Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-08
THE CABINET.

From The L-uisvIle Courler-JouYral.l
ELIHU B. WAsHBURNE. SECRETARY Oh
SLATE.
The subj 9ct Of this sketch was born Il
Livermore, Oxford county, Ms, Septem
Der q, 1916; served an apprenticeship il
the printing Offices OF the Kennebec Jour.
nal studied law al Harvard University
and, removing to the West, practiced
law at GtleDa, III. be was elected 8
Representative to the Thirty-third and
reelected to the Thirty-fourth, Thirty
18th and Thirty-sixth Congresses. sery-
ing on two occasions as Chairman q
the Committee on Commsrce, and re-
elected to the Thirty Eighth Congress,
serving again Is ChsiTnsn Of The CON-
mittee on Commerce, AID as s member
Of the joint Committee on the Library.
He was 2 member OF Inc Fort:eth Con-
gress, and, from having served 50 many
terms, was known IS The Father Of the
House" Mr. Washburae is a plain.
sarewd, practical ~ an, with strong
prtjuuices ana = clear head. He is to
the Republican party what Geo. w.
Jones, OF Tennessee, was 10 the Dsmo.
cratic party, the Watchdog Of the
Treasury" He is emineutly a self
made man, and the best OF his name.
Grant ssid Of him "Weshburne was
my friend when l was poor and needed
iriends, f" aud mis- reward is the ~appoInt-
ment TO the best position in his friends
Cabinet.
ATFN ANnER II STEW r-pur ny
OF THE TREASURY.
More than any one else in America.
probably, Alexander L. Stewart is the
Of business. He is emphet-
ically q man Of mOney-thiDks a
makes money, lives money. Stewart
has never been communicative about his
early life, and these curious in respect
to it are generally rebuffad in their in
quiries. Ii is known that he is q native
Of Ireland, having been born near Bel
fast, though he claims to be descended
from a Scotch family. He is of the
Scotch-lrish extraction, with the deter
minstiOD, perseverance,, and energy that
mark such stock, and must Of necessity
have sprung from the heroic defenders
OF Londonderry, az all the Scotch Irish
risen 70 any eminence, have done befors
and since his time. Ia his eighth wear
Stews@ lost bis parents, aud was rasrad
by his maternal grandfather. who IT.
tended 70 educate hlm for the Metbodist |
Church, OF which be himself was a da-
Vout member. The boy is reported to
nave shown very early q resolution to
be nrst IN Whatever he undertook. ard
20 nave been foremost N his class Al
Trinity College, Dublin, where, Ike
every true son Of Erin. he Grad. |
with honor. He was Then
his eighteenth year, and, his grand |
father being dead, he was Dlacad
uader a guardianship of q Ousker
MOI liking Ireland, be concluded 30 sect
bis for u in the New World, and came
here in 1923 with letters OF recommends.
ton TO some Of The best families Of
tTlends IN New York. He was a teach
or az nrst, and persons now living re-
member when they sat under HE instruc-
tons. He either did not succeed in his
or did not relish il, for after ten
o. twelve months % teaching he entered
p mercantile establishment, though
wIthou sDy natural bias for trade, 6is
say-a statement to be received
VIA hDsTal allowance. he had az in
ieCesJ OF some kind ia the house, and &C.
49,
eidenti IT Is said, made him a merchant.
for his partner died suddenly ana Ief'
entire responsibility Of the b1siness
the young man Of two-znd-tweDfv
tie then determined to devote hinaslf
trade, and, returning 10 Ireland, sold
AttIe property be had there, bought
: iot OF iscss with the money, and came
% New York. During the famine in
Ireland he purchased 5 ship. loaded "a
y ith provisions, q sent them tbsre-
Do the return voyage he filled II VIII
young men and women, and obtained !
Mutations for them hetore they
this shore. During fha
he gave a. one time to the
sanitary Commission q check for $780,
which was obtained ia this way:
one having asked him 10 contrib
ne, he said he would give as much az
Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt, on being APP
lroacned, sgreed 20 give ss much as
Stewart then sent the appli-
ant back to Vanderbilt, who, In a it Of
annoyance, drew on his banker for SIO1.- (,
Stewart kept bis word, and the
Commission was 500. 600 richer by the :
'peratio9. Inspecting his wealth, 1t is {