The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-09-20

re-electlon. AT the time or framing
Constitution for California, he was instru-
mental in securing therein the prohibition
of slavery. From 1852 until the fall of
1856, Col. Geary remained on his farm
IN the vicinity Of. New Alexandria, in his
native county. During the fall mentioned,
he left his quiet home to assume, under
President Pierce, the. Governorship of
Kansas Territory, position which he
| held until March Goth, 1857. During
his administration of affairs in Kansas, he
used his influence so far as consistent
with the duties of his Office in favor of
making it a Free State. From 1857
until 1861, he again lived in retirement
upon his farm. After the attack upon
Sumter, he again left his peaceful home
and repaired to Philadelphia to organize
regiment of volunteers. No sooner was
| 1t generally known that he was about to
| organize regiment, than he had the
protfer from various portions of the State
of sixty-six companies for his command
1t is scarcely necessary for US to recount
the history of Gen. Geary during the
period of the rebellion. His command
was among the first to meet the enemy in
the strife of battle, and among the last to
retire from the conflict. He bas stood
the shock of full sixty battles He fought
the battle Of Bolivar, the first, if we
mistake not, In which any portion
Of the army Of the Potomac was engaged
| lie has four times borne wounds upon his
person, received in defence of his country.
! He laid his first born son an offering at
the altar of his country, and saw him fall
yielding his life as sacrifice for his
country's honor. He fought against Jack
son IN the valley Of the Shenandoah, with
/ Hooker at Charlottesville, and at Gettys
ourg was flame OF vengeance against the
rebel host. In the South west he was
with Thomas, Grant, and Sherman. At
Lookout Mountain he led his men in
one of the most perilous charges of the
war. He was present during the entire
campaign against Atlanta, He received
| the surrender of Savannah, and was made
its Governor. He was present through
| out Sherman's march northward, and
witnessed the surrender of johnson. Such
is the man presented by the Union Repub-
llcan party to the people Of Pennsylvania
! cnlfT II L. II. q
that gallant soldier of the Revolution.
Gen. Mifiin, to the gubernatorial chair,
the people of Pennsylvania ftly foreshad-
owed their intention to place in a like
position that gallant soldier of the rebel
lion, Gen. John w. Geary.
OUR NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS.
At Tyrone, Blair county, on Tuesday.
the 2lst Of August last, the Union Repub-
lican Conlerees of the 18th Congressional
district placed Daniel j. MorrelI. of
J0hnsiown, in nomination as the candidate
of their party Cor Congress. Mr.. Morrell
IS native of Maine, but quite early in
life, and before his settled habits and
modes Of thought could have been formed,
removed to Philadelphia and filled the
position of clerk in n wholesale dry goods
| house in the Quaker city. Excepting a
short sojourn in the West, he continued
resident of Philadelphia until 1855,
having in the interim become a success
full merchant. During the year named,
he associated himself in a firm STYLED
Wood, Morrell & Goa firm formed for
the manufacture of railroad iron in the
town which has since been his residence.
This firm purchased the old aud never
successful Cambria Iron Works, an6
continued he manufacture Of iron under
their original name until 1862, when the
partnership of Wood, Morrell 4 Co. gave
place to the Cambria Iron Company Mr.
Morrell has been the manager of the
works from the time he first became
interested in them. They now form the
largest establishment for the manufacture
of iron in America. They give en- ployment
to more than fifteen hundred persons
3Ir. Morrell has never been in public
life, nor taken any active part in politics,
though all his sympathies have at all
times been on the side of the old Wing
and the existing Union Republican party.
His management of the establishment
under his control seems always 10 have