The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-19

when he fell at the battle of Wilson's creek.
He was commissioned q Brigadier General OF
Volunteers November 81, 1861, aud assigned to
the command of the militia of Missouri. aHtho-
Lized to be raised for service during the war.
When General Hsleck went to Pittsburg
placed under command of General Scho6eld,
and on June ], 1852, the district of Missouri.
comprising the entire State, was assigned
mand Of the army of the frontier,
driving the troops of the organized
forces of the Rebels back 10 the valley of the
Arkansas, defeating Hindman, October ~, at
Maysville, near Pea Ridge, Arkansas, and pur-
suing him beyond the Boston Mountains. In
November 1862, he was commissioned Major.
General of Volunteers, and III 1864 Bigadirr-
General in the Regular Army, aud in 1866
Brevet Major General, and subsequently was
elevated to the full rank. Alter the close OF
the war Major General Schodeld was sent to
the Southern states, on tour OF inquiry.
to ascertain the condition of things
there, and after short absence
returned to Washington and reported the resul,
OF his examination. When the Southern States
were in May, 1867, divided into the five mill
tary districts, under the Reconstruction act,
General Schodeld was appointed to the COM
mond of the First District, comprising the State
of Virginia, which position he retained until he
assumed the duties Of the War Office on June |.
1868, having been nominated Secretary Of War
ou April 2S during the progress OF the Impeach-
meDt trial, aud confirmed as such by the Senate
on May 20 following.
Gideon WeIIes, the Secretary Ofthe Navy,
during the administrations of President Lincoln
and Johnson, was born IN Glastonbury. Hart
ford county, Connecticut, July !, 1902. Mr..
Welles was educated at the Episcopal Academy
in Chester and at Norwich University. He
studied law, and in 1926 became one of the
editors and propretors of the Hartford Times.
This paper he continued to edit until the close
Of President Jackson's administration. In 1927
he was elected to the Legislature, and was
repeatedly re elected until 1885, when he was
appointed Comptroller of the public accounts.
hen, DAG Il
Comptroller af er the change in the Constitution
making the office elective, aud in 1916 he was
appointed TO the office of chief of one of the
naval bureaus by President Polk. This position
he retained until the summer OF 1919, After
the repeal of the Missouri Compro mise, which
was followed by the difficulties in Kansas, Mr..
Welles affiliated with the ncwy-organiz-d Re-
publican party, and was its candidate for Gov
ernor in 1856. He was appointed By the Phjla-
delphia Convention, in 1856, a member of the
Republican National Committee and was one
Of its executive members until after the election
Of Mr. Lincoln. He was also chairman OF the
Connecticut delegation to the Chicago Con-
vention.
When Mr.. Lincoln took the Presidential
chair in March 1861, Nr, Welles was invited 10
a seat in the Cabinet as Secretary OF the Navy.
This office he has held since then, III spite of
great opposition and severe Criticisms on his
management of the ailai"s of the Navy during
and since the war During the war Mr.. Welles
was the most unpopular OF the Cabinet officers,
and the gallant performances of the Navy were
not sufficient to bring him into favor or to
relieve him of the charge of incompetency. 1t
was said that the Navy did great things IN
spite of the Secretary, and not through him.
When Andrew johnson was called 10 the
Presidential chair after the assassination of
Mr.. Lincoln, Mr.. Welles continued to occupy
his seat in the Cabinet, and when the quarrel
between the Pre- sident aud Congress took place
he sided with the former, aud has since con-
tinued to be Que OF the most devoted supporters
OF the Johnsonian policy.
OrViIle Ia. Browning, Secretary OF the
Interior,
was born in Harrison county, kentucky. He
received an ordinary English education, and at
an early age he removed to Buckner county,
where he went through classical course at
Augusta College while performing the duties of
clerk in the office of the County and Circuit
Court. He afterwards studied law and was
admitted to the bar. In 1881 he removed to
Quincy, Illinois, where he has since resided.
He served through the Black Hawk War, and
in 1886 he was elected to the Illinois Legisla-
tLre as Senator. In l840 he was elected to the
lower house, aud served a term of two years
there. At the BloomIngdale Convention he CO.
operated with Abraham Lincoln in organizing
the Republican party of Illinois. In 1860 he
was q delegate to the Chicago Convention
which nominated Mr.. Lincoln and during the
| war he was an ardent supporter of the Govern
ment. In 1861 he was appointed to fill the
| vacancy in the Senate Of the United States
caused by the death of stephen A. Douglas.
| On the lst OF September, 1866, he was appointed
| Secretary OF the Interior by President Johnson,
| on the retirement OF Hon. James Harlan; and
| he has supported Mr.. Johnson in his apostacy
| to the principles on which he was elected.
| WIN. NJ. EVarts, the AttOrney-Gene
is a native of Boston, Massachusetts, where he
| was born in 1918. Alter q thorough preparatory
| education, he entered Yale College, nom which
| he graduated, with high honors, in 1887. Two
years were then devoted by him to the study OF
| the law at the Law School of Harvard Unlver-
| sity. He at once settled in New York city and
| commenced the practice of the law there, soon
attaining high standing in the profession. On
| the 10Th OF April, lS49, he was appointed Deputy
| United States District Attorney for the New
! York city district, holding the Office precisely
| four years TO day. In April, 1851, while acting
| as District Attorney, during the sickness of the
| regular incumbent, ne signaliZed himself by his
| Cuban hlibustenng scheme known as "the
| Cleopatra Expedition" In 1855 he resumed the
| private practice of his profession, and continued
In IL until his entry into the Cabinet, achieving
| a position which was scarcely second To that OF
| any other lawyer in the United States. In 1858
| he again gained considerable reputation by
! his conduct of the celebrated Lennon
| slave case as counsel for the State OF New ork.
! Having been selected by President Johnson as
| one OF mis- counsel in the great impeaCh lnent
trial, Mr. EyaIts brought TO bear upon the case
| ali his energy, learning, and eloquence, and at
| once assumed the position OF leader OF the
| defense. At the close of the trial he was re.
| warded by Mr.. johnson with the position OF
| Attorney General and was confirmed by the
Senate as such on the 10Th of July, 1855 AL .
| though he has never held any public offices of
| importance except the two above mentioned,
| he has frequently taken an active part In poll
| tics. He was Il prominent member OF the
| National Republican Convention OF 1860, In
| which he eXerted himself to the utmost. as
| chairman of the New York delegation, to secure
| the nomination of Mr. seward; and when Mr..
| Lincoln received the votes of u majority of the
| convention, il was he who moved Lhat the
| ttgN, hG ,iTro.N lna