The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-10-08

The great mass of the American people
take pleasure in honoring the man who by
individual exertions has carved out his
own success in life. That the path to
honorable preferment is open tc the poor
as well as the rich, is the pre-eminently
disting cushing feature of"the Government
by the people and for the people" The
Republican candidate for Surveyor Gen
eral affords another example to the youth
of the land, that they too by honesty, in
dustry and abstaining from excesses, may,
by devoting their leisure hours to the i'm
provement of their minds, become useful
and honored citizens
Coming up from ;he ranks of the work
ing class Gen. CampbelPs college was the
Printing Office. A common school edu-
cation with an apprenticeship "at case"
and subsequent employment as a ''jour
printer, united with common sense and
keen, discriminating judgment of human
nature, constituted the capital with which
he commenced life. Before entering the
army in 1861, by economy and industry
he had attained fair measure of success
in his private business and was then, and
now is, esteemed as one of the most up
right and public spirited citizens of the
town and county in which he resides.
When the tocsin of war was sounded he
not only buck led on his armor and entered
Camp Curtin with the first company that
pitched tent on that now historic ground,
but In addition showed his faith in the
perpe:uity and life of the Government by
loaning it every available dollar of the sa-
wings of lifetime. 1a ag-
BY his individual exeTtions he afterwards
raised a regiment, and On account of his
well known ability as an executive and ad-
ministrative officer he was assigned to one
of the most dangerous and arduous fields
of operation afforded BY long line of ex-
posed border country. Men of ordinary
capacity could command a regiment oper-
ating with the body of the army, but an
entirely different kind of ability as well
as the highest order of bravery was requir-
ed to hold in check an almost utterly dis
loyal opulation-protect one of the i'm
portant lines Of railroads and keep at bay
the rebel rangers and guerrillas, White,
Mcneil, jenkins and Imboden Subse-
quently General Campbell, on the sanguin-
AIRY fields of Newmarket and Piedmont,
and the battles of Hunters Lynchburg
cdHpaiSu, anu III the Vauey QnQer Oener-
al Sheridan, displayed ability and bravery
as a comma nder IN the field During a
very considerable part of his long term of
service he commanded brigade and d.
vision, and for gallant conduct and supe-
rior skill exhibited during the terrible en-
gagement at Piedmont he was brevetted
Brigadier General.
Always at his post attending to wha:ev-
er duties we're assigned him by the Gov
ernment-ever courteous in lis demeanor
towards his superior officers, and always
kind and considerate to the officers and
men under him, General Campbell friends
can point with just pride to his military
record
IN civil office at the head of the Sur
veyor Generals Department, be has pro-
ven himself an honest, capable and ener-
getic officer, and besides faithful y dis
charging the ordinary duties of the depart
ment has brought up all the nDfipished
business of other administration, which
will yield the State nearly million and
a half of dollars.