The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-04-19

which we clipE-from the Washington
correspondence of the Y. r. Tribune
viii be found interesting; @
Wm. Howard, of Michigan. ,sSSbo
hencesof;h stands at the head of tbs.
Kansas Committee, i new TO Congress
aud To public life. but has won a Iivh
reputation as lawyer aud man, Hs .
lis native of Vermont, graduated Il
Middlebury College, migraied-toy Micb..s
.san and became professor Of. Ma.be..
matics in her University which pestie
| ltilled with distinction nltil he resigned
10 engage in the profession Of laR,
which he has since pursued at De,foi,
with signal success. Associated wit,,
Guy. Seward in the defence of the ci,i.
gems of Jackson county. on charge Of
malicious injury TO the Central Railroad.
! ne exhibited. in that memorable three
months trisl, the very highest qualities
Of an examiner of witnesses. and an an.
,lyzer of testimony-qualities which
were never more important than in the
investigation over which he is nov to
preside. Coming freshly into Congress
asst December, with very few acquain.
ancestor he had hitherto sshunned
public life and has now no political taste
nor aspirsiions-he stedily won upon the
confidence and esteem of his fellow
members, and his selection IS second on
the Committee on Ways and Means was
but fair recognition of his standing
with the Republicans of the House.
Mr.. Howard is something less than ff.
ty years of age, tall and slender in per-
son, with Yankee infection in his voice
which can hardly be acceptable tn the
fastidious taste linguistic of the Border
Rufians.
John Sherman, the other Republican
member of the committee, is probably
the youngest Representative : from the
Ohio Safe, tall and comely in person.
reported defendant of the Roger Sher-
man of Revolutionary fame. who signed
the Declaration of Independence. II
comparison were not cdious.- shouiI
pronounce him the best looking Member
of the House. He was an earnest Wing
in politics, and opposed TO all Slavery
agitation uLtil the passage of the Ne.
braska bill, whereof. in SO far as il abro-
gated the Missouri Restrictions, keis q
determined antagonist. Living ID Rich
land. the strongest Democratic County
in the State, he had no chance, for poIit.
ical preferment, had he aspired to it,
until the. whirlwind that swept over
Ohio in consequence of the passage .of
Don, las bill. Mr.. Sherman is frank.
intelligent, and chiyalrous. the soul of
honor, and pronounced q good lawyer
by his colleagues. He will GO to Kau-
sas resolved to do justice to all parties
and to report to Congress the naked trnih
and nothing else.
Modecal Oliver, the third member of
The Committee was formerly called q
Whig, and was elected TO Congress as
such, by reason of the great Benton and
Ami Benton leud and division, and now
votes and acts thoroughly with the Nc
bra>ks Democracy. He is strongly
built, well formed man, rather above ths
medium hight, of ruddy complexion
and imposing address. | think Major
o. should not have desired to le placed
on this Committee, since it is the con.
duct of large numbers of his own con-
stituents who are charged with most
fragrant conspiracy against and subver-
sion of the rights of tie people of Kan
sas, which is ilnpeached by the p.o,est
of Gov. Reeder. and which this Com
mittee is mainly sent out to investigate.
But Maj. Oliver did desire this position.
and was seconded in his Aspirations by
me great body of the Democrats in tile
House. The Speaker has decided that.
since the Pro, Slavery party were to haso
but minority of the Committee, they
had y right to the man Of their choice.
and has made the appointment aecor-
dingly. | think | should have done
otherwise, yet I am not sure that / am
right. - =