Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-02
Andrew Jackson Moulder.

| From Mc .Ne,r lark Bunacr IF Librty.
This distinguished and accomplished gen
| tleman, who is now and for years past has
been the State Superintendent OF Public In
! struction in California. is Il native ot Wash
ngt"n city, and il only about thIrty-tnree
wears of are. Left an orphan III his IN
/ fancy. of both father and mother. and with
out patrimony, and having made the most OF
brief opportunities 1T Columbia COLLEGE in
Washington city, and at the Incompatible
school of the truly great and good Benjamin
IIallowell, of Alexandria, he went while
vet a youth. to reside rs Il teacher III the
family of the late Robert l.. Randolph, esq,
of Fauuuier County. Va, where for seven
wears he continued beloved and honurei
member Of happy home.
In the spring Of lSjO. he went to Cali
fornia. not to dig her golden sands, but To
win and TO wear her civil honorS and emuIu-
ments. by the graces of his rare scholarship,
the nit Of fine talents. and the worth Ot II
noble and magnanimous nature. Even IN
that then wild and uncouth country, these
hiyh qualifications were soon distinguished:
for, almost Immediately, he was retained IA
Il contributor TO the San Francisco Herald,
for the salary Of S4.joO. The Herald was
daily issue, lSundays not excepted, OF a
large double sheet. with an immense circn-
lation. The iuency and power of Mr..
Muuldcr'S pen impressed every number OF
that paper for some years, until i'll 1891 or
! 1870 he was elected to the responsible and
lucrative office of Comptroller Of the city OF
San Francisco. In this election. his char
actcr and popularity were siSnaIiz"d: for,
while the Democratic party was swept away
| by the wave Of Know NothingiSm that sub
merged the city. Mouldcr was elected By Il
decided and flattcring majority. To tins
Office he was a second time elected the du-
! ties Of which he discharged with fidelity
and ability, until his election, a year or two
/ since, to the most important and honorable
/ post Of State Superintendent of Public In
! Struction. Into this department, cOInprls-
| ing, in 1857, more than forty county super
! intendents, 4S6 teachers, $4,000 scholars,
/ and trcasurers and trustees innumcrahie,
/ the mind and energy Of Mr.. Moulder have
/ indicted thoroughly systematzed and ell
! cient organization; and the very last intclIl-
/ rcnce from the Pacific. announces the fact
! Of his denomination upon the Democratic
! State Ticket for that al-important and re-
sponsible trust over the intellectual, moral
/ and material interests Of the young. but al
ready great and glorious State Of California.
! OF all who have gone, or who may -
/ thither, To- seek their fortunes or to illustrate
! the annals Of the State, none have, or will
eyer pass her Golden Gate" with higher
heart or better hopes than Andrew Jackson
Moulder and even though his career should
end where he now is--not yet III the merl-
/ dian Of his manhood--he would, like the it,
/ lustrious name he proudly bears, he strik-
Ing excmpItication of the genius Of our
institutions, when know no Pcsrage but rd'
/ he-no pririeye but mtcHige"ce-whicfr
open the broad read Of equality and justice
To- dH. in the honorable competition for dis
/ tinction and wealth L. 7. f., JE.
WINCHESTER, Va, Aug. l., 1859.