The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-04-26

eBEssWrs. Tho best speaker on ihe
Union side William y. Kelly, Penn.
sglvania On the Democratic side, d,
~ Voorhees,, Indiana.
The best parhmtuiarian, Union
side, Il. i. WashbuFne, Illinois Dem.
ocra,, 5. 5. Cox.
The readiesi debater. Union. John
A. Kassou, Iowa; Democrat, George
IL pendle,on, Oaio. Ia tie last Com
gress. John 4 Bingham, Ohio, c. +,
Nallandigbam, Canada.
The member with tie best blood i
John Low, Indiana, whose patriot
grandfather was a member Of Che Oil
Continental Congress, 1916. Iii. ma
iernal graniiaihef was a member Of
the irst Congress under the Coustitu.
iion. bis father was a member o. Con-
gress during the war Of 1912, and
SIR. Low, the present representative,
is now serving his second term.
The oldest consecutive member is
Il. B. Washburne, Illinois, who has
held bis seat for eleven years, III The
last Congress, was j. S. Phelps, Mis-
souri,, who was a colonel In the Union
army, and had been in Congress for
/ eighteen years.
The oldest man is Thaddeus Ste
yens, PENNSYLVANIA, who Il almost ~
years old. The youngest Gen. James
4. A. Garfield, who is only 50 years old.
Ignatius Donneily, Minnesota, is just
sixteen days older.
Walter ID. MeIndoe, Wisconsin, a
very efficient gentleman, has onlywe
hand.
Tie General Of highest rank is Ma
ior General Robert q. Schenck whose
commission dates from August 80,
1862. Tie other Generals are Gar.
field, Ohio; Dunont, Indiana, Blair,
Missouri.
The handsomest man is William
Window, Minnesota.
The wealihiest man Is 0akcs Ames,
a manufacturer from Massachusetts,
Nho is worth over two millions,
The most rapid speaker is the
Speaker Schuyler ColIax, Indiana.
The tallest man is Brutus j. Clay,
Kentucky.
The shortest members are j. w. Me-
Clurg, Missouri; Augustus Brande-
gee, Congecticnt; Nehemiah Perry,
New jersey; Francisco Perea, New
Mexico tie difference to be decided
by the respective thickness of the So
les.
The smallest member is S. S. Cox
tie largest is John d. Bald gin, Mass
achusetts.
The most prodnctiye-Gen. Eben
ezer Dumont, the father Of nineteen
children.
The most graceful man is William
II. WadsRorth, Kentucky.
The digniicd man is Rulus p. Spauld
ing. Ohio.
The most sarcastic man is Thad-
deus Stevens, Pennsylvania.
The social nsan is Gen. H. =. Blmf,
Missouri.
The member who has sent away
the most speeches is S. S. Cox. ihis
Congress the last, Il. Wood the
speech Fernando wrote.
The largest farmer on the Union
side is Josiah Il. Grinnell, Iowa, who
has six thousand acres Of land, and
keeps six thousand sheep. The big
farmer on the "other side is a good
substantial Union man, fBrutus j.
Clay, Kentucky, who owns sixty-live
hundred acres Of land, and whose
home farm contains two thousand
acres, worth $50 per acre. Mr..
Clay has two hundred aud seventy
five negroes, fifty mules, two hundred
sheep, one hundred and fifty blooded
cattle-some Of the most famous in
the United States. His usual stock
Of cattle is about four hundred head.
The member who never fails TO
move an amendment is William 5,
Holman, Indiana.
The member who lives the faFlhess
East Is Frederick A. Pike, Mainc.-
West, John II. Mcbride, Oregon
North, !. Donnelly, Minnesota
South, Cornelius Cole, California,
whose district reaches down to Mex
leo.
James Brooks is the lest read man,
and has a district oi tie smallest area |
three wards III New York city.
Idaho Is the largest Territory, ald /
has 10 area Of 326,GG3 sGuare miles
Mr.. Donneily Of Minnesota las The
largest district Of any member, BIS is
800 miles wide.
Tie House has tmeaiJ Csc mem-
bers wilh bald heads thi1y fil nus
iaehes, anl two with wigs.
Henry Winter Davis lives tie near
est, thirty niue miles, and has s32 for
mileage. William II Wallace Il lda-
De uaecs z 997 miles nd gets So
3g7,69 tof mileage.
The politics. member Is Ruben y.
FeDion Of New York.
Three members represent each
State. Mesrs. Smithers Delaware
Mcbride, Oregon, and Wilder Kan
sas.
There are seventeen members who /
are slave holders.
There are twenty-fyur members
from slave States, Of whom fourteen
vote With the Union party and ten
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