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wnAr snL sErs, HEARS, ,Np THINKS.
Very truly yours,
igued) GEO. BANCROFT.

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WHAT sHE sEFs. HEARS. AND THINKS.
NAsHNCToN, DC. April, lSU6.
After the hight OF excitement reached over
the Civil Rights bill, ami the veto. Congress
has fallen back to dull discussion and routine.
Ii am dull, Independent, It Is becIusc moth
Ing below inspires me Not a spark OF mag
netism dies up 70 the galleries. Half OF the
member, are writing letters, fourth arc IN
the smoking room or lJunging about with
their hands IN their pockets. the rest are
reading a bill ~ there is nothing more
important to do, might tail TO studying at
titudcs and. after counting the men with
hands in their pockets and feet upon their
desks .the conclusion would be tina, fine man
ners are By no means necessary - seat in
Congress. But the people Ike to reward
their heroes and, ty the way, not one of
them has his feet on ms dC,k.
On the other eide OF the House -Its zen
eral Rousseau, the brave Kentucky soldier
How strange he risked his 10, for MS cOun-
try over and over, and now bee comes TO Con-
gress and gives all his votes 10 the copper
heads. Like most hentuckians, be l. a q
ant in stature. But his face don't seem 20
match with his form, some way \ nose IN
the air does not look NJ lhome above siX feet
/ of stature On tie Republican side Of TIE
House sit five gcnerals-Gencral Paine. who
lost leg at Pyrj Hudson, Gen. Gariicld.whO
| fought at ChIckamauga, Gen. Schonck, Gen
| FarnswUrth. and Gen. Banks Gen. Banks
is reading, Gen Garfield is writing, Gen.
Schcnck l. looking over statistics, Tor in
Sw moments be il to speak On the Army bill,
/ and Gen Farnsworth Is smoothly drawing
out his long beard. and gang toward the
/ ladies gallery. a. usual.
Many other members are in characteristic
p0stures Thsdlcus stevens sits m his seal
| grim snd erect. as If mciin,ius On the las.
..stupcui1us hoax Near NAN. bent over
his papors. Is the most labJri0us, faithful,
! and patient worker Of the House. Justin ;.
/ Morrill,, Of Vermont. Ashley Of Ohio. l.
| laughing at d tremendous rate, and shaking
his ambrosiel locks like Joye. Long John
! Wentworth OF Cnicag5-the largest man in
Congress standing up. eating an apple.
to tile great discontinue of very small
member, who, sitting behind him. of course
sees nothing.
The gentleman who j. Just now holding
forth with such degree OF acrim my on the
]
comes from New York, I mus. tell You
about hlm lie is one Of the youngest and
handsomest men IN tho lll-c. aud. for hIs
years ami experience, enc Of tie atlest. The
trouble with d" Roscoe 1, that be i as AFRO
CANT az he Is able. lie gorie, in about ,ix
feet of stature. magnificent proportions. an
imperial presence. lie has something OF a
Henry the Eighth face. with higher and
] l.. IL. 1...srfrr
beard. and hair " hich crowns his high fore
head with a wonderful crest; cJutcmptu
Gus mouth, q supCrcIliou- chin. and alto
gether naughty tearing. II was the mis-
fortune Of Roscoe ClnklinE to have been
considered very early a rising great man at
home. Utica, an aTistocratic and eclectic
little city, Produce each gcncation genius,
pOetical or political! IL has always pet
boy that 1t l. nursing Ton greatness, on
whose grand future il delights 10 prophecy.
Ii coddes and iidtteTs him through boyhoOd,
and. when be becomes a man, first makes
him mayor, and then sends him 70 Congress.
In FIVE eases out Of six, the orator, whose
eloqucnce was 20 stir the land, comes hack,
/ builds fine house on Gencsce hill, subsidies,
/ and that is the end Of him. Utica : present
pet will do no such thing, though it has
| done Its test 10 spoil him, and has very
nearly succeeded.
Maintaining silence IL the first Lesson OF
every new member. Il he is wise, he will
| keep still and listen. No matter what his
/ home prestige, finds that here he has
an entirely new reputation to earn and e.
/ tablish. As usual, the road 10 excellence
and to fame is by no means easy. 1t begins
with the drudgery Of routine it leads
/ through exhaustive reports and tiresome
committee rooms II involves days, and
nights, and years OF labor. It, goal is won
not more by ability ;han industry, patience.
and devotion alike 10 personal duty and to
every claim OF the country. There are men
who came here almcst unknown. MOdestly
and shrInkngly they took their seats amio
the trained statesmen who had won ma
/ tional reputation. They were Obseryant,
and faithful, and patiently bided their time
/ hen they spoke. it was of that which
should be done. And they always did vast
4 ly more than they said. These are the men
who hold the national faith, and the faith of
their constituents. They are the leaders Of
the House, the trained, governing legislators
sent back by their States year after year,
because they know the peoples work and do
| it. And the States which WELD the greatest
| power through their representatives, are
those which have learned that great states
man cannot grow from the experience Of q
single term, and who, Possessing man who
embOdIes the elements Of greatness, send
HIM term after term to this great school Of
national council, till his name becomes the
synonym OF his State, and his wisdom. his
patriotism, and his fame reflect the luster Of
his fostering mother.
The fact that a greater number OF such
men than usual have seats in this House ac-
counts for the fact that the Thirty ninth
Congress is one of the ablest that ever as
sembled in the history Of this country
Mrs. ARles. IN The ". Y. IEd,geHdcni