, 1876-02-14


body. a. ho l'atsnH, II is oaHY enough, fro.n
moro Eslnpso. Of him, to tndnrntnnd bow he
can'o TO mako that Ai,der4ons,!io apcecl,.
and how appa'antly. ho is about tho only.
why It Ind aueh startling oftoct upon tie country.
lio Ia Of most tntivo temperament. Aud, twenty
yeArs ago, may have been \ koon observer.
NOV he gooa about seeing nothing, not even tho
ssr6Gos s ro,s,s Y hs n, Gsn
eiaboeAttoHs Upon Impressions received beforo
tho food. And in evolving from tho condition OF
tbtnEs M 1t Tan when l,o last lonked about hin,
~ ingenious poffsical pfslloaophy. which, l,e ia
daily moro and moro astonIAhcd to flnd, Isn't Of
application TO things now. Yet. II ho spoko
again. doubt not 1t would 10 10 like win ~ lyo-
fore, and, looking Il llini with hla hohd dropped
upon his breast and his gnnerat air OF buty ab-
Htrnctlon, one would douht wt,othor l,o wifi ever
iook a6out bin feng enough to perceive that
.th'nga have changed niuca he took lila rss lesson
LII politics.
FrHHAxpo WOOD,
bolt-upsight, md 30 as1tf that, whlo ho might
be snapped Ia tWo. It Ia uncomfortable that io
could bend, stAiy Htaiks slowly toward the
Capitol. T!,ere is grim severity In llis meas.
nrc1, angular movements. In tho rigid poso
Of hs hoad, Ia hin cold. a.oal-grey eyes
IN IN ,ta itis H., s1uate.ens, grey tnustscns'
indeed. in all about Him, that inspiros awfnl
wondernent how he oEor manages to ask tho
b'yH np to take drink over In Esw York, and
what tnetamoFphohs 1t Ia that he nndorgoes
when among Them, thRt leads tbe b'yn to voto
Fernando tho hulteat sort Of bully b'hoy, rs
they Do regularly 10 This day. 81 often ns he's
candidate. With ail bis awful stony stttneas,
ForDando stalls Capisoi-wasa 70 but Ee!entacaaly
ayenRo hlmaolf upon the apeaher for not putting
Means Committee. And Fornende takes his re-
vengt BY snaidsous!y opposing about every one
Of Mor1ison'H measures.
TWO BournzaNEns.
Philip Cooh, Of Georcin, who tho other day
rather startled tho country by declaring in lila
tho eco, 900 GOO cotton tax waA refunded. walks
straight ahead. lie IL, nftcr alt, not politician.
but plain. blunt soldier. who, when l.c
an!d that, but Bpoke with soldinrly blunt.
nens. they eay, With 8hnt truth 1 can't toll,
that in l,in youth, 10 was for limo oue Of tho
followers Of Joe smith, tue Mormon Prophet
and his career, on tho whole, haa boen alven-
turous Ito III Of lsrgo, muscular framo has =
There could 10 no mistake about It, on taxing d
feoit At him, that lo meana WIN. ho says and
aays what Ito neaps ; and though, in tho army
phrase, hs was Blaot NIL to pieces In tue War, In
xhfch ho served 10 . aotei Drigadier. that ho'd
tight Ut the drop Of tho hat with anybody WHO
oisonsiyo'y gainaaid INN. Flo Ia ono OF tho fow
mon who, il ho fanclad hts poppto were put up
On. i might, be appschonded would think Of
fighting. aud WHO would do hts full sha:o Of
lighting, too. lsut thorn is 1t, air Of rough, sol.
dlosly trnnkneas about him TINT arguea holnight
shiuk better Of it.
Singleton, OF Affasiasippi, thin angular, and
Bpry, with Lila Hharp faco aud straight thick
grny hair and board, anu tho manner Of man
coustru.aon OF tho Constitution, moves on rap.
idly with nervous stop. Since tho War. doubt
loss. he has boon cnnnidesipg tlo conntitutlonal
Shs ct s as R0h 70 u a1SS Il, snosy f9s
OF the lavses Of The Mlssisssppl AMI tho ouslos
to tho gulf ; md tl,irdly-where, In his speech \
fsw lnya Bsnco, llo checked hiu,soit abruptly
when accounting what tho South wanted-iho
rcfundtng Of tho cotton-tax. .....
Theso aso simple Heuatoss, aud Hsuatora OF
tint remarkable product Of our Republican In
nt!tutlanH,
TIE aENA1ocRAcY. :.
Tho formnr find their wny u tho Capitol on
foot, viii, tho rost Of tue throng. The bsnatoc-
nlon in lisory, auh onsor tho Capitol from tito
'front.' and undsr tho vary nose Of tlse Goddess
Of Liberty Oh the uome. It 10 tho Senatocracy
Which has established that unaltarabe law Ia
the cotio OF Washington etiquette bY which It IL
prescribed that no American, sovereign shall dare
address ono of thom Anye aa Mr. acpator." and
whereby to call ons Of thom plain ''5lr.' would le
M nnpafdonable otfansc. 1t il they, also, who
havo established, BY edIct unehaneeablo "a the
Of thefr bosom .ahaii ho addressed as " Alrs.
SenatorH 6o*an1so; And have built up coust-
| etiquette that isppe1a tho Ayerage American
sovereign to wait to luow who the d-l nro
these mighty Benntocrnts any how. tint they
u,,,st 10 hcuged about With so much A1mmefy
ceremony, aud how much bettcr are they tlan tho
Eenalo:s Of tho early daye. who fAn,iIiarly calel
their wayes 81 Polly" mud Peggy" and by tho
like home!y nlcknamos, and had no retinue Of
ths ttunkoy homage now hera IN vogue. And tho
Ssnntooc5ata themselves run to that tfunkeyism
that here apes tho British Minister. and loaves
1t to ler Majeaty's representative to fix the tt!o
0t IA mn In fNF nf1 In
spectacle OF tue schpoctnbloa III Washington
until his name is upon tue fiat Of those Invited
to 6ir Edward rhoEnton's dlnnors. II tho Son-
ateorracy ontoT 1t. howovct, don't know why
theY shouldn't bo left to do go. Dut oil tho
whole, L think 1t would not be bad thing 70
place some Of them upon pedcBta!B opposite tho
Alattha Washington tea-partJ tableaux, at tho
Centennial that tho bfoated asiatocrats Of the
how much better we do theso things in this
Great Republic. yet ut beas tue SeItateoctats
aro very limited IN number, and tho moro iu1u-
ontial senators. lite Mottou, arc as plain aoti
unpEetentllnE In tnntsnCr and ~ approachRh!o na
any Candidate iuAt bofore election. aud are ayesso
TO figuring LII tho urt.orEan, which, Ia due conrso
Of tfme, will probably chronicle in thair integ-
ostiug social gossip the doiuga Of Mrs. Senator
bo-and. .so's nlrBery.maid.
Nithla tho Capitol,
THE COUNTLESS wIDowg
arn encountered at every turn. Hero, as elao-
Mhero ln this country, tho Widows lnif.mouru-
Ing gasb OK woo lB aafo passport almost atty
whore. It ia tho Bubduod and RtRcsfully- relieved
gaEb Of woe, SUPPOSE that passes so many Of
them to tho speaker's room. whcro they wait
while their cards arn sent to members Ia tile
Aonse.hall, md whore the alcoyos by tito
Windows. halt.h.dden by the rich curtains, afford
delsRi'tful nooks for tste-a-tote. Tho nav
Doarkeepors haven't yot fully mastered tho
sun Of thor dusios, however, and bot11aos kse1,
the fair creatures waiting at tho entrance OF tho
corridor leadns to tho spoakat's room, Passing
~ fow days sece, l noticed, ap,ong thoso thsy
topt waiting. one Of tho uost charming OF them.
Arfayed ~ an exquisite suit Of tho garb Of grist
softened by time, Bhe waited while tho Demo-
cratic cerberus at the door waB deliberately
maklng up liH mind whether Hhe should bo al.
lItttc1 OF not. Hump ns puach,
mlth lustfous black eyoa Of wondrous dapth,
tho Eoftost olive complexion, through which
tue warlnoss coEortug Btolo to hor cheols,
WITH lips poutlug liko \ rosebud, dashilg re-
t1o,lsao noae, aud tho psattiost ,nfanttIe lmplea
in Tor face, etso wna ouo Of tho most superb
bfnnattos OF tho finer typo over Htole glance
At. Nearly = hsif-hour lAter I passed out tho
same door, and Tiers Was tho beauty still visit
ing Oh OaIRelu9, and iupatfHntlv tanning, tho