The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-06
nirhmuna pispatft.
,,r, rspAy MoRN'G. .MARCH 6. 1851.
,6R LiNeoLNs CABINET.
,rc}trs OF ITS MEMBERS

=. Work Secretary OF State Salmon i.
o. ~ OHIO, Secretary of the Treasury
e. -, Cameron, OF Pennsylvania, Secretary
~. Montgomery Blair. OF Maryland
" ter General Gideon Wells, Seereta-
80 Navy e. Is Smith, of Indiana,
y So, Of the Interior, and I'd Bates, OF
.5 Attorney General The following
h.. Of these gentlemen will be interest
a, ih.s tino
. II SEWARD, RgCRErARy oF sTATR.
sov,ari was born in Orange county. in
~..,,e 81 New York, on the 10th of May.
he ws> educated at Union College. in
-. ~ and took the degree of Bachelor of
L Wv :. f<a4 and Of Master of Arts in 1924 -
" acc Of Il he established himselfat An.
/, he profession OF the law, and soon
= - = lucrative and extending practice .-
- af. public and profess ional life he
i.'..f ~ do" southern slave States. and j.
...s ~ have formed At that time the opin-
I'D PRINCIPLES hostile 10 slavery, 10 which
s.tsr kiNen expression. To u yrea ter
| . tbgn - known of any other American
NM. sumner, perhaps. excepted
F.sy. of his life seems 10 have been
..nt.-a,; the extension of slavery $50
.- no had acquired snch influence aud
,.s4r that he was elected a member of the
... Of The State cf New York, thnn tn,
.-, .uFicial tribunal of tn. State. "a we'll
legislative body. In 1884, n the close %
I'm of four years. he was nominated
-.rf.a for the Governors hip of the State Of
.., YORK IN opposition 20 Mr.. William l.
NV tac theu Governor, and, later. the dis
-,. .afI Secretary of State of the T. States
.-r,, occasion Mr. Seward was dctea ted by
a,y OF nearly 10000. In 1889, his party
ming bnd"r and stronger, ne was tri-
'l.l'v elected. IN opposition 70 Mr. Mar
... majority being greater than his pro
: minority. Without having passed
-,..a the lower stratum of thc House OF
.,,r. >rntaUves, he was. in 1919, elected 10 the
s.a ii The United States for six years -
10 .7yn So much salts faction that he was
.'ss.rI 3n lsaj.
=. CHASE, SECRETARY or TREASURY.
,'~on Portland Chase WAS born nj Corn
y II on the opposite bank OF the Con.
..s: 1lycr from Windsor, Vt. in the year
When nine years of age his father died
re- fauc years after this bereavement, ia
= yrurC ihaee was found al the seminary
-rih!aCtOn, Ohio, then conducted by the
.-abl~ Bishop Philander Chase his uncle
Is. t- remained until Bishop Chase accept
'hr Presidency OF Cincinnati College, and
BIZ entered there. Aiter Il years residence
Utn,iEU3tj, lie returned 10 his maternal
....a ID New Hampshire, and shortly after
.me5 his studies in Dartmouth College,
b .oyfr. where he graduated In lS2G. He
rtiy after commenced the study Of law in
celebrated William Writ, then Attorney
all Of ID" n3tnd States. He was I'D
i.' ro The bar at Washington in 1929. aud
-An follow ne year returned 70 Cincinnati
& entered upon the practice 90 his profes-
=, Ir which h. soon rose To- eu,nrucp He
..- frequently elec}pd 4 member Of The
rel Ftgie~ senate. and upon the expira-
$3.50 ot Ia Senatorial term he Wae pat in
4iuqton for Governor OF Ohio. and elected
.r ",t> again pa Y termination for Cover
and Was aga-a s<leted to that position.
.iSoS cAwfR0&, SECRETARY OF WAR.
Gen simon Cameron was born In Lancas-
county. PeEnS vlvNnia. Rcverses and mis-
-'uue~ 'n his IA theirs family cast him very
'ly In life on tn" world 10 shape ana carve
BIZ oTn fortune. After having removed
= ~1Hhnrv, in Northumberland county his
| urr iie'i, while Simon was Vet a bow In
+; he came TO Harrisburg ana bound him
Sos an apprentice 10 the printing business
I James Peacock. Having completed his APP
"Etic"shlp he Went 10 Washington city
VA employed : a iouTneyman printer
l-.4 III, p1rty-thrn in the ascendancy in
to1&Te~> lon1l dis trjCt-Iroposed to norni-
n" hlia Tor Congress, an honor which he
4 anrd, as interfering with the enterprise in
sch he NHe then engaged. He was appoint
AdutgUt General Of The State in 1898, an
%" which he ii!led crcditably and acccpta-
r d1rlng Gov. ShultZ's term; and in 1881 .
solicited. be was appointed by Gea lack
a. vi>i'o~ 10 West Point. He has always
N prominent III the internal imprOverne Is
Pennsylvania, but not in matters of war
go>r3pSlEY BLAIR, PosrMAsTFR GENERAL
Judge Montgomery Blair resides 1T Mont
HsTF Caste, near silver Spring, MOntgom-
u county. Nd. Judge Blair i a son of
.~ncis = Blair, well known IN Gen. lack
as time. He graduated at West Point
cent to the state Of Missouri. practiced law
- I3ui' was mdde Judge, aud WAS APP
'r'rd tv President Pierce one of the Judges
the Court of Claims, from which place he
q removed by President buchanan. He
saH-in-!aw OF the late Hon. Levi Wood
.-y. Of New Hampshire, and brother of
t2hk 7 Blair ir.. Congressman elect from
3D.. ~ Louis district.
GIDEON b. WELLS, SECRETARY or THE NAVY.
Gideon b. Wells has been for 80 wears a
-'oInG Connecticut politician. He for some
ine held the Office of Postmaster Of Hart
.hrd nuder Mr.. Van Buren, admins tration,
Ad 'fft The Office soon after the election of
L~htEt HARRISON IN 1870. During Il part of
I4r Polk administration he occupied an i'm =
rldnt position in the Navy Departtnrnt-
-a Wells disagreed with his party Oh the
7'ret ol the repeal Of the Missouri Conpro-
a.. lie was a delegate from he State At large
he chicago Convention, and cons tuted
Oh ~" COMMITTEES to proceed TO Spring
.-a with official notice OF Mr.. Lincoln 5
hiHa'lou,
.. q, SMITH, SECRETARY or TIRE INTERIOR.
IL. Smith Is well known in Indiana. lie
&. been ia Congress, and was Commissioner
A"Altln claims.
EDWARD BATES, ATTORNEY GENERAL.
h'"ird Bates was born on the 4ta of Sep
.-5er. 1913, on the banks of james river, in
- county Of Gooch'aId, Virginia, about 30
.t above Richmond. He was the seventh
ahd youngest child OF L family OF twelve
area. all OF whom lived to a mature age
. -Hviu3s Bates and Caroline N. Wooason
Ter the death of his parents he was cduca-
by his brother, Fleming Bates. OF North
atrrland co, Va. In 1872, having renoun-
service in the Navy, and with no plan of
70 settled, his brother Frederick who was
>-.."'afy OF The Territory OF Missouri from
. 10 MO, when the State was formed, by
'~ss}Fe appointments under Jefferson
'ld.Nlr and Monroe and was second Govern
u ta~ %tatoi invited him 10 come out to St
Il -.nis. and follow the law, Offering 20 sec
n n safely through his course Of study. Tie
A 'F'.f h" invitation, and was 10 have
n .U,"@ In the spring of 1913, but an un-
me-" iF! event detained him for year -
N-il~ Id hls native county OF GoCclland, q
''e4et all was made for volunteers TO march
80 Nor Ok, 10 repcl an apprehcnded attack
Ia t51tish feet, and he Joined n company
f'H7ary, marched TO Norfolk, and served
~ cher Of that year, As private, corporal
!. '.. ~ ant. successfully. The next spring
4 a. M for ST. Louis. He came TO the ban
Der inter OF 1915 u, and practccd with
"N ass as a beginner. In 1853, he was
@'@ @udg" Of the Land Court Of ST. Louis
t' and after serving in the office about
".." t~ be- resigned, and returned again
/ i.r actice of law. He acted as Presden
81" liver and Harbcr improvement Con
I1' which sat at Chicago, and in ls5-
't President Of the Whi% National Con
""' winch met II Baltimore. Ia 1880 ht
Il "''"lni"d by President Fillmore and
"'' i ~ the Senate Secretary OF War,
''hr' he aPpoin tment for personal and
'.--- reasons
N Trade BETWEEN THE SoCru AND
-'-4i btiiA'S.-Ne see that British enter
~. 'ready preparing to take advantage
10 "a h"iicy which has driven the cotton
a. ,'' OF The Union. At n meeting held
80, i''hF Of Charleston last week, propo :
1 "'Ie received from Mr.. a. NJ. Weir, a
o. t'yhaoh capitalist, and Messrs. Laird Il
,,. IA yell known ship builders, offering to
.,-, III FFral Britain half the amount neces-
~, - SECURE the establishment OF n direc {
hi No ha. a l.