New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-16

h.tx,esn him srd Cos. Banks, ss presiding ohcers
80 he Hove. The latter was impsrtnl--aay,
Eleral-tIpard bis opponents IN the iorInsti)n W
a., Cor mit.ees in awarding the hoor, and IN call.
70 tb.m Ia preside temporarily in the Hou.e, ana
:. Chsirmeu of the COMMITTEE OF The " hole. IN
ibese respects, Col Orr has been grossly pirhh'
liberal aud discourteous. IL
Weturn for Inomep, IN Mr.. letcher, VINO, uhe
If, Stsphens and Mr Orr, Is q seii-mads man.
H. i one az the abest and most valuable members
ON Lis side Of the House. The Southern De-
uocracy can III spare from the Han one VINO
iupsrts to that faction something OF character
snd DIGNITY. Should Virginia call blm 10 her
Cuhernstofial Chair and he should excel all his
predecessor in dischsrging lis duties, his remoy 81
from the House would be loss even 70 the
Ancient Dominion" herself. For Mr. Le'ch'
er's close attention. to business, his utter con-
tempt for all the arts Of buncombe, ms rare
financial honesty (rare for his party and the
tines and his lankee-like air AID mode OF doiag
things. tend to make Virginia distractions, OF
which he is a theoretical expounder, tolerable; and
the resolutions of %, of which he is proiessed
admirer. respectable. Mr. Letcher's frequent
sneecbes are brief clear and apt: he is reasonably
candid, and eyen-tempered Is sharp at q re1ort,
can crack Joke with the most witty and turn an
acute angle with the most facue; and. though
usually found lying in wait the door oil the irea-
and everything, as does the growing old Cerberus,
George w. Jones of Tennessee. Mr.. Letcher ;
peculiarly built lead (the golden-hued hair thereon
is shaven close 10 the skim rising from his shoulders
Ike tall, square tower on a small church-ms
nose bestrode with pair of huge, staring glasses
il conspicuous object in the sea OF cranlums hoat-
ing abou. the floor of the House.
We have spoken of Mr.. Jones-known IN the
House as objection Jones. To put hm and
Mr. Letcher in the same category, as is often Done,
il yokng together two very different species OF
fnancers. Mr.. Letcher is ap economist. NJ
Jones is a curmudgeOn. Let Il. -lrber ask unani-
nous consent TO put forward any tss how.
ever pressing and ere the Speaker can Y. lund
the query - Is there any objection = sepuchIa
voice seems 10 issue from beneath the fiO0r near
the south east corner of the hall, utterng, with
long-drawn cadence, - R-e-g-u-l-a-r ORDER :!
1t may be = small bill TO furnish the final outfit
accidentally omitted in the general bllD OF steam
frigate waiting TO cast of her lines and 90 to sea:
but in vain does the g0od-ni Chairman OF the
WAYS and Means implore - my friend from Ten
- nessee to yield moment, and let tins important
" bill pass" The man over yonder, IN the faded
blue coat with rusty brass buttons, lifts his eye
doggedlv from his desk, and shaking his iron-gray
head, seems to say, Phelps dOyou think You can
wheedle Jones? ?" Mr.. JOness name is indexed IN
The Confessional Globe of the last session as hay
ing occupied the attention of the House live hun
drtd and sixty.eight times, being an average oil
nearly Eve hearings on each day-rather more than
his share The Democracy Of the next House
might proftably exchange Jones for a Letcher.