Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-04-08
The Present Congress.

Il VIC nave oeen coduiOIb1S 0uis0Nes, VI
ennially, for many years, ct the close Teach
Of its predecessors, with the fond psrsua-
sion that the particular Congress Of which
we were taking leave must Of necessity be
the worst of all possible Congresses, each
time, We confidently Asttered ourselves
that we had got TO the bottom Of such Boz
dies; but BY and by there came another Of
which the conduct was such that we were
forced to fall into the practice Of certain
old woman of Syracuse, whose story, as it
is short, we will proceed to tell:
| Good people all, Of every sort,
y Give ear unto my song;
| And since you'll find it wondrous short,
! 1t cannot hold you long.
Hero, king Of Sicily, the third of that
name, rsigned; and rsigned in such sort
that the curses Of his people, though not
loud, were deep. Walking, one day, through
the streets Of his capital, with the usual
low choir Of cursus at bis heels, he heard.
as he passed the door Of poor old woman,
hearty prayer within, that he might live
forever. Astonished at that strange sup
plica,ion, he stopped; and entering the how
o., he asked the poor old inmate how it
came that she had such affection for him.
"Gracious M.jesty!" replied she, II am
very old woman; lived under the blessed
reign of your Royal Grandfather. All sy-
racuse thought him very bad prince. l
thought SO too; and prayed to Jove, like
everybody else, to shorten his days. Well,
at last he died. His son, your Gracious
Maissty's father, succeeded him; and
proved TO be many times worse than your
Majesty's glorious grandfather. So all
Syracuse again prayed to Jovs TO take him
away; and prayed like the rest. At last,
Jupiter listened, and the king died, to the
indispensable joy Of every body. Then
came your Majesty; ana now. when every
body cries out that you are worse than eth
sr your father or grandfather, and implores
the Gods that you may presently die, be-
seech them, night and day, that you may
live forever. For il, as before, q worse
king than you should follow, what would
become Of US alp"
Finally, in order that that the public here
may preserve personal idea Of this, our
Rump Parliament, we think it useful to
put upon record the following statistical ae-
, count Of the House of Representatives,
drawn from the correspondents Of the
| Philadelphia Pennsylvsnian:
The House is composed Of 24l members,
including delegates from seven Territories.
or these, % have gray hair, and 20 are
bald; II wear full boards; the mustsche
alone, and ll3 have whisksrs Of different
fashions, from the "goat.se" to the "mut.
> ton chop" style. The appearance Of the
House is very youthful, and the members
are generally medium sized men. North
, Carolina has the tallsst representative, and
Main the shortest. Not more than six
Jack Falstaff, and Of these Kentucky has q
representative who shows the best living.
or the members Of the House, eighty FIVE
= are accompanied by their wives; twenty
Eve BY their wives and daughters, and five
by their daughters alone. About one.
fourth of the members are single men, and
Of these one-half are confirmed cid bsche-
lors, and the remainder want 10 get married
whenever they can. There are probably
about two dozen Handsome men," in the
opinion Of ladies', in the House, and about
the same number who are in the opinion Of
the same judges, "hideous."
There are five members who speak on
. every question which comes up, and par
ticipste in all the legislation done, both pub
lie and private. Three alwsys speak for
the ladies in the gallery, ana are never hap
py unless some alright eyes" are gazing at
them. About one.half the House are talk.
ing men, and these may be divided into
seven classes, as follows: LIST. Eloquent
and logical orators, I'd. Logical and elo-
qIent; Sd Sound reaseners; 4lh. Good talk
ers; 9th. BuncOmbs speakers; 9Th. Vnu-
perstive denouncsrs, and 7ih. Beres. The
first four classes, may add, are very small,
while the last three are large.
Hon. Joshua r. Giddings, Of Ohio, is the
oldest member and the oldest man in the
House. He has been here, believe, about
} twenty years. Mr.. Orr, Of North Carolina,
the Speaker, has represented his cons,itu-
ents some fourteen years, and Mr.. Hous.
ton, Of Alabama, has been in the House
nearly as long.
I A "bird's eye view" Of the House does
not strike the observer with 4 conviction
: that it is very grsat-sreat in intellect,
great in patriotism, great in soul. There
, is very little genius to emit flashes Of light,
and the talent among the members is like
the gold Of Australia. covered up with q
) great deal Of earthly matter. The word
which describes the House best 10 clerer:
the members are very clever men, in every
sense of the term, and there Is as much
goodness Of heart among them as can be
found in any 24l men in the country.
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