New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-09

Wilt Ta,,;ns nhout shoes, Mr. Daniel E. Somes of
s,a;"a = lively type of the progressive and versa
tile YsrAee For seventeen years he has carried on
the manufacture of reeds aud harness for cotton
and wooden looms, employing from 90 TO 80 men, at
Bid,l ford and Lewiston, and selling his wares in all
tle states of the Union where cotton and WOODEN
mi';s run. At one time he employed from 500 to
$40 men in the shoe business at Biddeiord. Wills
Flavor of that city he was President OF the City
Bank and as il TO prove that there was nothing TO
which free-labor Republican could not turn his
hand, he established, and for two years partly
edited The Eastern Journal, which, being then on
q firm basis he disposed of that he might have
more time to devote to his other pursuits
Of courfe, State in which fine timber so large
" crows and which has ten times as much shipping
as oil the South put together has sent representative
men here TO lock alter her cardinal interests. Mr.
Foster, " bo comes from the extreme Eastern Dis
trict of aine has heretofore been largely employ
I'd in the luml err trade. Mr.. Freeman II. Morse of
Path. began life an a ship-caryer, working with his
own hands, and pushing his way upward until he
became widely engaged in the shipping business,
and now carries ON On extensive trade with all
PARTS of the country in lumber. He occasionally
addresses the House with rare point and power
and is one of the most industrious aud useful OF its
members.
Mr.. Walton of Vermont is practical printer and
was for long time the able Editor of The WaeinaH
| trained to mercantile pursuits, which he followed
| until within the last dozen years, when he turned
his attention to the honorable occupation OF an agr
culturst StudiOus in his habits, urbane in his
| manners, and seldom demanding, but then always
| securing the attention of the House, he has proved
that 10 have weight in deliberatiye body one need
| not necessarily be versed in Coke and entity.
| Mr.. Bufinton of Massachusetts, was formerly en-
ployed in trade at Fall RIVER. He carries with him
| into Congress the same promptness and energy
which insured him success in mercantile pursuits.
| Mr. Rice is an admirable specimen of class OF
men known and honored throughout the country for
enterprise and Gberaty intelligence and integrity,
ard which has occasionally sent its representatives
| 10 The National Councils. He is an educated B0s-
| ton merchant He has filed with honor, the pc
siiion of Mayor of that city, and possesses rare
| forensic endowments.
| MIR. Eli Tbayer i, teacher of youth Of his
success in that occupation we are unable to speak
| We only know that on the few occasions when he
| has addressed the House, he has proved himself 4
most apt, original, and unique instructor OF the
| children of larger growth there assembled.
| Mr. Woodruff, who represents the New-Haycn
| District in Connecticut is manufacturer OF that
| prime Yankee-notion, clocks. He was in the House
| over which Gov. Banks presided, and, with one
| execution was the Youngest member OF that body.
| He was defeated for reelection by Mr.. Arnold. who
abased himself by sustaining the LecOmpton vIainy.
In April ast they were again placed in nomination
by their respective parties; and, though the worthy
Republican candidate for Governor lost the district
by 3C0 Mr.. Woodruff carried it after bitter strug-
gle BY 332 Nr w. is attentive to the business of
The HOuse; and in every severe contest is the last
| TO yield TO the enemy Seldom occupying the
floor, he belongs to that useful class, the working
members.
Mir. Brayton of Rhode Island has accumulated
wealth by the lumber trade. He is a good specimen
of the shreyvd business men of his thriving State-a
C+o4a oh hos lie Kant in NJ he
other representative identified with its large COM
mercial and manufacturing interests. Looking into
the senate for moment, may say that those
views of manufactures and trade, alike cOmprehen-
sive and practical, which Mr.. Simmons OF Rhode
Island always exhibits when discussing questions
relating 10 the tariff and political economy generally,
| and which have given him national reputation,
are attributable in no small degree TO the fact that
he has been directly engaged during the active years
| of his life in manufacturing pursuits.
| Before leaving New England, il may not be inap-
| propriate TO speak OF Mr.. Charles Francis Adams.
| Though educated for the bar, he has not won his
national reputation in the forum where Rufus
Choate so successfully commended nor the other
hand in the field assiduously cultivated by Ed
ward Everett. lie is n statesman and scholar,
who has devoted his cultivated energies TO the not
Incompatible, but seldom copjoned employments of
politics and literature. Actively engaged in the agi
taton of questions in the stormy forum of the pop
uace while INDUCING in the pursuit of letters in the
quiet retreat Of the library he is one of the not very
common instances in this country where persons
have achieved distinction in both these departments
of labor.
The largest commercial State in the Union is rep
resented by twenty practcing lawyers, and thirteen
business men.
Dir. Carter. who so ably sustained himself On the
foor in the debate with Governor McRae and other
Southern gentlemen, acquired wealth BY trade in the
City ofNewYork. He has given evidence that
practice behind the counter will sometimes afford
one the capacity to compete successfully in the
forIm with those who have been trained to the bar
Mr. ButterGeld the clcarh headed and ever reliable
representative of Wayne and Cayngn was for nearly
thirty years successful merchant at PALMYRA, and
is EOw engaged in the manufacture of rope at Black
Rock. Mr. Frank is an enterprising merchant of
Warsaw, and brings TO the discharge of his duties
here the same skill, slrewdncss, aud energy which
mark his career as q first. class business man OF
Western New-YOIk
Messrs. SpauldiDg and Spinner bankers
Both have had good deal Of experience in public
affairs. The former has been heretofore in the Leg
islature of New York, and in Congress, Mayor OF
Buffalo, and State Treasurer. Gen. Spinner was
Deputy Naval Officer Of the Port ofNew-York I'M
der Michael Hoffman
The only manufacturers in the House from New
York are Messrs. Palmer and Hoard. The former
is engaged in the Touring business at Pattsburgh
He il among the shrewdest and most industrious
members Of the delegation, and is capable of adj |
dressing the House when occasion demands with |
vigor and ability Mr. Hoard, of Watertown, is
matchmaker by trade. His analytical and mathe-
maiical mind peculiarly adapts him to excel in tho
field Of mechanical invention. Some years ago he !
ma&s valuable improvements IN portable steam en-
gses, of which he is the patentee. lie is now en-
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