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From the Nep YORK -Frror.
THE .AGN. WILLIAM ALLEN,
SENATOR FRoM OHIO.

There are few members Of the present
Congress attracting greater share Of the
pub!c attention than the Hon. VIM. Allen,
Senator from Ohio; the great war member
from the west who has undertaken the de-
hghtful task Of preparing the heart Of the
peope for war" Alter reading his speech
rs, one would naturally suppose that he
was gentleman oil the Achilles stamp, Of
commanding presence and heroic features
but he is not man you would take for
hero, at all, unless you were ecqueinted
with the fact before hand. Mr.. Allen is
eomew hat above the common height, slen-
der and graceful in his appearance, and
about forty years OF age, believe he is
not celebrated for his archaeological &C
uuirements, though the expression Of his
eountenance is intellectual in high degree.
His face is keen and restless, and his small
gray eyes are wonderfully brilliant and scar
ching. His halr, which is turning gray, is
very long, and combed down the side of
his head, with superstitiOus care; it is q
great ANNOYANCE to him while making c
speech, as It becomes disarranged by the
violence of his actions, and drops over his
face like a veil, ettectually hiding him from
sight.
Mr.. Allen far surpasses ell other men in
his wonderful strength Of lungs, His voice
is as the sound OF the battle aiar off, or a
dozen trunpets close at hand. No man,
since the days Of Stentor, has been so high
" gifted; it any man thinks of sleeping
under n discourse Of Mr.. Aliens, he is an
unhappy wretch. No one will deny that
MIR. Allen is man of talent, and nc one
will Lccuse him of desire to hide it under
bushel. The tact is, he is afflicted with
strange dreams ot military glory, national
honor, and several other exploded iaa~
cies, which are frequently too strong for
men OF weak minds. He has aniIIimitabIe
hatred for what he calls THAT thing, the
British Government" and the British ma
ton in general he has no very distinct
idea of what eiEerone or the other is, but
he knows they are something to be despi-
sed aud annlhilated.
IsEo calls Napoleon the "greates. man
the world ever saw" and in his admiration
for Bong lies the key le his whole condnct.
Il was the reading Of old romances that
turned the brain OF Don Quixottei and, the
historical romance Of that arch Jester,
Theirs, and few other FrenChmen Of the
same hoaxing school, have quite upset the
equilibrium of Mr., Aliens qHiet temper,
and made him prey to that last tnfrmi.
~ of noble minds" ambition. It is gene
raIlv understood among his friends that his
emission" is to overthrow half the empires
OF Europe, but the British in PARTICULAR
He firmly believes in his delusion, and es-
,eemed il 10 be his duty rather to IegisIate
flr the annoyance Of other countries, than
10 advance the interests Of his own. Any
one must he convinced Of this, who has
heard him digress from the subject in hand
70 wall over the British possessions in In
dia, despair over the Sandwich Islands, and
etorm over Canada. 1t is fortunate thing
for the world at large that there are sutfi-
cient phlegmstc. conmon-sense people in
the Senate who do not like TO take such long
i,urneys. and prefer 20 lock- after the inter-
ests Of our country, or there Guild certain.
Iv be such slaughtering Of full grown inno-
tonts throughout the world, as would soon
ecken even our Ohio Napoleon.
No man is more treacherous In the way
of making a speech, than MI. Al'en--he
will rise. and for two or three mlnntes pro-
r.ed in calm, clear tones, whrG, without
tie leas, rorewarning. or any cause he ele-
yttcs his tremendous voice % It's highest
mitch. and "thpra is no more peace" lie
FcAuously employs every means to oproduce
effect, though his choice of attitude and
9 sure are samples Of rather eqnlroraI
t,-te; he shakes the forefncer of hs right
h,34 in the most scientific manneri he
N,nmers upon his desk, and claps his
hands. advances and retreats. shouts, bel
7,ws. and finishes the sentence in sePuI-
.szal and warming voice. His speeches
sVs vrTy good, but his riotous manner Of de-