The North Carolina Standard

One of Benton's Scenes. The Cape Girardeau (Mo.) Standard gives the following sayings of Senator Benton, after making a set speech at that place:

Speaking of the paper that was handed him before he commenced speaking, he said he had been interrupted in that way before, and once by Dr. Hancock, who handed him a paper with questions for him to answer. When Dr. H. handed it to him, 'I told him,' said he, 'to read it, and he stood before me and repeated it just as a school boy would repeat his lesson. When he finished I told him to read the names signed to it. He read them over but did not give his. I knew him; I knew his name; but I said to him who are you, sir? and he said, "my name is John Hancock." I was determined to make him stand up there and tell me his name like a nigger. At Jackson they sent O'Bannon to me with a paper, and I told him to hold it till I got through, and he obeyed me; he held it three hours and five minutes, and was so badly scared that he forgot to give it to me when I was through. He held it tight with both hands just like a d—d nigger.'

In speaking of the opposition to him, he said that the nullifiers, as he stigmatizes his opponents, were bolder here than in other parts of the State: and he then named and abused several of the old citizens, among whom were Capt. Byrd, Frank J. Allen, and Gen. English. Of Mr. Allen, he said: 'the d—d rotten, when I was here before he was so glad to see me he got drunk: but now he won't speak to me. I got him a fine office, and made him all he is.'

He was very severe on Gen. English; he denounced him as the 'rottenest of all rottens.'

To give his exact language:

'Tom English wants Benton's seat in the Senate. Now, he would look well in it; men would come into the Senate, and pointing to the seat, would exclaim "what thing is that in Benton's seat." When I kill him next dog-days, I won't leave so much as a grease spot; there won't be any thing left but a little wet place.'

No further notice was taken of the interrogatories.