The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-03-15


Charlottesville and Gettysburg. In
1867 Mr.. Schurz assumed editorial
| control of the IYeStliche Pot q
German paper published at st. Louis
and in 1869 was chosen United States
Senator from Missouri. When
Horace Greeley was nominated for the
Presidency Mr.. Schurz gave him an
ardent support, and at the last eiec-
ton spoke and labored for Hayes.
DAVID NJ. KEY, OF TENNEsLEE.
The new Postmaster General, David
M. Key, is a native of Geeen county,
Tennessee, where he was born in 1873.
He studied law and was admitted TO
the bar at the proper age, and aftef
the practice of his profession for some
years was appointed Chancellor OF the
Chattanooga Circuit, which position
he held up to the time he was selected
by Governor Porter to fill the vacancy
in the Senate of the United States
caused by the death of ex-President
Andrew johnson. During the late
war Mr.. Key went with his section,
raised - regiment in East Tennessee
and remained in the field until the
end of the conflict. He was a candi-
date for reelection to the Senate re-
Gently before the Legislature OF Ten
nessee, but was defeated. In speech
delivered in the Senate December Is,
1915, Mr.. Key, in speaking upon ma
| tional affairs, said: at is time for us
to make our government one of law
| instead Of force. 1t is time that Of
tenders be tried, and punished, and
| not those who are innocent. The
wicked should be condemned, and not
communities of States because wicked
men are in them.n
CHARLES DEvENs, OF MASSACHUSETTS
General Charles Devens, of Massa-
chusetts, is to fill the position of At
| torney General. He was born at
Cnarlestown, in that State, in 1920,
and after graduating at the Harvard
| Law School commenced the practice
of his profession in Franklin county
in 1S4l. In 1847-4S he occupied a seat
in the Senate of his State, and was
United States Marshal from 1849 to
1858. When the war broke out
Devens at once entered the army as
the major of a regiment of Massachus-
etts volunteers. In a short time he
was chosen colonel of the Fifteenth
Massachusetts Regiment, with which
| l. rts al, To- II L.
campaign on the Peninsula of Vir-
ginia. While in the field, in the
neighborhood of YOrkstown, Colonel
Devens was promoted to the rank of
brigadier general. From this field of
action he was transferred to the Army
of the Potomac, and led his command
in all the desperate battels in that part
of the Old Dominion. He was q des-
perate fighter, and received wounds at
Balls Bluff, Fair Oaks, Chancellors-
vile and Cold Harbor, one of which
necessitated the amputation of his leg.
In one campaign in Massachusetts,
Mr.. Devens was the Democratic cam
didate for Governor in opposition to
Governor Andrew, the candidate of
the Republicans. He was defeated.
After his return home from the army
in 1865, General Devers resumed the
practice of the law, and in 1867 was ap-
pointed Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the State. This
position he held until 1873, when he
was chosen Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Massachusetts, a
post he still holds. Although taking
no part in politics, still General
Dcvens is recognized as Republican
but attached to the more conservative
wing of that organization.