The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-03-25

at that place in 1850. Two years later
he was elected Prosecuting Attorney Of
Knox county, but in 1855 he settled at
Winona, Mimi, which has ever since
been his residence. In 1858 he was
elected TO Congress as a Republican, and
was continued in his seat FOR ten years,
serving on the committees on Public
Lands and Public Expenditures and the
special committee Of thirty-three on the
rebellious States, and acting during his
last three terms as Chairman Of the
Committee on Indian Affairs, He was
originally a Henry Clay Wing, and
made his mark in Congress by his sue
cessful championship Of the muniicent
homestead law Of 1862. He was always
tariff man, and gave special attention
to the problems of interstate commerce,
cheap transportation and the advance
ment Of agricultural interests, He was
appointed Senator in July, 1870, to fill
the unexpired term Of Daniel S. Norton;
was elected for the full term Of 1917
and reelected for the term expiring in
1888 As a Senator he has been promi-
nent in connection with his advocacy Of
Capt. Eads' Mississippi jetties, wrote an
elaborate report as Chairman OF q COM
mittee on transportation, was also Chair
man of the important Committee on APP
preparations, was the proposer of the
exodus investigation, and has quite re.
Gently figured as the pronounced oppo-
nent Of monopolies.
sAMUEL j. KIRKwooD, SECRETARY OF
THE INTERIOR.
The third in Importance Of the Cabi,
net portfolios has been awarded TO Sena-
tor and Ex-Governor Samuel j. Kirk
wood, of Iowa Governor Kirkwood was
born Dec 90 1918, in Hartford county
Maryland near the Susquehanna river and
the head Of Chesapeake Bay, in region
noted for the number of eminent men II
Las produced. He is consequently sixty
eight years Of age, being the oldest mem
Der Of the new administration and one
Of the oldest now in public life at Wash
| ington. His early education was chiefly
received at the Federal capital in the
academy taught by John Mcleod. His
political guardian angel inspired him in
1885 with the happy thought Of becom-
ing an "Ohio man" and for twenty
years thereafter he was citizen Of Rich
| land county on the edge of the Western
| Reserve. He studied law, was i'll lS43
admitted to the bar at Mansfield, the
home of the Shermans; was elected
Prosecuting Attorney Of Richland county
in lS45 and 1917, and sat in 1Sb0-6l in
the convention which framed the present
Constitution of Ohio. In 1855 he settled
in johnson county, Iowa, where in Tho
following year he was chosen State Sena,
tor, was elected Governor in 1853 and
again in 1861, being one Of the remarka
ble group Of "War Governors" to whom
was due 50 much Of the glory of the sup
preston Of the rebellion. In 1868 ht
declined the offered mission to Denmark
succeeded James Harlan as United State
Senator for the period 1867, was agar
chosen Governor in 1875. and resigned
that Office in January, 1877, on his sec
ond election to the United States Senat'
for the period ending in 1888. Governo
Kirkwood has the reputation of being
trough diamond''--a bluff, hearty, quain
, genius IN homespun, strongly resembling
. President Lincoln in height, general de
meanor and indifference to outward ap
pearances. He is said to be "rich il
saving common sense" and will need j
all if he is TO make success OF his IN
! cumbency of that graveyard Of reputa
tions, the Interior Department. II
! knows all about the land question an
the Indian question, has views Of his ow
about agriculture, and will heartily ses
ond the Intentions of President CARTEL
with reference to the education OF tn
freedman and the honest supervision q
= the Patent, Pension and other bureau
! which make up his important depar
! ment
/ ROBERT TODD LINCOLN, SECRETARY Q
WAR.
g The personal history Of the new Seer,
E tary of War is brief one, except in (
n far as it falls within that of his fathe
the martyr President, Descended pate
Z nally from one of the four Thomas Lii
}, coins, who were at the same time pionet
E emigrants from bingham, England,
:, bingham, Mass, and a grand nephew {
" Daniel Boone, the pioneer of Kentuck
e he was born at Springfield, ILL.,, in 1874
le being the eldest and now the only su
e viving son Of Abraham Lincoln. He 7
is ceiyed coed education at the schools
a that city and at Exeter Academy, N. II
n graduated at Harvard College and I
ie sided at the White House during mu,
a Of the eventful period when it was Il
N center of the nations destinies. Aft
Is. the assassination Of his father he settl'
TE in Chicago, ILL.,, where he studied al
has since practiced law, and has acquir
!. an enviable reputation as good citiz
= u and successful lawyer. He married t
81 only daughter of ex-Secretary Jam
IN Harlan, Of Iowa, and owes his prese
appointment primarily to the two Ser
~ tors from Illinois, General Logan a
J, David Davis, who, doubtless, reflect {
ng sentiments OF vast public which
sl af IDENTIFY desires that the son of such
% % father may achieve the highest politi
,,SS, success.
f4. WILLIAM H, HUNT, SECRETARY OF T
I'M NAVY.
its Judge William H. Hunt, Of the Co
la of Claims, the new Secretary Of
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