Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-14

sign and size should be the same as in the
then seal; and on April 10th another
amendment was adopted that " the design
of the present seal shall be preserved intact
in the new one, but the size thereof shall
be reduced six-tenths OF an inch, so that
the new seal when completed shall be three
and three-tenths of an inch in diameter"
The bill with this amendment passed the
Senate on the 3lst, but it was not consid-
cred in the House.
THE DESIGNER OF THE SEAL.
Garnet, the designer of the original seal,
was born in Virginia about 1921 entered
West Point in 1887; graduated twenty
seventh in his class July l, 1871, and
appointed Brevet Second Lieutenant of
artillery was assistant instructor of in
fantry tactics at the military academy from
July, 1913, to October, 1874 was Abide
camp TO General Wool in 1915, and distiu-
guished himself in the battles of Palo Alto
and Resaca de la Palma; was promoted too
First Eeutenancy August Is, 1876; was
Abide camp to General TAYLOR during the
Mexican War and until 1910; breveted
Captain and Major for gallant and meritori-
Gus conduct at Monterey and Buena Vista :;
transferred to the infantry in 1913; pro-
NOTED to a Captaincy III 1851: from 1852
TO 1854 was commandant of the corps of
cadets and instructor of infantry tactics at
West Point; appointed Captain of the
First Regiment Cavalry in 1856, and Major
OF the Ninth Infantry in the same month ;
was commander in the operations against
the Indians on Puget Sound in 1856, and
commanded the Yakima expedition in
1865. AT the breaking out of the rebellion
he took the side of the Confederates, and
was promoted to Brigadier- Generalship
! and assigned to the Department OF West
Virginia. Here General Mcclellan at
tackled him, and after several days of al
ternate fighting and retreating, at the bat
tie of Carrick's Ford, on July Is, 1861,
Garnett was killed and his forces routed.
His body was carefully cared for by
the Federal com mander, and after being
embalmed was forwarded to his friends.
THE DISTINGUISHED LIVING AND DEAD.
Caleb Lyon was appointed Consul to
| Shanghai, China, by President Polk in 1916
On his return to New York he served in
both branches of the Legislature, and in
1858 was elected from that State to Con-
gress. In 1864 he was appointed Governor
of Idaho Territory, and retained the office
three years. He died at Rossville n. Y,
on September9 1879, the quarter centennial
anniversary of the admission of California
into the Union. OF the members of the
NOLN SllllOIl WlOSt Ild!uGS III iHlS ar
| ticle, w. E. Shannon died of cholera at
Sacramento on November 3, 1850, at the
early age of %. Rodman NJ Price was af-
forwards elected Governor OF New jersey,
and is now living in the East Wozencraft
and Vallejo are still living in this State
and take an active part in public matters
Winfield S. Sherwood was afterwards a
District Judge, and died in Sierra county
on June %, 1870. Snyder held many I'M
portant public positions, removed to Sono-
ma county, conducted an extensive vine
yard, and died there April %, 1873. Hal
| leck was at that time the Secretary of State
| under the military government He after
wards practiced law in San Francisco, and
| in July, 1872, was appointed General in
Chief of all the armies of the United
States. He held that position until March
II, 1864 when General Grant was made
Lieutenant-General. He died in Louisville,
Ky, January 8. 1872.
OF the other persons whose names have
been mentioned, Governor Bigler was af-
forwards Minister to Chile, and died in
Sacramento, November %, 1871. Denver,
who still lives, had been a Captain in the
Mexican war; and afterwards was Governor
of the Territory of Kansas and q distin-
guished General in the Union army. He
has been once or twice candidate tor the
Democratic nomination for President
Hampstead removed to Utah, and died at
Salt Lake, September 26, 1879.