The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-04-20
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for The purpose Of keeping peace On the
plains this summer
coMNu@ioxEa oT fSrrRSAt EFvECE
According 10 report the new Com
missioner q Internal Revenue, Hon. G,
DelAno. Is undertaking the 70 adias,
ment Of The principal personnel 81 bis
With Jaeksonian self-reliancc aud deter
minatioa. II is said that on has signi.
flying 10 one Of his chief assistants that
his resignation would be accepted. Sen.
ator sumner condescended 70 apply in
person for his retention; but that Mr
Delano replied that his mind was made
up in the premises. be must arrange
those matters for himself
AL THAT'S LnT o. rARsoS HRowNLow.
was in the Senate the other day
when the ayes and noes were ordered.
The Assistant Sergcant-at-Ams who
bas a seat in the lower part o. the Vice
Presidents dais At the left OF his chair
slept down TO the desk forming the left
foot Of the first crescent which sweeps
around the chamber and rests on the
side allies at either end, and stopped his
ear to the occupant Of chair having n
reclining, high, upholstered back, and
immediately returned and spoke to the
President OF the Senate single word
The Senator was "Parson" Brown
low; and this was his mode Of voting.
Although given one Of the very nearest
seats to the President and the roll
clerk, be cannot make himself heard at
that short distance. As no reclined in
his ghbacked chair, ! gazed at him
with more than ordinary interest
There was the man who had 80 lately
made rebel hosts tremble at has retribu-
tive wrath, and whose intense action
had made the nation yibratc, lying now
so powerless
Senator Brownlow is in bis Gath year,
mn age at which most men scarcely feel
conscious that they have passed their
greatest efficiency; yet be is unable to
walk unaided to his seat and unable to
call any one to bis assistance. Even
when helped to his seat the poor boon
is denied him of reeling at rest, His
palsied hands and feet shake, shake,
shake, necessarily. He is tall span G
figure, about six feet in height, and did
in his prime, | am told, weigh l60 lbs ;
but now probably falls Is or 20 pounds
short Of that weight. His complexion
is very brown, and appears, perhaps,
darker than it actually is from the light
fresh brown color of his hair. His face
is smooth shaved, and bears no mark Of
extreme age, or Of the strong powers
which have characterized the man in
his full yigor; or of his present pros
tration. IL is unrufied and uDwrink-
led, and calm and even gentle and ami
able in expression. And in this con-
nection may say, my information con-
corning this remarkable man is, that in
private intercourse be is singularly free
from any bitteror censorious reflections
upon his opponents whom in public be
lashes and denounces so fearfully. On
the contrary, be viii try to bring out
what good qualities or redeeming traits
they may possess, or to give a favorable
Interpretation to their conduct. The
face as a whole is rather long and mar
row, and slightly retreating above and
below the nose. 1T is somewhat high
and broad at the cheek bones, aud d-
minishes in width, gradually down to
long, plaid chin. The nose is fgood
size and shape. The forehead Is per-
pendicular, Of moderate width, and we'll
carried up at the top Of the sides; is
very smooth, and from single notice
able depression or projection. The or
binary height at the crown as phre-
nologist would be likely to look for in a
man Of the Parsons" wonderfully IN.
swerying persistent career His head
generally is Of the high and narrow
type. Altogether, the head and face
are not those Of a fighting man who
fights con am9re
The tremendous qualities he has
shown must be looked for somewhere
else, or DO explained in some other man
nor. My solution Of the problem is
that be has great singleness aud intens-
ity Of conviction and purpose, great
honesty, great hopefulness, great relig-
ious faith, and moderate cautiousness
or circumspection; and that circum
stances have done all the rest. His
honesty would not allow him to belle
it or to shirk it; his incautionsness d.
minished his dangers; his bopefulnees
saw successful termination Of the
struggle; bis faith supported him with
the thought that all was in other hands
at any rate; and his intensity Of pur-
pose iInpelled him on. II so happened
that be lived in mibarbarous com
munity where his convictions and pur-
poses were not accorded with by the
majority and dominant portion Of tie
people; where they had not then learn