out Charles Sumner, who sits
away on the outer tier of seats, toward the south-east corner of the
chamber; and near him, on the left, are seen the late Governors, now
Senators, Morgan and Yates, of New York and Illinois. Immediately in
front of them, on the middle tier of seats, is an assemblage of old
and distinguished Senators--Trumbull, Wilson, Wade, and Fessenden. To
the right of the Vice-President's chair, and in the row of seats
neares this desk, sits the venerable and learned lawyer, Reverdy
Johnson, of Maryland. Just in his rear sits the youthful Sprague, of
Rhode Island, to whose right is seen Sherman, of Ohio. To the rear of
these Senators, in the outer segment of seats, sits, or perhaps
stands, Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, the most garrulous of old men,
continually out of temper with the majority, yet all the time marked
by what he calls his "usual courtesy." To the left of Davis, beyond
Nesmith, of Oregon, and the other and more silent Senator from
Kentucky, sits Saulsbury, of Delaware, unless he should be traversing
the carpeted space in the rear of his seat, like a sentinel of the
Senate.

Far different is the sight presented to the spectator who looks down
from the galleries of the House of Representatives. The immense area
below is supplied with two hundred and fifty-three seats, with desks
arranged in semi-circular rows, having a point in front of the
Speaker's desk as a focus. On the right of the spectator, as he looks
from the gallery in front of the Speaker, is the Republican side of
the House. But this prosperous organization has grown so rapidly since
its birth, ten years ago, that it has overstepped all old and
traditional party limitations. One-half of the House is not sufficient
to afford its representatives adequate accommodations. Republican
members have passed over the main aisle, and occupy half of the
Democratic side, having pressed the thin ranks of their opponents to
the extreme left.

As the spectator scans the House, his eye will rest on Thaddeus
Stevens, whose brown wig and Roman cast of countenance mark the
veteran of the House. He sits in the right place for a leader of the
Republicans, about half-way back from the Speaker's desk, on the
diagonal line which divides the western side of the House, where he
can readily catch the Speaker's eye, and be easily heard by all his
friends. Immediately in his rear is his successor in the chairmanship
of the Committee of Ways and Means--Mr. Mo