East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-04-18

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Total, 4,552,795
This is a population exceeding by 522,
626 that of 1870, at the close of the Re,
olutionary war.
Hon. jefferson Davis, of Mississ.
ippi, President.
A sketch Of the prominent man who is
to share the honors of the Presidential
chair with Abraham Lincoln for the next
four years is at the present moment
specially apropos.
Few men have led life more filled
with stirring or eventful incidents than
Jefferson Davis. A native of Kentucky
born about 1906, he went in early youth
with his father to Mississippi, then Ter
ritory, and was appointed by president
Munroe, in 1922, to be cadet at West
Point. He graduated with the first hon
ors in 1928 as Brevet Second Lieutenant
and at his own request was placed in act.
i've service, being assigned to the com.
mand of General (then ColoneD Zachary
Taylor, who was situated in the West.
In the frontier wars of the time, young
Davis distinguished himself in so marked
o manner that when a new regiment OF
dragons was formed he at once obtain
ed commission as first lieutenant. Du-
ring this time romatic attachment
sprang up between him and his prisoner,
the famaus chief Black Hawk, in which
the latter forgot his animosity to the
people Of the United States, in bis admi-
ration for lieutenant Davis, and not until
his death was the bon1 of amity served
betwech the two brave men.
In 1885 he settled quietly down upon
cotton plantation, devoting himself to a
thorough and systematic course of politi-
cal and scientific education. He was
married to daughter of General Taylor.
In 1888 he took the stump for Polk,
and in 1915, having attracted no little at
tcntion in his State by his vigor and abil
ity he was elected to Congress. Ten
days after he made his maiden speech
Soon the American war broke out, and a
regiment of volunteers having been form
ed in Mississippi, and himself chosen
colonel, he resigned his post in Congress,
and instantly repaired with his command
to join the corps darmes under General
Taylor. AT Montery and Buena Vista
he and his noble regiment achieved the
soldiers highest fame. Twice by his
GOODNESS he saved the day at Bucna Vis-
ia. Wherever fire was hottest or dan
ger to be encountered, there Col. Davis
and the Mississippi Rifles were to be
found. He was badly wounded in the
early part of the action, but sat on his
horse steadily till the day was won, and
refused to delegate even portion of his
duties to his subordinate officers.
In 1S4S he was appointed to fill the
vacancy in the Senate of the United
States occasioned by the death Of Gen
eral Speight, and in 1850 was elected to
that body almost unanimously for the
term of six years.
In 1851, he resigned his seat in the
Senate to become the States rilihts candi-
date for Governor, bnt was defeated by
Governor Foote.
In 1858 he was called to a seat in the
Cabinet of President Pierce, and was
Secretary of War during his adminstra-
ton. In 1851 he was elected United
States Senator from Mississippi for tho
term of six years, which Office he held
until his resignation on the secession of
Mississippi from the Union.
Personally, he is the last man who
would be selected as a "iire-eater." He
is prime, smooth looking man, with
precise manner, stiff soldierly carriage,
and an austerity that is at first forbid
ding He has naturally, however. ge-
nal disposition that cndears hi m to all
by whom he may be surrounded AS
speaker, he is clear, forciblc and argu-
his voice is clear and firm,
without tremor, and he is one in every
way fitted for the distinguished post to
which he has been called.
Hon. Alexander IL, stevens, Of
Georgia, vicc-Presidcnt.
This gentleman is known throughout
the Union as one Of tho most prominent
of Southern politicians and eloquent ora.
tors His father, Andrew B. Stevens,
was a planter Of moderate means, aud his
mother (Margaret Grier) was q sister to
the famous compiler Of Grier's almanscs.
She died when he was an infant, leaving
him with four brothers aud ono sister, of
whom only one brother survives.
Mr.. Stephens was born in Georgia on
the 1lth Of February, 1912. When in
his fourteenth year; his father died, and
the homestead being sold, his share of
the entire estate was about five hundred
dollars. When commendablc Anglo
Saxon love Of his ancestry. Mr.. Stephens
has since repurchased the original estate,
which comprised abous two hundred and
fifty acres, and has added to it about six
hundred more. Assisted by friends he
entered the University Of Georgia in 1923
and in 1882 graduated at the head of lis
class. In 1884 he commenced the study
Of the law, and in less than twelve months
was engaged in one Of the most impor-
tant cases in the country. Ills eloqucnce