New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-08
THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
xxxvIJIih CONGRESS-. sas
THE
From oor Special Correspondent.

senators OF the NAV iIith OobRrts 10 rest cn lhcI
lsbors Of reconstructing tie Republict day Of ad'
journment
These weary representatives Of the people throng to-
ward their hall and their way lies through fact Of
marvellous interest and Of tie most important siguif-
canoe It lies through enormous shafts of white marble
brought here from distance Of 800 miles which italian
artists an orchestra Of tnesul hsmmercrs chsel into
futcd columns Of the Corinthian orderlies through
wide diffusion Of blocks slabs and masses Of quarried
stone far fetched and dear-bought, upon which every
steel tool known 70 architecture is making in the hands
Of skilled and hgh-priced workmen, that celestial
music which the worship Of the gods In the con-
struction Of the Parthenon and the building Of the
Temple to Minerva-les through oil the uninterrupted
work Of the enlargement Of the Capitol The has
not stopped this. Other nations would have paused
from such work while prosecuting wars on the or
binary scale Of European warfare. We carry
on war vaster than the world has ever
seen-more eostly-moro destructive Of men ond
materalyet we do not pause in the completion Of the
edaoe in which the legislation Of Amerc. is to be
done. We do not reduce its proportions, we do not
cheaper its plan we do abate its expenditures we
do not gsause any of is enormous to the changed
values which the Rebellion has caused. The Capitol
extension goes right ona beautiful Of the con-
lnuous development Of the nation. II goes on, intel
bgiblc notice 20 the world that life il vigorous
tnough resolute enough memorable enough, to con-
struct while destroythat the vitality Of tho Repub
lilo oyerfows from that would exhaust or destroy
any other people into oil the paths Of peace and into
che pleasant ways Of civilization.
The Representatives GO TO their Hall Between these
two columns lying their sides, walks quickly FENToN
OF Chsuque as call him in New-York. The ex-
preston OF WEAKNESS in lis handsome face is blended
with look Of patience He that walks by his side and
L. ~ fhala
isaiors time and burdening him with exactOns ofper
sonal service and influence Yet his answers are kind.
aud not chord Of irritation is in the musical sweetness
of his voice. And be goes under the carriage arch
of the South Wing lie is in his abors. his talents, bis
tact his experience nearly embodiment Of the leg
islatOrs Of the House any in it, save perhaps
IHADDEUs STEVENS, the leader Of the House by posi-
tion and its Ncstor in all respects by concession Of
his feIow'members, in which respect and affection vie
with each other for expression. And DAVIS comes,
the Chairman Of the important Committee on Elections.
and to whom is committed the keys Of the gates OF the
Lower House Of Congress Thieves don't break through
that way lie walks YEARLY up the path-and well he
nny. for be has examined and disposed Of twenty con
tested of claimed seats giving 10 each the consci
entiOus care and thorough search which distin-
. gush his work-done all this labor beside
attending to his regular Congressional duties and hold
ure that hcstated on its way successful And
BOUTWELL, comes admirable in his ssnguine nervous
temperament so adapted TO the wear and tear of para
mentary life. This is his first term in Congress-but
his first speech and bis first days service Committee
put him at a bound in the front line Of the whom
talent and experience in Washington have made
famous. A practical matter-offact man. dark
skinned man dark eyed arkhaired. thin in the flank
yigilant. selfcontained, quiet giving you the i'm
preston that he would wake up quick and in strength
speech from him is prcmeditated logic Of inwoyen
facts and figures delivered in magnetic current which
flows to the Of every in bis audience, how
ever great may be- and which peneraes through and
through II is impossible to escape impression from
BoUIwELLs debate. As adversary he would be fatal
10 bad cause formidable 10 good ally he
IS a tower Of strength. 4
In the Representatives Hall the members flock on
TO the floor aud the galleries fill with the curious TO see
an Adjournment. A little knot surrounds TBAD. STE
VEINS and of course they laugh. For the rich nature
of this marvcously endowed man perpctualy over.
flows wit He carries his ago more Tightly than any
man in the House Never absent from his duties
sick, never behind his work, unprepared never
asking postponement for any reason personal to him
self familiar with all the business of the session. re
sponsble for the ways and TO carry on the war
and maintain the countrys credit, ready for de-
bate ready on call to attack 20 defend, constantly
going with his fun and his sareasms into his adyer
sarics deenses he Is in his seventy third year won
derful example of fresh vitality and youthful life in ex
IRENE age
Down the alley. above the great Pennsylvania
slowly works its way toward the Speakers desk,
young and almost boyish fgme-so free from gray is
the brown hair of the hoadso full of mirhfulness and
momentary content is the faee-so near the surface
seem to lie the sources of this mans happiness--so
sound and white are his teethand so free from the
lines which care and dissipation his healthy
cheeks and oSear brow-a face without Guil0twthout
selfoye in young quick sympathy with all the world
vet the face of wise man and a staneh one. 1t Is
ScHtYlER COLFAx, the Speaker. His way toward
his chair is interrupted by outsretchcd hands and
kindly address For every member of the House loves
SCHUYLER COLFAx. And to all be speaks genialy, and
with Young heartiness that cannot be mistaken for
manner-for SCHUYLER CoLFAX loves every member OF
the House Happy organization 10 be enabled to &C
compsh partisan work with parsan's determination
and a partisan's success without the spirit OF n
partisan--to have successfully represented the
politics Of positive conStituency-to
have ibued soul and body with the passions Of the
majority which srst waged of principle against
Slavery. and afterward sustained a bloody war from
Slavery and yet not have the Of Justice the i'm
pulse of benevoence and the manly love of fair play
hurt or oyerlaid There not opponent of the Ad
mnisraion ON this floor that does not respect ScHul
IFR ColFAx confde in him. and love him. Again,
happv organization what labor what anxictics what
sharp drafts on the reservoir Of vitality has not
this frsh and buoyant boy looking man undergone ana
a,5,rod since no took This SPEAKERS seat And they