The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-01-26

Bag The Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette gives the liveliest
pen picture of the scene in Congress be-
tween John Hickman and his assaiIants
that we remember to have seen:
Not man in the House has yet shown
himself possessed of the moral power of
John Hickman Hickman is a man of
about the medium height, his face sharp
and clearly cut, his body rather small and
thin. He stoops slightly, and as this gives
his chest sunken appearance, a medical
man seeing him casually would "diagnose y
lung disease. And when he begins to
speak, hisvoice is so faint and low, and the
words he utters come forth so slowly, delih-
erately and painfully even, that your SYM
pathy is Immediately arrested. But grad
uaIly his voice becomes clear and full,
though his utterance is never hurried, and
you are borne along with him, by the hon
esty of his purpose, which is apparent in his
tone and the clear, direct convincing SEN
fences he uses.
They are short, and his language is SIM
pie. But every word tells. There is moth
ing redundant. Each period comes like the
lifting of q hammer well directed. The
nail you are sure has been hit and driven in
AS you listen yon cannot but feel that he is
terrible man you have against you. He
: so intense and vigorous. The Democrats
gar him, and hate him worse than they do
The d=sA OF John Sherman. The telegraph
has acoiAinted you with the scene between
McClernand, Pryor and Hickman When
McClernsnd said Hiekman's insolence was
nnbearable, there was what reporters mark
as sensation" A thrill of fear for she
consequences, of Indignation or Of aPproba-
ton, according to the poaisio4. Of the person
experiencing it, EaA through the Hall.
Spectators and members shared alike in it.
The 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 cultural "ugh" of the
Indians.
That sound always means mischief.
And when / heard it, / knew that the
Republicans were ready for the consequent
ces of Hickman's reply, be that reply or
those consequences what they might. How
and with what ontstretehed heads did the
House and the galleries await Hickmans
reply The noisy little pages who had been
running about the Hall, the assistants to
the Sergeant-at-Arms, and the officials gem
orally gathered about IL Clerks desk. Ali
ewes were ts1ueS toward Hickman, around
whom sat " the fighting men ofthe Repub-
licans resolute with flashing eyes and firm
lips, necks were protruded so that the possess
ors might the better see and hear this cham
pion of Pennsylvania. Everything was
hushed, as if the vast Hall were empty; and
when Hickman made the noble, manly re-
pIy he did, so free from passion and so full Of
meaning; when he planted himself so strong
Nv on the ground ofus of the North, declared
that % he would not try the question ofve-
racitv at the tribunal to which the gentleman
referred. and in conclusion announced his
Snurpose never to notice such language again
n he could avoid it. ! assure yOr there was
not one person in the Hall who did not ac-
knowledge Hickman's power, and not a
Northern man or woman who did not feel
with the Southern lady, who said to me,
4 John Hickman has completely conquered
me"