Litchfield enquirer., 1860-02-16

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 b6cThe Washington correspondent of the Cineinnati Gazeste gives the livelest pen picture of the scene in Congress between John Hickman and his assaiIauts. that we remember to have seen:
 Nota man in the House has yet shown himself possessed of the moral power of John Hickman. Hickman is man of about the medium height, bis face sharp and clearly cut, his body rather small and thin. He steops slightly, and as this gives his chest Q sunken appearance, Q medical man seeing him casually, would "diagnese" lung disease. And when he begins to speak, his voice is so faint aud low, and the words he utters come forth so slowly, deliberately and pain. iuily even, that your sympathy is immediate y arrested. But gradually his voice becomes clear and fuil, though bis utterance is never hurried, and you are borne aloug with him. by the honesty of his purpose, which is ap. parent in his tone and the clear, direct. con yincing sentences he uses.
 They arc sLort, and his lanannce is sinnpls. But every word tells. There is nothing To. dnndant. Each period comes like the lifting of hammer well directed. The nail you are sure has been hit and driven in. As you listen you cannot but feel that he is a terrible man to have against you. He is so intense and vigorous. The Democrats fear him, and hate him worse than they do the al or John Sherman The telegraph has acquainted you with the scetie between McClernand, Pryor and Hickman. When McClernand said Hckmans insolence was unbearabe, there was what reporters mark as sensation" A thrill of fear for the consequences, of indignation or of approba- tion,' according to the position of the person experiencing it, ran through the Hall. Spec tators aud members shared alike in it. Tho Republicans started to their feet, and there was audible that peculiar sound which is made when the breath is suddenly driven through the closed mouth and nostrils--a sound not unlike the guttural "ugh" of the Indians.
 That sound always means mischief. And when heard it, knew that the Republicans were ready for the conseauences of llckmans reply, be that reply or those consequences what they might. How and with what outstretched heads did the House and the galleries await Hickman's renlyl The noisy little pages who had been running about the Hall, the assistants to the Ser gcant-at-Arms. and the officials generally gathered about the Clerks desk. All eyes were turned toward Hickman, around whom sat "the fighting men" of the Republicans resolute with. flashing eyes and firm lips, necks were protruded SO that the possessors might the better see and hear this champion of Pennsylvania. Everything was hushed, as if the vast Hall were empty; and when Hickman made the noble, manly reply he did, so free from passion and so full of mean ing; when he planted himself so strongly on the ground of us of the North, declared that "he would not try the question of veracity at the tribunal to which the gentleman re- fcrred," and in conclusion announced his purpose ncyer tu notice such ianeua9e again if he could avoid it. assure you there was not one person in the Hall .who did not ac. knowledge Hirkman's power, and not . Northern man or woman who did not feel with the Southern lady, who said to Der John Hickman has completely conquered me-" '.