Litchfield enquirer., 1860-02-23
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 came ln ! few moments since, justas I was round ing e6 pondefous sentence in z style suited to the proportions and gravity of the mammoth sheet to which send my daily tribute, when l heard familiar chuckle, and turning towards sAuERwErs I saw him running his eye over my printed stter with that peculiar smirk of intense satisfaction which bis face never wears unless excited by the discovery of some amusing folly, or grave absurdity,
 a tIsaey seid he, " that you say here, Mr. Speak CT Pennington Is shaved .as closely as. an old No;maa in ths days of the early Emperors'- BOW would yea be 90 good as to state waen the old Nefmans began to shave their faces? Sir, l had the impression that they were manly race, given to no such e2sminate customs, and did not l think 1t q mark of civilization t0make them selves look as much as possible like women, sir, but wore their boards like warriors as they were, and like their blue eyed neighbors across the Rhine ;though their boards were black it is true, and not so becoming as those of a warmer tint. !" Here sAUHnwE1N aaectionately caressed his own exuberant facial ornament, which is of what Shakespeare calls an orange tawney hue. ss..
 "And then" he went on., 1" you perhaps will tell US srAen the Mosmsan EDaperors reigned, and give us the names of some of the dynasty--or in the reign of what other early Emperors' this old Norman all shaven and shorn, fourished." {" Perhaps, Mir. Editor, your compositor or proof reader can answer my old friends enquiries. If not, would have decidedly preferred that the word had stood !" Roman" as wrote it, since it would then have the triAing advantage of being historically correct" And as have referred to this subject I may as well add that inasmuch as my caligraphy is not as legible as could be de- sired, would, with difference, suggest to your proof:reader, that when the manuscript leaves a reasonable doubt which of two words is intend ed, the presumption ought to be in favor of that nonsense Hay down this rule of construction with great difdence, but an illustration from the same letter will commend it to your judgment. When 1 spoke of a mans nerves being strain- ed like hafpstrings I think that even if the manuscript was not quite equal to copy-book, it would not have been too great stretch of magnanimity, on the part of the printer, to have permitted me to speak of it's tenseness rather than it's terseness." I hope am not too fas. tidious, but have preference for words that mean something, though don't attempt to write with that "musicaND correctness and force of language which your types make me attribute to Gen. Millson. . I gave you in my last, charcoal outline of the four principal candidates for Speaker during the late contest. There were, as you know, several other names experimented on, by the Democra- cy, but none of them have attracted much notice in the House or the country, and will not stay to describe them. f.-
 One of the noticeable men of the House, who has attracted to certain extent the atten- tion of the country is
 | MR. KErTT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. r
 This gentleman is. about forty years of age, of good height, full sized but ratLer spare frame with large head set quite forward on his shoul- ders, giving him at times, slightly stopping ap- pearance. though he is in fact straight and well wears his hair long and pushed back from the front, and asit is very bushy behind the ears, it has the exact appearance (except in color, which is black,) of one of those big full-bottomed wigs which we see in the pictures of the old divines of the seventeenth century. He has large and high forehead, full in the perceptive organs, but rather retiring in the regions of the higher intel lect and sentiments He wears the full beard and mustache. His face is rather forid in color, and is furnished with the most restless set of muscles ever bestowed on human countenance. His expression is much affected by a deep scar running obliquely from the top of the forehead on the right, to the point between the eyes, This might well pass for sabre cut in one who had seen service, but though the gallant Colonel like most gentlemen " of his section", rejoees in a military title, believe his actual perils in the field, have been limited to few bloodless pa- rades under Brgadier-G General Quattlebum of South Carolinian fame. .t y-.H .t / Col keitt, as his friends love to call him, is certainly an extraordinary speaker. He glories in being fre-eater of the true salamander breed, his matter therefore has all the characteristics of that school of oratory. He has ability of a cer- tain order, good command of language, is fond of a striking metaphor, a happy illustration or pointed expression, and not seldom introduces such with good effect. He sometimes lays down premises with careful precision, and leads you to expect an argument, but you find when he sits down. that when led off from it by some tempt ing illustration, he had forgotten, or not thought 1t worth while to return. He has much fancy, some imagination n,-same logic even,-much as- stunned and some real passion, rather though, judge spripgipg from the heat of the blood, than from the feryor of the soul I have not seen in him any tendency as yet, to ascend into those higher regions of thought nor discovered much of that clear insight that pierces to the heart of things, which mark what we are willing to call the great man. .S .Hs r.r4 a.,. But the manner of this orator is what dis tinguishes him from all others. When he speaks not single muscle of his body is permitted to be of duty. He puts every one through the most extraordinary series of gymnastic exercises ever witnessed. Body and limbs of course are brought into full action, but the head performs double duty. Now it shakes his mane like hon