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

he proclaimed and declared, "uncondittonally
and without reservation, 10 all aud to every
person who directly or Indirectly participated
in the late insurreCtion or Rebellion, fill
pardon and amnesty for the oHense of treason
aoanst the United STATES, or of adhering to Their
euemies durtSg the late civil war, with the
restoration OF all rights, privileges, aud immu-
mites under the Constitution, and the laws
which have been made in pursuance thereof
On February H. 1869, be signed the pardon
OF the notorious Dr. Mudd, one of the assass-
nation spirators,
On February l3 be induged in parting
veto, disapprovlng of bill concerning the
CO'otcd schools OF the District OF Columbia.
On The Ath OF March he will retire from the
office of Presi]ent and at once enter uDon a
canvass for the Go7ernorship of Tennessee.
Having reached the bottom OF the ladder and
brboldlug the yawning abyss of oblivion ready
10 engulf him, he is determined to start again
on an upward career, despite the Ill repute in
which he is held by the people OF the United
States, almost without distinction of party,
color, or locality.
General Ulysses y. Grant, the New Pre-
sident.
The biography of General Graut, the President
elect, has been "donep so often aud so eXten-
slvely of late that IL is not worth while TO enter
upon il again, even In this connection, exceDt
in the merest outline. He was born at Point
Pleasant, Olermont county, Ohio, April q, 1922.
He received an ordinary common school educa-
tion, and manitesting a strong inclination for
military life, he received an appointment TO
West Point through the influence of Hon.
that institution July /, 1889. He graduated
number twenty-one in u class of thrty-nine on
the 30th of June, lS43, and was soon after
breveted second lieutenant. During the war
| with Mexico he participated in the principal
| battles and sieges under Scott aud Taylor, and
| for mertorious services was breveted captain.
| In 1858 he resigned his commission, and joined
| his wife in st. Louis, where he resided for six
| years. In 1859 he removed to Galena, ILL.,, and
| entered his fathers leather and saddery store.
At the breaking out of the Rebellion Grant
organized company and reported at Spring
! field, where be was soon a'ter appointed Adj il
! tant General, and mu, ,tering officer of the lli-
| nols troops. In June, 1861, he was appointed
| by Governor Yates Colonel of the 2lst Illinois
! Regiment and shortly after he was promoted to
! bligader generalship, and assigned by Gene
! raj Haeck to the command of the Cairo district.
| In February, 1862, he captured Fort Donelson,
! for which service ne was created a major gene.
| raj OF volunteers. His subsequent career is
we'll known, and it covers the battles of Coriuth,
! Shiloh, luka, the siege of Wick burg, his promo
| tion to the rank of Lieutenant-General, with
! supreme command OF the forces of the United
! States, the battles of the Wilderness. the pro-
! longed siege of Richmond, the surrender oil
| Lee, and his promotion to the rank of General
General Grant was nominated Tor the Presi.
! dency by the Republican party on the 2lst OF
! May, 1868, and on the 3D. OF November he was
! chosen by a majority OF the American people for
! their chief magistrate. On the 4th of March
next he will assume the duties of his new office.
Schuyler COIfnX, the New Vice.Pre-
sIdeDT,
was born in New ork city, March 23, 1928
| so that he is about u year Older Than General
| Grant Like Grant he merely had the advan
| tages of common school education, and being
| obliged to depend solely upon his own industry
| tor a living, he was PLACED in Il mercantile
| establishment in New York, remaining there
| for three Years.
In 1886, when only thirteen years. old he
ren owed 10 lDd ana for the purpose of making
his fortune. IN 1874 he commenced the publl-
cation OF the South Bend Re9ister, a weekly
Journal. which he edited with much ability. The
Register advocated Wing principles and brought
Mr.. ColfhX into notice as u yolug man of talent
and energy. In 1878 he was DELEGATE to the
National Whie Convention, and acted as its
secretary. Iu 1850 he became a member OF the
Indiana Constitutional Convention, n, aud in 1862
he was again appointed to the National Wing
Convention which nominated General Scott
When the Whig party broke up Mr. CoiaX
idenu6ed himself with the Republicans,
and in 1854 be was elected Representative
in Congress rom the Ninth district OF
Indiana. Mr.. CotaX has retained his seat ever
since, and has been known as clear. headed and
practical statesman ana indefatigable worker
In the fall of 1868 be was elected Speaker oil
the Thirty eighth Congress, and in Decem Der,
1865, and again in 1867, he was re elected 10
be same position. In May, 1868, he was
chosen as the candidate of the Republican
party for The office of the Vice President, and
on the Sd of November the nomination was
confirmed by the people. Mr.. CofaX has won
the esteem of all parties by his dignity and i'm
partahty a. presiding officer OF the House, and
there is 10 doubt that he will give equal salts
| faction in the Senate.