The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-12
Hon. John A. Logan and Ills Familiar.
TVIUTN Hl' Washington Correspondent Of thc Cinc
matt Cnnnn rcinl.

iHrom the Washington Correspondent Of the Cincin-
natl Commercial.
The hon. John a. is one of the hnndsomcst
II not the handsomcst specimen of the phys-
cal G"t-up in the house. The strangers eve
wandering over the blnck-coated hipcds in the
Cave of the Winds, finds his eye resting in
curiosity ON the person of the hon. John a.
or medium hight, witha compact body under
his broad shoulders, and being well set up in
military way, he gives every evidence of
strength and activity. His head Is splendid
one-for John A. mean that sort of man.
Dark almost to suspicion, his features, regu-
lar aud nicely nodded are lit up by pair of
brilliant black eyes, and frngcd in and set OF
by heavy moustachc, and masses of hair all
dark and glossy as n ravens wing. He is "A
little out of place in the Cave of the Winds.
but on the field he would Dc ones beau ideal
ofthe dashing soldier John ought to have
remained in the army. He Is the square man
IN the round hole now, and suffers IN conse-
quence. Hc won for himself wide and
lnsting reputation as n cool, clear-headcd
dashing officer. In war he would be Mu-
rati in time of peace, little Murat, and u
good deal captain .Iinks, of the horse ma
rines.
l wondered how general John could hold
his own ut all in the case, constituted rs he is,
until one day II friend pointed out "A queer
specimen OF humanity. ana informed me tia;
was Johns familiar. Imagine IL YOU can an
Indian With his nose a la Morrissy--an odd,
stumbling creature set on end, and looking ms
II he were uncertain of Gods intention us To
himself and in perpetual state of inquiry
and wonder. His clothes, n all mems clothes
do, indicate his character, and are In keeping
with his mental and moral characteristics
He dealt with Moses d Sons, and spent hours
of their valuable time in the selection of other
mems garments. This is John A. Logans
steam-tug And strange as IL may SEEM he
Is II hard student, u thoughtful man and an
accomplished writer. From this source and
through this motor, comes all Johns original
utterances, handsome illustrations and capi-
tai jokes. You will see the machine hanging
about Johns mess You will seldom find
them walking together, but steam-tug will
pass suddenly and drop word mysteriously
without raising his head or giving "a look
even; But the results appear in the debates,
and John, with great ease and nonchalence,
holds his own.
You must not suppose from this that
mean to detract from the well-earned reputa-
ton OF the soldier and statesman By no
manner Of means. 4 congressman Is SO situ-
ated-his place, through custom, has come TO
he so queer, that without aid be is merely "A
letter-writer, an agent, claim or otherwise,
Tor his ridiculous constituents. man to
cnne here as congressman ought 10 come
only for the honors, and be rich enough 10
employ at least one secretary and two intelli-
gent messengers, The hon. j. has been fortu-
nate IN his steam-tug. There is quite little
romance connected with the two which | will
give you some day when j have more space
aud less press Of matter.