The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-16
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Pen and Ink Photographs of the
New Senator'S.


WASHINGTON, March IL.
I've been running my eyes the past week
examining the features Of oar new Senators
keeping my opera glass in such constant US
that presume the newcomers falcied thos
double barreled assistants to be my insep
arabic companions. Puzzled, too, to find tn
new faces, when SO many of the old one
were whisked into new seats, demonstrating
the bit of nomalic blood in US all, for we d.
like new points Of view occasionally, and
caught myself wondering yesterday whethel
ingalls, and Morton and Nipple Mitchell
would find their opinions influenced by the
different surroundings they have selected.
Beginning under the reporters gallery, on
the Republican side of the chamber, | see di-
rectly beneath my perch Bruce, the colored
man, from Mississippi 4 fine looking fellow
certainly, and if the weight Of his character
be equal to his avoirdupois, we may expect
something better from his swarthy sen tor
ship than ever his predecessor gave his con-
stituents. 1t co,tldtt be lrorse. Pease was
simply and utterly the most contemplate
specimen of the contemplate genus carpet
Dagger who ever delivered a ranttng Grafton
Never mind, he has gonei let us be thankful
and hope that in his new postmastership at
| Vicksburg he will not rob the mails too often.
| Mr. Bruce dresses very nicely, wears big
solitaire diamond on his bosom-I don't know
whether it came from Lake George or Alaska,
but it shineti- and his left hand is usually
incased in the nea.est of kid gloves He
comes and goes very quietly, with none Of
| the offensive impudence manifested by Pinch
back, who parades himself on exhibition in
way that doesn't at all help his cause. We
shall watch Brudder Bruce with interest, to
see if with the royal name there shall come
any of its royal attributes
Gov. Booth, of California, sits nearly behind
Bruce. bright, frank, manly face crown
ing a manly figure. He cannot be over forty.
The brown hair is abundant over the fine
forehead, and, altogether, he is much more
ornamental to the Senate than Mr. Hager,
his predecessor.
Next to him sits Burnside, whose name and
face the illustrated newspapers have made
familiar all over the land. Some one has
called him the handsomest man in the Senate
He isn't by a great deal. He has soldiery
figure, carried in soldiery fashion; you know
he trims his whiskers d Ii miitaire, an tries
to look Jupiter Topaas al the time. lie evil
IDENTIFY has the supremest belief in Gen. Barn
side and his opinions, accepting this new
position as only the richly merit 81 acknowl-
edgment Of his vast superiority to men in
general But we are glad little EAody has
sent him, for Senator Sprague brought
neither ability nor moral character with him
It was a pitiful, disgraceful sight to see him
during one OF the late evening sessions making
a speech, whose incoherent and thick utter
ance told too truly the story of his degrade
ton, and our thoughts went over to Europe
full of sympathy for the royalty beautiful wo-
man who is unfortunate enough to call him
/" husband. Gen. Burnside made his first
little remark on Tuesday. 1t was too brief to
show much of the mans ability, but he has IA
fine voice, and that is worth great deal |
Speeches whose logic and eloquent phrasng
make us thrill with admiration when We read
them lose infinitely when uttered in a weak,
nasal drawl.
looking down still, We miss the glitter of
Upton familiar glasses and the dear little
tip of that aspiring nose beneath the said OPP
teal instruments We didn't like him, but
be was witty and sharp to most amusing
degree. Everybody made fun of him, and
yet everybody listened eagerly whenever he
spoke. Had he possessed the personnel and -
he voice my dear. that some Senator's
have, Upton would have been very much ad-
nired. HIS retorts to Logan were always
Itch, and, by the by, that makes me think of
Little story.
A stranger who had been told that col
,red Senator was among the dignitaries here,
Jaw Logan and Bruce standing near one
mother Not noticing the slight kink in the
alters capilaries he looked from one dusky
ace to the other, unable to decide which was
he African, till helped out BY friend, when
le exclaimed, by jove the mig is the best
ooking any way. That is certainly true,
nd we are very sure his English is quite as
orrect.
RevenOns nos hOufOn-
No disrespect, dear Senators, IN this phrase. !,
is only a figure of speech, you know. We
emark that the gentleman in Upton place,
anator Paddock, is decidedly tine-looking
lis frank face impresses you favorably at once
hake hands with him, and the cordial grip
ellis the story such clasp always tells of
arm, true nature Look out for people, nay
len IS, whose hands are climmy and cold =
hen they meet yours, and whose fingers !.
eel like sticks with never a bit of cIinq in q
lem We have never heard him make an 9
ration, but we know that he dearly loves Ne l
raska, and that he will work honestly for her
est interests. a
His colleague, Senator Hitchcock. sits over 8
oposite, as utter contrast in physique and n
ental habit as possible Ouiet ana unde