The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-04
THE TWO AMERICAN eu,FEDt&cIts.


ICOFnINum FROM Yasr PA6El r..-..s
ensnAl N tAs formation Of the 5sqSsasnns rsns,s1
l@psy, nov consolidated With the noFsna S.".
ss cssnscs.S Cd with ,.sS '' he capital q The ss's
A9s wss stn another link wanting yorS
cav. shs sTest Commercial metropolis Of the Onion.
OSrsi CAneros's practical mind soon sugesasec Inc
oae and manner Of SUPPLYING TINS aos and t
psaA bat and consolidated with the fniAaelpnn a
Hsadng Raihoad 1882 General CAna.roo vas elected
nSAisr a the wddetown Bank p,eton which he heh
ss..s he y.S 1864, he was = tho ., sa~s
S%pany, President Of the Lebanon Valley Railroad
0npapy, President of the Commonwealth insurance
oany, and Cashier Of The hddlstcvs BANK nsssss
having Ige private business Of his own 70 manass
~ super intend Yet Notwithstanding the vass seor and
ypeosibnty Of these positions he performed tao o9
= Am III satisfactorily and successfully
1ssreoARY BLAIR, sECRErARY OF THE SAv1'
Ne State Of Maryland will be represented n the In
60 Cabinet by Judge Montgomery Blair wno RESIDES
NDseoncry Castio, near Silver Spring, A"asso"esy
opnty, Nd Judgo Blair p sen OF FRANCIS r.
Unf, well known IN Gen. Jacks0ns time. hc gradu-
sAed q West Point vent 70 the State Of hssour, prac
on.sd nv in g. Louis, medo Judge, and was sp-
shtsd ~ President Pierce enc Of the Judges q the
uys of Csus from which place he Resolved by Pre-
1sps Bscnanan Judge HAir ID now in tho primo OF life
- nssal vigor ana there 10 man sOuth OF Pennsyi
v.si who 10 devoted to repubiscanlm, who is
- popu ar among the radical republlcaps ali over the
6ssh and Weat He is in-law Of The hte Hon. Levi
Wssbury Of New Hampshire, and brother Of Frank P.
mS, Jr, Congressman elect from the st. Louis district.
O. B. SMITH, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR,
~. Smith ID well known in Indiana, and 10 re-
ysssS 70 be possessed Of vigorous intellect and
Aahc admn,s' raaive tact ami ability. he has been IN
oRsrsss and was Commissioner on Mexican claims. In
regard 70 HIS political faith u not certain that he has
1850 any decisive declaration, but It very generally
pssumsd that no Ia . moderate republican
GIDEON wELLEs, PosrAAsrRa GnTExAL.
-. Gidesn weles, Of Connecticut, is tho Northern
Sssnasssr General Mr. wees has been for upwards Of
0sy years leading politician in Oonnoct.cut, and
- UOeh Of that time has been connected directly and
Aakecsly, with the public press, WELDING partisan
Y, and always exhibiting evidences OF unloestionabe
Atsy 70 his opponents in the advocacy Of his opinions,
Oshtisal otherwise. He for some time held tho
ance Of Postmaster Of Hartford, under Mr. Van b.
sens administration, and loft the oco after the
sssaisn Of General Harrison in ls4o During part Of
-. Polkr administration he occupied an important,
0asAian IN the Navy Department Like many
sebv premnent Northern democrats, Mr.. Wenes dis
ased with his party the subject Of the repeal Of tho
0Dori Compromise, which breach still further IN
0sssd - the Kansas policy Of the Pierce and Buchanan
amstra,,ons mo territorial question being the chief
81 issue, he became Identified with the republican
Dnrsy after its organization and has since been
VI It's leaders, taking prominent part in its conycn
0pas, State and national He delegate from the
. a the committee TO proceed to Springfield with
ansiA 1otsce of Mr.. Lncolns nomination. He was also
srsxs.n he arst time he had met that dstinguished
Dnt2rnan. While In Hartford Q year or moro SINCE,
- formed somewhat Intimate soquanlance which
6ence 30 that Mr.. Lincoln has, in the selection no
ss.os aoted mach upon his own personal knowledge
nd estimation Of the man % upon any solicitation Of
UsDnsst New England repubcans.
HOWARD BATES, ATTORNEY GENERAL.
inward Bates born the ath Of September, l7ea,
- Ne banks Of James river in the county Of Gooch
Asd, Virginia, about thirty miles above Richmond He
49, the seventh and youngest child Of family OF
Swslvs children, all Of whom lived mature age, OF
0snas Bates and Caroline N. woodson. Both OF his
mss descendants Of tho plain old Quaker families
wash had lived for generations in the lower
~ OF the peninsula between James and York rivers
Asy married IN the Quaker meeting, accord
~ 70 he forms q that simple and virtuo1s people,
- tAs year l77l; but in l7sl the father lost his
neDbtrahp in the Society Of Friends by bearing
- siege Of York.owns volunteer private soldier
aw Lafayette In lso5 Thomas f., the father, disd,
.savmg q very small estate and large family.
Lsr ., an early ago orphan, And poor
% fortunate in what Is better
IN pa.r rnory, heart and will 20 lsnor diligently
promotion Besides several Of his brothers
assE,ous and prosperous men, and tho helpless
Northumberland, Virginia, took HIM INTO his family
and d'd fathers part to him. lie had the bene
- u a collegiate education beng prevented by an aoci
Assty,he breaking Of ieg-wn,ch stopped him in the
nhdIe Of his course OF study. and confined
~ ~ homo for nearly two years In child
hssd be v@ taught by his father, and after
wards had the benefit Of two years instruction Of his
hnsnan. BENJAMIN Bates. Of Hanover Va, q moet ex-
ssaent man, who, dying, left behind him none viz
oss0 lew intelligent. In 1872 having rcnounoed
service IN the navy, and with plan OF HE settled
M brother Frederic (who Secretary OF the Terri
~ sf Missouri from 1907 10 1890, when the State
Aw1sd, By successive appointments under Jefferson
nAdison and Monroe, and second Governor Of tho
eAse) invited him come st. Louis and follow
h1 Offering 70 ses HIM safely through his course
- stody. He accepted the invitation, and TO
nsye started IN The spring Of lsla but an unlock
I'VE county Of Goochand, sudden cali made for
hn'ess W march for Norfolk TO repei spprehcnded
saaAsx by Tho Britain doct and he joined company in
ysAnaJy, marched 10 Norfolk, served till
Nat year AZ private, corporal ana sergeant succesivcy
M spring he set out for 81 LOUIS, crossed
nnsxmppi for the first time the 2ssn Of April 1914
Bere he studied very diligently in the once Of Rufus
800 y S0n I,sss m ana soc lawyer regularly
0Ase IN Conpess from Missouri Territory. he
A.s 70 tae bar N The winter Of isie-l1,
= 1sS3hs elected Judge Of tho Land Court OF ST.
Lsas esnn,y and After serving the ote about three
ycyr he gned and returned again tho practce Of
~. Be acted President OF River and Hsrbor I'm
rUvemons Convention which sat Chicago and 1852
acsed PRESIDENT Of the Wing National Convention
nst ~ Baltimore In 1850 be appointed by Pres-
Ans Fillmore and confirmed By the Senate secretary Of
Vsr but declined the appontm emit for personal and
aestsc Mr.. Bates was complmented with the
AssCray degree o. LID, IN 1858, by Harvard Col
hxs years before no bad boen honored with the
0ae degree BY shurtleh College, Illinois.
THE SOUTHERN CoNFEDRRAcY.
JKyvxasos DAVIS, PRESIDENT.
- men have led po moro filed with Btlrring or
- ful aodspts IN an Jsaerpnn rav,p nat.vo nj gcs