The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-11
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Edward Bates born Tho 4th Of September. l7os
Virginia about That, miles above Richmond He vas ~
| esth,h aid youngest Chi VI family OF tvsivs
Bates ana Caroline woooson Bth OF L,s parents ~sss
descsnoap Of the plain old Quaker families wb,oh had
veo fot some generations IN tue iswer counties OF the
married the Quaker Getting, according the torms az
that simple and vir,uoos people, iS the pear Ill., but M
1881 the father lost bis membership n the Ssceiy or
Ffands by bearing arms siege Of York, volsnr
teer private solder, under Lsfa. cite
small estate and very large family Len az an esriy
sgs an orphan and poor the son was orsunsse ia what
Ss, S o1 heart sns will 70 .s
wore industrious aud prosperous men, and treated shs
helpless With gene,ou. Affection oae or them Fleming
as sou, and old q fssher's part 70 him
He haa not the beneat Of collegiate educaHna being
stopped him in tho middle of his Of ssaoy ana
confined him al homo for nearly years In childhood
benefit years' uosaon Of hs knsau. Beojausa
Bates, Of Hanover, w most eKcelleas msn Who dymg
!ef behind him mono moro vtrtoous and few more sss
Cunning under the proect'os Of his srohsr Fleming, ~
81. Mary county Maryland where no rcma'aed threc
years. and then e By OF the accident above
toned without being prepared 70 enter Princeoa Csuss.
where bis brother intended to ecud hm.
Thus bsied In his hopcs OF getting thorough eduea
ton he gave up the idea OF following any learnsa pre-
fession and set his heart upon nidshipnsns warrant
in the navy. In the meantime he served y,ussess
apprentice IN the o6oc OF his brother who Court
clerk employing all bis spare time eagerly devoaring
the contents OF pretty good library, Dat without
In the winter OF lsil-l2 bis kIusmaa. ysuss Ps,ss...
then member Of Congress-. and Governsr Il
Virginia, procured him the oer Of warrant In tho nsvy
the special object Of bus anb,tionthe thug which absvs
Bore again he was doomed to disappointment. Hi
mother refused her entreassd,
mil hat ali
whenever needed 70 repei INVASION but tss
good Quaker 70 agree that any child Of hers should
h declined the warrant; with what feelings 70 oaa
well imagine; and it Is doubtful whether he has eyee
as the rejection Of that warrant required. Hs couS
never have made it successfully II he had not been
ted ruth, that tho boy who Deliberately thW.rts -
w1bes OF wise and virtuous mother Ia not likely var
similar event in the life Of Washington viii bs aug
gcEted TO every mind.
In 1872, having renowned service in the Navy, and
with 10 plan OF life settled, his brother Frederck (who
Was Secretary Of the Territory OF Missouri from 1907 70
1920 when the State was formed, by appoint
mens under jefferson, Ma 1ison, and Monroe, aad
second Governor the State) invited him to
s. Louis and follow the Law, offering nam safely
He accepted the invitation and was I, have started in
the spring OF 1885, but unlocked for event detained
him for year Being in his native county Of oochaud
sudden call was made for volunteers Nor
FOLK TO opel an apprehcned attack by the British feet,
and he joined company IN February marched to Nor
corpora and sergeant, successively. 'v
Tie next spring he &c. out for St. Louis. and crossed
The Mississippi for the first time the 29th OF April,
1914 Here he STUDIED diligently in the Office Of Ra
fus Easton, Connecticut man, good lawyer, regularly
educated at Iitcahed and sometime delegate Con.
gress from Missouri Trritory He came TO the Bar In
TIE winter OF ISl6l7 and praotcea With fair
fail of 1920 the State government being put into
immediate action without waitog to be told by any other
power whether or no it was State had consttution,
&c appointed the fiji Attorney General Of the State
and exercised the Office both before and adis
on into the Union He resigned the Office of Attorney
General in 49, and was chosen member Of the House
OF Repi of Missouri, served as such Ia
1874 he was appointed by President Monroe United States
Attorney Tor the Missouri district.
He was elected member Of the United States House Of
Rept senativcs In 1925 and served through thu XXI
was elected to the State senate and served four And
In 1884 he was again elected to the House. and took an
active p.,t 10 the revision re-, Of tho State laws
Fiom that time I'LL the present he has held political
office, and sought none; taking little part 10 loos
politics but often freely expressing views upon ooa-
Questions and national politics in public speech
In 1853 he was elected Judge Of the Land Court Of 81
years. be resigned returned again to the practice Il
law he actet as President OF the River and Harbor Ina
acied as President Of the Wing Nation wS,cS
met 1T Baltimore. ~ G,a ~ i
In 1850 he was appointed by President Fillmore and
col med by the Senate Secretary of War; but declined
the appointment for personal ana domectc reasons.
Mr. sates was co%p%ented with tho honorary degree
fore ne had been honored with the degree by Shur
len College, Illinois.
Such, IN brief s history of the early life and publ,e
services OF one of the most distinguished statss-
men Of the West From youth he has been accustomed
to self dependence and his life has been one Of habituaI
labor, aud comparative poverty It has for the most
part been spent IN private 10 the faithful discharge MS
bty adap:edneas which nothing but Official discipline
In personal appearance Mr. Bates has noble and co,
mauding In stature he is the type Of Mr. webster
His hair begins to exhibit tokens Of age His eye beams
with intelligence from beneath massive brows and bis
- mar ad
of polished gentleman Of the last generation
In bis dome sc relations he afond husband kind
ard nougent father He married, in 1929 Julia d., one
of the five daughters Of David Coulter late Of South aro
Ina He had by that marriage seventeen Children only
eight Of whom survive-eix sons and two daughters.
Though he was born and has always lived in a slays
STATE yet he has never sought to live upon slave labor
servants be cmapcipated the last OF them some
years ago. His aged mother, who died 1876 set free by
WIN the few manning slaves she had and last spring his
sister Sarah Bates emancpaed by deed thirty two slaves
an ts remained to her, having before that free
eight By separate Instruments
Grape lll the residence OF Mr.. Bates, situated about
loui niies from the city Of ST. Louis, is brick mansion
surrounded by nicely cultivated gardens and abors and
sarnbbery, among which the grape, which gives name
TO the place is prominent Though ho is not extravaganza
he lives comfortable and substantial STYLE betting
the man who has national reputation like his.
his private character is eminenty exemplary. The
pious teachings OF his youth have become the setted
princpes OF his manhood. Beyond the decent respect
and veneraton for religion which politicians almost
universally affect in their outward lives be cherishes by
oaiy acts Of devotion his family, ana other ordinances
Of religion, the sentiments OF consistent pety
With the virtues OF head and heart which characterized
come OF the early stacemen Of tho republic, he equal
TO any satoDfn the government which his country men
rasy asasn him
The Internal Machine Explosion in
Hawcsviile, KY ~ nsf b
IRON the Louisville Democrat, Feb. 8
The town OF Hawcsville Monday last the scene
OF another terrible affair. DR.. II. A. Dawson Who IL
will be remembered Of the persons who
the jail and shot Thomas s. Lowe about year ago.
tempted 10 destroy his life, together with the Of
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