Mr. Calhoun

As I entered, the President was conversing with Mr. Calhoun, and I liad nn opponuniiy of observing that vemarkable man. He nppeared to be in fir.e spirits - chalting, laughing, and rubbing his hands in - great glee. But Mr. Polk maintained his imperturbable gravity. Once, indeed, í thought I discovered the smallest sort of a smile playing on his thin lips; but it must have been only the tooth-ache, for his features inimediately becaine sterner Ihan ever. Tho great Southern Statesman is over six feet in heiglnh, and, when younger, must have po -sessec' a handsomo and symmetrical fram. His figure isnow excpGdinglyslender,and a slight droopingof the chestgives hiii) the airofon invalid. At tho firsi gl.uice, Mr. Calhoun reminded me of General Jackson, or rather of the likeness that I have seen of him. taken when ba w;.;; iirst elocted to Uic Trcsidency. - lut that impression was only mo.nenuryand was produced, I afterwards perceivttl, ly the marnier in which the statesman of the South is nccusiomed toarrangc his hair, coarsc, thick, and now quila grey, and which he weais brushed síilily u)vard, jusi as is seen in the picture of the hcru of New Orleans. With such u covoring, it is not possible even tü gness at ihe character of the head, tliough it is obviou.s enough ihat the forehejad is nowise reniarhable, appearing, indeed, to Le rather wanting both in widlh and dcptli. But it is inipossible to misLake ihe evidence of that speaking cye. Sucha keen, penetrating, flasliing orb never could have bclonged lo any huta man ofexalted inlellect and genius. Air. CaJhoim's nioutli is a!áO rcmarkablc and charaieristic. Thelowerjaw very si;ght!y projocts, and the tccth are iirmly set, adding to the strong expression of resoluto íirnnieshr, so strikingly slamped on the whole countenance. dv. Calliouii's face haüitually wears a slightly sarcastic smile, but the general expression is quite the reverse of being rcpulsive. Ilis deportment is inarked by a digniíied self-possession, and he has the uniform air of a man accustomed to perfect independence, and conscious, but not oiiensively so, ofhisown mental