The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-03-17
Tho New Post-Master General.

''Ihe hon. James CampDeIi, OF TeunSSI'ani"
selected by Gen. Pierce to preside over the Po'
,ffice Department, will, we do not hesitate
predict, prove one of the best selections tn:
:ould have been made for that important Pr
IL is getting to be the most laborious departme en
f the government, with its thirty thousand 8r
continents and its constantly increasing patron
tge improvements and the nccumulating want
of the whole community. The public interest
pertaining to it emiiiently progressive; AM
they are interests, too, about which the Ameri
can people are perhaps more tenacious thar
those connected with, and controlled by, an,
other branch of the government. 10 admins
ter its duties with success and general satisfac
ton, requires constant vigilance, untiring in
dustry, much legal knowledge and experience
and in its practical aspects, frmness Of purpos
we'll tempered with courtesey of manner ant
sound discretion. Upon the discreet manage
ment greatly depends the popularity or unpop
ularity of the entire administration. The im
portant experiment of low postage, as well a
other matters of reform, rendes 1t peculiarly
responsible post at this time, requiring energy
close application, and an enlightened policy OF
the part of its official head.
Judge Campbell is not, perhaps, extensive
ly known throughout the country as some Other
gentlemen who might have been selected, tn,
official positions which he has heretofore occu
pied not having been such as to bring him con
spicuously before the hation at large. But, a!
a prominent member of the bar of his Owl
State, and as Judge, and In fact every station
of responsibility in which he has been placed
he has discharged his duties with ability anC
great fidelity. In all business transactions ht
is straight forward and prompt, with a frank
and pleasing address. and constitution which
even the hard and incessant labor of that de-
partment cannot easily impair.
AS politician, Judge c. is distinguished fol
his sound judgment and keen sagaeity, guided
by an honest desire to know and treat the whole
democratic party of the country one common
family, SO long as they stand by the great and
essential principles upon which the new admin
istration came into power.
In the brief sketches of the individuals who
compose the cabinet, given in the Herald few
days since, that of Judge Campbell was very
brief, and IN some respects inaccurate. The fol.
lowing facts may be relied on as correct -
The father of the new Postmaster Gener.
al emigrated from the North of Ireland towards
the close OF the last century. The subject OF
this notice born in the county of Philadelphia
1918, and is consequently about 39 years of age
He was Admitted to the bar in 1885, ut the age
Of 81 after orc of the best legal Trainings =
When % years old he was appointed Judge OF
the Common Pfeas Court Of Philadelphia city
and coInty. the most important tribunal in the
State, next, to the Supreme Court. He was nine
years in that responsible station, and by his
close attention to its duties, his rigid impartial
ity, and the soundness of his decisions, reflect
ed much credit on his native county and when
the constitution of the State changed, ma.
king the Judiciary elective, he was nominated
for one of the Judges of the Supreme Court by
n vote of more than two thirds of the delegates
OF IL convention distinguished for its legal abili-
ties. and composed of many Of The soundest md
most reliable meR of the State. Native Ameri
canism formed element in the election. and
he was defeated, notwithstanding he received
l76, 900 votes, being larger democratic vote
than was ever before polled in the State at any
proceeding election, and being about 5000 lar.
ger than the vote poled last fall. for the demo
cratic candidates for Judges Of the Supreme
Court.
In January, 1852, ne was appointed, by Gov
Bigler. Attorney Gereral of the State of Penn
sylvania, which office he held till called by Gen
Pierce 10 a seat in his cabinet