The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-04-14
sprcY PERSONALS.
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/ Bill Sharon is little serurnpled cuss,
and if he had red skin might be nistak-
en- for dried herring.
Senator Allison's face Is So full OF
sunshine that when people meet him
on rainy day they irstinctisely shut
mp their umbrellas. S
Bob Toor1bs has not yet, been gath
cred to bis fathers. He, like JEFF Davis,
is doing his loSeliest to make Blaine q
tenant of the White Hoase.
Burnside is the best dressed man in
the Senate He is as handsome and si-I
lent as p fashion plate. Singular that
he should occupy Matt Carpenters seat
The most acideous man In the Senate
is Edmnndd. Pie cnEs like tho last Will
and testament of lgHgenereRs, uncie.'
When he objects theresis no use going
any further. ...-.ss, .,...;, i,,..asg Z. N.
The weakest man ii the Senate is
Davis, Of West Virginia. He sits in
the same spot Jeff Davis did IN 1a60-els
has liIripish face, and hadfes gram
mar with all the reck lessness OF un-
loaded shot guns. f -
ag Sargent is the fastest, talker in the
Senate. His average is fully two hun
dred words d minute. The elder Muir
ply, brother, and Sumner, the celebrated
San Franeisco reporter, arethe only two
photographers that claim a dead snre
thing OH him. i*.
This talk about the Senate not being
what it used to be is all nonsense IL
is said tits a Senate OF rich millionaires,
because Jones of Gold " Hill, is there a
and Sharon, and Ferry and Burnside
Well, In t61 there were Biglcr, and La
than, and Chandler, and Ten Eyck,
all wealthy for the times NosT
as to who IS the homeliest man in
the Senate it's nip aud tuck between
McCreery, of Kentucky. and Chris--
tiancy, of Michigan. Mac had every
thing his own way exceps Iris RI air be-
fore Christiancy came. McCreeFy and
/ Proctor Knot are very much alike
sloSeniy and witty.
Senator Bruce's name in full is
Blanche Koran Bruce. His skin amt
so clear. But he has a fine set Of
nerves. One evening at the theatre,
accompanied by white lady, lie SAT
near Mrs. Creighton and myself Be-
tween the acts Mrs. c., referring to q
colored MANS hat and face. ii, tile gall
lery said, aThat Africans. face ID so
black, and bis hat so dark, that you
can't tell where one begins aud the
other leaves OFF, Bruce remained firm
| to the last.
In '61, JEFF Davis, SlidelI, Hunter
and Douglas sat side by side, just
| where Sargent, Conover and Bogy now
sit. Burnside now occupies the .ehair.
that Seward graced. Then Wigfalp
and Bob Toombs rather than cohtami-
nate themselves by sitting on The Re-
publican side of the Chamber, although
there were several hhoccupief seats.
had their seats arranged Just back Of
where Thurman sits now They both
used an alarming quantity of tobacco,'
| and five-gallon spittoonss Tie seat that
Summer occupied when the bully Brooks
struck him down, now contains the new
| Indiana Senator, Mcdonald.
! OF the seventy Senators who occu--
/ pied the Senate Chamber In 1861, but
three remain These are Anthony, Of
Rhode island, Haulin of Maine, and
Cameron of Pennsylyania. Anthony
is the only one of continuous service.
Let us look for the Others that were
there. Judah p. Benjamin became no.
table IN the Confederaey and now
fiourishes with q large practice on the
Queens Bench. Trnsten Polk, Oh Mis-
souri,, went South and was killed. An
drew Tohnsns1 fsnaf4v 6Svygr4cr s.Ssf S,f 1,;x,,
circle finally srnacked the sweet taste
LOT his ambition and died without o.
party. Jefferson Davis still lives in the
halowed memory of AndersonviIle, and
1 when BiaiHe has become PrBSidanf. h6
Z can depart in speanassa L see mo- other
reason for the ex-P President Of the Con-
federacy being kept in. the .tostures of
an nnafnnestied life.