THE DAHrc EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1809. f Continued tnm th' Fiml Page. Unco (bo foundation of the Government had a mau whom the people hud elevated to one of the highest positions within their gift appeared befote item to take the oath of oihce lu a state f babbling drunkBnucs. Such, whs Andrew Johnsou's coreJUlon on this historic day, and so "completely bad he. drowsed out his wit that he wan Double to recall the name of the Secretary of the Navy. A ureal cry of shame and intlln nation went up fr .m the peoele, te echoed by almost the entire press of ibo country, with out distinction of party, Men began at once to talk shout the sP:r,der thread of lifo which hunt between this debauchee and the Chief Magistracy, and be:ore tiiuv had ceased to to talk, a (treat calimity fill upou the nation, that Mender thread of lite was snapped, Abraham Lmco'n was followed to bis grave by a lamenting moltltndc. aud on the 15'h of Aorll, 1866, Andrew Johnsou took the oath of olllcc as President of the United Hla'es. Kirt an Alderman of a country village. . Then Mayor of the same. Then a member of the HtHte Legislature. Then a Presidential elector. Then a State Senator. Then a Representative In Congress Then Governor of a State. Then a Senator of the United States. Then a high oUicer in the loyal army. Then Vice President. On every rouud in the ladder he placed his lucky foot, and at last he gained tho very pin nacle of worldly ambition, and was proclaimed to the world PRBSIDBNT OP THR UNITED STATUS I When Abraham Lincoln breathed his last, the ration forgot the scene in Washington on the 4th of March, and tnrned to Audrew Johnson as the Chief Magistrate of the Republic wkh tae kindliest feelings and the most unfaltering trust. All minor i.-.sues were lost sight ot in the one great issue then presented Shall the fruits of the war tor the Union, lust brought to successlul close, be sna'.chcd from our grasp? How could there be any doubt ai to the new President's response? Ou the 3d of April, not two weeks previous to the great calamity which made him President, he had delivered a char acteristic address in Washington, on tho occa elou of the public Tejolcings over the fall of Richmond, In the course of which, after refer ring to the position taken by himself lu the Senate at the ombreak of tho war, when "as to loyalty ho stood solitary and alone anions; the Senators Irom the Southern States,'' lie aid: "I wm then and there called upon to know what I would to with such traitors, a oil 1 want to repeat my reply here. I said. If we bad nn Andrew Jacltson be would bang Ilium at high ai Human, but as be Is no nor, and sleeps in bis (rave lu his own beloved State, where traitors aud treason bv even Insulted lila tomb and tbe vrj earth that coven bis remains, bamb e as I am, when you ask me wht I would do, my reply is, would arrest them I would try them I Uioutd comrfot them, ami J uoulU hang litem!" Towards tbe close ot the same a Id r ess he exclaimed: "Treason Is tbe highest crime known In tbe cata logue of crlnea, sod tor him tliat it guilty ot It for blra that la willing to llt his Impious band against ine autnority or me nation i would sy ueatn is too sy a punlsbment. My notion it that treason mutt be tnaiie oaiout, and traitors mint be puniihr.d!" To detail the niauuer lu which this blatant threat bas been executed would require a review ot the entire history of the country from the 15th of April, 18G5, to the present day an im possibility in the limited space at our command. We proceed to give, however, a chronological outline of Andrew Johnson's administration, each separate date being a sort of round in the ladder down which that functionary has been stumbling with such rapid strides from the njoraent that he gained the top. For a fow mouths subsequent to his accidental elevation to tbe Presidency, before his brain bad been completely turned by the fancy of concocting and enforcing a ''policy" ot his own, be continued to command tbe confidence and jespoct ot the country. This be did by making an earnest show of putting Into executlou his threat of April 3, 1805, to render treason odious and traitors the most uncomfortable of human beings. The assassination conspirators were huuted to the death with his he arly concurrence, lare rewards for tbeir apprehension were offered, their trial was conducted with nummary expe dition, their sentences ha&tily approved ttnl unhesitatingly executed. On Apiil 2D he proclaimed June 1 following a day of iiumiliiition and prayer because ot' the great calamity by which he was lilted into the President's chair. On May 2 he issued a proclamation offering largo rewards for tho apprehension of Jc-U" Davis and certain other leading rebels. On May 0 he recognized by proclamation the Pierpont government ot Virginia. On May 29 he proclaimed William W. llolden Provisional Governor of North Carolina, follow ing this action up by six diilereut proclama tions between June 13 and July 13, by which provisional governments were set up In Missis sippi, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, South Carolina, una Florida. Meanwhile he bad become possessed of the knowledge that the Rebellion had been brought to a successful issue, and ?o, Ou Apnl 21), lMis, iy proclamation be removed many of the restrictions which had been placed on commerce in tho Southern States. On May 22 bo declared all the ports of the country reopened to trade, excepting those of Texas. On May 29 be issued a proclamation, granting amnesty to all who bad participated in the Ke bellton, with tbe exception of such as were embraced in fourteen specified classes. On June 23 he removed the blockade from nil the ports iu the country, including tho-.c of Texas. On August 2D be proclaimed the removal ot all restrictions upon commerce hi the Southern States after the lit of September following. Ou October 12 he relieved the Stn'e of Ken tucky troui the operation of martial l.w. On December 1 he restoied the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, except iu the into insuriectionary S'ates, Kentucky, the District of Columbia, and tbe Ttmtoiies o: New Mexico aud Arizona. During all this time the late leaders of the Rebellion, une'er his superintendence aud en couragement, hail been eiiligently at work building up Statu governments otter their own fashion, by entirely ignoring the loyal element ot tho Southern population, an I with tbe chief view of restoring themselves t the positions of power and influence, ut home and I.; th'j na tional councils, which thiy bad forfeited by tn ESgin in rebellion. Tuis ta-k aceomplUhei, On December lb. leiij, he sent a message to Cougiess iinuouncltic tiiit North Carolina, Souih Carolina Georizii, Alabama, Mississippi, l.outi-iauR, Arkansas and Tennessee bad all been thoroughly re. ondiueted, th: most of them accoidiue to "my policy."' C 'ngrc-3, however, wns no'. ea'.is2el wi'U the leading points in tuis "policy."' ami indicated without delay its d"termiii lUon to establish and malutaln one or Its o vn, iu accordance with the principles for which the war for the Union had been w-iged. Audrcv Jounsou thereupon joiued lsme with them by going into the vetu business on a wholes tie scale. On February 19, lsCC, be vetoed the bill ex tending lodetln'lcdy the lime for the operation ot the rreedmcu's lVircui. kml ih -.,,. was not eudowei with the gift of proohee.y. that r l. uoj' C .lOUn to IU" O'.ll. Oa February 22 he prououneed a disjointed ddreis In Wa-hlngtiui, lHuien'.ing the ooposi tiou of Congress to his "polios'' ior restorin" the glorious Union;'' (Wouv-kg upon th" beauties ol theCons.ltu'.ion; d-nuiu ling to know "Who has sutlend more than I Unfa ' and deuooncltg S'.eveu-, Sumner, a 1 1 tbeir follow ers In tbe ration il IcpUlaUiie m t-qually inimi cal to tho Union i'h Uuvis, Toombs and isliiiell. ' On M:cb 21 he burled another vdo at Cou plers, wlib fcpeciul rel'eieuce to the Civil KighU On April 2 be proclaimed ti e in'.irr'i2tiou at an f.ud in all the Stales excepting Tetus. Ou July 16 beluduluedin auni her veto, aimed '. the bill ex'.enditig tho I'reedineu's Uuruau for two jesrs. , , On August 11 the great "arm-in-arm 'Lonvm t'on met lu the Philadelphia Wigaui, endorsed tho Johnson "policy," aud was rewarded ou the lbth with a speccu.'lu which tho "bumble Individual'1 sa'ui; ' We have st-eii Landing upon the verae of the Government, as U were, a body called, or which a'hUiues to be, tho Congress of the United f talcs, whil In luct it li a Congress ol only u part of the Spates. We hve seen this Comrrcm pretend to be for the Union, when Its evervi-tep and act tcuc"edto perpetua'e disunion and mt.te a disruption hi the States Inevitable. " Ou August 20 be again roclatmen me iuir lectlon at on ti.d, and civil auihotily reotored tlironphotit the Union. Then be Blurted on the fumons "swing aroiitid the clTclc." taking 1'iiitarti lphla " i New York ( August 29). ('levcland Wte" 3). ( blcapo ti-epieinbt r 6), nod St. 1-ouis (Sep tember 8), I" the route, at each of these places, and at ai the iuicrmedia'e po otMnakfn-t by tlaruniatoiy apocrhw gainst Congress aod at Cleveland, more wpromlly, eiiK8Bin in a dis graceful baudiing of cpitheia with a disorderly "'on' January 6, 1807, be vetoed the District of Columbia fuflragc mil. , Ou January 7, Hon James M. Ah.cy of Ouio, iu the Hou.-c of Represeuta'.ives, ollered n reso lution directing the Judiciary Committee to inquire if there was not cause for tho Impeach nient of the President, whioh resolution the ndnntcd bv a vote of 107 to 3D. On January 9 Andrew Johnson sent to the Senate a long string of Kebels to whom he had granted special pardons, and both beforo and after that date ho persisted iu pardoning, not only every llebcl who asked It, but the most notorious counterfeiters and dofraudeis of the revenue, as last as tho courts have been able to convict and sentence them. On January 2D he vetoed the bill admitting Nebraska to tbe Union, because ' Congress had inserted n provision guaianteclng Impartial suffrage In the new State. On March 2 he vetoed both the Heconstruc tion and Tenure of Oflice bills, and protested a.galnst the bill which required all the orders issued to the army to pass through the olliee of the Cent rnl In Chief. On March 23 he vetoed the Supplementary ReconMtuct'on bill. On July 19 he vetoed tbe explanatory Recon struction bill, and a lew days afterwards a. bill making a large appropriation for corrvingout the rtcon-truclion policy of CoDgress. on August 5 he sent to Secretary Stanton a note, as follows: "l'ubllc considerations of a high character coiibtrain me to say that your resignation as Secretary ol War will be accepted." On the same day be received from Secretary Stanton a m ponee stating that "public con siderations ot a high character" constrained him to remain in olliee until the meeting of Congress. Ou August 12 be suspended Secretary Stanton, nna made (Jeneral Grant Secretary of War ad interim. Ou Augubt 20 he relieved (lencmls Sheridan and Sickles of their commands in the Fitth and Second military districts because of their faith ful execution of the laws of Congress. On September 3 he again proclaimed the supremacy of the civil law throughout the fouth, and warned everybody.agaiust obstruct ing its process. On September 8 he issued a proclamation ex tending umnesty find pardon to a large number of Rebels who had been excepted iu the procla mation of May 2D. 105. On November 25 the reports of the Judiciary Committee of tbe House of Bepresentutives on Ashley's impeachment resolution were pre sented, and it was found that the House then stood 57 to 108 on the impeachment question. Ou November 2D he appointed to tbe com mard of tbe Louisiana district General Wluticld S. Hancock, whom he afterwards eulogized as "the Second Washington,"' iu return for his de votion to the civil law and its supremacy over the military. On December 28 he relieved Generals Pope and Ord ot their commands iu the Third nud Fourth Military districts, because ot their zeal in cnrrjlug out the reconstruction policy of Congress. On' January It, IstiS, the Senate re'used to sustain the suspt u-ion ot Secretary Slantou, by a strict party vote ot 35 to 6. On January 11, General Grant turned over the War Department to Secretary R'unton, and then ensued a long disoute been the lormer and the President, as to the allegation by Mr. John eon that General Grant had promised to notify him before taking any such action. Ou Fibruaty 21 Andrew Johnson notified the Senate that he bad finally removed Secretary Stanton and designated LoreLZO Thomas the Adjutant General ot the armv, to act as Secre tary of War ad in'erim; tho Senate on the same day pasting, by a vo'e ot 28 to o, a resolution declaring -'that, under the Constitution und laws of the United States, tbe Presi'lent had no power to remove ihe Secretary of War and designate any other oflicer to perform the duties of tba1: oliice ad tn'erim " On February 24 the House, ou a report pre fented by the Keconstiuctiou Committee, re solved, by a vote of 128 to 47, to impeach An drew Johnson of high crimes and misde nieunors. On the same day a committee of seven was appoiuted by the House to prepare and present uriieles of impeachment. tin February 25 Thaddeus Steveus and John A. Bingham appeared, by order of the Hou?e, at the bar of the Senate, and made u formal im peachment of the President. Ou March 2 and 3 the House agreed to the articles of impeachment. On March 4 Ihe articles were read to tbe Senate by thf managers. On Maich 5 Chief Justice Chas organized the High Court ot Impeachment by taking the oath, ol olliee. On March 13 the President's counsel entered an appearance. On March 25 Andrew Johnsou vetoed the bill amending the Judiciary act, by which the Supreme Court was prevented from meddling wliu political questions. m Maich 30 the great impeachment trial commenced. On April 9 the President's counsel opened the delete. Ou April 22 the argument was eommcncd. - On April 23 the President nominated to the Senate General John M. cboield us Secretary of War. On May 10 the Senate declared Andrew John sou not guilty ou the eleventh article, by a vote ot 3j to 19-on more vote being required to convict the (even Republican Senators follow ing voting, with the twelve Democratic Senators, "not guilty :" Ftssctiden of Maine, Fowler of Tennessee, Grimej ol lown, Henderson of Mis souri, ho-s of Kinsa, Trumbull of Illinois and Van Wit klc of Vii Virginia. On May 20 the Sei.nte voted on the second and third urticlcs Hith the suite result, and th-n adjourned $tne ilif as u High Court of Impeach ment. (n the same day S, eietary Stanrou notified the I'rcfid'-ut th r. ho bad feUnjuilit-d cUurge of the War Department. On May 29 the, Sena'o confirmed General Scboneld as Secretary ot War. un June 20 Audrew Jehnson resumed the veto ei.-ii.e-s, t.iMipj.roviiig ol the bill for the mtora'ion of Arsaiieus to repnsculutiou in Coiifirets. Oil June. 24. he received from Cougivss a bill txteiding Hie Fioeilrnen's' bureau to July 10, 1809, which bectitiia law vit bom hi? signature. nn June '.' lie ve:oed the so-called "Omnibus biil,"- by wliich -evi rai of the Southern States wire restored to r?i rosentatiou in Cotrress. Uu Jui'C :J0 r.c rePcved General McDowell frum coinni aid in the Fourth ftiilrary district. on July 4 tie celebrated Independence Day by isniii.g an ainuc.ty proclamation for the benetit ot all Kebels who wen not ut that time under presentment or indicti-ient. On July Is hi scain dit-played bis passion for tinkering ihe Constitution bv ipeomiiiending the c notion of PrebiJeut aud Vice-Prcbideut by the people, lor terms of six years without eligibility h,r n re-eVcnin; ulo re jom mending that Lu ted Sta'es Seiifit'-is be chosen by the people ol the sir-e-. und that the tenure of Judges ot toe Su(,n nn: Court be limited to twelve yeais, Ou July 20 he vetoed the bill wliich prohibited tbe couuuiik of the electoral votes of such Mates as miKbt be without lepicscnUtiou iu CorureMi. Ou July 25 he vetoed auotber bill concerning the t reediiieu'u lii.ivau. On t-c p ember 15 he Installed Gener il Roui scan In command of the Loutsmua district. Ou December ! be sent bis last annual mes sase to Congress, still persisting iu u wholesale abuse ot thst body ami h, reconstruction policy, aud koioratimr a fantastic way of lepu ilmlii u Hie ijmU.ii. ul deb. On December 25 he celebrated CUi'lrtioa Day by i.-susng another pranuacainento, in wUicU' be proclaimed and. declared, "unconditionally nd without reservation. 1o all and to every person who directly or indirectly pirlicip:ii-d In tba late insurrection or Kobalnon. a till pardon and Riiiuety tor the oUensn of treason s-aitist the United Slates, or of adhering to the.r i t.cmies durUg tbe late civil wsr, with the iceiotatioii ot all rights, privileges, aud immu iiiiIps unarr the Constitution, and tho livs which have Peon made in pursuance thereof" On February 11. 1809, bo signed the pardon of ihe notorious Dr. Mudd, one of the assassi na'icn re-ii'plrators. On February 13 be ind ilifed In a pnrllu? veto, disapproving' of a bill concerning the oo'oted schools ot the Dissriet ol Columbia. On the 4th ol March be will retire from tun edlice of Pies! lent, and at once enter uoon a canvass for tbe Governor-hip of Teoucssee. Having reached the bottom of the ladder, and beholdirg tbe yawning abyss of oblivion ready to engulf him, he is determined to start again on an WDward csreer, de-plte the ill repute in h'ch he is held by the people of the United States, almost without distinction of party, color, or locality. Unral I'lynne S. Umut, the New I're Hlilenl. The bioeraphvof General Graut, the President elect, bas becu "done" so olten and so exten sively ot lute, that It is not wotth while to etitcr upon it aeain, even in this connection, except in the merest outline. He was boru at P.iint Plea-ant, Clermont county, Ohio, April 27, 1S22. He received an ordinary corumou school educa tion, and manifesting a strong inclina'iun for military life, he received au appointment to West Point through the Influence of Hon, Thomas L. Homer, of Ohio, and was admitted to that institution July 1, 1839. He graduated number twenty-one In u class of thirty-nine, on tho 30ih of June, 1H43, and was soon after breveted second lieutenaut. During tho war with Mexico ho participated in the principal battles and sieges tinder Seotl and Taylor, and for meritorious services was breveted captain. Iu I8f3 he resigned his commission, and joined bis wife in St. Louis, where be resided tor six years. In 185D he removed to Galena, 111., and entered his father's leather and saddlery store. At the breaking out of the Rebellion Grant organized a company and reported at Spring field, whfie be was soon a'ter aopointei Alj l tant Geneial, aud mu-tering ollicer of tho Illi nois troops. In Juue, 18G1, be was appointed by Governor Yates Colonel of the 21st Illinois Regiment, and Bhorily alter he was promoted to a biigadier generalship, and assigned bv Gene ral Halleck to ih. command of the Cairo district. In February, 1802, he captured Fort Donelsou, tor which service no was cieaied a major gene ral ot volunteers. His subsequent c.ireer Is well known, and it cover the battles of Corlutb, Slnloh, luka, the siege of Viek-burg, bis promo tion to the rank ot Lieutenant-Genera), with eupieme command of the forces of the Unitel States, tue battles of the Wilderness, the pro longed stege of Richmond, the surrender of Lee, and his promotlou to tbe rank of General. General Grant was nominated tor the Presi dency by tne Republican party on the 21st of May, 1808, und ou the 3d ot November bo was chosen by a majority ot the Aniericm people for their chief magistrate. On the 4'bofMarcii next be will as'tiinc the dudes of his new olliee. Kcliuyler C'ollitx, tUe N'evv Tice-I're-sident, was born in Xew ork cdy, March 23, 1823, so that he is about a yeu' older ihau General Grant. Like Grant he merely bad the advau tuaes of a common s-cbrol education, and bsing obliued to deoct el lolely upon hn own Industry for a living, he was pined iu a mercantile e.iiaoiisnaieiii in e loiK, remaiuing mere for three tears. Iu 1830, when only thirteen years old he ren oved 10 lud aiia for the purpose of making un irrtune. in lisii ne commencej tne publi cation ol the ss.iu'li Uind Jfraittcr. a weekly journal, which be edited with much ability. The .C7?iter duvocuieu vuig puucipics ami DroJiiUt Mr. Coltnx into notice us a young man of talent and energy. In IhIS he was a delegate to the National Whig Convention, and acted as its secretary. Iu 1850 he became a member of the Inoiana C. institutional Convention, aud in 1852 be, was (1.1111 appointed to tne National Whig Convinticu whicd nomiiitt'ed General Scott. When tho Whig pony broke up Mr. Coiiux identified himself with the Republicans, aud iu 18!",4 be was elected a Representative in Congre-s from tbe Ninth district of Indiana. Mr. Colfax baa retained his seat ever since, und has been known as aclcai-headed and practical statesman and indefatigable worker. In the full of 1803 be was elected Speaker of the Tbirty-elgutb Congress, and in December, 18G5, aud nsjuin in 1807, be was re-elected to l be same position. In May, 1808, be was chosen as the candidate of the Republican party for the oflice of the Vice-Presideut, and on the 3d of November the nomination was continued by the people. Mr. Coliax has won the esteem of all parties by his dignity and im partiality a prPMdiug oflicer of the lione, aud there is no doubt that he will give equal satis faction in the Senate. TEE CABINET. Tlie Counsellors of Andrew Johnson. When Andrew Johnson was made President by the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, he accepted tbe members of the Cabinet of the latter as bis coustituliu'il advisers, and no msiteiinl change was made by hiin until he became embroiled in the dispute witb Stanton. With tae exception of the Secretary of War, all of Mr. Lincoln's ministers williugly submitted lotheJohmonizing process, and remained faith ful exponents nnu advocates of "my policy"' as long as there was any possible chance for its success. Mr. Seward, who became Secretary of State on the accession of President Lincoln, has contrived to retain the confidence of Presi dent Johnson throughout his term of ofiice, and Mr. Welles, has been tciunlly successful. Mr. McCullocu, who was made Secretary of the 'J rea.-ury immediately alter Mr. Lincoln's second Inauguration, has held on to the position tirmly, although the political atmosphere has ire eiuently been burdened with rumors of bis im peuding resignation. Mi. stautou, whom Andrew Johnson found at tne bead of the War Department, remained there undisturbed until the 6th td Aupiist. 1807, when the President ruiueeted him to resign, although for mouth previous to th it date there bad been so much ill feeling between the two that the ."ccretiir.y had hau no personal inter coulee with the PresKlen. Oa tlie lV:'u of ihe same moir.h he va formally su-p'Mideci, Gene; a I Grant acting as Seciet'irv o War ad interim ' from thai date ui til J.in iiiry 14, 1808, when, the .senate Having itiu'm to h-cm to .ur. imu on b suspensi. n, he again turned over the olliee to ni predicts.-or. On the 2't-t of February, 1808, the Presiiiei.t prec:piaul th Impeachment movement by si'j Httemnt to remove Stanton, apiointiug G uerul Lounzo Thomas to the ; position of ait in'inni Secretory. Mr. S'nnton. liowcvir, contiuueii to iu:s " uuui me cioe oi thi-imiiehchnient trial, ictning from the oili e May 20, lse:8. Me.intnne Thomas Kving, of Ohio, was nomiiia e t .to the Seiiite for tho position on February 24 but no action being taken upon th-- nomination, the Prei-i ient, ou A t i ll 23, tent in the na n" of G eneral John M. Sel.oiieid as St.eie'ury ot War. Alter Mr. Mautou had formally wilh'irawn irom the ediice, tb'i Senate, cn Muv 20, confirmed '-enr ial choiield, wboeiiieied th" rflici Jut e 1, and h.ts since reini'ine 1 at the heat ot tbe doounment. lion. John P. U-her, of Indiana, having retired from Mr. Lincoln's Cao'net us Secretary ol tlie Interior, ju-a prevl us t" bis seend inauui'iiMtion, Hon. .lumes Hdilan, of lo.vn, was tenders d tho position, but waived his right when Mr. Johnson ca.ne into power. The latter, however, still insie'e.l upon bis entering the Cabii e', which he did May 15, 1805, retaining the poBitlon until July, 1800. when be res'gnod lo re enter the Si-mile. On September 1 follow ing Mr. liiownii.g filtered upon the duties oi the Iutenor Odice, and there remains. Ex -Governor William D -nnison, of Ohio who bad been appointed by Mr. Lincoln Po-tinasiter-Generai in October, 1801, letaincd the position until July. 1806, when he was succeeded by Mr. Rnudall, the present incumbent. Hon. Jauie Spped, of Kentucky, whom Mr. I incolu appointed Attorney-General in Dcm Inr, 104. remained such until he was succeeded in July, 1ho, by Henry S. Btnnbery, of Ken tucky. In February, 1808, Mr. Stanbeiy ro higncd, to take part us oue of the lrfideut' yt nsel in the impeachment trial, the Illustrious Itincklcy acting a Attorney-Oeneral meanwb'ie, s he Lad frequently done before, in conse quence of Mr. Stanoery's ill-health. At the close of tbe trial tbe President again sent ttso name of Mr. Staobury to tho Benito, bat tbe nomination was rejected by that body. Hon. William M. Kvarts of New York wa thon no minated lo tbe position, and confirmed by the Senate July 15, 18C8. Iii this way the Cabinet of Andrew Johnson came, soon after the termination of the impeach ment ttlai, and until me close or hu adminis tration, to eland as lo'lows; Secretary ot State William II, Seward, of New York. Secretary of the Treusury Hugh McCullocu, of Indiana. Secretary of War John M. ScboQeld, of New Toik. Secretary of tho Navy Gideon Welles of Connecticut. tecreiary or the Interior-Orville II. Bro vn ing, of Illinois Attorney General William M. Kvarls, of New York. Postmaster General Alexander W. Randall, ot Wisconsin. tVllllniu II, Newnrtl, the Secretary of dining the two administrations of Abrahtm Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, has held that oflico during a louger period than any other Incumbent excepting James Madison, troni 1801 to 1809, and Johu Quincy Ad ims from 1817 to 1825, each of whom held it for the same length of time. He was born In Florida, Oran;e county, New York, May 16, 1801, and was educated at Union College, Schenectady, where he gradu ated in 1820. After leaving college, he entered on tbe study of the law, aud was admitted to the bar in 1822. In the following year he removed to Auburn, New York, where he bas since re sided, aud speedily made his mark as a rising man iu his profession. In 1830 he was elected to the State Senate for four years, and in 1834 be was nominated on the Whig ticket for Oov srnor, but was defeated. He was again nonil na'cdforthe same oflice in 183S, and bning elected he entered upon the discharge of bis duties in 183D. During his administration he devo'ed himself with energy to the prosecution ol internal improvements, and to reforming the public school system of the Sta'e. Mr. Se.vurd held the otlice of Governor for four years, and on the expiration of his second term he decline 1 a re-election, and returned to the practlco ot his profession. In March, 181D, he was chosen United States Senator, and held the position nntit he was iuvitcd to enter the Cabinet ot Mr. L'ncolu, in March, 1801. During his Senatorial career Mr. Sevard became the acknowledged leader ot the new Republican party, and ior many years be wss tbe 'oremost man iu Its ranks Ou the 25th of Oc'eber, 1858. at Rochester, New York, be delivered a speech in which he laid down so clearly the principles involved in the "irre pressible conflict" between freedom aud sdavcry, that it became the key-note to that ccnfl.ct until tlie war of words was endd by an appeal to tbe sword. When the National Republican Convention assembled at Chicago, in May, 1800, he was regarded as the most for midable candidate tor the noirnatlon. On tho tirst ballot he received 173.1 votes, Mr. Lincoln roeeiviug but 102, the whole number being 405, and 233 necessary to a choice. On the second ballot tbe vole stood, for Seward 184.), and tor Lincoln 181; on the ihird ballot, tor Seward ISO and for Lincoln 231'., within 24 vo'.cs of the number requued. Before the result of tbe third ballot was announced four votes were changed from Salmon P. Chase to Mr. Lincoln, and Mr. Seward's drenm of the Prcsteleuey was lorever blightoci. With commendable good grace be acqulisced in the result, and, in common with his most ardent admirers, threw uli his Influence In favor of his successful rival. Ashe had been the most formidable antago nist of Mr. Lincoln in tbe convention, when the latter came to the selection of a Cabinet, 10 bo composed principally of his rivals, the first position in it was tendered to Mr. Seward, and unhesitatingly accepted by hlai. For tho dicharge of tho duties Incumbent upon the Koreiga Minister during such a 01 isis us foil owed, he was cminenlly qualified. His course, taken as a whole, was unquestionably the safest for tlie country, despite its occasional vacillation and lack ot firmness. An Usue greater thau the upholding of our dlguity abroad was at strke, and u stout defiance ot the whole world misiht have precipitated the calamity of a forelan war, which threatened the nation from the inauguration ot the Rebellion to its close. Jnst previous to the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, Secretary Seward had susta'ned severe injuries by being thrown from his carriage. While still confined to bis bed, he was, ou tho fatal evening of April 14, 1865, brutally assailed by Payne, one of the conspirators, and ao dan gerously wounded that for a loug time his lifo was despaired of. Ou his recovery, he was continued at the head of President Johnson's Cabinet, and became an earnest supporter of his policy concerning the restoration of the Southern States, thereby alienating the greater portion of his lora.er supporter. When the contest of 1868 was at buud, however, In a speech delivered at Auburn, New York, a tew days previous to the election, beclearly signified his intention to support Grant and Ciltaxas "the candidates of authority." The leading features ot bis foreign diplomacy during Presi dent Johnson's administration have been the agitation of the Alabama claims question with (Jieat I'.ritain, the driving ot the French outof Menico, tbe negotiation ot naturalization trea ties wlih the leading powers of Europe, and the purchase ot Alaska from Russia. Ilugli MeCulloch, Secretary of the Tren ail ry, is of Seotcb descent, his grandfather, Adam MeCulloch. having emigrated from Dornoch, Scotland, about the year 1765, aud settled m Arundel, now Kennebuck Port, Maine. He was born about the year 1810, and soon after his lather, who had been oue of the largest shipowners of New England, sustained serious losses by the war with Great Britain. This inle-nered with the thoroughness of his educa tion, which was such as could be obtained at an Academy, with oue year at Rowdoin College. At the age of seventeen he commenced teaching ichool, and continued at it until 1829. He theu studied law, completing his studies in Rostou, to which place lie removed in 1832. In June, 1833, he settled in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the practice of his pro!esiou; but in tbe fall ot 1815 he was invited to asiiime the niiti agement of a brunch of the State i'.ank'ot Indiana. Elected a director ot the Stale Bsnk in 1830, lie continued in that posi tion snd as casnier and man ier of the For Wajoe briincb, until the exp ration of the charter iu ls57. achieving a marked success as a financier. In 1850 he was unanimously elected President of a new barking concern, with uu au'norized Capital ot $0,000,00). aud tweuty bi 111 ches, known as the Rank of the Stdte of Indiana. Iu this capacity he gained a till higher reputation lu financial circles, n 1 in April, 1805, Secictary Chu-e tendered him the posit. on of Comptroller of tbe Currency, under ihe National Ranking law. When William P. Fetsenden re;iied from the Secretaryship of the Treasury in Maich. 1805, the lepi-latures of Indiana, Illinois, an 1 other Western Stales, teerndid by tlie pi-ess of this section, demanded his transfer from the head of the currency buieiu to the Secretaryship of tho Xie.t-ury, to which President Lincoln appointed hun aud in which he hits since been continued by President Johnson. John M. Kehollelel, the KeviTf nry of Wnr, was barn in Chautasiiua county. New York, September 29, 1831. At the age of twelve years be removed with his lather's lauiily to Illinois, and Irom that State be was entered as a c tdet at the Mditiny Academy ut West Point, where be wti graduated in 1853, receiving at that time abrec us second lieutenant in the second n ein ci.t of nrtll.ery. He whs stall jned for two yeurs ut Foil Moulti'ie, S. C, and subsequently at Fort Ca-sin, Florida. Alterwards he was ordered to West Point as Instructor In Natur.il Philosophy, and tilled that position for five j euis He was in 1800 granted leave of ubseneo toccciipv tho chair of Natural Philosophy iu Washington University, 8t. Louis, aud was so engaged when the late wurbrokoout. liy an orde r from the War Dcpartmeut he was detailed to mister luio service tho Missouri troops, and wus appoiuted major iu tbe 1st Missouri lu futi'rv. Hi. tank in the reguUr army watbeu firot lieutenant, and in Muy, 1S01, ho wasiai po'ntcd cap'.juu. A;ier the bailie of Boonuvit'o he Joined General Lyon a Assistant Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, and was with hiin when he fell at the battle of Wilson's oreek. He was commissioned a Brigadier General of Volunteers November 21, 1861, and assigned to the command of tho militia of Missouri, autho rized to be raised for service durrnf the war. When General Hslleek wont to Pittsburg Landing, about four fifths of tbe State was placed under command of General Schoflcld, h no on j one 1, iui, tno district of Missouri, comprlslug the entire Stale, was assigned to him. In October be recelred com mand of the army of the frontier, diivin the troops of the orgauizoi loicesof tho Rebels back to tbe valley of the Arkansas, defeating Hinduism, October 22, at Maysvllle, near Pen Ridge, Arkansas, and pur suing him beyond the Boston Mountains. In November, 1862, he was commissioned a M ijor General of Volunteers, and in 1804 a HiiBadi-r-Gcncial in the Regular Army, and In 1805 a lirevtt Major General, and subsequently wa elevated to the lull rank. Alter the close of tlie vtar Major General Schoflcld was sent to tho Southern States, on a tour ot Inquiry, to ascertain the condition of things there, and alter a short absence returned to Washington and reported the result ol his examination. When tho Southern Siote3 weie. in Mny. 1867. divided into the five mill tsry dislnc'P, undir the Reconstruction act, General SchoOeld was appointed to the com mand of the First District, comprising the S'.ate of Virginiu, which position he retnined until be assumed the duties of the War Office ou June 1. 1808, having been nominated Secretary of War ou April 21, during the progress of thelmp"acb moot trial, and confirmed as such by the Saute on may tj 101 owing. Ohleon Weilew, IheNeerelnry oftlie Nnvy, during the administrations of President Lincoln und Johnson, was born in Glastonbury, uart lnid county, Connecticut, July 1, 1802. Mr. Welles was educated at the Episcopal Academy in Chester and at Norwich University. He studied law. and In 1826 became one of the editors and proprietors of the Hartford limes. This paper ho continued to edit until the close of President Jackson's administration. In 1827 he was elected to the Legislature, and was repeatedly reelected until 183i, when he was appointed Comptroller of the public accounts, subsequently he was Postmaster at Harii'ord, Comptroller af er tbe change in tho Constitution making the oflice elective, aud in 1440 he was appointed to the otbee of chief ot one of the naval bureaus by Piesideut Polk. This position he retained until tho summer of 1849. After the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, which was loiiowed by the dltncunics 111 Kansas, Mr. vvsues iiibliated with irw iicwly-organu-.-il Re publican luirtv. aud was its cuiidlJnt'3 for Gov eruorin 1856. He w.is appointed by the Phila delphia Convention, in 1850, a member of the Kepublican National Committee, and was one of its executive members until after the ileotiou of Mr. Lincoln. He was blso chiirman of the Connecticut delegation to the Chicago Con vention. When Mr. Lincoln took the Presidential chair in Maich, 1801, Mr, Welles was invited to a seat In the Cabinet ns Secre'.ary ol the Navy, This office he has held since then, 111 spite of gn at opposition and severe criticisms on his management of the nilai-s of tho Navy during and since the war. During the war Mr. Welles was the most unpopular ot the Cabinet officers, aud the gallant performances of the Navy were not sufficient to bring him into favor or to relieve him of the charge ot incompetency. It was said that the Navy did great things in spite of the Secretary, and not through him. When Andrew Johnson was called to tbe Presidential chair after tho assassination of Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Welles continued to occupy bis seat in tbe Cabinet, and when tho quarrel between the Prt sideut and Congress to ik place ne snica witu me inrmcr, anci 11 as since con tinued to be oue of the most devoted supporters 01 tbe Johnsonian policy. Orvillo II. IfronuiuK, Secretary ot tbe luirrior, was bom lu IIarri-011 county, Keutucky. He received au ordinary fcuglisti educatiou, and at an early age he removed to Buckner couuty, where he weut through a classical course at Angusta College while performing tho duties of a clei kin the otlice of the Couuty and Circuit Court. He afterwards studied law and was admiited to tbe bar. In 1831 he removed to Ouincy, Illinois, where ho has since resided. He served through the Black Hawk War, and lu 1836 he was elected to the Illinois Leglsla ture as Senator. In 1840 he was elected to the lower bouse, and served a term of two yeurs there. At the Rloominsdule Couvention be co operated with Abraham Lincoln lu organizing the Republican patty of Illinois. Iu 1800 ne was a delegate to the uutcago Convention which nominated Mr. Lincoln, and during the war he was un ardent supporter of the Govern ment. In 1801 he was appointed to fill the vacancy in the Senate of. the United States caused by the death of Stephen A. Douglas. On the 1st ot September, 1806, he was appoiuted Secretary ot the Interior by President Johnson, on tbe retirement ot Hon. James Harlan; aud he bas supported Mr. Johnson in his apostacy to the pilEciple3 cn which he was elected. tVin. 31. i:varts, the Attoruey-tJeiiernl, is a native of ltoslou, Massachusetts, where he was born in 1818. Alter a thorough preparatory education, be entered Yale College, from which he graduated, with high honors, iu 1837. Two years were then devoted by hiin to the study of the law at the Law School of Harvard Univer sity. He at once settled lu Now York city and commenced the practice of the law there, soon attaining a high stauding In the profession. On the 19th of April, 1849, be was appointed Deputy United States District Attorney for tho New York city district, holding the oflice precisely four years to a day. In April, 1861, while acting as District Attorney, during the sickness of the rcgnlnr Incumbent, he signalized himself by his able prosecution of the persons engaged iu the Cuban tilibUNtermg scheme known as "tho Cleopatra Expedition."' In 1853 bo resumed the private practice of his profession, and continued in it until bis entry Into the Cabiuet, achieving a position which w as scarcely second to a hat of any other lawyer in the United States. In 1853 he aguin gamed coiisldeianlc reou'atlon by his 'conduct of tho celebrated Lemmon slave case, as counsel lor the State of New Y ork. Having beeu selected by President Johusou as one ot his counsel iu tbe great impeach ineut trial, Mr. Kvatts brought to b'-ar upon the ciiie all his energy, learning, ind eloquence, and at once assumed the position of leader ot the defense. At the close of the triul he was re warded by Mr. Johuson wi'.h the position of Attorney-General, and was confirmed by the Senate as such on the 15'.h of July, 1808. Al though he has never held any public offices of importance except the two above nicutio led, he has frequently taken nn active part in poli tics. He was a promiuent member ot the National Republican Convention of 1800, iu which he exerted himself to the utmosr. its chairman of the New York delegation, to secure the nomination of Mr. Seward; aad when Mr. Lincoln received the votes of a majority of the convention, it was he who moved that the nomination be made unanimous. Aboat the same time he was a promlnuut candidate for the United Suites Senate, for th term from 1801 to 1&07, but was defeated by Hon. Ira Harris, the compromise caudidute between the Seward and Greeley factions ol -the Republican party of New York. Alcxnmlcr tV, Ilmulnll, the rostmiisfer ; cue-ml. Is n na'ive of New York State, but ha been a resident of Wisconsin since abjut the year 1810. In early life he was an ardent Democrat, aud when John Tyler succeeded to the Presidency in 184', Mr. Randall, then a promis ing lawjer in Waukesha, where he practised the profession many years, was appointed post niasierof that town. Having acted with the Dcmociatic party up to 1848, his freo soil ten dei.clss led him then to espouse the causo of Van Huren, Instead of Cass: but lu 1852 be aaiu adhered tothe regular nominees, and advocated the election of Pierce and King. In 1854 ha wa elected to the lower house of the State Leglsla. tine, us au independent Demoeiat, but acted with the Republicans lu that body, lu 1855 he bicamo thoroughly identified with the Repub lican paity and was placed on its State ncket us the candidate for the Attorney (.emeialshiD, but the whole ticket, excepting fhe Governor, was defeated. In 1860 he was sp oon ted by Governor Bn-hford 10 fill a vucnucv upon tue bench ol the Second J udiciul Circuit of tbe HI ale. In Wt he became the Republics canoidate for Governor, and was olected, being re-elected lu 1MM. When tho war brokf out but right niotthscf ins sro no icnu as Governor rciimh ed. and t us cop o" was sppoiniei rj I'rci-ideiit I.lnconi minister i no me. A'ter remalnint abroad tor b year he resigued. aud oa relurnira to the 1 nueri H ates was sppointot to the position cf lirst Assistant Postmastsr General. From this po ltlon he was elevated by piorldent Jr hnlon to a seat in the Cabinet a l'fuimnHter l.ciieial on the leMnnmion 01 e. Gove rnor William I enrlson, of Onio, July 11, 1806. Tne new i-ostmasier-iicnerai, wun we vat patronage at his disposal, was obliged to submit to the Jobnonilna proces?, and be hti hern one of the stoutest advocates of "my poltc" in the expiiing Cabinet. President irniilft C'nblnet presents a fruitful theme for speculation, but one qul'c as fruiiless as It is fruitful. By hi re-nonse to ihe Congrcss'ot al committee which oflicinily Infoim d him of rr.s eicciion ou ins 13' h. Inst., he showed hli delerinint'on to m un ta n. until bts induction into olliee, his retioonoa nton the subject, although Wendell Phillip regards silence under such circumstances as flit disloyalty, aud the great throng of Cabinet makers consider it an obstinate ioterlercuce with th?lrscheiiio. Notwithstanding the silence of General Grant, however, there are a tew In dications of his course the safety of putting fHiih in which cannot be questioned. It Mr. Seward is not re nined as Secretary of State, and neither Johu Lo'hrop Motley, nor Chailea Francis Adams, nor LMwiu Si. S'anton, nor Wendell Pbillis. nor Frederick Douglass, is tendered the position, the Cabinet-makers are assured that somebody else will bo invite! to accept the oliice. And a similar asuertion csn be safely veutuied iu connection with the head of each of the other departments. General Grant tms likewise emphatically de clared that he will not ccn Inform his future counsellors of their good fortune more than two or three days bidore he sends iu their names to the Senate. This course on bis part Is not without preceden. When Mr. Lincoln lett his home at Springfield, Illinois, ou February 11, 1801, tor Washinpton, It wss generally under stood thut be would select bis Cabinet princi pally from among his rivals tor the Presidential nomination. Yd tho only thing that was then definitely known to the public wastlio selection ot Mr. Seward as bead of the State Department, although It is snid il.at, before statting from Springfield, Gideon Welles had been definitely assigned to the Navy Department, and Edward bates to the Af.orucy-Gcneralshlp. Geucral Cameron bad, at first, been thought of for the Treasury, but not until about tbe 1st of March was he finally , turned over to the War Odlee, and the other positions provided for. The Washington National Intelligencer, on February 20, 1857, announced the probable Cabinet of Mr. Rucbauau, and but slight channel were subse quently made in the programme then an nounced. On the 17th of February, 1853, the probable Cabiuet ot Franklin Pierce was semi officially announced, but the list was a very weak one, aud was completely upset by Inaugu ration day. As early as February 17, 1849, It was announced that John J. Crittenden of Kentucky had declined to enter General Taylor's Cabinet, through tear that Henry Clay would make ttits a pretext for ein harassing tbe admin istration. It was not, however, until March 3 ofthisjear that the probable composition of Taylor's Cabinet was announced, and even then the programme was found au Impracticable one. Presluent Polk arrived in Washington Feb. 13, 1845, but did not decide upon his Cabi net until after March 1. Iu (Jeneral Harrison's case, however, the National Jntei igincer on February 13, 1841, four days after Harrison's arrival lu Washington, announced scmi-offlclally the future Cabinet, and no change whatever was subsequently made in the list then promulgated. That Mar tin Van Bureu would go iuto General Jackson's Cabinet was generally understood long before the 4th ol March, 1829, but no authoritative announcement of the remaining Cabinet officers was made until February 27. The list published on that day by tho National Intettiyneer was chnnged in only one particular, that of the Postmaster-Gem ralship. Martin Van IS u ren accepied Jackson's Cabinet In 1837, as he found it, making but one change for several months after bis accession. W itu these facts before the public, it will be seen that General Grant's course In icgard to his Cabinet appointments la not so extraordinary ns Is generally supposed. THE SENATE. The Senate of the l'orty-l lrst Congress. Tbe following Is tho roster of the Senate of tbe Forty-first Congress, with the dates at which the term of each member will expire. Republicans are printed iu Roman, Democrats in Jtalics, new members designated by au osterisk (), and members not jet admitted to tbeir seats by a dagger (t): Schuyler Colfax of Indiana, President; George C. Gorbam of California, Secretary. ALABAMA. I MINNKHOTA. Wlllard Warner 1871 Daniel H Nurlon 1871 Oeo. E. Spencer 1873 Alex. Ramsey ......lsji AKKAK8AS. I MISSOURI. Alex. McDonald 1KT1 Charles D. Drake... 1873 Reuj. F. Rice -..1873 'Url Scburz ib76 CALIFOKMA. I NKHEASKA. CornellnBCole......M.187ll John M. Thaver 1871 iti)tne Casstrtu 1875 Thomas W. Tlpton..l87i CONNKCTICUX. I NEVADA. Orris 8. Ferry 1873 James W. Nye 1873 V.A.Bucklugbatu.l7o Win. M. stowavt....187o DFI.AWAliK. I NKW HAMPSHIRE. Willard Saulsbury... 1871 Aaron H. Ciagln...lS71 Ihomaa V.Jlajjard.lViZ Jas. W. Patterson ...1873 FJ.OHIDA. I MEWJERSKV. Thomas W. Osbon.lS73 Alex. ti. t atlell 1871 ''Abljah. Gilbert 1875, John P. Stockton 1870 C.KOHGIA. J NKW YORK. MI. T. Jtf. Miller 1871 RoseoeConkUug 187.1 tJoshua Hill 1873 Reuben KFentoD..1875 II.LIHOIS. J NOKTH CAROLINA. Richard Yates 1871 Joseph O. Abboit...l71 Lyuian Trumbuii... 1873, John Pool 1873 INDIANA. OHIO. Oliver P. Morton 1873 John Sherman 1873 "Daniel V. Prall 1875 AU :i (J Thurman..Mi IOWA. I UitF (ION. JunieH W. Grliius...lh7l George H. Williams 1871 James Harlan JS73! Henry W Corbett...l87J KAA. rjC.NNSYLVANIA. Fdronna i'. Hot," H. V. I'omeroy.... KKNTl'C'K V Thou. V.Mciyee, ) Carntl Vacii LOUISIANA J'hu 8. Harris... Wm. l'itt Keller .11:71 Simon Cameron 18711 .lNVJ John Suott 1875 JIUOUU ISLAND. ) Henry u. Antbony.,1871 le.o: V iliiain Sprague...l875 HOITI'H CAROLINA. 1871 f. J Uobertnou 1871 ...187 I- i'ed. A, Sawyer 1873 TKN.VKSSIK. mains;. W. Tilt F8Heni; n I fosepb S. Fowler 1R7I ' Hannibal Han liu..i75 win. O.Brownlow.l87i MARYLA II. VS.HMONT. (eo;t,e Yickerti Is7;i Justin S Morrill 1871 'Mtn. J. JJumtt'i r ...bi, Weo. F. Kdmnnds.,.187j mamhai urssi is I wkst vmeiiNrA. HeLi-y Wilsion 1H7I ! WallinanT. Wllley..!! Cnarics Sumner lt.'i, ''Arthur I.Horemau.1875 -Mil HIUA. WISCONSIN. Jacob M. Hows (1...1871 .Timothy O. Howe. ..1873 - cu. Chandlei 1870: Mutl.U.Carpenter..l87i The Georgia s 'tutors not b iviug besn ad mitted to tbiir seatF, tbe recapitulation, excluding thriii and compared with the Senate of the Fortieth Congress, shows the following result : itt Vmtir'tt. toth (iorets. republicans . . . . 6G 04 Pe module 10 12 Rep. majority . . 4G 42 Ihe t'l..int in the Noiiale. The changes which will take place In the Senate onthe 4th ed March are as follows: Elite ne Cassei ly, of California, Uemoci at. lu place of John Cmrucss, Republican. William A. li.xlfii ghani, of Connecticut, Re publican, in place of James Dixon, elected as a R. publican, bin su use uncut) y Juhn-ouized. Thomas F. Ibijurd, of Delaware, Doinosrat, 111 place of his fath. r, James A. llayard, Democrat. Abijih Gilbir, 01 Florida, Republican, lu place of Adonijr. i s. Welch. Republican. Daniel I). Piuv. ot Indtaua, Uepublicau, lu place ol Ihomas . Hendricks, D 'moci at. Hannibal Hainl n. of Maine, Republican, In place ot Lot M. .Moatll, Republican. Wiliiain T. Hamilton, ot Maril md, Democrat, lu place ot Will am l. Wbjie, Dm.oetat. Carl Schurz, of Mi-scuri, Rcpuulic-tu, iu place of John R. UeinUr.-oii, auti Impeachment Re publican. John p. Btock'cn. of N.-w Jersey, Democrat, In p'uteof Frceiuek T. Ficliiightivsi 11, K"i'i llfllU. CliMi un fV Third !'!) ' 1