Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-12-27
THE GAZETTE.
MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER -.


MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER -
Sxprcu OF SENATOR BROwNLow. There
=. n sncctocle i'm the Senate which ought Per
hans. 10 receive, hut which oitener repeIS' the
commiserati0n OF those who look upon H.
This is the figure OF ParSOn Browniow. As
rcpular as the noon the almost completely
nelp,esS old man Is assisted to hl' Scat-a mar
cloth easy chair on the lett OF the Speaker IN
which he recnes, trembling all over, and con-
stantly, like 4 shaken Jelly. Seen from the
gallery. his swarthy face looks like that OF a
malignant Indian. His lips comfort themSeI-
yes unpleasantly. aud his hands, twltchmg III
every finger, remind one of couple OF enor-
NOUS spiders crawling over his legs and along |
the arms Of his chair. Once In a while thed
right hand makes tremendous expedition TO |
the desk In front, and returns with handEcr
chief dangling between thumb and hnger' |
Sometimes, with great effort, 1t carries glass
of water from the ridge OF the desk TO the Old |
mans mouth Part OF the time he sits with |
loo hoisted on q corner of the desk, or crossed |
over the opposite knee. He is never motion. |
loss His ewes see and his ears attend to all
that trauspires. Whenever the debate Is ear
nest, or an interesting question Is urpermoSt
-particularly If it concerns the South, or his
own State of Tennessee listens TO 1t rs 1t
were through every pore; the big dark veins
on his temples grow bigger and darker the
desk shakes with the shaking OF his leg his
hands clutch quickly at his trowSers, anu
the peculiar writhng OF his limbs makes 1t al-
pear as if he would give up all his hic alter
that one moment, II Tor the motheut nc had
strength to get on his feet, and pour ioitn aS
of old flood of vituperatI0u upon his enemies
Rut he has no strength lett to speak, and was
compelled the other day to have the personal
explanation Of his course IN regard TO receh,
POLITICAL events in Tennessee, which no had
prepared in manuscript, read by the CLERK.
Some expressions in it were abusive OF Butter
and other members OF the House, and the
Vice President stopped the readlng. The
emotion Of the sick man IN the easy cnair ~
racked him at this juneture, that another Ncna-
tor nitvipg him, requested that solely on nc.
count of his feeble condition, the reading might
be suffered to proceed. This was assentcd to;
Had it been otherwise, perhaps the anger OF
the Parson would have consumed hun where
he sat Wash. Ger Of Ndo lort UofH
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