The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-27

Salisbury, Of Delaware, in advo-
| cacy Of his candidate. Mr.. Cres-
we'll continued to act with the
Democratic party until some time
in 1861. At county convention
held in Elkton to send delegates
to a sovereign convention held in
the Uniyersalist Church, in this
city, he reported resolutions cen
suring Henry Winter Davis,
which, however, at the suggestion
OF Judge Chambers, were struck
out and not acted on. He was az
terwards, in the same year, elect
ed to the Legislature on the Union
ticket, where he declared himself
a Conservative Union man-what
some called a pro slavery man.
In that Legislature, in 1862 he was
a strong advocate of Reyerdy
johnson for United States Sena-
tor. After the adjournment, Gov
ernor Bradford appointed him
Assistant and Acting Adjutant
General Of the State. lie acted
as enrolling officer Of the State in
Baltimore, and, at the death OF
Senator Pearce, was named as a
candidate for the place, but Gov
ernor Bradford appointed the late
Holiday Hicks. In 1868, Mr..
CresWel was in the convention Of
what was called the Conservative
Union party that nominated Mr..
Matfit, Of Cecil, for Controller. In
a few weeks after he was suggest
ed by some friends as a candidate
for Congress in the first or East
ern Shore District, in opposition
to Mr.. Crisfeld, a knoWnC C0nserva-
tive Union man. He continued
to support 1Ir. Maffit, but ran
against bIr. Crisfield, General
Schenck being then in command
in this military department.. He
was elected to Congress, and, for
first time, acted with the Radicals.
In 1864 he was beaten by Mr..
| McCulloch for Congress for a Sec
ond term. In1S65, before his first
term expired, he was elected to
| the. United States Senate by the
Legislature to fill the unexpired
| term of MIR. Hicks, the deceased,
and served till March 4, 1867. Mr..
Creswell is understood to lead one
division Of the Radical party OF
the State, and Judge Bond the
other, the latter beating him for
the nomination for Governor at
the last election. In the late
Presidential canvass he took an
active part in addressing the peo-
| pie il Maine, Connecticut, Penn
| sylvania and Michigan, in support
Of General Grant. Mr.. Creswell
is 40 years ofage.
! The New Acknowledgement, Mr..
! Eben. lockwood Eoar, says the
same authority, il a son of Hon.
Samuel Hoar, late Of Concord
Massachusetts,, an eminentlawyer
| whose name has gone into history
as the Commissioner from Massa-
| chusetts to South Carolina. to re
nonstrate against the ilnprison
ment of colored sailors, Of the for
mer State, when they arrived il
the ports of the latter, under theil
| State law. Eben. lockwood Hoar
| the elder son, is now a Judge of ths
Supreme Court in Massachusetts
| q lawyer Of great learning, and !
man of remarkable yigor Of intel
| lect. He was q Wing Of the Web
ster school, but oneof the earliest
Free Sellers, though he always
expressed his anti-slayery views
without the slightest taint Of ia
naticism. The whole tone Of hi
mind is that OF athoroughIy train
ed statesman. In the new Attor
ney General, the President anC
the country will have an able, ex
4 perienced, dispassionate, conscien
tious and learned legal adviser
! South Western.