The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-05-22

visited them this morning they had
concluded breakfast, and the guard
for the day being detailed, the re
mainder of the command were at their
ease In tie Vice Presidents chair
/ sat Col. Jones, the commandsnt of the
force-a frank, free hearted soldierly
looking man The clerks desk was
occupied by the Adjutant and his as
sistants, engaging in making up the
the muster roll. The privates were
engaged at the Senator'S desks, wri-
ting letters ] had a woman's curios-
ity, almost, to know what were the
/ varying shades in which these new
heroes were painting, with the pen
aud ink, the pictures of their first bat
tie. You will recollect that the pas
sage through Baltimore was on the
anlive sary of the battle of Licking
ton-and that yesterday, as on that
memorable occasion, that the frs.
of the conflict fell upon the stout
hearts of New England men. We're
they thinking, as they wrote this
morning, of the occurrence Of these
events !? Were they repeating, as
did their grandsires after the triumph
of Concord, the oath that consecrated
their lives aud their property to aveng-
ing the blood of the martyrs who fell
on the opening field of the Revolu-
ton
1t was novelty to see how sud
IDENTIFY these men had adapted them
selves to the position in which they
are placed. They occupied the Sen
ate Chamber with as much repose of
Uanner as they could have exhibited
in tie work shops and fields from
which they were enlisted. 1t was a
kind of poetic justice that filed
Wigfalls abandoned seat with stall
wart man fresh from the forge, while
Mason and Hunter were succeeded by
operatives from Lowell The station
airy in use was the resdium of the last
session, having the usual engraved
headi Dgs of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
Some of the Massachusetts men
/ have the tokens-the scars and casu-
alities of yesterdays combat. One
showed me bruise on the forehead
wher' paving stone had grazed him.
At an inch more he would have been
instantly killed, as was bis companion
young Stevens Another one showed
battered button the upper one OF
his great eoat-upou which ball
had struck and left deep indenturs
Narrow change, those were they not.
All the statuary 10 the halls of the
Capitol, and in the old Rotunda, has
been boxed to preserve it from injury
through carelesness. The pictures
in the panels have also been faced
over with heavy planking, which Sc
cures them from harm. almost re-
greet that some of them have been the
object of such precaution. A brief
campaign might be atoned for, if
few o. the exaggerations in marble.
some of the burlesques on canvas and
a goodly portion of the Capital extern
sions could be subjected to the rude
shock of the cortending armies.
The portIcos of the Capital build
ings are barrieaded to the height of
about eight feet. The iron plates for
the new domes are used for the
breastworks between the marble
columns. Behind these are placed.
barrels of cement, piles of stone aud
timber forming an inpregnabls bar
rier, in the rear Of which the troops
can take shelter in case of an attacs.
1t seemed strange contradiction to
see the workmen engaged in the con
struction of the Portico; going on
with their labor laying the foundations
amid thousands of armed men the
! click of the hammer and the ring of the
trowel blending with the word ofcom-
mand, the challenge of the guard and
the tramp of the battalions drilling in
the corridors, so reluctant is civilization
to recede before the advancing desola
ton Of war, that the artisan fingers to
enrich with his skin the parapet and
dome that the morrow may see leveled
to their formations Within musket
range Of the outposts Of the troops
are even now q score Of men chiseling
in marble the flowers and clusetrs of ivy
wreaths, with which the finished per-
tions of the Capitol are so profusely
decorated
/ A SECESSION C CLERGYMAN IN PHILA-
DELPHIA. Mr.. Wise Ga son of
ex-Gov. Wise Of Va, } who is station
| ed over church in West Philadel.
| phia. on Saturday evening stepped in
to BARRIERS to get shaved, while the
process was advancing he said lone
| Virginian is worth three NorthsrneTs,'
| and hoped that tho latter would be
| whipped At this, the master of the
razor strop took offence, and Instantly