The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-01-04

and habits, and is reputed to posses an
abundance Of land, stable OF celebrated
running horses. He is lover of Shake-.
peare' man Of viii and geniality, and
his reelection is approved here by many
old friends of both parties. Garrett Da-
Wis, who goes out of the Senate, is
learned and honorable old gentleman, sew
enty two years old, and therefore exactly
contemporary with George Vlckers Sena-
tor from Maryland He has now been
ten years in the Senate, and will not go
out until the spring of 1873.
The three border States of Kentucky,
Maryland, and Delaware are unre present-
ed IN Congress by single Democrat, but
many cid line Wings, ike Biggs, Swami,
and Garrett Davis appear now as Demo
Gratis. James B. Beck, native of Scot
land, is probably The ablest member of
the Kentucky representation. There is
but one Deiawarean, Thomas Bayard
who is one Of the youngest Senators, and
| successor to the seat of his father and
grand father.
SWAMI AND CREsswELL.
/ From Maryland there are several men
of fair prominence. Thos. Swami is one
of the very richest Congressman, and he
has been in public and business life since
1925. he is native of Virginia, is the
ablest mayor Baltimore ever had, and
was the leading spirit for many years of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, finish
ing 1T to the Ohio river in 1852. He pro-
cured the famous Druid Hill Park for
Baltimore, and his name is set In con.
! splcuous characters over the enterance-
gate. Swami and Secretary Cresswel
are constant Official oppone is, and much
dislike each other. Cresswell is the son
Of the founder of the town Of Port De-
post on the lower Susquehanna, and his
uncle, Jacob Tome, is now the richest
man on the Eastern Shore of Maryland,
and was Republisan candidate for govern
or in 1871. CIesswell was brought up by
his widowed mother, who had, meantime,
married again, and was sent to Dickinson
College Pennsylvania. He was noted
there tor close study, abundant pocket
money, and a welf-dehned, towering am.
bltltion, which was afterwards gratifed
by the encouragement and appreciation
of Henry Winter Davis. Swami is prob
ably worth a million Of dollars. He de-
cllned seat In the Senate in 1866, pre-
ferring to be Governor of Maryland
Cresswell was in the Senate short while,
and he delivered the most praised eulogy
ever made in recent years, over the de-
cease Of his friend Davis. Justice Davis,
of the Supreme Court, the friend of Lin
coin, is cousin of II. w. Davis.
CALIFORNIA DELEGATION.
MIR. Sargent, of California, just elected
to succeed Cornelius Cole in the Senates
is native of Massachusetts,, and he is
an advocate of female suffrage. He re-
moved to Sacramento at an early date,
and has filled several terms in the Legis
lature and Congress. He is red faced
brown haired man, Of the middle size, {
fluent speaker, and a persevering worker
In any measure he takes in hand. Cole
who goes out Of the Senate, is native OF
New York, in moderate circumstances
and with large family. His defeat is
imputed to his opposition to the election
OF George Gorham to the Governor :
seat in 1868, and it is said that Gorhanl
expects to receive Casserly's seat in the
Senate when the contest comes off three
years hence. The California delegation
IN Congress is composed entirely of en-
tirely new men, the Democrats going out.
NEVADA
The State Of Nevada has turned dem.
ocratic on the other hand, and it is *
pected that Democrat will lie returned
In place of Nye, the election coming of
next year.
ARKANSAS REPRESENTATION.
The State OF Arkansas, admitted TO
the Union In 1886, ten years before Iowa,
and twenty-five years before Minnesota,
yet with only 400, 900 popula ion, is reE
resented by three Representatives, only
one of whom was born in the State, anG
by two Senators from the banks of the
Susquehanna and the Delaware. Both
the Senators live at Little Rock, the
Capital. Of the Representatives, Hanks,
Democrat, resides where he was born, at
Helena, and there he remained Union
man throughout the war CT secession
Hanks, his colleague, Snyder, and Sena-
tor Clayton are each thirty eight years of
age. Snyder lives at Pine Bluff, on the
Arkansas river below Little. Rock, and he
| has lived in the State since 1853 Ed
wards, the other Representative, was for
merry Speaker of the Iowa House of As
sembly. He was Federal Colonel, and
afterwards an administration odice-hold-
er at Fort Smith, Arkansas, On the boil
der of the Indian Territory.
CLAYTON AND RICE
Powell Clayton, the younger Senator
from Arkansas, is the SOC Of Delaware
county Pennsylvania farmer, brought I'D
near the little village of Marcus Hook,
and of German descent. He used to
stand in Philadelphia market with peach
es, cherries, butter, and vegetable truck.
He qualified himself for Civil Engineer
ing at Wilmington, Delaware, and being
In Kansas when the war broke out, sought
a commission and became Brigadier
General, and at the close of the war took
up plantation in Arkansas. Rice, the
other Senator from Ark ansas, used to be
river boatnnan on the Gennessee, ALE