The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-03-15

LEGATION. lie was subsequently elected :,
member of the United States Senate, and
upon the expiration of his Senatorial term
he was put in nomination for Governor
and was again elected TO that position.
SIMON CAMERON, SECRETARY OF WAR.
Gen. Simon Cameron was born in Lam
caster county, Pennsylvania. Reverses
and mi>for'unes in his fathers family cast
him earl in life on the world to shane
and carve out his own fortune. After
having removed to Sunbury, Northumber-
land county, his father died while Simon
was yet boy. In 1877 he went to Har>
risburg and bound himself as an appren-
tice in the printing business Of Jas. Pea
| cock, who is sill resident of Harrisburg.
| DuIin this time ie won the regard and
esteem of Mr.. Peacock and all his fellow
workmen by his correct department, his
industry, intelligence and faithfulness. His
days were devoted TO labor, and his nights
to study. Having completed his appren
ticeslip he went to Washington city, and
was employed AS a journey man printer
In 1924, though scarcely of competent
age be had attained such position and
influence that his party-then in the as
tendency in the Congressional district
proposed to nominate him for Congress,
an honor which he promptly declined, as
interfering with the enterprise in which he
was engaged. He was appointed Adjutant
General of the State in 1928, an Office
which he filed credtably and acceptably
during Governor SHUTS term and in
1881, unsolicited, he was appointed by
Cen jackson as visitor to West Point,
| a compliment, at that time, rendered only
TO the most prominent citizens. To no
single man within her borders is Pennsyl-
vanla more indebted for her great system
OF public improvement and public instruc-
ton. Nor did he hesitate to invest his
own means, when prosperity and fortune
dawned upon him, in enterprises of great
public Importance. In 1854 he original.
ed and carried to successful completion the
Harrisburg, Mount Joy aud Lancaster
Railroad, surrounding difficulties and pre-
JUDGES which would have appalled, and
paralyzed man Of ordinary energy and
determination.
gress, but declined. He was engaged in
public enterprises from which he would
not permit himself to oe Withdrawn aside
by any consideration of office or personal
elevation. In 1851 he was mainly ins,ru
mental in the formation Of the Susquehan-
ma Railroad Company, now consolidated
with the Northern Central Railroad, BY
which the upper valleys of The Susquehan-
ma are connected with the capital of the
State. There was still another link want
ing to form direct and continuous rails
road to New York city, the great com
mercial metropolis of the Union. Gen.
Cameron's practical mind soon suggested
the mode and manner of supplying this
want; and the Lebanon Valley Railroad
Company was organized, and that road
built, and now consolidated with the Phil
adelphia and Reading Railroad In 1882
Gen. Cameron was elected Cashier of the
Middletown Bank-a position which he
held for twentyseven years. So that
about the year 1854, be was at the same
time President of the Susquehanna Rails
road Company, President of the Lebanon
Valley Railroad Company, President of
the Commonwealth Insurance Company,
and Cashier of the Middletown Bank, oe
sides being director and manager of sever
al other institutions, and having a large
| private business of his own to manage and
superintend. Yet notwithstanding the
vast labor and responsibility of these po-
sitions, he performed the duties of them
all satisfactorily and successfully.
MONTGOMERY BLAIR, SECRETARY OF TIE
NAVY.
The State Of Maryland will be repre-
scented in the Lincoln Cabinet by Judge
Montgomery Blair, who resides at Mont
gomery Castle, near Silver Spring, Mont
gomery county, Maryland. Judge Blair is
son of Francis p. Blair, we'll known in
Jackson's time. lie graduated at West
Point, went to the State of Missouri. prac
ticed law IN St. Louis, was made Judge,
and was appointed by President Pierce as
one of the Judges of the Court of Claims,
from which he was removed bv President
Buchanan. Judge Blair is now in the
prime of life and mental vigor, and there
is no man south of Pennsylvania who is
more devoted to Republicanisn, or who
is more popular among the Republican
party all over the North and West He
is son in,law Of the late Hon. Levi Wood
bury, of New Hampshire, and brother Of
Frank 2. Blair, Congressman elect from
the St. Louis district
C. B, SMITH, SECRETARY OF TIE INTERIOR.
Mr.. Smith is well known in Indiana.
and is reputed to be possessed of vigor
Gus inteliec. and considerable administra-
tive tact and ability. lie has been in Con-
gress, and was Commissioner on Mexican
Claims In regard to bis political faith,
it is not certain that he has made any de-
cisive declaration, but it is very generally
presumed be is a moderate Republican.
GIDEON wELLEs, POSTMASTER GENERAL,
Mr. Gideon We,es, of Connecticut, is
to be the Postmaster General Mr.. Wclles
has been for upwards of thirty years a
leading politician in Connecticut, and for
much of that time has been connected di,
rectly and indirectly with the public press,
welding partisan pen, and always exhib
ting evidences of unquestionable hostility