Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-03-14

his thinner Eastern brother. Mr.. POM
eroy of Kansas looks like the spirit Of
Christmas, as genial, as generous, as per-
ennial. He would love children, and
help friends, you think--and there is evil
dence that he can work well, and his
record is Radical straight through. Mr..
Reverdy johnson is mastiffian. We can
not imagine him letting go of anything:
His square face-his solid jaws, hard
chin, set, determined figure, express him
Soul is form and doth the body make
Mr.. Howard of Michigan, q scholar, a
gentleman, an able worker, attracts by
his gentieness, and charms by his ac-
coInplishments. Then we have Sena-
tor Sprague--not noticeable perhaps, put
notableSa rare man, when we know that
his business relations are among the most
extensive in the country, and that his
pay-roils would make an army. he has
a Keen, bright, shrewd face, and Is said
to be a most excellent and useful Sena-
tor. '.'ui 'Ht N EA. sg u"til
The same correspondent sketches the
prominent actors on the floor of the
House. Mr.. Bingham, of this District,
looks like "a hawk on a column. "
"Figure straight, graceless, solid, and
immoveable as rock. Head large in
front, superb brow, acquiline nose, un-
yielding chin. Yes, he Is hawk or an
adze. Positive, aggressive, chatting ut
interruption, impatient of contradiction
or dissent, sweeping rather than power
full; declamatory rather than convincing,
he Is yet, when in the mood, one of the
most Impressive speakers in the House.
He puts down no brakes. If he hits an
other car on his track, let that car look
out for itself. And he sometimes moves
with such velocity upon opposing entities
not in the least disturbed thereby, that
he revives the old proverb in philosophy:
"If an Irresistible force encounter an
immovable body, what will be the re-
sult?" If one could fancy an angry Me-
phistopheles-which one cannot, for evil
Is too strong to be impatient--a defiant
and fierce Mephistopheles, Judge Bing-
| ham might well stand for the portrait in
any of his wild moods"
| Gen. Banks Is pronounced the most
agreeable speaker on the floor of the
House.
/. Mr.. Shellabarger, of our State, is char
acterized as the ablest. ..
Gen. Garfield comes, says the cores
pondent, 'from that good freehold Of
ideas, which Giddings taught and learn
ed for twenty years" He is described
as "a fair-faced, nervous, large-browed
man, full of strange whims, and bearded
like the pard, he talks with muscles, sin
ews and veins, as well us with voice, and
. is quite too lavish of all. A gallant, dash
4 ing soldier, one fancies that he brings his
tactics into the.h hall. Hesweeps up to his
object with 'blare of bugle, clamor of
men, roll of cannon, and clash of arms,
seizes 1t, If possible, If not, retires in good
order, nothing discOmfited, and makes
another foray at the first opportunity.
1t Is quite easy to believe the report that
he is one of the best stump speakers In
the country. All the nervous eagerness
of his temperament, the quaintness OF
his mind, the dramatic instinct 80 strong
in him, the readiness of illustration, the
personal force would niagnetize such au-
diences as gather in election times.
Raymond, the editor of the New York
Times and late member from the Sixth
IN. W District, is spoken of Us "small,
dexterous and able, as one who flights
with small swords" but whose "early
play was so indiscreet that he Is cOmpell-
ed to be ever on the defensive, which in
jures his practice. He Is the man fore
ordained from the beginning of time to
talk whenever an opportunity offered,
and he fulfils his destiny. Itseems some
times asff he would speak less often If he
were not impelled by Flibbertigibbet, the
foul fiend, and one has vague pity fol
him. The product of so shining talents
and so vast opportunities makes a unit
so small that 1t Is tragic. The piety OF
1t, Iago, the piety Of it,"
-Thad Stevens, "the leader of the
House," Is described::as "a gaunt, weird
tall old man, "swhose rare failure 1t is to
be voted down on half the questions OF
the day, to be admired and listened to
with strained attention, and then resisted
in argument, and yet for all be called the
leader of the House. "Deep eyes, hidden
under cliff of brow, the strong nose Of
> pioneer of thought, shut, thin lips, 0
: face pale with the frost of the grave
| long, bony, emphatic limbs-these cover
the uneasy ghost which men call Thad
deus Stevens. The great days of his
| power are past. Perseus has slain his
) dragon, and now he would unchain tho
fair Andromeda for whom he fought
, new version is sadder than the old, fo
he will not live to see the glory for whicl
, he has wrought. Yet, to drop metaphors
3 which are dangerous will-U'- '-the-wisps
, he IL wonderful, even In his Decline
Day after day he comes, compelling hi
! poor body, by the might of the stron,
= soul that is in him, to serve him ye
longer. He looks so weary OF this con
. fusion which we call life, and yet so reso
E lutte to command it still. He is Alari
e the Scourge, whose mission Is to chastei
l this terrible, turbulent South till sh
3 shall yield. If the means proposed ar
: odious to her, they are none the worse TO
o that, thinks this relentless Hun. LIE
: her pride be broken! Has not she broker
I hearts of Ours--aye, and honor, which
b. more than hearts? There are long al
e rears to settle.
I Erratic, domlneering, hard, subtle
y Stevens Is yet 80 heroic, he wears such
b crown of noble years upon him, that one
n enthusiasm and ones reverence cling I
!, him. In the galleries we do not we
Is follow him. All those stilettoes of pitt
s less wit which have made his causti
n tongue so dreaded, are unsheathed froi
It the softest tones OF his voice, and al
II quite lost to US. But the sardonic ligf
1t of his countenance and the laugh OF tn
y members reach us.
= state Bounty 10 Veteran Volunteers.
- The bounty bill giving to all the reel
" listed volunteer soldiers of this State