The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-03-12
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HON. ISAAC ToUcRf. SECRETARY
or THE NAVY. -

HUN. ISAAC TUUCEfs cECkETAhI
or TIE NAVY. =
Il was generally supposed that the Attor.
ney Genefslship would be rendered TO Mr..
Touesy, probably because he served in that
capacity in lsio, under the administration
Of President Polk. He Is native Of Con.
neetcal, and has been seyeraitime. elected
TO Congress from that State, and his time,
as United States Senator, Tor six years, has
Just expired. II is the frsi time Connects
cut has erer furnished Secretary Of the
Navy, although Massachusetts, has had the
position seven times. -s'e h
HON. JACOB THOMPSON, SEcRE.
TARY OF THE INTERIOR.
Mr.. Thompson has been member Of sev.
ersl Congresses. He is said to be an able
man and an eloquent speaker. In Missis-
sippi, Mr. Thompson is looked upon as one
Of the foremost champions Of the Demo.
erscy; modest 10 demeanor but inhexible 10
principle. He was the leader Of the Missis.
sippi delegation In the Cincinnati Conven.
ton, which nominated Mr.. Buchanan, and
has always been bis ardent friend. The
duties Of the Inietior Department will be
thoroughly supervised BY Mr.. Thompson.
HON. JEREMIAH s. BLACK, ATToR.
NEY GENERAL. '.-a
Judge Black 10 native Of Pennsy ylvrnia.
He is about forty years of age, possesses
one Of the best intsllects 10 the country, and
a. q lawyer, stands second to no one. He
was first appointed Judge Of the Somerset
District, by Gov. Porter, aud after serving
ten years, was elected to the Supreme
Bench in 1851, under the amendment to
the Constitution, making the judiciary eIec.
tive. Drawing The short term, he became
the successor of Chief Justice Gibson. and
it il great and we'll deserved honor to say
that he was worthy successor Of that great
luminary Of the law. In 1854 he was re.
elected BY a handsome majority, notwith.
standing the tide of bigotry and fanaticism
which swept that State under the name Of
Know Nothiugism. That Mr.. Buchanan
could have selected better man for Attor.
hey General, from Pennsylvania. or any
other State, we have strong reason to doubt.
HON. AARON vENABLES BROWN,
POST MASTER GENERAL. .
Mr.. Brown is a man OF undoubted popu
iarity in Tennessee, where he was elected
Governor in lS45, over e. H. Foster, one
Of the strongest Wings in the State. He 10
the son OF Revolutionary soldier, who dis,
;inguished himself at Valley Forge, and In
many Of the battles Of the Revolution He
sat in the Legislature Of Tennessee until
1889. when he was elected to Congress,
where he served six years, and then de
clined q reelection. In l845 he was elect.
ed Governor, and since then has not been
in public life, except as elector in Is4s and
1859. when he canvassed the State, and lent
the influence Of his eloquent tongue in be.
half Of Democratic principles. 1t was TO
Gov. Brown. when q member of Congress,
some twelve or thirteen years ago, that Gen.
Jackson addressed his celebrated letter in
favor OF the ann. x,,ion OF Texas-thc letter
that called on the coxntry to seize the then
''prcscnt golden moment for securing a
valuable acquisition to our territory, and
which had Sd controlling an influence upon
that greet measure. lie was the author Of
the platform adopted by the Baltimore Con.
vention in 1852, and which was re- e-afiirmed
by the Democracy in 1856. He is sixty two
years OF age, although from having led q
temperate and virtuous life, he looks at least
ten years younger. Mr.. Brown will, with.
out doubt, administer the arduous duties Of
Post Master General with credit to himself
and advantage to the country.