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THE PACIFIC
GOmmertlalAObrrti
SATURDAY. MAY l.
Gossip About Senator'S.


a correspondent Of tue New York World fur
nishes the following gossip about a number Of the
members of the United States Senate.
The Senate has had Its share Of public atten-
ton the last two days. Thurman filed the gal
leries yesterday, and to-day Conkling. the fair,
speaks 10 a /" crowded house" Conkling is the
Senatorial AdOnis. When he was in the House
the young. ladies used 10 sit IN the galleries and
wish they had a lock Of the dear little curl that
ad0rns bis brow, and, az it is thinner now than it
used TO be, ii is probably, on Ghibelline princi-
pies, even dearer. Jokes aside, however, few
men have 60 many Of the attributes Of a handsome
man &c Roscoe Conkling, and as he stands there
to-day rolling his words a little pompousiy, per-
haps, but speaking well withal, spectators are in
clined 10 wish there were more like him. The
Vice-President looks resigned to his monotonous
dignity. II is rather singular that the three
bachelors Of the Senate should be the favorite pre-
siding ofhcers-WilsOn, ex oficio; Anthony, pro
TEN, and Ferry of Michigan, in default OF either.
Anthony Is the handsomest and best for the posi-
ton. Still, it is not always beauty that wins,
and | doubt If either have had the offers of hearts
and hands which report says follow the Puritan
Nice-President. Puritan - How Trumbull
Of Illinois took him up on that one day. Wilson
was quoting the other, when he get up and cor
rected him. "Well, if you didn't say that, -
said Wilson, 90 you came within an ace of it. :"
Sir" said Trumbull in a loud voice, 'what
does a cody Puritan like you know about an
ace p"
Boutwell,, Of what an admirer calls .' the -four
ishing and cathartic town of Aver" (re-christened
from Groton IN honor Of Cherry P~ectoral), shows
about as much interest in general proceedings as
usual, and that Is a little less than would be ex-
Pected from a craven image. His old friend
Griffin, a Boston wag, always said Boutwell,
couldn't do anything else but preach, but he is a
better speaker than the average. Possibly Bout
well is planning how to meet his old friend An
drew johnson. By the way, what fun it will be
to see Andrew and his jury sit down side by side :
Anybody might have known they couldn't get
him out of the Presidency, because he went in so
tight.
Speaking OF johnson recalls Brownlow, who is
to the Senate what Stephens is to the House. At
tendants carry him twice a day to and from his
chair at the extreme 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 the perpet-
ual CULVER and twitch of a terrible palsy. Such
is "Parson Brownlow of Tennessee"
In fact there are so many disabled Senator'S that
the Government has had to put an elevator in
their wing to carry them up and down stairs.
Morton is partially paralysed; Wright, of Iowa,
is lame; Clayton, a handsome young man, has
lost an arm, and Ferry, of Connecticut, is a victim
to some spinal difficulty. He has Summers seat,
which, being on the outer row, is very easy of
access. Ferry, of Michigan, has Summers desk.
Sumner was a very unpopular man among the
employees of the Senate-the door-keepers and
pages aver that he never youchsafed them a I" good
morning Even his dear Africans be loved bet
ter in the spirit than in the flesh, and they knew
1t. Personally he was self-satisfed 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 sub
scription. Madam" said the great Charles,
"do you think l have time for Individual chart
ties? My purpose is to reform the world. -
Forgive me, Mr.. Sumner, " she replied, 4" for ask
ing you but perhaps you forget that the Saviour
OF the world found time to bless little children. ="
Upton, Schurz and Fenton you can distinguish
directly from Nast's caricatures. Upton is a
funny little fellow, Schurz an admirable speaker,
but Fenton has the most courtly manners In the
Senate. Hamlin, of Maine, always wears a dress
coat, never an o%vercoat. His colleague, Morrill,,
Is the signer of the Maine liquor law. He and
Lane, of Indiana, met on their way to the Chicago
convention in 1860. 81 am very much interested
in the agriculture of your country" said Senator
Morrill,; what do you do with all this corn p
Well, sir" replied Lane, whose constituents
had probably never heard of a prohibition law,
we spoil a little of it for bread, and put the rest
into whisky" Flanagan, Of Flanagan's Mills
Texas, is a jolly old fellow, who says "whar,"
and I" thar, !" and rouses the echoes generally when
he speaks. Robertson wears jewelry of fabulous
value-emerald sleeve-buttons worth q fortune,
and diamond studs that would make the idols of
India jealous.
1t must not be inferred from Hamlin and Robert
son that full-dress and b~ijouterie are common in
the Senate. Far from it. One distinguished
gentleman sticks to old clothes from policy. He
owes an election to them, he says. One of his
friends stumped a district Cor him in which he was
unpopular because they said he was an aristocrat.
"Aristocrat indeed, I" said the speaker with great
enthusiasm, "you ought to see him. Why, every
rag of clothes he has In the world, isn't worth ten
dollars" Gordon, the Confederate General, Is u
fne-looking, soldierly fellow. There are flags
captured from his men in the Ordnance Museum
here. Bayard, of Delaware, is the third genera
ton of Senators in his family. Frelinghuysen is
something of a swell. Edmunds, his neighbor, Is
the most quarrelsome of Senators. Thurman
looks and moves like Beecher. Dorsey is only
thIrty-three years old, the " baby" of the Senate.
Cameron is the oldest Senator. Dorsey, Allison
aid Oglesby have young and pretty wives. Mrs.
Senator Sprague was a famous beauty, and is now,
though her lOveliness shines not on us. Sprague
came to the Senate with great prestige, but never
lived up to his reputation. However much he
may have disappointed some expectations, he has
won universal respect by the promptness with
which be faced his financial ruin. His luxurious
home here is dismantled, all appurtenances in the
way Of servants and carriages dismissed and an
excellent example set to one or two gentlemen of
this city, who would be materially improved by
following it.
Stewart and Jones are two poor, impecunious
miners, with only 4 few millions apiece-Jones
especially, whose income per month is $3.50, 900.
Stewart has built a famous house here, epitomiz-
ing all the orders and disorders known in archi-
lecture, and crowned with the thunderbolt of i'm
mortal love for a lightning rod.
From the Wilmington CDel) Gazette, Feb. III