Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-03-13
sitons, he performed the duties of them all salts
| fnctorilY and successfully.
MONTGOMERY BLAIR. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

sitions he performed the duties of them all salts
factorily and successfully.
MONTGOMERY BLAIR, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
The State of Maryland will be represented in /
the Lincoln Cabinet by Judge Montgomery Blair, |
who resides at Montgomery Castle, near Silver
Spring, Montgomery county, Maryland. Judge
Blair is Il son of Francis P. Blair, well known in
Gen. Jackson's time. He graduated at West
Point, went to the State of Missouri, practiced |
law in ST. Louis, was made Judge, and was ap- |
pointed by President Pierce one of the Judges of
the Court of Claims, from which place he was
removed by President Buchanan. Judge Blair |
is in the prime of life and mental vigor, and
there is no man south of Pennsylvania who is
more devoted to republicanism, or who is more
popular among the radical Republicans all over
the North and West. He is son-in-law of the late
Hon. Levi Woodbury., of New Hampshire, and
brother of Frank P. Blair, Jr., Congressman elect
from the St. Louis district.
C. B. SMITH, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
Mr. Smith is well known in Indiana, and is re-
puted to be possessed of vigorous intellect and
considerable administrative tact and ability. He
has been in Congress, and was Commissioner on
Mexican claims. In regard to his political faith,
it is not certain that he has made any decisive
declaration, but it is very generally presumed that
he is moderate Republican.
GIDEON wELLEs, POSTMASTER GENERAL.
Mr.. Gideon Welles, of Connecticut is the
Northern Postmaster General. Mr.. Welles has
been for upwards of thirty years Il leading polti-
clan in Connecticut, and for much of that time has
been connected, directly and indirectly, with the
public press welding partisan pen, and always
exhibiting evidences of unquestonable hostility to
his opponents in the advocacy of his opinions, po
litcal or otherwise. He for some time held the
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Buren's Administration, and left the Office soon
after the election of Gen Harrison, in lS40
During part of Mr.. Folks Administration he
occupied an important position in the Navy De-
partment. Like many other prominent Northern
Democrats, Mr.. Welles disagreed with his party
on the subject of the repeal of the Missouri com
promise, which breach was still further increased
by the Kansas policy of the Pierce and Buchanan
Administrations. The Territorial question being
the chief one at issue, he became identified with
the Republican party soon after its organization,
and has since been one of its leaders, taking a
prominent part in its conventions, State and ma
tional. He was a delegate from the State at
large to the Chicago Convention, and constituted
| one of the committee to proceed to Springfield
with official notice of Mr. Lincoln's nomination.
He was also one of the Presidential electors. Nor
was his visit to Springfield the first time he had
met that distinguished gentleman While in
somewhat intimate acquaintance, which re
suited in the warmest mutual friendship, and
confidence; so that Mr. Lincoln has, in the selec
ton, doubt, acted much upon his own per-
sonal knowledge and estimation of the man as
upon any solicitation of prominent New England
Republicans.
EDWARD BATES, ATTORNEY GENERAL.
; Edward Bates was born on the 4th of Septem
ber, 1893, on the banks of James river, in the
county of Goochland, Virginia, about thirty mile;
above Richmond. He was the seventh son, and
Youngest child of family of twelve children, all
, of whom lived to a mature age, of Thomas Bate:
and Caroline NJ. Woodson. Both of his parent:
were descendants of the plain old Quaker families
which had lived for some generations in the lower
countries of the peninsula between James anC
Y ork rivers. They were married in the Quake
meeting, according to the forms of that simple anC
virtuous people, in the year III but in l7ol the
father lost his membership in the Society o
} Friends by bearing arms in the siege of York
sown-a volunteer private soldier under Lafay
cite. In 1906 Thomas F., the father, died, leav
ing very small estate and large family. LEI
at any early age an orphan, and poor, the son wa
{ fortunate in what is better than patrimony,
heart and will to labor diligently for promo
ton. Besides, several of hls brothers were in
dustrious and prosperous men, and treated tn
helpless with generous affection. One of them
Flemng Bates, or Northumberland, Virginia
took him into his family a son, and did
fathers part to him. He had not the benefit of
5 collegiate education, being prevented by acci
) dent-the breaking of leg-which stopped hin
in the middle of his course of study and confne
i him to home for nearly two years. In child
: hood he taught by his father, and after
wards had the benefit of two years instruC
ton of his kinsman, Benjamin Bates, of Han
over, Virginia, most excellent man, who
B. dying, left behind him none more virtuOus an
r few more Intelligent. In 1912, having renounce
e service in the navy, and with no plan of life sci
r tied, his brother Frederic (who was Secretary o
5 the Territory of Missouri from 1907 to lo2t
n when the State was formed, by successive appoir
IT ments under Jefferson, Madison and Monroe an
p was second Governor of the State) invited him {
il come out to ST. Louis and follow the law, offel
ing to see him safely through his course of study
e He accepted the invitation, and was to hav
N started started in the spring af 1913, but III
looked for event detained him for year. Bein
l. in his native county of Goochland, a sudde
e call was made for volunteers to march for Nol
e folk, to repel an apprehended attack by th
N British feet, and he joined company in Februar,
j. marched to Norfolk, and served till October
Il that year, private, Corporal and Sergeant,
,l cessively. The next spring he set out for
st Louis, and crossed the Mississippi for the fir
l. time the 29th of April, 1914. Here he studio
e very diligently in the Office of Rufus Easton,
d Connecticut man, good lawyer, regularly edl
e Gated at Litchfeld, and some time delegate
s. Congress from Missouri Territory. He came I
D. the bar in the winter of 18l6-l7, and practice
e with success as beginner. In 1888 he electe
)f Judge of the Land Court of st. Louis count
,r and after serving in the Office about three yea
IN he resigned and returned again to the practice
in law. He acted as President of the River an
Harbor Improvement Convention which sat
Chicago, and in 1852 acted President of Il
Wing National Convention which met at BALI
er more. In 1850 he was appointed by Preside
es Fillmore and confirmed by the Senate Secretary
e War, but declined the appointment for person.
r and domestic reasons. Mr.. Bates was comp
IN mented with the honorary degree of Ii. D.,
le 1858, by Harvard College. Some years before
r had been honored with the same degreeby Shul
le left College, Illinois.