The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-19
IObnttnaed trorn Lna !eanon,, nL,na.1

pnvS on Chailes X. Buckaew, Democrat.
William q. Brownlow, of Tennessee Republi-
can, In place OF David T. Patterson, elected IS a
hepnbl can, put subsequently Johnsoniged.
!, Atnnr L. Boremau, of West Virginia. RsDub
Impeachment Republican.
matthew ii. Carpenter, of Wisconsin, Repub
hean, 10 place OF james Doohttle, elected as
hhepubltcan, but sub equenty Johnsopzed.
lnaodltiou to the abo We changes the folio wing
Fenators, all Republicans, whose terms eSpire
Wlth The Fortieth Congress, retain their seats
Dy nitne OF re eecIon:-
Oharles Bumner, OF Massachusetts:
ah Chandler of Michigan;
Blexander Ramsay, Of Minnesota;
lnomas w Tlptou, Of NeOraska;
william M. Stewart, OF Nevada;
william SpIague, OF Rho ic Island; and
george II. Edmunds, OF Vermont,
rms gives seven Senators re elected and
nIteen new ones, ten OF whom have not been
In Congress before.
Mr.. Cameron's fret service in the Senate
antedateB that of all his COLLEAGUES, but only
aggregates ten years, while Charles Sumner has
held his seat Tor eighteen consecutive years.
and to Mr.. Hamlin's thirteen years of service as
senator should be added four years as presiding
0thcer OF the BODY while IcGPresident. The
states OF Maine, Massachusetts,. and Iowa will
De represented by the Senators OF ten years ago.
Eleven Senators of the session ginser OF 1850
6l) Immediately preceding The var will be IN
the Senate of the Forty first Congress, as fol-
lOws;-T umOull, of Illinois; Crimes aud uar
Ian, OF Iowa; Fessenden aud Hamlin, OF Name:
Wilson and Sumner, of Massachusetts; Chandler,
of Michigan; Cameron, of Pennsylvania;
Anthony, of Rhode Island; aud SALISBURY, OF
Delaware. Four Senators of the same session
retire from the Senate on March 4 rs tollo ws:--
Dixon, OF Connecilcut; James A. Bayard, Of
Delaware; Wade, of Ohio; aud Doolittle, Of
Witconsn. Five members OF the House of
Representatives of the session of ls60-6l will
likewise be in the Senate after the 4tA of
March, as folio Ferry, of Conuecticut
0oDkling and Fen,on, of New York: sherman,
Joshua Hill, who has been refused admission as
Senator from Georgia, was al9o member of
the House 10 1S60-6l.
The New Senators.
We present the following sketches of the new
Senator's
THoHAs F. BAYARD,
of Delaware, is a son OF Hon. James A. Bayard,
native of Delaware, and about lorty-fve years
of age. He is a lawyer by profession, and
stands at the head OF his profession in Delaware.
His entrance INTO the Senate is his first appear
ance in prominent public position. His father
and grandfather, both named james A, Bayard,
and an uncle named Richard II. Bayard have
all been members OF the Uui ed States Senate.
ARrHUR !. FOREMAN,
Of West Virginia, who succeeds Peter G. Van
Wipkle, is a new man TO Congress, but has
figured largely in West Virginia politics during
the last Six years. In 1863 wnen the old State
Of Virginia was divided and West Vrsinia con.
structed, BOreman was chosen Governor unani-
mously. no vote being cast against him. In
1864 another gubernatorial election was held,
ard he vas again unanimously eec ed, reCeiv-
ing 49, OSS votes. In 1866 he was elected Tor the
third time. A Democratic candidate was nOmi-
mated against hin, but Boremau received 23,s02
votes to II 1853 for his opponent, ma ority Of
6644. In 1868 he declined reelection.
WILLIAM G. BRowNLoW,
the gubernatorial "Parsou' OF Tennessee, was
born in Wythe county, Virginia, August 20,
1875. Until the age of eIguteen he was en-
gagged iu hard labor on farm, and then removed
10 Abingdon, Virginia, where he served an
apprenticeship to a house carpenter. Having
received very irregular and imperfect educa-
, learned is trade and put by some money, he
~agaln went to school. he then entered the
Methodist ministry, andtravelled as an l inerant
for ten years without mterm ssOn. In 1882,
while member of the HoIslein Conference,
having removed to Tennessee, ne was sent oy
that body as delegate to the General Con.
ference of the Church which assembled at
Phiadelphis. During this year he also travelled
South Carolina rcut Tor time, and dtved
into the political contest which was then
raging, =. taking strong grounds against
nullihcation, For this course he was
so severely handled that he felt called upon to
defend himself In u pamphlet as characteristic
OF the man as have been his other productions.
As early as 1928 he had entered The political
arena. by eSpousing in Tennessee the cause OF
JOhu Quincy Adams against Andrew Jackson.
About this time he also engaged in active
polemicaI contests, publishing a work, which
enjoyed a large circulation, entitled The Iron
Wheel Examined, and It's False SpoGes Elk.
tracted," being vindCation OF the Methodist
Church against the attacks of q Nash vile
minister. In 1868 he visited Philadelphia, to
engaged IN a debate WIN q Rev. A0ram Pryne
OF New York, on the subject of slavery, VIII Gu
he undertook to defend, as il existed in the
Southern States. AT the outbreak of the war the
"ParsOD" was editing and publishing the Knox.
Vile Hhig, to the title of which was added
after the Rebels bad-beer driven from Tennes.
see, that of The Rebel Ventita or. He earnestly
opposed the secession movement from the outset,
- and was finally, in the latter part OF 1861
arieste1 and thrown into jail. BY order of the
ReDe Secretary of War, however, he was,
In December, 1861, released without trial, and
cOnlrlved 10 make his way North. He then
made tour OF the country, delivering lectures,
and IN NAV, 1862, published in this ciy work
on the Rebellion entitled "Parson BrownloW's
Book" On March 4, 1856, he was eleced
Governor OF Tennessee by an almost unanimous
vote, and since that lime has acted in that
capacity, having been rC-cleC' ed IN 1867 over
Emerson EtheTidgP, the vote standing a. 494 to
22,b4S. The affairs OF the state have oeeu
managed by HIM with the principal object OF
rendering Tennessee On uncomfortable abode
for the participants in the Il" OrlIon and their
sympathizers. In Septen b-r 1866, he was an
active participant in the Southern LoYallsts'
Convention, held in this city. He was some
months ae elected TO the UTi'ed States Sanate,
in place OF David L. Patler,o 90, the s0n-in law Of
President johnson.
WILLIAM A. BUCKIEGHAM
of Connecticut, was bonn in Lebanon in that
State on the "a n OF lay, 1894, He received a
rood education, and at the age OF twenty he
vent TO New York TO obtain he necessary train
ing for mercantile life. ie| years later he
established himself in the cay OF Norwich, In
his native state, and Won the I, cards OF all who
came in contact with him, di i,InguishiGg him
sell during long career a. q successful, pru
dent, and honorable business man, He was
4 Rlected Governor of COnneCy lieut. in 1863 ani
ffwas re elected 10 1859, 1860, 1861 1862 1868
1864, and 1865. On the breaking out OF the Re-
kal EnUAFnnr a