The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-07-25
From the Helena (Montana) Herald
Arrival Of Government Officials.

well manned by something near her
crops or quota of public officials to run
the various departments of our affairs
] connected with the genera. Government
We now have our full complement Of
q. S. Judges-Messrs. Hosmer, Munson
and Williston-present in the Territory;
our stand by Revenue Collector and As
sistant--Messrs. Langford and Jones
the new Marshal and his Deputies
Howlc, Beidler and Featherstun; our
Receiver and Disburser of public mon
ey--Geo. n. Pinncy; Collector of Gus
toms-Jo ohm x. Bedler; the latest arri-
walls, however, are O. B. O'Bannon, Esq.
Register of public lands, and Sol. Mer
edith, Surveyor General for the Terri
tory.
The inconvenience and solicitude ex-
perienced by our people throughout the
Territory on account of the delay in Gre
ating these last mentioned offices, and
the making of the appointments thereof
has been great; and it will be a source
of general satisfaction to know that these
positions are now finally about to DE
thrown open to the public, and that they
have been filed by experienced, compe
tent and obliging gentlemen. 1t is use
less to say that it will be doubly graft
flying to the people Of Montana to learn
| that these important officials have actual
~ arrived On the ground, and that they
are taking immediate steps to put their
respective departments in running or
der,
Mr.. O Bannon is from California; is
nephew Of o. H. Browning, Secretary Of
the Interior, and consequently; will have
command Of very wholesome influence
in court for the advancement of the in
terest Of the Territory, SO far lat least,
as they may be connected with the func-
tons of his office. Several of our prom
inent citizens who have known Mr..
'Bannon in former time. speak in the
highest terms of his manhood, his social
and intellectual worth, and we are very
glad to welcome him to position and to
/ Mr.. Meredith halls from the old Hoos-
Ter State. where he has stood high as a
4 public man ever since he got his growth
and if we not mistake the man, he will
do some tall and earnest work for tie
speedy. contamination of all necessary
arrangements to place his office in per
feet working order; and when he shall
have found that in point of landed wealth
] Montana stands head and shoulders
above all other mountain regions on the
continent, we perdict that our new Sur
4 veyor General will go his full length on
I the cxpedieney of encouraging by every
d available means, its settlement and de-
: velopment. If we do not forget the
characteristics of Mr.. Meredith, he is
4 endowed with that energy, business cap
acity and other qualifications, which will
q render him an efficient and popular off,
Ger in the position to which he has been
7 assigned here. There is no one public
office in the Territory of any greate.
consequence and Importance to our peo-
pie than that Of the Surveyor Generals,
and we sincerely trust that it may be
possible moment. We are glad to learn
that General Meredith brings with him
his family, with view of permanent
location here and that he has likewise
provided himself with a corps of COM
petent Surveyors who will take hold of
the work in the field at once. Offices and
residence have been already secured for
the comfort and convenience of the G en-
cral, his family and attendants. 20
h Personally, there are few Of the old
settlers Of Indiana who have enjoyed a
reputation for greater degree Of genu-
inc hospitality. At his old homestead
on the farm, the General has kept open
house to all friends for % years. Pcliti-.
cally, General Meredith was an old line
Wing, was one of the first in Indiana to
, rally in the grand uprising for the or
ganization of the Republican party, and
while he has not at all times endorsed
the most extreme and progressive men
and measures of that party, yet, he has
/, been firm, uncompromising war man,
participating personally in all great cam
: Epaigns, and sacrificing his two elder sons
! in the conflict; and has and does to this
: time despise Northern Copperhead far
: more bitterly than he does any rebel sol
dier or officer of the South. To day the
: General stands unequivocally for the
i Union and for the Union party as against
!, all forms and factions of disloyalty. He
e is in short, a consistently conservative
r Republican: one who believes that the
. first and highest dnty of an American
!. citizen is to love, honor and pr otect his
Government and his country. He be-
I al. AZ.