The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1853-03-24
The United States Senators.

The United States Senators.
The following notice of the members of
the United States Senate is from an article
of the New York Herald:
"Ihc leading men as dcbatcrs in the
Senate, as at present organized leaving the
trcesoi:crs otlt of the question, will doubtless
he Cass, Hunter, Mason, Soule, Athcrton,
Butler, Douglas, Rusk and Houston, on the
Democratic sidc-with CLAYTON, Everett,
Pearcc, Dixon, Jones. Badger, Truman
Smith and Geycr, on that of the Wings.
General Cass and General Dodge are the
two oldest men in the Senate, hcing over
seventy years of age. Most of the others
have been born during the present century,
and the average ages of the forty-fve Sen
atorS whose years are known, is abot,t fifty.
With regard to nativity, the old States
still preserve the prepon,lcrancc in furnish
ing national Legislators, no less than thirty
nine, out of forty nine Senators whose birth
places are known having been born i'll the
old thirteen States, viz: In the New Eng
land States ii, ill New York 4, PcnnSvl-
vania Q, Maryland 4, Delaware ., Nirgiria
:, North Carolina ., South Carolina 4, and
Georgia 2. OF the others, there were horn
in Tennessee 2, Inuiana 2, Ohio !, Missouri
], Ireland l France ], West Indies 2. Eth
nolo:"ically considered, the fifty-six Semi
tors, (,lcre being six vac;nci"s,) may he
cl;.sscd as follows: OF Anglo-Saxon origin
3s, Scotch 5, Wclch 6, Irisl, l., French 3,
Spanish l, German Total, sc.
One OF the most striking points in the li*t
of Senators, is the vast prcponlcrancc of
gentlemen of the legal profession. \ for
cisner, IN looking at the occupations in pri
waite life of the executive an,l legislative
branches Of our government, might we'll
suppose that the constitution provided that
lawyers should always have the preference,
on the same principle that the charter Of the
Mechanics Bank, of this city, provides flat
a majority of the Board of Directors shall
be mechanics. No less than forty-one Of
the United States Senators are, or have been,
lawyers, leaving fifteen for all other occ,,Ir,
tons. Of these last, the medical profession
have two; the ND Dhanics, two: the militia
ry, the planters, ami retired gentlemen, the
remaindcr-the merchants not having one
of their own number to represent thcm.-
Truly, the legal profession is the favored
class with the people Of this country.
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PEoNAGEIN IN ILL1NoIs,-The Natchcz Cou-
rier says that a law recently enacted in Hi
nois to prevent the Immigration of blacks
into that State, Which virtually establishes
the system of 1conagc. It provides that if
any colorcd man goes into Illinois and re-
mains there ten DAYS, with tire intention of
taking up his residence there, he shall he
guilty of n high mis'lemcanor, and punish
ed by a fine for the first offence, of fifty dol
lars. Should the fine be Unpaid, the often
der is to he taken into custody, and the
justice who commits him shall forthwith ad-
vertise him for ten days, and then sell him
at public outcry to any person who will pay
the fine and costs for the shortest time
During this time, the purchaser may conf
pei him to work furnishing him with COM
Portable food, clothing and lodging during
his scrvitnde:
| TEnnIroRY or WAsniScroN-A 4 new Territory
with this designation was ereuted, and provision
made for its Organization, by an Act Of Congress
| approved OH tho I'd INST 1t comprises tI,ut part
of Oregon which Ii North Of the middle of the
Inuin channel Of Columbia river; 10 where il eros
ses the 46th degree Of latitude, and thence nlong
said degree OF latitude, to The top OF the Rocky
Monntnhs., Tho land occupied by missionary
statfous, moi exceeding G40 acres to each, togcth-
er with the improvement, is expressly reserved and
confirmed to the Missionary societies respectively
which established the same. Stations that were
so occupied prior to the pussago Of tho Act, or
ganizng the Territory Of Oregon, also confirm
ed to the Societies which established them, even
though they have since been abandoned.
f. --->s-s<- f.-
THE Black Dress Coat is doomed. An
ukase Of His Imperial Highncss, Nopolcon
ILL.,, has banislied it from the saloons of
Paris-and MS Paris gives the vogue to all
tbe world, we soon may see it disappear
from thisswestcrn hemisphere. I:s9succcs.
sor is q blue velvet, single brcascd, standing
collar,.stccl buttons braided and gilt. The
old black was a very unprctending garment
and rs it would last indefinitely for par
ties-it was cheap-vcry cheap, compared.
with amore conspicuous successor. has
had pretty long reign--surviving some
half dozen French dynasties, and yet the
Paris writer's dcplore its demise. They fear
that the gentlemen, in adopting the style. Of
i glaring colors and ssecoratcd dressi.swill
eclipse the ladies' orforcc them to resort to
ruinous extravaganza to Inaintain their SUI
periority. st4..a
"A LAWYER recently inserted the following
1 advertisement: saR - ~ 3
"To be sold, one hundred and thirty ono
suits at law, the property nanseminent ata
E.torncy about to retire from bhsincss Note.
THE clients are rich md Obstinate