Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-04-02
cENERAL IMTELLlcEMoE.
sEAArORIlL PERSONALS.
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| huoAiod ofch hio iuotcp anu u6 IL alto
gether the most perfect physical figure
on the floor. His voice is nasal, hi
expression of face critical. He is one
of the youngest Of all the Senators.
| Very unlike the breadth of beam Of
Oopkling is little Garrett DAVIS
Small, bilious eyed, with q little peaked
bare face chinning out OF a big fore
head. His power lies in long -winded
ness, and he hates as long as he talks,
Stewart, ofNevada, is a pleasant, forid,
youngish man, pretty 10 hands and
feet, too light Of complexion to have 4
strong look. .1g
Reverdy johnson is q natural Mary.
land gentleman, with perfect know.
ledge Of the law, a conservative on all
questions, and poor politician, be.
cause so careful Of his word, his honor,
and the results Of his utterances. He
is fond OF the body. rosy Of VEN and
flesh, q capital diner-ont, and'a better
host. His face has, therefore, a look
OF over-work and everyday together.
too much good cheer mixing badly with
too much thought. One OF his eyes il
missing, owing to an early accident,
and his face is Of course wanting in
symmetry. II Imay make an ungen.
erous comparison, he looks like bull
mastiff, wounded, after fight.
Morgan, OF New York, with a bank
presidents face. gray hair and beard,
no orator, aud regarding the country
pretty much as an estate to be admin
istered, pays quiet attention.
Fowler, of Tennessee, of auburn
hair, clerical, amiable, not very strong
sits near Richard Yates, OF Illinois, his
dark hair deliberately curled, an m
white look about his face, .the guise of
man naturally powerful IN mind and
wit but sick of the safety of life and
office. He seldom speaks of late.
Trumbull, of Illinois, of pure dark
eyes, clear skin, and straight grey hair.
equally changed, sits 1.-the aud specta.
cled at his desk, with his little son be.
tween his knees, talking to Oattell, of
New Jersey, stout, thin haired farm
erly figure and countenance. Trumbull
is, with Fessenden, the most capable
OF republican senator's. His tempera-
ment is cold, his convictions are con-
servative, and put to the proof of his
reason. He looks like Doctor of
Divinity, and is one Of the few men
here who think much oftener of the
country than of party. a
,Frellnghuysen, a very pleasing face
on good after dinner terms with itself,
handsome, indeed, reflective but not
very strong, and with the tastes in il
predominating over the powers. There
is silver shadow upon his hair; Le is
never moody He looks like the early
pictures of Charles Dickens, sentimen.
talized.
70 Patterson, OF New Hampshire, quiet
and not over-anxious to speak, is little
like David I. Patterson, ,Johuson's son.
n-law; baldlsh grey, uncousequen-
tial person, with the look OF topper.
a Salisbury, of Delaware, is q tall.
middle'aged man, of good country
town origin, with turning hair and an
face. He has much changed
since his advent here, and keeps his
seat irregularly. His mind is a good
one, contracted in its experiences d
sympathies to the little society of
Georgetown, Delaware, whers there
are not more than fifteen hundred peo-
pie.
Bayard, his colleague, is a white
haired man, stout and aristocratic, with
the look of an old club gentleman, full
of estate, appetite and inherited re-
spectability,
Thayer, of Nebraska, is thick.set,
dark, with good citizen expression
and altogether more of a man than a
politician. He has a resolute spirit and
a western eye.
Nye, of Nevada, the humorist of the
Senate, is long-haired, gray.headed
man, short and broad, with the look of
a patent medicine vender and lecturer
Charles Sumner is good looking
elderly man, with puffy, white face,
and scholarly look. His head is
large, but his forehead is not high
He has the look of an English states
man, like Lord Derby, for example.
Yonder sits Simon Cameron, with his
long white hair, his sharpened beak of
a nose, long body, gaunt, and plainly
dressed, and cheerful look Of good |
sagacity triumphant over age.
The next face We see is John Sher-
man small, sharp featured, set upon a |
very tall body. 1t is one of the least |
individual faces in the House, lacking
largeness, both in feature and express.
ion; but the Senator himself is one of
the hardest workers and beat credited |
in the Senate.
Conness, of California, smiling in a
self satisfied way at nothing, is q short.
haired, headed, stumpy, and red |
laced person, turning gray, and wear
ing one of those not very commanding
noses called ''snub." He was born
ID Ireland, has a very warm tempera-
nent, and'a triAe Of bFogue.
Chandler, OF Michigan, is tall.
,agleish, spirited man, familinrIy
,alled Zach. fs
None of these faces, in Senatorial
approach the fine profile of
fessenden, every line in it being the /
mark Of "a thoughtful determination;
he brow, more and chin alike keen as
{ continuous projections of one type
II classical features. There is a grim
ook OF the asceticism OF weariness and
,verwork in him,
Anthony, Of Rhode Island, in steel
glasses, with mixed hair OF gray and
chestnut, is agood figure tcS observe.
He is newspaper editor, and he drives
IN the work Of Government as if il
vas his private interest. ga rfy-s Ii
A more cherubic study is Henry Viii
ION, OF Massachusetts,, sleeek, smiling,
lrbane, the opposite cf Sumner, his
in eye cry sense, altogether more
practical and pushing, but with con.
racted reading. Very young, and very
mall and boyish is Sprague, always
writing, seldom speaking. Morton, of
Indiana, is bald, black. haired, lame
nan, with q strong, but not very