Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-12-26
'om the correspondence of the ,
York Herald
yarmGth Photographed.


To look upon he is very tall, long-lcg-
ged and straight, with broad shoulders
and shallow chest, and on his long
neck he wears a garrOte collar, which
keeps him rather stiffiy up, and his sal
low skin receives some ornament from
remarkably long and pretty mustache,
which comes down over his lean chops,
while his eye is like a pOrtent, full of
sort of sallOw light, and he understands
its power and makes it flame out on
small occasions, to the great terror of
the old rebels, who think that when he
gives it a dramatic flash vengeance is
Immediately about to come to the front
Few things show the stupidity of the
average S0utherner in matters of COM
mon sense more than this superstitious
consideration for Warmoth's eye-flash-
inr. | have been in the mans presence
two or three times. and | admitted that
he was a magnetic tyrant. a pert and
audacious young man; but as 10 any
depths of character which he may have,
they seemed to me to exist no more than
in some of our New York ward poiti-
clans, who were great people during the
reign of Tweed. and mere gutter snipes
after Tweed tumbled.
Narmotn was sort OF llzario' equai-
~ obscure III oF!Sl'i' auItaclouS III 4clloh'
anu succeSSiuI III conclusions. ne was
a western boy, WIN some business
ha6lts ana loVc OF money acquired III
doing the lhehia! Work OF pruning
office, but his aspirations were above the
common, and we find him at the side of
Heh. McClernailu WIch tle "ar oegah'
learning polltlcS from that everlasting
polItlclah Whom Graht =! numbered WIN
ms olheT cohquestS at lchsnurS. NC
C!ernand was forever taking p0Iltlcs
with ms SoIalerS ana arranging lhe Dem
ocratic party Ior an easy 40ihlhation al
tle cI'Se OF 'he war, anu W armour mas
the reputation Oh having neipeu niH out;
by WTltlhg some o. nus dlSpalcheS ana
letters anu luiIy Snarlhg All ms designs
or supremacy W arhlo'h ootaiheo an
oilce Ill ne" CIIeihS: "htIe ne use"
thrltt ana coISui'eu WIN ever! 9ouy 80
as 10 ascertain the slIua'Ioh' anu ABOUT
the tune ne Went INTO reconstructloh RI
politics ne had put oy a great dcaI more
money than people ordinarily MAKE oy
n0hest means WIN tiie SAINT Ghances' l.,t
mere was a iFesllhess' NISor anV SIat''fe
ABOUT Ihe reno" "hlcn gave MN Soilie
asCenuehcy Ill vulgar ihiliuS'
armour was pIaCeu in power ny
mllltary authority oelore MS Term hau
properly began, anu aIter ne nau ocCu-
pleQ II some tlihe tle great fioC DIoh CUT
III New OTlaahS' where ABOUT my pGo-
PIE nearly aiI negroes, were kiileu ny
the mon. Inc radical Legislature &c
tcrmlncd to stop TINS sort OF thlng by
giving vast executive ana fepresSory
power 10 tne Chlei magistrate, anu lhey
maze nm ny Ia" the tFrant that ne Is.
lhey gave nm power 10 make Vacan-
cleS by removal ana 10 MI them by DIS
VIII. lhey also gave MN power 10 Sc
lect registrars OF election, ana now that
he Is using thelr own constitution TO their
prejudice, they cry Loudly 10 the people
and government OF the United states to
come 10 thcir help, whereas nan Oh these
miserable scamps intended the same III
justice for their former OppresSors.
Warmoth Is TAR worse man than he
naturally would nave been, by reason OF
these mighty opportunities Whch would
tempt anybody, ana especlalIy Doy.
The really able quality IN Warmoth Is
his money saving propensity, Whlch
alone gives hlm confidence, like tortl-
flcatlon, and sense OF worldly security
which the merely penniless adventurer
could never know. Though all the mu-
tatlons, adventures and escapades OF his
administration he has held fast to the
great governing principle OF thrift, and
although he loves a tine looking woman,
no matter whose property she may be,
ne has been seldom known TO sacrlfice
his savings tor either ms pleasure or his
ambition. Warmotn mas been SHOWN
In the courts o. .Loulsiana-lt one cared
to 60 SO far TO ma out What Is SO pal
paDlG-tO be a man interested III all S0rtS