Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-02-07

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Below the face Is large, rotund body,
encased in severely respectable black
clothes, including a cloth vest, which Is
theoretically buttoned up, leaving tri-
angular space of white shirt. front,
specked with gold studs, and draperied
with black neck.tie. This object, two
thirds of the time, is to be seen leaning
back In chair, with its legs stretched
at full length under the desk in front OF
1t, betraying in an apparently ostenta-
tious manner an amplitude of aldermanic
proportions in the way OF stomachical
storehOuse, which is fearful to contem-
plate. The face is dotted with two brown
eyes, which twinkle laughingly, and
exert an influence over 1t which, added
TO the dimpe in the chin and the roll Of
fat underneath, makes ii pleasant to look
at. The tout ensemble of this object Is
suggestive of vel. to. .laziness, and
you involuntarily wonder whether the
mau-for it is no other than General
James NJ. Ashley, of Ohio, the great
impeacher"-is of the cold'blooded, pas
sionless, neutrality-suspicious. anybody
kind, or If he is as generous as he Is big.
There are no whiskers on his face, and
his complexion appears clammy. You
expect to feel Uriah Heepish perspiration
and CLEANLINESS In the grasp of his hand;
but 1t is dry and warm. There is an
appearance of lack of warmth in him,
and yet his general outlines Indicate
generosity. He is bundle Of contra
dictions in his general makeup, and
there is only one deduction which fol-
lows with assurance from the most
searching glance. When he is in repose
this deduction does not suggest itself;
but when the hand valves, or the body
moves, even lazily, or the head shakes
and the curly locks tremble, there is I'M
mstakable indications that the man Is
self.Confdent, if not self conCeited and
unscrupulously ambitious. When speak
ing, his gestures are little too slow to
be graceful, and he sometimes holds his
hands still at full length from the body,
and wide open, with the palms upward,
as though waiting for penny, or as If
he were afraid his hearers had not fully
comprehended him. He very seldom
turns his head without also turning his
body, and performs this as he does all
other movements, in slow, deliberate
manner, full of studied dignity. When
he walks he swings, not to the right and
left, but backward and forward, SEEM
ingly settling his body down couple of
inches at each step, like country
militia officer drilling raw troops, and
trying to make them keep STEP by
firmly planting his own hoofs on the
ground in good "time." When he speaks
he can be heard in every part of the
chamber but his voice is not loud or
deep. It is not really harsh, nor is it
shrill; but it is pleasing compromise,
which salutes the ear distinctly but
coldly and unconvinCingly. There is
self.satistied defiance in his tones, indi-
eating his own confidence in his asser-
tiOns, which does not carry conviction
with it. There is no magnetic or i'm
FASHIONED Oratory at his command which
carries hearers away with enthusiasm,
but his statements find more than tenn
porary lodgment in the minds Of his
hearers, and after time his arguments
come back to the memory with add
tional force. | do not think that he has
many warm friends, personally, but un-
doubtedly possesses the political conf
dence of large circle. Pre-eminently,
! he is the beau of radical social circles
| in the city, or at least attempts 10 be-
He talks with the ladies as he would
with children, very patronizingly, and as
if he expected them to believe all of his
fulsome praise and iattery. He is as
vain of his ability in winning the good
| graces of ladies as he is Of his political
success, and that is saying great deal.
BENNINGTON AND RUTLAND RAILROAD.
We have received the following circu-
lar issued by Messrs Smith and Page,
the present managers of this road,
which explains the present situation:
BENNINGTON & RUTLAND RAILROAD
The undersigned, lessees and managers
of the Bennington g. Rutland Railroad
have hitherto refrained from any public
reference to the recent failure of COnneC.