The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-03-16

of Volunteers. His first important SER
vice was in the Kanawha Valley, at first
under Gen. Rosecrans and then in the
chief command. He drove out Gen
Wise, the rebel commander, and was pro.
NOTED by President Lincoln to be Major
General. He was afterward conspicuous
at the South under Sherman, in the East
with Burnside, in Virginia with Mcclellan
and at the great battle of Nashville under
Geo. II, Thomas. In all these positions
and places he acquitted himself with
marked credit for HE bravery and soldier
ly accomplishments.
In 1865 Gen. Cox was elected by the
Republicans Governor of Ohio by a ma,
jority Of nearly thirty thousand over the
Democratic candidate. His army asso-
Citations had unfortunately induced in him
the belief that the white and colored races
in this country could not live together in
peace on the same plain of citizenship,
the candid expression of which sentiment,
Notwithstanding his efficiency as Covers
nor, caused his retirement at the end Of
his Gubernatorial term. lie was too
wise. however, not to learn from the pros
gress OF events, and for the last three years
he has been in complete harmony with
the great body of the Republican party
His literary and polite accomplishments
are remarkable in one whose brief Lille
has been so busily occupied, while his
unqueslioned integrity and his capacity
fur hard u,orly mill oJ,,,;roIl,, "a -, for
the arduous duties of his new post.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Ebenezer lockwood Hoar Of Massach.
usetts, appointed to the office Of Attorney
General, is a son Of Hon. Samuel Hoar,
who was the most eminent member Of the
Middlessx bar for many years and was in
Congress from the Middlessex District
from 1885 to 1887: but who was most
widely knowd from his appointment by
the Legislature in 1S44 TO proceed to
South Carolina and test the constitution,
ality Of the acts Of that State authorizing
the imprisonment Of colored persons who
should come upon ita soil, aud from his
expulsion from the State by act OF the
Legislature. lie married daughter of
Roger Sherman of Connecticut. Z.
lockwood floar was born in Concord,
February u, lSlG, so that he is now SO
years of age. He graduated at Harvard
in the class of 1885, studied law in the
Cambridge Law School, and received the
degree OF LII. b in 1889, and the degree
OF Ill. d. at Williams College in 1861.
He was appointed Judge Of the Court of
Common Pleas in 1S49, and while in
that Office, in the trial Of case for an
assault arising out the fugitive slave cases
in Boston, he gave an opinion declaring
the Fugitive Slave law unconstitutional,
and, if we remember correctly, he is the
only Judge of any Of our courts who ev-
er made such decision. In April, 1859
Mr.. Hoar was appointed to the Supreme
Bench, and is now the senior Judge on
that bench in point Of time of service.
lie was an active member of the Wing
party the Free Soil party was formed,
in lS4S; when he enlisted in lis ranks
with all his heart. He wrote the call
for the Convection at Worcester in 1S4S,
at which the Free Soil party in this State
was formed, and we believe originated,
the term Cotton Wings" .and "Con-
science Wings" whcih distinguished the
two divisions of the party, Conservative
and Radical, for long time. He has
served in one or both branches OF the Leg
islature. He is man Of the strictest in
tegrity and honor, and purity of character
and man of very marked legal ability.
At the time of the resignation Of Chiei
Justic Bigelow, the opponents of Judge
Thomas concentrated their forces on him
as Judge Bigelow's successor, but, as will
be remembered, Gov, Bullock appointed
Judge Thomas, and lie not being confirm
ed, gave the place to Judge Chapman.
Attorney General Hoar is an excellent
read lawyer. He possesses sharp, dis
eliminating mind, and is so free from con-
seryative tendencies that he will be apt tc
give to his construction Of the law its leg
itimate bearing We sure that Massa'
chusetts will have no cause to blush iol
the acts of her representative in President
! Grants Cabinet,
POSTMASTER GENERAL
John A. j. Creswel, who represents thu
South in the Cabinet, and will do it wei
was born in Port Deposit, Cecil county
Maryland, Nov Is. 1928, 50 that be il
is another of the young members, beinI
now in the forty-frst year of his age. IL
graduated with the highest honors a
Dickinson College, Philadelphia, in lS4'
In the following year he was admitted a
the Maryland bar. In 1861 and 1926 h
was a member of the Maryland House @
Delegates, and in the latter year was AS
sistant Adjutant General for the State. ii
was chosen member of the Thirty,eight
Congress, serving on the Committees o
Commerce and Pensions. He was also
delegate to the Baltimore Convention {
1864. In March. 1865 he was chosen [