The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-03-21
THE EEW CaBIHEI OFFICERS.

The new Cabinet, appointed by Presi-
dent Lincoln and confirmed by the Senate,
seems to give general satisfaction. The
members composing it are gentlemen Of
distinguished ability, undoubted patriot
ism and sterling integrity, and are well
fitted for the respective positions to which
they have been called. We subjoin brief
sketches of the lives and public services of
these assistants in the administration of
public affairs :
From the New York Herald.
wM H. SEWARD, SECRETARY OF STATE.
Mr. Seward was born in Orange county,
in the State of New York, on the 18th of
May, 1891. He was educated at Union
College in that State, and took the degree
of Bachelor of Arts In 1920, and OF Master
Of Arts in 1924 At the age of twenty
one he established himself at Auburn In
the profession of the law and soon acquired
a lucrative and extended practice. Early
in his public and professional life he tiav-
elled In the Southern Slave States, and is
supposed to have formed at that time the
opinions and principles hostile to slavery
to which he has since given expression.
To greater degree than is known of any
other American statesman-4lr. Sumner,
perhaps, excepted--the object Of his life
seems to have been to counteract the ez-
tension of slavery. Upon other questions
Mr.. Stewards policy may be described as
humanitarian. He is In favor Of the cdu-
cation of the people, of the amelioration of
the laws and of the development Of the
material resources of the United States.
In these respects he has ever been among
the foremost Of American statesmen, and
may Justly claim the praise bestowed upon
him by his friends, and scarcely denied by
his opponents, of being Nthe best and
clearest head in America" In 1880 he
had acquired such influence and character
that he was elected u member of the SEN
ate of the State Of New York, then the
highest judicial tribunal Of the State, as
we'll as a Legislative body. Ia 1884, at
the close of his term Of four years, he was
nominated candidate for the Governor
ship of the State Of New York, in opposi-
ton to Mr. William l.. Marcy, the then
Governor, and, later, the distinguished
Secretary Of State OF the United States.
I'd THIS occasion MI CcWdTu was uelSdIcu
by a majority of 10000, In 1889, his
party becoming bolder and stronger,
he was triumphantly elected, in opposition
to Mr.. Marcy, the majority being greater
than his previous minority. Without
having passed through the lower stratum
of the House Of Representatives, he was
in 1910 elected to the Senate of the Uni
ted States for six years. He gave SO much
satisfaction that he was reelected.
S. p. CHASE, SECRETARY OF TREASURY.
Salmon Portland Chase was born at
Cornish, Il. H., ON the opposite bank OF
the Connecticut river from Windsor, Vt,
in the year 1908 When nine years of age
his father died, and three years after this
bereavement, in 1920, yourg Chase was
found at the seminary in Worthlngton,
Ohio, then conducted by the venerable
Bishop Philander Chase, his uncle Here
he remained until Bishop Chase accepted
the presidency of Cincinnati college, en-
tering which, our student soon became a
chief among his peers After years