The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-18
Dom Pfatt.

CIR" an occasional Washington correspon-
dent o the Cincinnati Commercial, dsconrses as
follow Of the accomplished Dom Pistt. who Is
the REGULAR Washington correspondent OF the same
|" tits not strange In this world of great rewards
and snail merit, and large merits and small re-
ward that gentleman Of singular Judgment and
ieasnag should come TO the surface Of Washing
ton newspaper correspondent, instead Of
takinI his proper place in the body Of the Senate.
Theycsnf have any senss mp IN bis district or
they would send him to Congressstlcastn
1t vas some such comments as these that we're
madsby the member from New England as Col.
Piart anne under our observation.
lido not Know replied, I" but what one
positDn il a. honorable Is the other; the repre-
senta ye makes laws, and the correspondentrspu-
fafions
Buas conversations shout men are only less
stupid than colloquial science and philosophy,
will poceed at once to the summary Of the gen.
tlemal IN question.
Cooel Piatt, who In his youth was red.faced
and ipulsve, is now calm.eyed and sturdy look
ing, eceptiDg for colorless. corpse-like hands,
whichle has habit OF passing frequently across
his forhead.
In prson he is as sturdy. looking implies, rather
below he medium height. Int he has good figure
and pemarksbly nue. carriage, walking with q
firm, ven tread. His head is beautifully shaped,
the Intellectual organs strongly predominant, the
FOREHEAD well developed and shaded by thick
brow hair, worn as carelessly as the short cut
will omit Of. Indeed, the hair. eyebrows and eyes
are a of the brown tint deDomnated hazel, the
eyesarge aud clear, with an intensity of gaze pc.
culis TO artists. Your correspondent, If not an
srtis is an amateur in his way being well skilled
In lev, metsphy sizes, medicine, war, politics and
poety, all of which accomplishments brought to
beaIupon his winters work, have made him the
mos successful correspondent of the age. He is
NOR quoted, praised more. and more censured
thai any other one man and. 1t is worthy Of re-
man. is in daily receipt of letters from all parts
Of he country and all classes of people--the good
thaking him as q great "moral fundamentally, )"
the wicked indorsng his course, the young asking
for dvice, and the old saying, " Bless you. my
son,
goo standing of the little Wesleyan chapel near
Maca. cheek, his country home.
A ate number of the Repository contained an
exqtsite poem from his pen.
A OVAL companion and welcome guest, Colonel
Pisttis exceedingly reserved on occasions. With
smli,ity of manner bordering on Indifference,
he IL rather en- odd mixture of liberal sentiment
and oEventionality, holding himself aloof from
the vulgar herd. Perhaps IL is this real lack OF
sympthy with the masses which has prevented
his success as politician.
Enuwed with keen sense Of the ridiculous,
his eRmies say that Dom Piatt would lose friend
rattle than joke at his expense but they are
force 10 admit that he is quick to forgive an in.
Jury nd return good for evil; that be Is, withal,
kind.learted, and will work like q Trojan for q
friend while he has too much modest pride TO seek
prefement, persistently, on his own account.
In lis day an indefatigable peasure-seeker,
be is q man Of irreproschable morals, and as
great stckler for propriety as can be imagined.
Tenler and true in his domestic relations, he il
particularly indifferent to ladies IN general.
Unlike most writers, he has very remarkable
conversational powers, and Is Q very eloquent
speaker. Bis voice is sweet and full, and is
ROUNDED with q melancholy cadence, or dying
fall,n which makes it very effective, and which
may be said to belong to the Piatt family. Their
voices are so Identical In every respect that, not
seeing them, one could not determine whether 1t
was brothers or nephews speaking.
Born of parents than whom there never were
nobler and purer, one can perceive In Dom Piatt
the constant development Of talent and good
ness. Thus the face, which has lost none OF its
youth and freshness, is infinitely hsndsomer for
the expression Of repose added. reminding me OF
his mother. who had the sweetest eyes and smile
ever beheld.
How eyes that are closed in death, oh, for many
year, look out to from the eyes Of the living,
until we are turned back Of sudden to the days
OF our youth. Colonel Dom Piatt is an old ac-
qaaintance, but the earlier friend was his niece.
who was my schoomate; and recognizing him that
day In the gallery Of the Senate. il was her eyes
saw, her hand clasped-not his.
AS for US, we parted last at the old homestead,
which he told me was now gone to decay, and the
fiends who looked out on life with rs then long
scattered or dead. What dreamy. impossible
frture II was then, compared with the present,
wien my neighbor OF the Commercial ID. p. leads
L. z. In your columns, excuses himself In order to
fGsh his letter, and make an item Of him.