Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-29

IS ia tett. IL CON0fS MI "io~ VI
l53,ll2 square feet. The Senate cham
Der is liz fact bv 50, and 30 deep; the
House l3a feet by 90, and 80 deep. The
galleries OF the Senate will scat about
/ 900: those OF the House 800.
swell receptions
Are the order of the evening in Wash
ington. These are the places to see
" shoddy in all its splendor and var
nished vulgarity. This sham society
is based on money and official rank
brains and social culture are not con-
sidered. Mrs. Sewer Contractor Smith
is here transInoxritied into a magnif1ed
lady GOT excellent beauty and rare &C
complishments," according to slushy
reports of the "society papers," The
same may be said Of Miss Pull back
Wiggle, whose mother onca kept
rooms to rem cor the European
PLAN" and no questions asked.
Senator Carpet bagger cuts a promi-
nent figure, and receives due notice in
the Court Journal. Young Longears
is chronicled as the graceful leader of
the German" or course, each OF these
crooked society socials is announced
a. the most select and aristocratic OF
the season." and as proof, the names
of several of the most distinguished
and learned of Westinghouse hest so
ciety il announced as having been in
vited. or course, they do not go, but
the announcement that they were
among the invited guests " Is suffi-
cient, and serves The ends of shoddy.
This is a feature Ut these pdrUenus who
live on the outskirts of society and
haunt the responsibility.
An I~rrepressible Female Spy.
An adventurous female woman,
Ann Eliza Carroll, OF maryland, my
Maryland" is here for the fourth time
appealing to Congress for information
furnished the War Department, re-
vealing the secrets of the rebel army
of Tennessee, and which information.
she claims, led to the capture OF Vicks-
burg. She will not likely he as sue
cessful before a Democratic House as
her prototype Judas Iscariot before his
constituency. she should have adopt
cd the custom prevalent in such cases.
:" money first"
Career of Colored congressman.
ADOub LILO uiOSI CltCChbi0u CatOCi
of any of the present Congress
men, is that OF Robert Sinalls, of
South Carolina. He was born of poor
but colored parents, and is 81 years
old. During his slavehood days he
followed the occupation of "rigger"
in the port OF Charleston. While work
ing on u Confederate transport in '62, he
managed toquietlyget possession of her,
pilot her over the bar during u stormy
nigh, and deliver her and himself to
the Federal blockading squadron. He
was made captain of the vessel and
servad in that capacity until she went
out of commission. In 1861, he served
on the rebel ram "Keokuk." i'll toe at.
tack OH Fort Sumter, fighting IN both
sides. After the war he was elected to
the state Constitutional Convention,
served in both branches of the Legis
lature, and is now in Congress.
South Carolina has another Represcn
tative. making two Out OF The five
Rainey, the other coiorei mem Der,
was born a slave. His father was n
barber. When old enough he also
Gathered and shaved" in Charleston.
In 1852 he went to the West Indies ana
remained until this "crnel was over
1t may be- added that he took this trip
because he did not like to work on
rebel fOrlitications. Returning, he
was elacted a Delegate To The State Con
stitutional Convention, and is now
serving his fourth term IN Congress.
The colored member from the First
Alabama District, comprising the cities
of Selma and Mobile. was a slave un-
til the end of the war, which
tine he learned to read. Seat con
tested.
or the two Representatives from
Florida, one il colored. He beat his
opponent hv 37l, in a vote of 1900.
The colnred member from LOUISIANA
is a b%ricklayer by trade; served in the
SD colored regiment in the Union
army, and lost IL leg in charging Il rebel
tort.
The colored member from MiSsis-
sippi was born a slave, and received no
education until after the war ended.
When the Federals captured Natchez,
being too young 10 go in the army, lie
went to taking photographs. AMI at
tended night schools. lie served two
terms in the Mississippi Legislature,
and at the last he was elected Speaker.
He is only 20. He is now serving his
second term i'm Congress.
The colored member from North
Carolina was also born a slave, and &C
quired no education until after he was
made free by the close of the war. He
was a member of the State Constitu-
tional Convention and served two
terms in the State Senate.
There are six colored members in
the House. The seat of one is contested
by a white Democrat.
There is but one colored man In the
Senare-Brtne Of Mississippi He was
Sheriff and Tax Collector IF Bolivar
county for several years, and is said to
be worth 5000, 900. His term expires
in 1881. He is y quadroon.
Pinchback, the c"lored claimant for
the vacant Senatorial seat for Louis
iaua was born free. His mother
was a quadraon; his father a French
man, and heix what il called "a "F,ench
o~ctoroon." He is a barber BY profess
sion. He served several terms in the
State Senate; was afterward elected
Lieutenant Governor, and acted as
Governor during the impeachment or
Governor Yarmouth in 1873. 1t was
the that ha exercised the influence OF
al his position, which resnltei in his
illegal election TO the United States