New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-20

ouse sco.o of years ego. j. the u ids. Of lis public
Boz. some Sadness or tlelch.ry, Or fl-lool y upoa
his domestic hearth and DO wildcw, silently and sll,
from tie notice Of tic world. Tor many and buy years,
tho hand O., man knew lin Tot. lie male hiu-ff
ht,fal heua on the mountains Of Western Maryland,
end neither ly vit nor correspondence did anew gene
Grafton Of people discover him. At last tho war butupon
tho border AID Maryland hated between two olilcns,
the Union or Slavery Tlcn, as tho rcrcide, Cote, is
said 20 have .rou come 20 tic rescue oitAo Connect
icut people when tho sivages surrounded them Francis
Thomas who had departed in the sable and s'a.wlri
meridian Of life, appeared Ike an applriion ~ Baltimore.
Lis locks were bleached. His frame bent lie spoke,
resurectcd and changed at the first Union meeting,
with splendid and clecti.ying eloquenee. He declared
again for tho Union Of his youth, and taught by TIE
thoughulness Of solitude and the Christening Of his broken
household idols philanthropy washed Of al prclu-
Dice declared also for freedom IN Maryland. He sits
in Congress today voting with tho majo;yi his face is
bengnant though he sits quietly apart in the sancdy Of
his private membranes, yet full Of holy enthusiasm,
and with the gcntenes Of his life there is also that beau
tfl scnemaliness Of manner which we are accustomed
oascbe 70 the "old school OF staesmen' Hsdistct is
the most loyal and progressive in Maryland With such
satucs ola former time work earnestly in the great
causes Of he pres Mt feel that the Fathers OF the
Constitution are With us in perfoctins it.
DEEPLY DYED RADICAL
There sits man far down that aisle, directly opposite
the Speaker who perhaps the standard OF Ihad-
deus Stevens in feryor Of opinion at least than any other
Congressman 1t Is William d.. Kelley Of Philadelphia,
very tall and very spare figure, capped with kDotiy
head which covered with short, swart baT and is at the
forehead low and positive. His voice Is the grand
and most effective in the House. being FOresionian in
its DEPTH and his movements eourtly Ike his dress
Kelley is Of Irish extraction and was a hammer
Ing mechanic 20 'years ago. The Democracy elected
him to the bench Of the Common Pleas, and he acted
diligently with the party till the repeal Of the Missouri
COMPROMISE in 1854 Ho Of the first to declare
for the destruction Of Slavery, but until 1871 held Ont Tor
FREQ Trade until convinced by the logic of that years
panic that protection was essential. Ho suffered much
animadverson but steadily gained credit and popularity
ill., in the extra session Of 1861 he took his seat IN the
House. and almost Immediately met Vaandigham in
argument His effort referred to the Trent imbroso, and
be proved and collected thathe was thencoorward
listened to with attention. Prior 10 this time he had taken
an advanced position upon the question Of negro suffrage
and for the years he has made this the main cause
Of his carcef His dction is always correct while his
successive speeches upon the Emancipation Plocama-
tien, the Recognition OF Hnyti and Liberia, and the
Extension Of Suffrage in the District Of Columbia
are maryos Of patient collaboration. OF the last meas
ure no is the author. In SIX sessions OF Congress-
he has been absent only business day arecod faith
fnoss matched, probably byno other Congressman To
the better make himself useful in public business, Judge
Kelley has abandoned entirely the large and lucra-
tive practice he enjoyed, and may now be said to
subsst entirely upon his pay Congressman. No cir
cuit.ridng preacher works more diligently: his private
quarters being an arsenal whence forwarded tuns Of
speeches and public documents every nook Of the South
lie has classified tho addresses Of al leading people Of the
disaeced section and getting taem within the
range Of debate so that with him, indeed the frunkng
privilege is an eyangezeI. Kelley is bordering upon %
years Of age be has the reputation Of ineorfup-
tbility, and while his discussions Of great
questions often lack scope and imagination
they ore always exhaustive IN detail and thoroughly pao
teal Ii has no wit, but is orator Of grave ala rodo
nan address and the occasion Of VOORHEES, OF Indiana
interpolatng one Of his Keleys speeches the Radical
denounced him with II, ecyc which~nade both snds
ind enemies shiyeT.
Az Ex-srEAKrR
close By the chair to which be elected after
ballot which by its coseness and periinacty, became
historic sits the short, compact martial figure % Gen
Banks who rose from bobb.n-hoys place TO control
Congress and 70 lead army. lie has an excellent head
handsomely shaycn, lacking Lot the thick musache ~
gre it character penetrating the eyes II physog-
nomy he is model Of the New-Euglud face square, pug
nacous close in the jaws ard as an orator ranks among
the best lie is essentially public man, Little attentive
to the thrift and method Whch give private riches, but OF
elastic temperament trust Of the day and the reward
thereof and only showing the marks Of service n thc oc
casona shadows Of gray which play upon his plentiful
hairs lie Of polished parliamentary address and has
something Of the actor in his more earnest essays.
Hayng taken leading place IN the early debates when
the Republican cause had only begun 10 develop he has
labored for mere conventional and subordinate issues
during the present Congress his Craftsmanship Of Foreign
Aara emitting him speak folly upon such special Is
sues as the Great Exhibition OF Paris.
ADoSAs.
There is another man Of note in the center Of the House
whose appearance forcefal and commanding Roscoe
ConLng whose hight is that Of Mars crowned with the
forehead and locks Of Hyperan His eyes are black and
large; he is brmfu Of blood aud action and his auburn
cus and beard and beakcd nose are set above shoulders
that become great Captain. His feet and hands are very
small
TIE scHOOLMAsTER AWAY FROM HOME.
Scarcely less portv though with citizen carriage,
is Gen Garfield Of Ohio whom the war brought forward
in bold relief now the head Of devoted constituency,
embracing tho Ashtabula district and the unearthe Of
mileage abuses He Campbete preacher for while,
and school teacher very long, when lie took the field for
the Union he led all his scholars into battle and his mill
tary record is aghtfoward and manly He 1t was who
discovered in the ranks the ayorite Western artist and
journalist Frank Mason of Cleveland, and gave him
eaptancy that be might embesh the campaign IN the
pages of The atlantic Monthly and elsewhere Gen Gar
Ged is most dgent student, and his store OF reading
and thought laid away in the past are now making Illus
tron fox the passing crisis He is still young his light
hair and open countenance making pleasant
and no considerable question arises that he does not inter
est himself in as of many he is the suggestor In the
present Congress there five senators and wentyegh
| representatives who have been schOolmasters