Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-02-07
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HoE. TaAsDsus SrsvBss OF PssssyL,
vAHIA.--We take from the oorrespon.
dence o. the New York Times the fol.
lowing notice OF one OF yermont's sons,
whohGs been styled the "Great Com
moner' Mr.. Stevens is native of Bar
net In this State.
A few seats in the rear of Mr.. Ashley
sits tall, slim man, with a high and
projecting though narrow, forehead.
His eyebrows are bushy and overhang
nair OF dfepset optics, dark brown In
O. lr, AMI Try piercing in glance. His
haic is Il sult brown auburn, and 1t Is
pla Wy evid, NJ that II has belonged to
somebody Else sometime or another, al
though 1t Is now becomingly arranged
on the head OF Thad. Stevens, the great
eemmsner," from Pennsylvania. His
cheek bones are prominent and sharp,
like those Of s Scotchmau or a Navajoe
Indian, while the flesh OF his cheeks is
sunken and narroWs down to a square, de-
cided chin. There is a deep line running
down from the eXpanse of each of the
nostrils, and the muscles of the upper
lip Immediately In front of the nose are
prominent. The upper lip is closely set
and thin, while the lower one is little
thicker and protrudes slightly beyond its
companion with a sour, pOutiDg express
sion. The nose is purely Roman, with
slight sensual indication Ia the thick
ness of the nOstriIs. The ears are large,
indicating u stubborn disposition and
generous heart but are covered up by
the gentle and graceful waves OF his
wig, which also fall over the right tenn
pie, and conceal part of the forehead.
This last feature of his facial appear
anCe may account for the apparent mar
Towness OF the forhead, as it is as broad
at the base as at the eyebrows, but
seems to grow narrow as 1t goes up.
ward, and finally hides itself with q
heavy frontal projection in the hair. His
dress Is rather "slipshOd, generally con-
sisting Of black cloth coat and vest,
pants of the same color, aud a black
silk handkerchief, which he evidently
fies himself in loose sailor-knot fash
hion, forCibly calling to mind pictures
OF old-tashiOned statesmen, and the dig
nifty OF times long gone by, He stoOps
not little, and does not look graceful
when he stands up TO address the House,
which fact is superinduced, | suppose,
by an inflrmity in one of his pedal eX-
tremities. On his sound leg and foot he
seems TO rest his weight, and swings
easily from right to left, halt way Ground
the circle" as if standing on a pivot.
His gestures are made almost entirely
with his right hand, never with the left
alone, but sometimes with both together. |
His voice is weak, and somewhat /.
shrill and squeakish, with monotonous |
tones, which never would attract atten. !
tion from the galleries, if they were not |
known to express the ground-down Bit
terness and sarcasm of Congressional |
opposition to the President. His man.
ner OF delivery is commonplace; but, |
perhaps, owing TO his exalted promin- !
ence as d great radical leader 1t Is con-
vincing, and every word that he utters
seems to find the spot in the minds of /!
his hearers that he intended 1t should |
fnd. His sarcasm reads sharper than
it sounds as he speaks it, COR as it falls
from his lips in his weak voice, it seems
to be struggling for an existence. OcCa-
sionaly his voice is for one word com
petent TO eli the hall, but this Is evil
IDENTIFY effected by violent exhaustion
of the air in his lungs, like strong and
sudden blast from an old pair of bel
lows. Socially, there is an air OF free
dom about him which seems to be as
sumed. His conversational powers seem
to be limited to the consideration of Sc
rious subjects, so influenced undoubtedly
by his 'old bachelor" habits, and life
time spent in coming over dry political
theories. He assumes to be gay and
trivial but 1t is unnatural, and strikes
the observer az being forced with great
effort. studied him closely when l
last saw him 10 Il social gathering, and
DO not hesitate to state that he was
present NJ It y because he felt it his duty
to be there. There ia no doubt but what
he likes to meet his friends personally,
but, IN my opinion, he Is glad that the
political situation does not demand OF
him extraordinary eXertions as fire.
euenter Of Executive or Cabinet leVees.
His "best forte" in such gatherings is
"euchre' or 'seven-up," and he plays the
latter game with astonishing skill and
amo~t unprecedented success, Last
year, at Col. Forney's, he played at it
with certain conservative member of
Congress, who is well known as an adept,
for 30 smaller stake than President
Johuson's hide, aud ne won. He very
much likes to impress bystanders into
his service, In helping him TO walk to
and from his carriage, although he does
not really need assistance, and some
times lays his hands on the shoulders OF
entire strangers for this purpose. He
has many warm personal friends, and,
as every one knows, has political friends
without number.
DEATH or "JAoK DOWNING. The Troy