, 1866-11-18
MORR1SSEY.



New York Correspondence. Of the Cincinnati
Commc:cal.1
had the great pleasure Of seeing one of
New Yolk's distinguished representatives.
John Morrissey-the other day. In one Of tho
reading roorus Of the Astor ilousc. had
ling on his musc1c-whcn he worc short CROP
py hair, md had two fists like two batterinC
rams. In the Democratic Congressman Of
to-day l tried to recognize the pueilfst Of ten
ycars since, but cou1dn't-nur could I de-
sp osE, a1a a1H possf 5ysi 81 Yk
politician. As between him and Fernando
Wood, Ii l had to walk a1m-!n-arm with
both, and rely solely upon my knowledge Of
physlognomy IS an index OF character, l
Should unhesitatingiy carry my pockct-bcok
course John doesn't look like gentleman.
except upon the modern theory that
cvery male person Of twenty.one
yea1s and upward, who doesn't
perform some outsaseous'y indecent
adopted By the hotel clerks In the disposition
Of roous, that whoever wears good broad
cloth Is ipse fatto au eminently respectable
individual and entitled to the first floor front.
His features arc anything but classical, and
you can tell Mt glance that he hasn't hurt
wl&hal kindly and sympathetic eyes Of his
{they wcre "pecpers" fuw years ago) In
studying Homer by lamp-light. But there
Is notline positively bad o. b1u,al-looking
about him, and his manner and department
arc far from what must be most persons
ideal Of the Ways and means Of a whilo,n
pueilist. Tie Is a little above tho medium
l.eight, rather ttouily built, aiways neatly,
Int never Eaudily dressed, and will
readily pass in crowd f3r = decent
known that he catno irou New
York. There arc two features about him by
which he cnn be recognized BY those who
laye hlnrd Of him but hare never seen him.
Ono is artificial, and tho other natural. lie
i never known TO be without an immense
diamond rim, said to be worth - 900, In L.
shirt, and be wears about the longest aud
straightcst black hair hare ever seen Oh
any Man. The pin shines out from his bos
ON in tho dark alleys Of the bloody sixth
like d calcium light, and is really nbout tht
only light ever seen by many Of his eonstitu
cnts. And, By tho way, it. wouldn't be SAT
for anybody but John Mortissey 10 wear X
valuable m ornament after ntghtfa!l among
Johns long black hair and heavy blael
whiskess md moustache, the former cover
inc the back nf rather bulllsh neck and tht
Ia tier coucealing mouth quite unEcntce
In It's proportions, served the double pnEpos
al hiding defects and presenting positive at
ladies' would call a good looking man. &c !
a hapdsomcr man than the President, and
would not surprise nc at NIL to lcaru withi1
a wear that he has supp1anted tho humbl
individual, in the esteem Of Mrs Cobb. Lc
Andrew be warned In time, and get a &0, ,00
pfn and bottle Of hair dye.
hare said that Morrisscy could bo rccol
mixed By his hair and his diamond. shoul
have added-a nasal peculiarly. the know
cdpc Of which, would aid materially In 81
lecting him from crowd. And, perhaps,
would enable one t0 pick him ont, ere
from a crowd OF b1nck- -halrcd and dlamon.
pinned men. It Is the quectcst nose ! has
seen In long ume-perhaps tho qucerest
have ever seen. It Is not roman, not Gs
cian, not pug, not aqniline. but appears
nc rather like suhjugAtcd pug, reco
structcd On TIE Grccian principle. It
the smallest Of all noses, aud almost ju
tidcs the belief on the part Of those who kno
John's history, that having been deprived
his own ''proboscis'' n prize dght, ,she d
his best toward making up f'r his less
wayhying some young lady, and posscsst,
did this, however, he spoiled the article
making the tsansler, aud hence the notat
nose he wears to-day. Morrissey has, of Ii
days, forswo.n gambling and betaken himE
to Tinuous life in rala1ial rcsidtu
In Lexington ayenue. with 4 fortune
timatcd at 2,0oo,oU1. uc recently "a
s Goo us eonatton to the church Of Sa!
Somebody Or other In this city, l,einC moy
to tho generous decd, believe, by the
nouneenlent That Senator Wilson had got
1ig:on. DESTROYS Of going 10 heaven, he
scorncd Wilson's Yankee frec.grace rua
and, with the libcsality of prince, he CO
forward and paid his way to the golden E
of Paradise.