New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-24
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Special to the New 0rleaHa Creseenti ;a5 srF
sT. LOUIS September 8, 1866.
We have been travelling so fast that have
scarcely had an opportunity of telling you just
how we look and describing Just how we act; Of
conveying vivid Impression of the party and
noting some points Of its personnel. "A brief
sketch Of the train and its occupants would con
yey the lgeliest idea of our doings, and present
US to your minds eye nearly as we are en- goyage
To commence with the important personages you
must go withme totthe back of the train-to the
last car, Tits fine saloon carriage, divided into
compartments communicating with each other by
open doors. Here We find the Presidents party
proper that is, Mr.; johnson, the members of his
cabinet and such OF the invited Eguests as choose
to remain among the bon ton, and not the least
important portion of the eompany-the ladies.
The President is usually to be found in the last
compartment, seated on one of the side cushioned
benches, engaged in conversation with some guest
or committee man. When the party is a friend or
prominent supporter, Mr.. johnson frequently be-
comes very earnest in his manner of talking but
if stranger was not aware that the robust look
Ing man, with The deep set eyes and expressive
countenance, was the President Of the United
States; be would never discover the fact by
any apparent distinction shown by the rest Of the
company Sometimes the President desiring
to- discover the current of popular opin-
ion, viii request some plain, hardwrought
delegate to be seated by him, and taking
the mans little daughter on his knee will
place him perfectly at his ease by this unassum.
ing conduct, and enable him to convey the whole
drift Of his mind Occasionally the individual
thinks that he is going to announce some startling
afs
wonderful argument, and is astonished himself, to
find that the President is not struck with the bril-
lancy of his remarks, but receives them all very
coolly, in his distraught and almost dreamy man
ner The truth is that MFR. johnson talks much
better than he listens This may arise from the
attention which he is obliged to give to a number
of prosers who trouble him with their sermouic
utterances, or it may be, that his natural impa-
tience of disposition was enhanced by the annoy
anees of travel
One of the Presidents longest pow.wows on
this tour, was with Bart Able, the internal
revenue collector for the st. Louis district Bart
lis man Of wealth and influence, and, withal, is
entirely seiftnade, and ardent supporter of the
administration. The President admires him very
much and accepts his opinion on many poiats of
the administrative detail.
8lr. seward is engaged IN very much the same
manner as his chief, exercising his subtle intellect
in enforcing the policy Of the executive on the
mind of some wayering adherent, or telling some
racy history or story, III his racy way Seward is
looking very old; his hair Is nearly snow white,
his voice is weak and uncertain, and his face is
disfgured by a large lump on the left side-the
effect of his Wound-but the intellect still burns
brightly within, and his sensibiltty and tact are
Invaluable in the service Of the President. He
has, however, the failing Of many venerable
statesmen-the desire to be omnipresent-to do
everything by himself, and TO resent the interfer-
ence or assistance of subordinates Nevertheless
there is no installing thefaet that he is the Presi-
dents most trpstad adviser and most experienced
aud abie adherent. To digress little from the
nain point. and without any effort at barIesque,
let il DE Acknowledged that the governor is no
Apono-thatif he had lived among the Amazons,
big chances for being prime minister would have
been very slim. With thatlong oyer6oat, or moro
properly overall, Of BIS, reaching down to the
lnkles, and large aott9nu umbrella in the fayerita
position. stuck uRder his arm. no one wonld
imagine shat Gals gfotesqae figure was William
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