Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-04

GOSSIP ABOUT STATESMEN.


GOSSIP ABOUT STATESMEN.
Brownlow, is to the Senate what Ste
phens is to the house. Attendants carry him
twice day to and from his chair at the ex.
treme left of the presidents desk, close to the
door. There he sits pale, attenuated, ghostly,
never speaking, never smiling, voting by signs
and apparently lifeless, save for perpetual
culver and twitch of terrible palsy. Such
is "Parson Brownlow, of Tennessee"
In fact, there are so many disabled senators
that the government has had to put an eleva-
tor in their wing, to carry them up and down
stairs. Morton is partially paralyzed; Wright
of Iowa, is lame Clayton, handsome young
man, has lost an arm and Ferry, of Connec-
ticut, is a victim to some spinal difficulty.
He has Summers seat, which being on the
outer row, is easy of access. Ferry, of Michi-
gan has Summers desk. Sumner was a very
unpopular man among the employees of the
senate-the doorkeepers and pages aver that
he never vouchsafed them "good morning..
Even his dear Africans he loved better in the
spirit than in the flesh, and they knew it.
Personally he was self.satis6ed and pompous !;
association with him was difficult, unless
every superiority was conceded to be his.
Julia Ward Howe went to him once for some
charitable subscription. MADAM" said the
great Charles, "do you think have time for
Individual charities? My purpose is to re-
form the world" "Forgive me, Mr.. Sum.
ner," she replied, "for asking you; but per-
haps you forget that the Saviour of the world
found time to bless little children"
Upton, Schurz and Fenton you can distin-
guish directly from Nast's caricatures. Tip
ton is funny little fellow, Schurz an admir-
able speaker, but Fenton has the most courtly
manners in the Senate. Hamlin, of Maine,
always wears dress coat, never an overcoat.
His colleague, Mr.. Morrill,, is the signer of
the Maine liquor law. He and Mr.. Lane, of
Indiana, met on their way to the Chicago
convention of 1860. 81 am very much inter-
ested in the agriculture of your country"
said Senator Morrill, "what do you do with
all this corn ?" "Wel, sir" replied Lane,
whose constituents had probably never heard
of prohibition law, "we spoil little of it for
bread and put the rest into whisky" Elan
nagan of Flannagan's Mill, Texas, is jolly
old fellow, who says "whar" and "thar'' and
rouses the echoes generally when he speaks.
Robertson wears jewery Of fabulous value
emerald sleeve.buttons worth fortune, and
diamond studs that would make the idols Of
India jealous.
It must not be inferred from Hamlin and
Robertson that full dress and byouterie are
common in the Senate. Far from it. One
distinguished gentleman sticks to old clothes
r-.,, .o1;,,, IL o,o, a !, al to thou, he
says. One of his friends stumped district
for him in which he was unpopular because
they said he was an aristocrat. "Arlstocrat
indeed" said the speaker with great enthusi-
asm, "you ought to see him. Why every rag
of clothes he has in the world isn't worth S10."
Gordon, the Confederate General, is a fine
looking soldierly fellow. There are flags cap.
tured from his men in the ordnance museum
here. Bayard, of Delaware, is the third gen.
Grafton of senators in his family. Freling-
huysen is something of swell. Edmunds,
his neighbor, is the most quarrelsome Of sem
ators. Thurman looks and moves like Beech
er. Dorsey is only thirty-seven years old, the
"baby" Of the Senate. Cameron is the oldest
Senator Dorsey, Allison and Oglesby have
young and pretty wives. Mrs. Senator
Sprague was famous beauty, and is now,
though her loveliness shines not Oh u.s.
Sprague came to the Senate with great pres
tige, but never lived up TO his reputation.
However much he may have disappointed
some expectations, he has won universal re:
spect by the promptness with which he faced
his financial ruin. His luxurious home here
is dsmantled, all appurtenances in the way of
servants and carriages dismissed, and an ex-
ample set to one or two gentlemen ofthis city,
who would be materially improved by follow
ingi
Stewart and Jones are two poor, impecuni-
Gus miners, with only few millions apiece
Jones, especially, whose income per month is
s25OOOO Stewart has built famous house
here, epitomizing all the orders and disorders
known in architecture, and crowned with the
thunderbolt of immortal love for lightning
rod. - Washington Correspondence Of the NeU
York World.