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


law is not repealed, it is presuma-
bic that the following appoint
ments, made by President Grant
and confirmed by the Senate, will
compose the new Cabinet. How
Illong they will remain so will de-
pend upon the action of the Sen
j ate in the matter of the tenure OF
office law and the will of the great
military President. Let us see of
whom it consists and what are
their antecedents: Hamilton Fish,
! (New York; Secretary of State;
Geo. S. Boutwell,, DIass.) Secreta-
ry OF the Treasury; John. A. Raw
lins, Illinois) Secretary Of War;
Adolph E. Borie, PENN Secreta-
ry Of the Navy; j. ID. Cox, (Ohio)
Secretary of the Interior; ]. A. j.
Cresswell, lDId) Postmaster Gen
eral, and Eben r. Hoar Mass
| Att orney General.
When in public life years ago
Mr.. Fish was known as Wing.
file was Governor Of New York
for two terms, and is said to be a
imam Of character and ability, be-
sides being very wealty. He re
sides in New York city.
| Boutwell,, of Massachusetts, is
well known to che country as one
OF the bright lights of the Radi-
cal party, and one Of the impeach-
ment managers. He was formerly
a Democrat, but fnding it did not
lead to office, donned the Radical
uniform and found it.
Gen. Rawlins is o lawyer by
profession and a volunteer general
| in the late war. He has for some
time been attached to the personal
staff of Grant, and,if there is any
truth in reports, is much the bet
ter general OF the two.
| Adolph e. Borie, says the Phil
adelphia Ledger, is an honored
Philadelphia merchant, of the firm
Of Mclean, Borie & Co., imp0r-
ters. He Is ill the prime Of life,
IAN able and intelligent representa-
tive man of his class, and a man
of the strictest honor and integri-
. ty. Mr. Borie is d native of Phila-
| delphia, of French extraction, and
is about IS years OF age. For
Imore than thirty years lie was
lengaged in the China tea and silk
| trade, importing also for the Cuba
and Mexican trade, as we'll as that
Of Philadelphia. He is a man OF
the highest type of mercantile
honor and probity, and universally
esteemed for his purity Of char.
acter.
The same authority says Jacob
Dolson Cox, the, new Secretary oI
the Interior, was the last Governor
of Ohio, serving from 1866 to 1865
He is a native Of Montreal, Cana
, Ga, but subsequently settled il
Ohio, where he was educated Il
Oberlin College, and afterward,
went to the practice Of the law Al
Warren, in that State. He was {
State Senator in 1859. When tht
rebellion broke out, he was ap
' pointed Brigadier General 0
militia, and on May IL, 1862, was
commissioned Brigadier Genera
Of volunteers. lie served gallant
Ily in McCIellan's West Virsiui;
. campaign, was. subsequently il
command of a brigade in Popei
army of Virginia, commanded ;
division in the Twenty third Arm,
E Corps, and after that had com
mand of the whole corps for
d time. He was with Sherman il
his great fighting campaign in th
summer and fall Of 1864. from
Chattanooga to Atlanta, and com
manded the right of Gen. Schc
fields corps in Thomas signal vic
tory over Hood, at Nashville. Fl
, continued to the close of the wal
=. his last services being in the opt
k. rations near Cape Fear river, \
e G. Gen. Cox was 40 years old o.
: the 9th Of October last.
is J. A. j. Creswell, the Postmas
"a ter General, says the Baltimor
m Sun, is a lawyer by profession
: His political career would seer
not to have been inaexibly re
stricted to any one party organ
er zation. 1t is understood that h
J, started as a Wing in support {
q q Mr.. Fillmore's administration, an
$ in the fall Of 1854 acted with til
'e party known as the Know-notf
Iings, after the shOrt-liyed exist
ence of which he appears to hay
sided with the Democrats. Ii
was a delegate to the Cincinna
Convention which nominated Nj
= Buchanan for the Presidency
an 1856, and in 1860 supported job
IC. Breckenridge fer the Presidel