The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-01-30

and in the mean time her voice is sweet
er than ever, as she MARBLES the low
songs Of Italian romance, with an ech
from her own happy heart.
Sketches of Gov. Yarmouth and Speak
er Carter.
Recent events in Louisiana-event
the full significance Of which cannot b.
comprehended now, but which are OF
momentous character, and must leave
whatsoever the end, their impress OF
that State for years to come - hav,
brought prominently before the country
the two central figures in the strife, viz
Gov. Yarmouth and Speaker Carter
Both are remarkable men, and seem no
unevenly matched in point Of ability and
courage. Both have been tried in the
storm of battle and found to possess tht
real mental-wth this difference War
mouth fought under the stars and stripes
Carter under the bastard .tars and bars
An impression has got abroad that War.
mouth is Western man by birth. This
is not so. Like Carter, he is native Of
the South, and therefore no "carpet bag.
ger" Ho Ewas:born in Louisiana in
1874, and is consequently a very young
man for one whe has attained to so much
prominence. He began life, wo are told
when eighteen years of age, being even
then fluent stump speaker. A lawyer
by profession, he is reported to have &C.
cumulated property to the amount of hall
million of dollars, mostly in New Or.
leans since the close OF the war. He is
described personally as six feet three
inches in height, OF a slender, wiry build
but with 6ue Kentucky looking face
large nose, full at the nostrils, keen
measuring eyes, a superb moustache, well
cut brow and chin. He is unmarried
A correspondent writes:
"Warmouth's weaknesses are his rash.
ness, boyishness and implacability. He
spends short time in every case of diff
6culty, to effect a compromise; and this
failing, he resolves into an enemy, and is
henceforward unpaci6able. Glutted with
power at an age when meo generally are
poring over school books or learning
some vocation, this extraordinary speci-
men of American opportunities in time
OF political chaos has already had an epic
career His courage, mental and physi.
cal, has been fully test d."
George w. Carter, the Speaker, who
leads the opposition to Yarmouth, was,
We are told, eight or ten years ago u
minister of remarkable influence and fine
reputation in the Virginia Conference of
the Methodist Church, and well known
also for his eloquence and other brilliant
qualities Shortly before the war he
went to Texas, and when the war broke
out he was soon heard from by his Vir-
ginia friends as an ardent secessionist.
Shortly after he became Colonel in
command Of a regiment Of Texas rangers,
but resigned before seeing much active
service in consequence Of a quarrel with
his superior officer. Subsequently he en-
tered into a partnership Tor the manu-
facture at New Orleans OF the Armstrong
gun, the secret of the construction of
which he in some manner became pos
sessed. The capture of New Orleans by
the Federal forces put an end 10 this en-
terprise, aud occasioned heavy loss to
Carter. From this time to the surren-
der his history is rather obscure, except
that he distinguished himself at battle
near Little Rock. Ark, and was then
known to have left the army again. AZ
ter the war he started in political life in
Texas, and next appears in New Orleans,
where, after few months, he joined the
Republican party along with Gen. Long
street, and was soon recognized as man
Of brilliant abilities, and skilful in the
management of men. A Southern writer,
who does not sympathize with his politi-
cal views, says of Carter He is brave
has 6ue mind, is ready in resource, au-
ent in speech, popular in manners, and
the most accomplished conversatioualist
10 Louisiana.