed citizens are also remembered favorably.
A Mr.. Reinhardt of Shelbyville has clerk
! ship in the Interior Department Mr.
| Forester, of the Volksbote, has received a
position as translating clerk in the Agri-
cultural division of the Patent Office
Guido Ilges, Esq, of Vincennes, has posi-
| ton in the Treasury Department.
A visit to the Smithsonian Institute is
| highly interesting. 1t is a large edifce,
west of the Capitol, built of red stone IN
mixed style, partaking of the Norman, the
castellated, and several others. This insti-
tuition was built and endowed by money
provided in the will of James Smithson, a
wealthy Englishman who died without
heirs, and wished to Nstablish an institute
in the United States for the advancement
of human knowledge. And well have his
wishes been carried out
Entering the Institute you pass into the
| Museum. Here you see a vast collection of
preserved specimens of animals, birds, fishes,
reptiles, etc, from every part of the globe,
all classified and labeled. The variety is as
| tonishing. There are also to be seen, fossils,
MOSES, eggs of all, sizes from that of a pin
head to that OF a good sized water melon
(the latter the egg of the giant bird of Mad
agascar), geological and mineral specimens,
samples of woods from all over the globe,
meteOrites Zone weighing 25S lbs, of solid
| metal of some description), hair from the
heads of all the Presidents, Washington's
camp utensils, swords, &c, heads and an
tiers of stays, and elks, aud thousands of
other curiosities. In the opposite, or west
wing, are Indian, Arctic, Japanese, Chinese,
South Sea, African, South American, and
Asiatic curiosities, in inexhaustible profu-
SION Further on is the library, stored
with large number of books, maps, globes.
charts, &C, conveniently stored away in
neat alcoves. Here are to be seen many
J relics of James Smithson
In another apartment on The first floor
are number CT statues, statuettes, paint
ings, medallions, and eugravings. but the
collection is very Indifferent and not worthy
the institution.
On the second floor, in the south wing. is
the Indian Portrait Gallery, containing
paintings, well executed, of FIVE or six hun
bred Indians, taken from life Besides here
| is a very interesting. statue representing a
character in mythology. On TIE second
floor also is the lecture room, said to be a
model apartment,i in respect 10 its acoustic ar
engagements. Near it is the apparatus room
filed with electrical, chemical mechanical
geographical, and all other kinds of appa-
ratus in the greatest abundance. There is
probably no more complete collection in the
world. They are used to illustrate lectures
Amongst the curiosities in other portions
of the building are barometer with tnbe
twenty or thirty feet long, filled with (if
remember correctly nitric or suphuric
acid; chart showing at glance the state
of the weather at fifteen or twenty points
all over the Union, as received daily by tel
egraph the tomb or sarcophagus (said to
be- of Alexander the Great very heavy and
ancient loeking); and plank sawed from
a giant redwood tree of California, big
enough to form the top of billiard table
say five feet wide by ten long. Admission
to the Institute is perfectly free for the pub
lie.
Much as is said about the wickedness of
Washington, the city has many redeeming
and creditable features about it, The Sab
bath is much better observed than / sup
posed it could possibly be. The omnibuses
and hacks which throng the streets on
week days mostly suspend their operations
on that day. There is very little stir on
the streets. The numerous spacious churches
are well filled with worshippers, and the
day is otherwise well observed.
The hotels are still thinning out, and be-
gin to anticipate dull times. The Avenue
still has its full share of custom. 1t could
hardly fail, under the good management of
Landlord King and bis courteous assistant,
Mr.. Bixby. :" May their shadows never
grow less" and "long may they wave"
The guillotine win soon be well oiled
and in good working order at the Depart
ments and elsewhere. You may therefore
expect to hear of the heads of secessionists
and traitors, now in Office, flying off with
fearful rapidity. When the work fairly
commences, it will be prosecuted energet-
ically and scientifically. So mote it be-
The weather, that on Sunday was de-
lightful, yesterday was drizzly, sleety,
windy, anG very uncomfortable, and to-day
is again pleasant. j. Fl. Men
BG5-A Southern paper tells of a young lady
who was caught in a disagreeable predica-
ment while on her knees at church The
fair girl wore fashionable high heeled
shoes; kneeling on both knees, these heels
of course stuck out at right angles. and in