, 1869-03-06
IHK EEw SECRETARY OF THR rRRAs.
URY.

art fer the tflice OF Secretary Of the
Tressnry will be received by the country
with vtTy general satia:acuon. MI.
S.cwar4's namc has long been synonym
fos mt1cantlle probisy ard fioar rcial sue
ccts. TAtueh never prominently oor-
ccctcd with polt'ica there IS no person In
private life whose reputation Is wil.r or
more urtull:tt than his. HIS house vas
tie CITY ole in New York that came
sh'ely through The panic OF 1857, and
1lcm that nlos to this he hiss been the
:C1.mos: mt1cnant in the Uni:ed States.
il rot IN the wcrld. HIS principal b ,use
II Neg Ic1s has brsuches in D,s,oe.
Phatdtlptss. Parit. LYaDs, Manchester,
No,tit gam, Belfast, Glasgow ana Be1.
lin. Al he uutpte ( OF the rebellion Mr.,
SicTl1.s Wholesale trade, which WAS
rfiI cpal'y In the Sau hera S,a,ee. WAS
des'ro, 70, and it became necessary for
Elm 10 1cbriid it on rev fourdatioa.. He
7.s''td Washington shortly alter Mr.,
L ntoiI's irarguzasior, aud urgei
uren The Few P.c;ident and
bis sdv1sfra the most vigorous
rrcsscu'1oD OF tic wsr, aad rendered 70
thtM lis Irduence ard ais means, TO any
ntsu.d tx eut. 10 tus ain the credit of
he eeytlnmenr. lie thin Ie.urred 10
h1s eotLure,room, auj, in his couprc-
tets!vr tnd me'nccical way, lifted the
Ecrsc ct 4. 7. Stewart & Co. ag.in to
tic hrss rlsce aiming A1cncan netcar-
t'le es'thlshnea's. During the war he
Wss ore OF The mt 8. frequent AID liberal
contributors TO the Charitable enterprisrs
OF The raior, ant, We believe, made a
do1 at'cn oi S1ru,o00 10 the SANITARY
CGrhtss;cr, 1T ore time.
Mf. Sftwsrt coTes Of the Scotch Irish
s.Ftk. lcn Which Ge:eral Grant traces
bis c~n dtsceu'. lie IL uow about s;x,v
S.ars cs are. He born at Lishurn
lte'srd. f.T mills distant from Dc,tns;:
eFaclahd tt Tri1iy College, Dublin.
a1o came 10 The Cni.cd States in
1s-5- DC was eoucssed for one of The
4ehH &c rroiess Sons, ard commenced life
ss teafh.r. but tb-1tly after his arrival
II Htw lelk, termed mercantile part.
btIsb p, trd commenced the extraor-
oicafy ta1ter with which most Ame1f-
Gals ere familiar, ard which has nov.
rtstAps, reached its cl NIX in his acees-
t'cn 10 1hc most import.ut post IN the
government, at CT the Presidency itself.
a1e fule or msxrm to which Nh.
Stewart attributes his own
SUCCESS is "to have but one
Price; and every art,cle to be exactly
" what II is tepresenied to ben This
MAXIM, when br~usht into its narrovest
con pas, signifies T1uthlulness, Hurdfe,]s
Of mt1canule failures have occurrsd. in
sp'se Of T1ush'ulncss. ard there have
nttn sone notab'e e1.mplcs of success
iol lying, but wherever Nh. S'cyart Ia
knowr, IN Europe or Americ,, nobody
doubts CT ques.iors his pro5ity and
sefaelty. With examples on every side.
o' icr'urcs made by false 1a7oiees and |
unoelV-t1a'ione, he has kept his house !
anu bis name free from the taans ot |
1auds upon the revenue. A wear Am
OF msre he WIS sssaited for the frs. time
IN MS lifc with chsrgc OF making moncv
oy nLdervaluasious At the Custom House
dls asstslant {E. B. Ward, Of De,roi,,
WHEN callsd 10 account, was fain to esc,ns
through vtry small crevice. He said
II "As another Stewart that he referred
10!
In ch"osipg Mr.. Stewsrt for Secretary
CT The TleaturT general Grant probably
feasored IN this way !: Here is q msn
VITO has given the most remarkable eyi-
dt zee Il his ability to nansgc a multi
iude Ct details SO as to mxke bo;b cnda
meet. HIS character is established be-
yold recroach or suspicion. He Is above
thc Tesch Of temptation. He has nm
'11cnos 70 reward by pecdting out infer.
nation l. them 10 speculate UPON. He
knows h0w to collect the customs rev-
etne better 1hau any other man IN thu
I tni'ed sa'es. HIS only personal inter.
es1 lies IN seeing toi.thateye1ybody pays
70 The Government every Iarthirg Justly
oue TO II. LIE is known in The MONEY
centres OF bosn Europe and Aucrlcs
as tie Representative OF solvenev
ard business integrity. He will com.
nand the conf lsnce Of the bankers AM,
nns'Eess men OF bath conunen,s iron the
'scrf, aid this. Of ITSELF is equivalent To
Aa Improvement Ct the public credit
ahc hadiness which he has conducted
successfully through 50 many paoIic and
1rNate o'sasara must have bronoh.
sno"'.dct ot the underlying pripcipl.s Of
'oasce. Lie knows the ways Of the
Fof'd loo we'll to be male a tool OF hv
,ps roJ' atd hc has no friendships In