Помогите пожалуйста перевести: As seen from one of its seven hills, Richmond was beautiful, with its broad streets, its…

Помогите пожалуйста перевести: As seen from one of its seven hills, Richmond was beautiful, with its broad streets, its noble trees and theshimmer of the gently flowing river. The Army Bill was under discussion and it was clear Jefferson Davis thought none but himself qualified to speak on the issue. Don't stray from the point at issue. I want to get to the bottom of this. He was trying to catch a gleam or gesture that would lessen the gap which lay between his present and his past. The boy was struck dumb by a suave turn of carpeted stairs and a pendant glitter of chandeliers and a mute gleam of gold frames. He continued then for a moment to turn the brooch this way and that in the light to see it sparkle. It sparkled very nicely. His skull and face were shining from a recent scrubbing, so that the little bridgeless nose glistened between the protective points of the cheekbones. Her eyes opened wider as she contemplated the sea-green figured velvet, the shining brass, silver, and glass, the wood that gleamed as darkly brilliant as the surface of a pool of oil. The sun was glaring from the pale sky, and just over the horizon a shifting silvery haze was shimmering.