Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-28
Grace Greenwood Back Again

Grace Greenwood Is back again after her
Pacfc-side wanderings aud her bright pen
figures once more in the " Washington Notes
of the New York Times. Here is the way Con-
gress strikes her after her ab ence:
Mt: Cameron, the inimtable, the uucon-
dneTable, wears the same look - mas worn tOF
INC '"'' 'e" war ana giides about in .he same
rvIu-tccted, Aboriginal way. Mr. Sumner looks
somewhat worn, but has bated not one iOt or
title OF his old lofty, imperious bearing. He
smiles less frequently than formerly, but with
the old pleasant, propitisting effect. He always
had smile of startling brightness, with some
thing peculiarly unexpected and irresistible
about IL. MIR. Wilson bears on HIS hearty.
genial countenance chastened look OF triumph
and seems none the worse for his mighty cam
aign labOrs. 'Our cousin of Buckingham
wears the same beniensnt expression We have
all known and loved him so long. MIR. Morrill,
of Maine, reminds one more than ever of a tine
old head on Roman coin. Pleasant Mr.. Nor
rill, OF Vermont, is happily unchanged, and
one is equally glad to see that his learned col
league wears still his look OF chronic opposition
and captiousness, distrust, and general disSstis-
faction. Were he to look happy and cOnfilipg,
and smile around right childly,' like, for ln-
stance, Senator Nye, we should think he was
rot long TO be spared to us.
MIR. SchurZ, MIR. Fenton. and Mr.. Trumburl
leok a little the worse for tho wear and tear OF
disastrous, rough and tumble campaign, and
the pitiess pelting OF those Nasty caricatures.
L looked for Upton, with his bristling hair and
orbic mouth, but saw him not. Mr.. Butler
came into the Senate Chamber one day, and
posed himself near where once saw him stand
on memorable occasion, when his tnoppOrtuue
presence was taken a grievous insult by Mr..
Garrett Davis, and there ensued a singular, 81.
lent duel of eyes between the two politicians,
Mr.. Butler having the advantage. Now, al.
most looked see a venerable ghost enter on
the scene, glide like bloo1less Banquo into
the vacant chair of the dead Senator, and at
last look the rash intruder down with eyes of
cit gratities me, will say en- passdnt, tina. Mr..
Conklng has parted with none of his dainty
sn,, - All
POmeroy has lost none OF his embon point"
Concerning the men at the other end of the
Capitol she says:
- L recognized first the mild face of Mr. Hoar
which somehow reminded me of Sir. GreeIey's
next, Gen. Garteld's genial countenance then
Blnghams aquiline profile, aquilIner than ever
ard Fernando Woods snowy must ache borne
high in air, and Farnswor;h's beard shorn of
nan its wealth and waggishness. There was
immediately below ms one peculiar. tvo-story
mead, that tor some moments L failed TO re-
cogniZe. 1t was that of Gen. Banks, strangely
silVtred over with the frosts of a single year,
perhaps OF single night. Had the defeat OF
Liberalism anything to do with the startling
change? is it because the die is cast (awayl
mat TINS unumely whiteness crowns the head OF
'be warrior states man OF Massachusetts? 1t j.
not unbecoming on the whole. Indeed, Il Is
the change in our pleasant friend which We
least regret. One must get used 10 these trans
formations here in Washington. A few DAYS
ago we dropped into the Supreme Court room
that solemn sanctuary of dulIness ana decorum
ana lhtre We saw the Chief Justice in a new
netsmOrphose, wearing beard and mustache
GRIZZLY and OF considerable length. 1t strangely
alters him. The Senator Chase of the old ttTne-
has quite passed out of sight behind il. 1t is a
new departure that 1 cannot like Ii is no
identifying. Perhaps It's the result OF a cam
Ialsn vow, or wager Anything 20 beat
Grant, "
Passing through the old Han of Representa-
tives Grace cannot resist her stereotype fling d.
the Ream Lincoln. This sort OF warfare upon
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artist is not quite worthy OF a genercus.hearted
woman like Grace Greenwood, the more
especially az she has had the liberation to
warmly praise that fearful abortion. the Ames
Lincoln, and also allows her heart TO warm to
ward those scarecrows, the statues of ROGER
sherman and jonathan Trumbull, in the
Statuary bali.