The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-02-17
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Gossip About Slatesm:a.

Nfehh Ing or JOhnSon recalls
'rownlow, Who j. to the senate what
,ophens |, to thc house. Attend
ants carry him twice d,J t, and
from Lis chair at the extreme left
ofthe Presidents desk, clo.c to the
door. There he sits pale, attenuatcd,
ehos'!y, never speaking, never smil-
ing, voting by sign. aud apparently
iltr'c$s, save for a perpetual qnivcr
aud twitch tf terrible palsy.
Snch is "rarsuh Brownlow, of Ten.
ncS>ce." "'.
In fact there are so many lisa blcd
senators that the government has had
20 put an elevator i'll their wing to
carry them up and down stairs.
Norton is partially paralyzed
Wright, of lown, is lnmc; Clayton,
II handsome young man, has lost an
arm, and Ferry, Of Conncc,iont, il n
victim II some spinal liifcnlty. Tie
Las Summers seat, which being on
the outer row, is easy Of ucoo y
Ferry, of Michigan, has Summers
desk. Sumner was very unpopu.
lar man among the employees Of the
nutc-4.:ho doorkccIcrs and pages
aTcr tn he never vouchsafcd them
Il ''goud morning" Even his dear
Africans h. loved better In the spirit
than in luo f,sh, and they knew it..
Personally lie rs sclf-sati. fed and
pompnus , association with him Wa
hiflicult, uul.ss every superiority
&as cuncctcd tc be hid. Julia Ward
I
charitable subacrip iun. "Madam,"
s"id the g,cat Charles, "lo you
think | have timc for individual
char''i My purpose is to reform
the WORLD" "For@ive me, Mr..
S,mnrr,' she replied, "for asking
YOU mt perhaps you forgot the
Sa>.or Of thG wotld f,lul limo 10
ble.s 1t L. child.cn.'
Upton, Schuz %"h Fcl.ton yon
can distinguish directly from Nast'~
taric.tureS. Upton i, funny lit.
tie fellow, Schnz an admirable
speaker, but Fcnton has tho mos,
courtly man,rs in the senate. Ham.
]ia, ot Maine, always wears dress
coat, never "n ovcrco It. is c,l.
league, Mr.. Merrill, is tho signcr of
the Maiuo liquor law. lie and Mr.
Lane, Of lndlaua. Mct on their way
to tho Chicago convention Of 1860.
Il am very much intc,.s;ol in the
agriculture Of your country" said
Senator Norri!l "what do you do
with all tlis cQrn T. "Wcll sir"
>epliod l!ynrj whose constituents
had probably n-ver heard Of pro.
libition law, "wc spoil little of it
for bread and put the rest into
whiSkey." Flannagaa of Elauna.
gan's Wills, Texas, is n jolly old
follow, who says "whut" and "thar'
and rouscs the oohocs generally when
he speaks. Robertson wears jcwclry
OF fabulous valuc--cmorald sleeve
buttons worth IL fortune, and dia.
mond studs that would make the
idols of lnaia jealous.
8. 1t must not be inferred from Ham.
lin and Robertson that full dress and
;hy4n'"'ie are common in the senate.
Var from it, One distinguished gen
tleman sticks to old clothes from
policy. He owes an election to them
ho says. One Of his friends stumped
a DISTRICT for him in which he was
unpopular because they said no was
vi ari>'uorat. "Aristocrat indcch,"
saiG the speaker with great cnthusi-
"Sm, "you ought to sec him. WHY
every rag Of clothes he hus in the
world isn't worth $40" Gordon,
the confederate general, is fac
looking solditriy fellow. There arc
flags captured from his men in the
or.!nance museum here. Bayart, of
De:awarr, is the third generation of
%cna:ors in his ia mi!y. Frctinghuy.
sean Is Something Of a swell. Ed>
'nund> his neighbor, is the most
quarreIsomo of senator's. Thurman
looks and moves like BE, cher. Dor.
'ey is only thiIty.scvcn years old,
'he "hahS' of the senate. Cameron
is the oldest senator. Dorsey, Al
l'son, aud Oglcshy bayc young and
pretty wives. Mrs. Senator Spravue
was u tlmons beauty, aud is now,
though her lovol.ncsS Shines not IN
KS. Spr g"c came to the senate
with great prestige, but never lived
up to his reputation. lTowevcr
much he may have disappointed some
.Hpections, ho has won universal
respect by the Ifomptncss with
Which ke faced his ainancial ruin
Its luxurious home here is disnSantl-
ed, u! arpu' tenancss in the way Of
servants And carriages dismissed
and an e%tc.lent cx .mplc stf 10 on,