The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-21
SECRETARY SEWARD.
his visit to Auburn-He will not make
"A Sneaeh

The Secretary Of State is quietly spending
few days at his home in Auburn. He arrived
here on Tuesday evening. Wednesday was the
sxty.ffth anniversary of his birthday, and
quite q number of family friends called on him
and congratulated him. He is looking exceed
ingly well, ana is in good spirits and excellent
hopes, as usual. There are but few traces left
OF the injuries received at the hands of the
ASSASSIN Payne and Mr. Seward seems to he
merging INTO green and cheerful old age. He
has been receiving his friends riding about the
city, and otherwise enjoying himself as he might
desire. The people OF Auburn, being used TO his
visits, make no demonstration on his arrival,
though quite willing to hear a speech from him
whenever he thinks proper TO indulge them to
that extent.
1t is a duh but beautiful city, with spicy
little daily payer, two or three hotels, churches
that hold meetings every evening, and no thea
tire and no horse railroad. 1t IS on high ground,
aud its streets are abundantly supplied with
trees. One object OF Mr.. Seward for visiting the
place is to oversee the plans for enlarging his
house, which is a large brcE structure, painted
a light yellow, and surrounded by a perfect
forest of trees, whose shade would make il
gloomy were it not fer the prOtuse blossoms
upon the apple trees and the ll8cs. He is accom-
panied by Mr. Porter, an architect son Of
Bishop Potter, for that purpose Mr.. Stewards
house adiOins the Auburn park.
Some of the incidents of Mr.. Stewards life may
be interesting at this time. He came to Auburn
in 1928, having been admitted to the bar the
preceding year. He formed partnership with
JuOEG 0lllGI uGIty anu III 1914 uldIIlBu lOe
Judges youngest daughter, Frances Adcline.
Mr.. Seward was born May l6 1901, in Florida,
Orange county, near Goshen, in which county he
has two brothers now living. On his mothers
side Mr.. Seward is of lrlsn extraction; on his
fathers, of Welsh. His father was physician
and merchant a man of wealth, and for seven
teen years the inst Judge of the county. Mr..
Seward attended the academy al Goshen, where
he had Aaron Burr and Noah Webster for school
fellows. When fifteen years old he went TO
Onion College, and when eighteen years old he
went to Georgia, and taught the young ideas of
incipient Rebe,s how to shoot. 1t is popularity
supposed that he there got the first mixing Of
that r1epressibe conflict which was to culmInate
in our great civil wall
In his oath year Mr.. Seward delivered a
Fourth Of July Grafton in Syracuse. In his 9th
year he was chosen President of Young Mems
Convention in favor of John Quincy Adams for
President In 1880 he was elected to the State
Senate as an ant-Mason. IN 1888 he visited
Europe, writing a series or letters from there to
the Albany KUeniRq Journal In 1884, he was
nominated by the Wings for Governor, but was
defeated by w. l.. Marcy. In 1888, he again ran
AGAINST Marcy, and was successful. He served
two terms as Governor, and in l849 he was sent
to the United States Senate in place of General
Dix. In 1856 he was reelected to the Senate
and in 1861 entered the position in the Cabinet
which he still occupies,
Mr.. Seward has been urged to make a speech
here, but declines 10 do So saying that he
merely came on private business. He expresses
to his friends the utmost confidence in the sue.
cess of the Presidents efforts at reconstruction
He win return to Washington at the beginning
of next weekly Y. World