Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-04-03


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4 GLANCE At OUR EorkB1Es.
A correspondent Of the New. York
Post, writing Of the crowd assembled
in the Representative Hall atlW aching
ton. on ihe FED. TO hear the Farewell
Address read. says:-Mr. Seward was
there, iuapassible as ever, with a sandy
and tough face, on which the sharp
contests Of long life Of New York
and national politics would seem to
have made no impression. Beside him
was the Attorney General, whose Office
in these times is somewhat lessened in
the light OF the maxim, "ls0es silent inter
ornd." Mr.. Blair, with his tall, 1.-THE
figure, sharp eye and intelligent face.
sat next to Mr.. Caleb Smith, whose
very countenance would indicate that
the tolls of the Interior Department
are alleviated bya good digestion and
a mind at ease. The new SecretaryIof
War was present, with his broad, mas
siye head, and lines that spoke decision
on his face, which was pale. And
welles, Of the Navy, who, in spite Of
all the Morgan talk, is esteemed an
upright and able man, was there, with
his patriarchal, long white locks, and a
face. which seemingly belongs as little
to to-day as IL he had been the sculp-
tor employed by the kings before the
Pharaohs 10 carve fhe Sphynx.
Secretary Chase l did not see. His
lovely daughter, whom the brayest
swain in all the land would gladly take
as legal tender, was in the gallery. In
the row behind the diplomats was the
sharp faced Carl Sehurz, home from
Spain. His place will be filed by Viii
mot. who has been i'll all this session.
The kind Legislature Of Pennsylvania
will fill his place in the Senate with the
-,are cvcrvyaT-T " war, OHHeronT VINO
goes into the Senate avowedly 10 COM
fort the men who were ready enough
to take favors from him at the War
Department, and willing to vote against
bis confirmation to Russia.
General NJ Clellau was the most OBJ
served of observers. His face, express
sing sufficient determination, if not
even obstinacy, bespeaks him equal to
the work of organizing and disposing
defensive army-the hundreds Of regi-
ments whereof have been benefited by
his industry, capacity and learning
Next him sat venerable hag-captaln,
whom did not know, and next beyond,
General Totten, the head Of the En-
gineer Corps. Mcdowell was there,
with his broad, firm head, with as fine
a mind. and brain as well fitted for
generalship as that Of any man who is
now enrolled beneath our flag; there
was Butler, arrived in town last night,
hard after the ENJOYS Of reluctant
Maine. with one eye on Ship Island.
and the other with amazing obliquity
covetously covering regiments which
the government of Maine aforesaid, is
seeking to save from his clutches.
Gen. Van Vilet was present, the
Quartermaster Of the army OF the Po-
tomac, touching whose advertisements
! for horse contracts the Senate has in
dulged in some touch-and-let go action.
Mccall, educated at West Point, was
there. He came from his farm in Penn
sylvania to lead the troops Of his native
State. One disastrous day be waited
but for orders TO relieve the doomed
regiments at Balls Bluff. There was
Gen. Barry. who brought home from
Kew Yves: battery which was lost at
Bull Run, and who is now Gen. M'Clel-
lan's chief Of artillery; young Butter
field was present, your New York Gen
eral, who, present in Washington in the
dark days Of last April. hurried home
and rallied his regiment, the Twelfth.
for the defense of the Capitol; next
hin, sat General Jameson, the only
man who won his spurs at Bull Run,
holding far in advance his regiment,
the brave Maine Second, which, in a
long and sharp fight. SO dealt with q
Georgia regiment, that the rebel Jour-
nal said it was "annihilated;;" there
was Gen. BIenker, the leader Of 6ght-
/ ing Teutons, and Heinizelman, ae-
knowledged one Of our best Generals.
who has chafed and fretted increasingly
at the forced insction to which the ar
my Of the Potomac has been condemned.
Of the navy, I noted Wilkes. who
primly knows. az 10 the matter Of Ma
son and Slidsll, that his pluck is Tar
better commended in the American
heart, than the adroitness Of the letter
Of Secretary Seward. Dshlgreen was
there, with ordinance eorrugstlons 90
the brow that surmounis bis other wise
Young face; and there was Commodore
| Smith who has long dragged al hIs an
cbor in the "Nayy Bureau Of Ysrds
and Docks" who has kept bis prov TO
the tide, with his own and bis brothers.
adroituess, far more Of his own than the
world allows Gs-. Ezsi! s7ae sfs1s..l
The absence OF Fremont was noted,
| He is shy Of cersmonials. The night
before, at the Smithsonian Institute