, 1873-01-14

| for Congress against tic HON. James q. Robin
son, and wna not elected. In 1860, he vas elect
cd State Senator TO, four years' term, ba
served only one session, when lie resigned, an.
buclsled Oh Lis nrmor for the Ncr. He wa
elected Colonel Of the Eighth Illinois Infantry
and proceeded Immediately to tho front. H
was promoted to Driga3ier General for gal
liant conduct at Fort Henry and Fort Dona1
sou. 1t the end Of hia second year, III
WAS again promoted to Major, Genera
for similar conduc. 1t Corintil. Here Lo va.
wounded, an ounco ball entering tho left side
just oyor tho heart. passirg through the lungs
and lodging III the thorax. where it stil reI12ins
! lie YVES an invalid, in consequence of Lis wound
from October, 1869, to April, 1869, when ho ro
aud Vas assigned to command Of tho Left wing
OF the Sixteenth Army Oorps: He remained il
tue service until May Is, 1864, on Which day
ho waa nominated by tho Republican
party. for Governor OF IldnoiA. H
date for United States senator against Gonera1
| Logan III 1870, but Logan had the inside track
and beat him. Og1ssby run for Governor in
! 1879, with the understanding That ho Was to 60
to the United States Senate, and he Is going.
l. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND uovERSon.
john Lowesie Bevorid5e made Lis debut in thid
Washington County, u. !: His parents were
ts5s of scbaels thS soil Il 1sa went lis to ,a;s tie
tents IN De Kelb County. 10 was sent to Rock
! River Seminary to finish his schooling. and did
! go. After reading Blackstone, and other text-
practice il syca,nore, paKalb couaty, in 1851.
He moved to Evanston i'll 1854, ant! hung out his
legal shiDgle in Chicago in tic spring Of 1855.
Ho pursued the noiseless tenor Of his way until
tho War broke out. when, believing that the
sword was more useful to his country, than his
and led q company of men IN
Tarnzworth,s Eighth nlinois Cavalry: After
Major Mcdill was killed, ho was elected to the
vacancy, and wns at ono time in command Of the
out, aud, under tho direction Of the Secretary OF
War and Governor Yates, organized tho Seven
teenth illinois Cavalry, which ha commanded, in
Missouri and elsewhere. uo Has finally mus
sa1no year was Mustered into the office
Of shorir Of Cook County, then
lucrative position. In 1870 he was elected to
the State Senate, and tho same year succeed ID
Senator Logan as congreasman-at-Large. At
the recent election he ran for lieutenant Cover
nor, and will succeed to C. soft thing as Governor
when Governor Oglesby ahanaons thai bfticc.
SENATOR AND 11EurESAar eoyEsson-
John Early mas bora il. Ohio, tyeara ago,
and accompanied his fan,il; on . paregriu-!ion
tRer oansa nats "snds nd tssy sstan'a y s
County. Mr.. EARLY, after his marriage, settled
in WinnebaSo.-. He boayts Of 10 mora than
good con1,non-6cLool education, mud his path il
Life was rugged, and ct times le had . hard
tussle to keep his head above water. Still no
survived, and is the stronger for tho struggle.
He waa engaged III carpenter~work, building aud
contracting, until ten years ago, when he Was
sn3 9gRgntsd 1e Gsnoa Assnt ., the s Nsg
place he still holds. He was elected to the
6tate Senate in 1870, and again in in 1912. The
Republican caucls noralnatcd him for tho prasl-
deucy OF the Senate, to Which he will be elected,
AIA1 1r+S-no noa1H HN+7 ho&n
GoTerno<. Mr.. Earlys father served in tho War
OF 1912, being q member OF the Nineteenth
Regiment. The old gentleman died year ago,
aged ~.
1EcnETAnY OF STATE.
George Henry Harlow began his career in this
world ct Sackett's Hcrbor, Sept. ), 1850. His
father was cabinet-.nakcr aud furniture
dealer. George was sent to the common
school, whero he remained until he was II,
whom ho graduated in tho highest department
ily, and young Harlow studied tho manufacture
OF tables and chairs until he knew all about
it. and had developed higher order OF
talcnt in the shapa Of III aptitude
19r archtectarsl ; des{gning He promoted
Catskil. nov OF Chicago, aud became
draughtsman. In 1861 he packed up lis traps
and came to tho West, to the Land OF the Tree /
and 80 forth, passing through Chicago, when
lis relatives had gono before. Architectural
requirements did not Gna ready market at |
Peldn, then q diminutive bit Of q rural village;
but there ia always something to .bo done in the
profession, and a: it vent Harlow
until something better should turn up. |
The turn-up carno in tho guise Of o dry-goods |
and ho measured calico and linen for |
the country lassies with ability and success. At !
this time he was young and handsome, traces
tloubted1y was in himself magnet whicl, drow
the fair sex to his counter. Soon after, he
started On his own hook, i'll tue firm Of Gill t. !
Harlow, in the town Of Delayan, ,Iezowen Coun-
ty For fifteen months the dry goods and groceries
IN which he deal. brought him profits when
tho impending crnsn OF 1857 warned him to |
stand from under, and he sold out. His next
venture WAS q commission house, which WAS
burned out without any insurance. Then he
ETas elected Clerk Of the Circuit Court OF Taze-
and about the same time WAS elo7ated to be Al
herman IN the Town OF Pekin. At the end OF four
years ho was renominatod for Circuit Clerk by
he Republicans, and did not get it. He Gu
Tstes refused to let him 60 to way, as ho needed
lis services at home. Ho Was ono OF the eleven
rho organized the Union League OF America at
sekin. 1u 1865, he Was elected one Of the Secre-
Private Secretary to Governor Gslesby, who also
appointed him assistant Inspector General,
i'm in command of Camp Dutier,
lon 1Cc1tGd near THIS CITY. Ra ran 10r the
nomination as Secretary of State in 1868, but
'as beaten BY AIr. Rummel, who subsequently
made Linn Assistant Secretary, aud lie served
hrco years. He is therefore thoroughly. famil-
At with the dutios Of tho department, and will
70 nhle to conduct it with satisfaction to tie |
tate. Mr. Harlow has been more or less con-
cctod with tho press for the past ten
ears. He was Mt ono time regular
Of TIE TRIBUNE at the
'apital also OF tho st. Louia Democrat. The
'ooria Transcript has also been enlivoncd by Ills
aud lately no has acceptably filled
he city editors chair in the Office OF the Jour
al, Of this city. b1r. Harlow is more proud Of
is connection witt, tho press than Of his connec-
ion with carpentcring, architecture, dry goods,
r anything olso no las touchod- +,
AUDITOR or STATE.
Charles Elliott Ljppincott is gonuino "suck-
i" having been born ct Edwardsyillo, in this I
tate, Jan. &C. 1926. His father was editor Of tho
'dwardsvillc Spectator, paper opposed to tic I
ltroduction OF Slavery into the State, and also
preacher Of the Presbyterian persuasion
lost Of young Lippincotrs schooling was done {
Jacksonville, where tl.ore was college,
hich he left before finishing his course, though
Q has since been received among i