The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-25

| university in 1898, and began the prac-
| tlcc OF law in illinois in 1861. Prcsi-
dent Lincoln appointed him assistant
secretary aud kept him in that capacity
throughout his administration. He
also acted rs Lincoln's admtant and
aldc'dc-camp and was brrvrtcG licu
| Iehnh' c1ohcl. Entering diplo-
maIlc circles in the sixties, he was
at various times charge at Vienna.
first secretary at Paris, and sccrctarv
OF legation at Mudriu In 1870, Mr..
Lay connected himself with the press
ana Tor nearly six years devoted him
sell TO editorial work on a leading Now
Nork newspaper.
In lH,3 he entered politics. takinr
an active part in the presidential cam,
| paiEns Of 1876, 1850 aud lSSI being
| then II resident Of Cleveland. prcsi-
dcnt ltaycs appointed him First Assis-
hant Secretary Of State, which post he
hilcd Tor nearly three years. Since his
retirement from Ollicc Colonel llav
has resided chiefly in WASHINGTON ci,\,
where he occupies Il palatinl home on
Lar ayCttc avenue and has devoted
hlmscll to literature with the greatest
success, some OF his best known works
being "ifkc County Ballads" "Cns.
lillian Days, and history OF Lincoln
wrlItcn IN collaboration with John
Nicoay.
oInncl Hay has also been frequent
S".yributor TO the highest class of
periodicals, and !" him has been
as1ribrd tie authorship Of tho anony-
NOUS novel, "Thc R"ua!winncrs,
VIII en- caused Sucn agitation in labor
circles.
General Horace Porter comes of row
oIutionary stock, his grandfather,
Andrew Porter, being one Of Wash
lhEton's most valued officers.
General !'orlrr's father WAS David
kittcnhouan Porter, at one time Gov
crnor Of Pennsylvania and a prosprrou.,
manufacturcr. Horace Porter was
porn Just sixty years ago in IIunt.rg-
uon, Ia. Tic WAS we'll educated in his
own State, at Harvard and finally at
west Point. Soon after his grad aa-
tioA from the military academy he wa,
assign d TO duty in the South. He WAS
an ordinance expert, so most Of his
work was in the military service on
the slails Of Mcclellan, R0sccrans and
Grant, where he earned the reputation
rs 4 gallant and fearless fighter, as i
shown by his brCvcts. lie served in
the ChIckamauga and Wilderness cam
palgns and was in tho first assault on
Cha"lcslOn, where he WAS wounded.
Genera Grant was greatly attached
TO General Porter and madc i'm Assis-
tant Secretary OF War while he him.
sell filled the sccrctaryship. lie sur
rendered his army commission in 1873
ana plunged into active business, be-
ing first president Of the West Shore
railroad, vice president Of the Pullman
Car Company, and associating himself
with other great corporations in II
directive capacity. He is well known
in tho field Of literature, being an
author OF rcputc and much sought for
as Il public speaker
The appointment Of Mr.. Henry
White TO he secretary OF American
embassy in Great Britain is practically
Il reappolntmcnt, as Mr.. White had
held this office for eight years pre-
vlous to Mr.. Clcvcland's last admins
tration. lie has been in London most
OF the time since his displacement and
the fact was brought out after his nom
lnation that he had rendered Mr.. Olncy
important service i'm the recent Ncue-
Zuclan negotiations. The present sec
rotary, MIR. Roosevelt, resigned some
time ago.