The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-04-16

Tho appointment Of United States Min
Isler 10 Rnssi is one OF tie highest rank,
aud Ia IewiIdpd with the mOst liberal
| impensalion paid by the Government
for thp services OF the Ambassador,
In these re4nccta II In Of equal value
with the miasiOn 10 Great Britain, Ger
many and FIanca, But, n0twithsland'
| lng these thinga II IL not q desirable
appointment, and seems 10 have gone u
begging before Mr. Lawt0n had the op-
pOriuuity given him 10 accept or reject
II, Gen, Mcclellan and lex Senator hc
Donald ara ea!d TO have reinsoi u pre-
yiOuBly TO ils acceptance ny that gem
| tleman, 81. Petersburg IN costly ~ q
place OF re e1idance. rhe American Min,
later 10 that capital 10 likely TO epend
more, tNan the incOme resulting from
| the position, In the enteay0r TO extract
n reasonable degree u qualification IN
life white holding H.
Alexander Il, Llgton, the new MI lis-
tor tO Russia, ,waa born In South Carolina
In Tho ,,enr 1878 Ho became q cad't
NJ West Point, AMI graduated from
that institution about the year 1882
After eighteen m0nlha' service III Tue
First Artillery, he resigned hls comm f.
sion aud b0yan tho study Of law. lie
was admlttpd TO the Bar M a graduate
from llNr,ard Law School and liked
upOn S,Yhnnah, Ge0rgln, M Ills place
Of readence, where no opened ~ Olllce
for Tho practice OF his profession. In
1850 IN became PlCsldent OF the
Augns.a and SiVannah Railroad, Five
Years aflerward he was elrctedi 10
the Assembly OF his State, and In 1859
10 ita Senate. Ia ] nuary, 1851, ~
Colonel OF the First Regiment OF
Gelrgia Volunteers, ho took pnssraAlon
OF Fort Pnlaokl, under the authority OF
tho State. Ia retained command In
Savannah under tie State commission
until, In April. 1861, no was commits
stoned Brlgadier q ineral in.the C0Dfed-
crate army. lllA command was on the
Georgia coaat until June, 1862 when no
was assigned " Virginia Ills was pres.
ent at thu battlea Of Cold H0r60r aud
Malvern III |, In both Of which his brig
ade lost heavily. Az the Second Manas-
sas, General Egell having been wound
I'd, he took charge Of h's division, which
he commanded No Ohanlilly HHrper'B
Ferry and Slarpaburg, Having hoen
wounded In the last named place, no
was disabled unfit May 1868, when no
6glin reported Tor DUTY lle was ap'
pointed Quartermastrr General by The
President aud Secretary OF War OF the
COnfodorOcy, aud In August, 1863, took
charge II the Bureau directing ~ iis
chief responsibility, all field aud rail
r0ad Transportation for the Southern
armies, General Liwtun held tnia posi-.
ton until tho C0le VI tho struggle
which ended In the collapse Of tho Con-
feder0cy
After the war ho resumed practice NJ
savannah, which " his preee I resi-
denoe lle wNa elected 10 The State AS
s'mbly In 1876, IN 1877 no wao Vice
President OF the State Constitutional
Convention. lle is u trultee Of the Uni-
yCr,ity Of Georgia, aud attorney for The
Central Railroad Of Georgia.
General LnwlOn IN eI0kOn OF very
fayOrably by lending Southern men, and
hil appointment 10 Russia is considered
by them TO ho u jniicious ones He
manifested great ability during the
war, especially M Qnartermast, t.Gen-
oral. 40 "A lawyer no is nlaO dlalln'
gulthed, aud hal midO n considerable
fortune, The new Mlnialor 10 Russia IN
n llne looking man, His manners are
q let Hni MA le, md he IL very p0pu'
lar In tho city OF his residence