Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-03-21
Rnsseil's Account or 7Wighfail, Gov.
Pickens, Rhett, Jen. Davis ANN
Benz amin.

The following is from Russell's Diary:
As the boat touched the quay Of the fort,
n tall, powerful looking man came through
the shattered gateway, and with uneven
steps strobe ooser the rubbish toward a
sklf which was awaiting to receive him,
and into which he jumped and fowed off.
Recognizing one Of my companions as he
passed our boat, he suddenly stood up,
and with leap and scramble, tumbled
in among us, to the imminent danger oil
uPsetting the party. 81
" Our new friend vas dressed in the
blue froek' coat OF u civilian, round which
be had tied IL red silk sash-his waistband
supported straight sword, something like
those worn with court dress. His muscu
lar neck was surrounded with loosely
fastened silk handkerchief aud wild mas
ses Of black hair. tinged with gray, f,ll
from under = civilEIL 5 hat over his collar;
his unstrapped trousers were gathered up
high on his legs, displaying ample boots,
garnished with formidable brass spurs.--
But his face was not one to be iorgotten-'
straight, broad brow, from which the
hair rose up like vegetation on river
bank, bee,lIog black eyebrows-a mouth
coarse aud grim, ye, fail of power, a square
java thick, argumentative nOse-a new
growth Of scrubby beard and mustache-
these were relieved by eyes OF wonderful
depth and light. such as never saw be
fore but in the head of a Wild beast
d" IT you look some day when the sun is
not too bri ght into the eye Of the Bengal
tiger. in the Regents Park, asihe keeper
is coming round, YOU will TORN some no.
ton uf the expression l mean. 1t was
flashing, fierce, yet calm-wilh a we'll OF
fire burning behind and .pouting through
it; an eye pitiless in anger, which now
and then sought to conceal i,s express ion
ben cath halfclosed lids, and then burst
out with all angry glare, as il disdaining
concealmeut.
" This was none other than Louis T.
Wistall, Colonel Chen of his OWE crea,on)
in the Confederate army, and Senator from
Texas in the United States
Ibis eminent southern gentleman
was in IL state Of whisaey, unsteady ia
his gait and thick in Speech and after
while, having coa.sely abused Senator
Sumner, began to SPEAK 40 better OF l. ,rI
Lyons
Governor Pickens was another Of the
nofabitlties he met, ~ stout man, Of Il
bls head, and large, important iooking
face, with wa'ery eyes and habby tea.
tnres,' looking not as thoush born in.
sensible TO fear" He was also favored
with the acquaintance Of the Rhetts, from
the elder Of whom, "pompous, hard,
ambitious man. he received "a pamph,e,
on his life, character aud services evi.
IDENTITY kind Vi elal crate advertise ment,
showing how An application Of Rbett
would cure all tie discusses .f lie country
Mr. Rhe,. and his ya,nphly, mus, have re
minded the Times correspondent oddly o:
the Hindoo washe men who come on board
when vessels get near Calcutta, each also
with pamphlet on his life, character
and services Another cne Of these tes
Iimonal Rhe,ts of whom it is not record
ed that he handed Mr.. Russell pamphlet
-made an ass Of himself by d, ,claring
that there were few persons in South
Carolina who would no. sooner ASA Great
Britain to take back the State than sub.
mt TO the iriumpbs of the Yankees. We
are an agricultural people, pursuing our
own system, aud working out our own
destiny, breeding up women and men with
some other purpose than to make them
vulgar, ia"aiical, cheating Yankees--hyp
ocrit'eal,it as women they pretend TO real
virtue; aud lying, if as men they pretend
to he honest. We have gentlemen and
sen,Iewomen in your sense Of il. We
have system which enables us to reap
the fruits Of the earth by a race which we =,
save from barbarsm in restoring them 10
their real place in the world us aborers,
while we are enabled to cultivate the arts,
and graces and accomplishments Of life,
10 develop science, to apply ourselves 10
The duties Of government and to under.
stand the affairs of the country"
He saw JEFF Davis, too, wto us slight,
light figure, little exceeding middle hight,
an! holds himself erect and straight. lie
was dressed in rustic suit Of slate col
ored stuff, with black silk handkerchief
around bis neck his manner il plain,
aud rather reserved and drastic his head
is well formed, with Gne fore head, squars
and high, covered with innumeralls tue
lines wrinkles features regular, thouy yh
the check bones ars TOO high and the jaws