The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-06-24

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tottering and emaciated frames are SO far ex-
bic support, apply to the good people for relief
and may the best of heavens blessings accom-
pany you the remainder of your days"
In 1927, Benjamin Pierce was elected Cover
nor of the State of New Hampshire but in
! 1928, when the republican party in the North
became divided between the the partisans of
General Jackson and John Quincy Adams, the
| large part sustaining Mr.. Adams, Pierce, who
declared for General Jackson, was defeated, but
was reelected in 1929, when the star of the he
ro of he Hermitage rose into the ascendant in
1 New Hampshire. After this he lived in COM
! parati7e retirement, on his farm, in Hillsbor-
/ ough. At the commencement of the last war
with Great Britain, his spirit entered into the
! confess, but the infrnities of age admonished
him That he could hasten no more to the battle
: field. Two of his sons, with his consent and
advice, entered the public service.
| Endowed by nature with a strong mind, Gov
! ernor Pierce had overcome the obstacles spring
! ing from a want Of education, and, by practice
and perseverance, had acquired knowledge Of
business, and skill in the conduct Of public
Affairs 1t was not from his high public station
/ that be acquired commanding influence, but
fromA integrity of character, his benevolence,
hosp ality and love of justice. Cheerful in
! his deposition, and delghting to contribute to
the happiness of all around him, youthful viva
city fund in him congenial spirit, while sedate
manhood and sober age discovered in his con-
duct nothing to reproach. When he was reno,
we'd ty death, the public felt the loss Of man
who lad sincerely loved and faithfully served
his fdlow men, and his country. He died in
( the town of Hillsborough, where his remains
are deposited, and over them a monument of
plain hewn granite has been erected, which
stautls IN prominent position, the -buryiug
ground of the town, which is on the brow of a
hiI AMI in full view Oft the traveller, when pass
| ing On the stage route from Amherst to Hills
! borough.
| Such is a faithful outline Of the life and pub
( lie career of Governor Benjamin Pierce, the
! father Of General Franklin Pierce, the nominee
of the Baltimore Democratic National Conven-
ton. which assembled at Baltimore on the ID
/ day eff June, 1852, and selected its candidate on
the for1y-ninth ballot.
Biographical Sketch Of General Franklin Pierce.
| HIS JirtHDlacs-edrly edUcGti0n-eHters college
graduates at BoUdoin-his EeyGJ stHdies-coHa-
! menc4s praeticc-electeda a presentative-Speak-
er of The kouse-chosea to congress-6ecomes Z.
S. .Stgaator-retirss from public l9e-rssumes his
/ profe.sio1l-outJreak Of the a0ar arih Aez'co-
Uolaa;eers as a pricate solaier-coHlmissioHea as
colonsL-qenerous treatment Of the laBeRted Ran
som-military career-enters the city Of Ae1ico
rE oJ
has ordtory-priuate characterization man
ners-death Of Raasons-1peTs0nal courage Of
Gen Pterce-aJility as a oonlmaHder-erperj-
e7lcs u Legislative 6usiRess-psrtoTms the duties
ofdistrict attOrHey-IcHabod BartIett-c6GrGcte1
Of Gen. Pierce as an adg0cGte at tie bGT--couT-
REORGANIZATION Jy The Baltimore Convention
General Franklin Pierce was the son of Gov.
Benjamin Pierce, whose biography is given alb
owe, and was born in the year 1904, in the town
of Hillsborough, in the county of Hillsborough
in the interior or rather the western part OF the
State of New Hampshire. Hillsborough is 6
farming town, hiny, as its name imports, hav
ing no considerable village, and has long beer
distinguished for its unhinching devotion to the
principles of the Democratic party. After com
pleting his academical studies, he entered col
lege, and graduated at Bowdoin College, il
Maine, with the degree of Bachelor Of Arts
Immediately on leaving college, he entered the
office of Judge Gould, jurist of distinction a
, Litchfeld, Connecticut; but subsequently retur
ned to his native State, and finished his studies
, at Amherst, the residence of Hon. Charles III
Atherton, father of Hon. Charles G. Atherton
late Senator and is the shire town of the county
of Hillsborough. He was admitted to the bar
and commenced the practice of law in his native
town, Hillsborough. But he had not been II
practice two years, when he was elected rep
resentative in the Legislature of the State, anC
during his second year of service in that body
was elected Speaker of the House, IN both o
which positions he manifested SO much talen
and so admirable a capacity for legislative bus
mess, and so thoroughly won the confidence o
the Democratic party, that in the year 1888
while yet hardly mere than youth, he was ell
ected to a seat in the House of Representative
of the United States. AS member Of tn
house, he was not of that number who appear t.
desire TO distinguish themselves by much spea
king. He was rather quick to hear and slow t
! speak; modest and unassuming, but attentive t.
business, and strongly marked even then b.
what he has displayed SO much of in his late
life-that is, good common sense, he was a.