Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-30

Tribune, and in 1868 was elected to the
Senate.
In personal appearance he is not stri,
king, but his face indicates force OF
character and intelligence. His hair IS
brown, his whiskers, of which he has q
heavy growth, almost red, his hands
white aud thin, and his movements
quick and nervous.
Carpenter, Of Wisconsin, looks and
acts less like Senator than any OF the
members, When the Senate is not in
session, he walks about the floor with an
easy, careless air, his hat much to one
side Of his head, and very little on the
other; his vest open in front down to
the last button, q cigar in his mouth, his
necktie either not tied at all or twisted
half way round his neck, and his whole
appearance more that of a rowdy than a
Senator.
The next man in is Alexander Ram
sey, of Minnesota, an elderly looking
gentleman, though not so old as he looks.
He adjusts his spectacles and COM
mences reading the Globe, as If there
was something of interest in it--whieh
there never is, except to the contrib
utors."
Hamilton, of Texas, takes his seat q
clever-looking gentleman, who could
mass for a country merchant in good
standing, but who was not born states
man.
Mr.. Ferry, of Connecticut, follows Mr..
Hamilton. He looks feeble and care
worn; a shade Of sadness over his face.
His hands are thin and white almost to
transparency.
Not far from him sits another Mr..
Ferry, Thomas W., Of Michigan. He IS
an ordinary appearing man, with dark
hair and full growth Of red whiskers.
He reads the Globe with apparent inter
est, for he is a new member, just in last
March, and is not so economical with
his time as he will be after while.
Anthony, the lord Of Rhode Island
when Sprague is not about (aud Sprague
| ia seldom here), advances to his seat
with an elastic step, and reads the morn
ing papers. With the exception OF gray
hair, there are no surface indications OF
the terrible troubles he has gone through
with on account of the Sprague family.
Mr.. Anthony is only about hfty-hve
wears of age, and is good yet for years
of service in behalf OF Rhode Island
and against the Spragues.
Morrill,, of Vermont, strides in, tall
| and slender, with a consumptiye stoop
of the shoulders, and apparently not in
ood health. He buries himself in his
correspondence, and seems lost to all
around him.
A tall, smooth.faced, gray-haired,
large headed, stout-looking old gentle
man comes forward from one of the
hack sofas and takes his seat. This is
Cameron the great Pennsylvania jobber,
he is now seventy-two years old, but
erect and well preserved. He is quite
rich, and although now in the evening
of his days, and needing rest, he takes
it not. bat deals in railroads, bonds and
banks with youthful zest, knowing NO
such stat on on his route as Death.
Frank Blair comes in and goes straight
TO his desk, puts on his eyeglasses, anC
reads the Globe. he looks tall, slender
neat and precise. Throwing down thu
Globe. perh APPS because he found moth
ing in it abo ut himself, he seizes a goose
Quill. and writes as if the fate of his pc
party depentled on what he then ant
there commit ted to foolscap.
Nye of Ne yada, said 10 be a relative
of the well-known and deeply lamentet
Bill Nye, waddles rather than walks t
his seat. He is very round, fat and jolll
looking, gray and smooth-faccd.
Bayard, Of Delaware, comes in AM
goes straight to Frank Blair's desk
where the two consult As they stanC
together they look some alike from thu
gallery. both well dressed slender
smooth faced, and about the same hight
With face lit up with good humo
and geniality, dozen smiles, all child
like and bland, playing upon his features
comes Colfax. He trips to and into th'
Speakers chair, raps with his gayel, a
which hats are taken off and eiga
stumps disappear. The Senate comei
to order, and ,.aoh Senator present take'
his position. Tie proceedings are openet
with prayer by young clergyman II
the Sneakers ST and Charles Sumne
and a few others .ytand up during pray
er, others keep their seats in the ordina
~ attitude, but none kneel. That woult
be beneath Senatorial dign ity. Sumne
looks alternately down, then up, ther
around, as if impatient for the five min
utes prayer to be over. He takes up {
sheet of paper, tears of g piece OF It
LAYS it before him, dips his pen IN ink
and stands all ready to drop into hi
seat aud commence writing the moment
the amen is reached, aud by thu
time the word is fairly out of the cler
gyman's mouth, he is writing away a
though the rights of our colored fellow
citizens depended upon the rapids,
with which his pen danced over the pa
per. fIr LnIL 81