The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-25

inc Little Soldier and the Big Athlete
Dumb Bells versus Grit Tho Ditfar.
Between Words and Men Tho sig
nihcanco Of Elsewhere" and "Hore
and Now"
Bipo'r'yn Eogc, Dem.
John B. Gordon, of Georgia, is {
little larger than S. b. Crittondon
Roscoe Conkling, of New York, is a
little smaller than Cleopatra S needle
General Gordon is an expert shot
and can make gold ring out Of a
gold dollar with a rific ball, in nint
times out OF ten. He is also an ac
complishcd rider and swordsman
and con lift his steed over q stone
wall and cut off Il clover top with his
sabre before the horse reaches the
ground on tho othor side. Roscoe
ConklinG is an excellent gymnast
and boxer. Flc can put q two hun
drcd pound olmb-Dcll, is unsur
passed on the flying trapczc, and
with or without tho gloves can
touch any man who stands before
him, at any point from tho front of
tho diaphragm to tho neither side Of
tho loft car. Mr.. Gordon's pest
years have been spent in "conqucr-
ing q peace in tho fcld," and there
are seven wounds in his body-ho
being apparently one of those per-
sons to whom face gives rs many
hints not to go to war as fato knows
how. Mr.. Conkling has also had u
brilliant military experience in adj
dressing returned volunteers, and in
invading General VVoodford's pccu-
liar province Of rallying the peaceful
public on behalf Of "Hho SolGiers'
Home" His "torso" has led in the
tournament of jaw like tho claymoro
OF Gordon OF tho white plumo of
Henry Of Navarro, in tue ensan-
guined plain and up the hostile hill.
With such background of bolliger>
cncy, these two persons, made into
Senators on account of the feats of
valor they have performed, camo
into live lingual collision yesterday.
1t was in that scance of billings
gate and otlice-grabbing which is
called M executive session. rhoro
was pending what is called q calen~
dar--boing the nominations report
eel from committees in the order Of
their report. Tho Senate Commits
tee on Commerce, some DAYS aro.
had favorably reported on ono Smith
to be collector of Mobile. Tho
pleasant Spencer, who represents
Alabama in about as real q scnso as
Reddy the Blacksmith could cver
have represented the Episcopal
bench of Bishops, had obtained this
report on Smith, and yielding to the
calpet-baggcr's characteristic when
encountcring the property of others,
had put it i'll his pocket. Of right
1T ought to have been ut the head of
the calendar. In fact, it was not thcro
at all, and unless it was got thero
out of Spencer's pocket, it would
lose its place and $50 over" till after
January l5, to which time tho
Senate was about to adjourn.
Gordon, therefore, drew atton-
ton to tho fact that among the
portable property of oti II people
which Spencer had about him was
that committees favorable report
on Smith. Several Senators had
their personal nominees pending,
too, but they wore all duly "calon-
dared" So somo Of thcm with ono
accord said "Go on with the cal
endar," tho samo as less public md
moro gentlemanly people, in moro
respectable meetings, say: "Qucs-
ton, question:" otc Among those
who spoke tho loudcst, and of
course, tho most imporiously, for
tho Tribune is q recent authority to
the effect that he does everything in
q royal, masterful, Rutledge-liko
manner, was Mr.. Conkling, tho cof-
feo mill qualities Of whose voico had
a very grating effect upon the seven
wounds and tho ono Smith Of Cor
don, of Georgia. Seeing that Wil>
liam Anxiety Wheeler was hasten
ing to do just what Mr.. Conkling's
tones directed DO donc-that is is.