humor. He took a leading part in the strong measures which preceded the Revolution, and when the war broke out he did his full duty, both in council and in the field. No man in the town did so much to procure . soldiers and other means of war. Tories and croakers quailed under his satire and humor. He was a man of sound and discriminating judgment, and was often elected selectman and representative. He was born in Ipswich, Mass., and died March 26, 1799, aged 72. Mr. Matthew Wallace, of Peterborough, was born in Londonderry, June 23, 1731. He was town-clerk and selectman. He afterwards removed to Vermont, where he died. David Storey, of Dunbarton, was a native of Ipswich, Mass. He was well known in the early affairs of the town as a person of probity and respectable abilities. He was seventeen times moderator; eleven years town-clerk; six years selectman; six years representative. He died March 20, 1834, aged 88. Capt. Francis Davis, of Warner, originally came from Amesbury. He was prominent in the affairs of the town and state for many years. He was drowned in Beaver brook, in Derry, November 26, 1784, at the age of 61. He was the first representative from Warner, both to the Provincial congress at Exeter as well as under the constitution. Elijah Grout, Esq., of Charlestown; born October 29, 1732; came from He was se Lunenburg before 1766. lectman six times between 1769 and 1794; representative five times between 1775 and 1795. He was very active and widely known throughout the Revolution. He was one of the Committee of Safety of the town; commissary for Gen. Stark; justice of the peace many years. He was a brave and good man. He was intelligent and far-seeing, and had all the qualities of a sterling man. Mr. William Smiley, of Jaffrey, was born in Ireland, in 1727, and was an early settler. He was first townclerk; deacon in the church; and held successively all the town offices. He was a prominent and influential man. His son David graduated at Harvard college; Robinson, at Dartmouth. He left Jaffrey in 1810, and died in Springfield, Vt., March 4, 1813, aged 86. Mr. Samuel King, of Chesterfield, was a physician. He is said to have died before 1800. He left a family. Mr. Stephen Powers, of Croydon, was an early settler of that place, and was distinguished for his giant frame, great physical strength, and vigorous intellect. Col. Timothy Bedel, of Bath, was prominent all through the Revolution, holding important commands on the northern frontier. (See Vol. III, page 513.) Moses Baker, Esq., of Campton, was the great-grandfather of Hon. Henry W. Blair, on his mother's side. HON. WILLIAM E. CHANDLER. The successful candidate in the race for the United States senatorship in New Hampshire was Hon. William Eaton Chandler, of Concord. He was elected June 15, for the term of twenty months. In him New Hampshire will have another strong senator. He will enter the senate chamber with a national reputation for sagacity and wisdom already acquired, with the experience of his whole youth and manhood devoted to public affairs, with the acquaintance and confidence of officials and statesmen of every section, with a thorough knowledge of the wants and needs of the state of New Hampshire and of the citizens of the state of every degree, with a familiarity with the intricate mechanism of all the departments of the government, with a full and discriminating understanding of law, state, national, and international, which would grace the bench of any court, and with judgment almost intuitive. As a lawyer his most marked characteristic is the clearness with which he can extract from a lengthy document, or a mass of facts and law, the the real inwardness and sense of the matter. He has a comprehensive grasp of the essentials of any subject under consideration, a remarkable power of organization, and the rare gift of accomplishing results through the instrumentality of others. From a mass of conflicting opinions he deduces practical results. fairs, but not reckless, because his positions are sustained by sound reasoning. He is, perhaps, too often indifferent to the opinions of others. and too careless in opposing others, incurring oftentimes needless hostility. He is thoroughly loyal to his convictions. Having taken a stand, he heartily supports it. If there is blame, he assumes it. He is loyal to his friends, he is loyal to his party, he is loyal to his country. He wants very good reasons to sustain a position, but very much stronger reasons to withdraw from its support. He is a safe legal counsellor, and a wise political adviser. He is a keen analyzer, getting at the essence of a subject; and as a writer he is strong, forcible, vigorous, concise. He leaves nobody in doubt as to his meaning: it is perspicuous. He makes many friends, and keeps them because he is faithful to them. He harbors no malice, cherishes no revengeful feelings, has a friend today in his enemy of yesterday, is honest, is sincere, is frank. He is careful in making promises, but ardent in keeping them. His keen intellect appeals to the enthusiasm of the bright, clear-headed, and zealous young men of the party, who are willing to follow his leadership. In the most turbulent scenes he evinces the greatest coolness, force, will-power, fertility of resource, boldness in devising methods for managing a political body swayed by the wildest excitement, and power in executing his movements and in controlling a legislature. The late Samuel J. Tilden, the greatest organizer of the Democratic party since Martin Van Buren, met his equal if not his superior when he came in conflict with Mr. Chandler; and was routed when he felt confident of victory. The wise and sagacious administration of President Arthur owed much of its success to the presence in the cabinet of Mr. Chandler. He was a power in the cabinet, whose influence was felt throughout the nation, and his terse and crisp style of using the English language can be traced in many a public document of that period. The late Hon. Jacob H. Ela wrote of Mr. Chandler,-"In his personal habits Mr. Chandler is above reproach, pure in speech as in action, with a mind quick to perceive, prompt to execute, and comprehensive in its scope. He is a man with convictions, and the courage to express and maintain them. He has never sought advancement by flattery or by pandering to prejudice. Those who know him best have the most faith in his integrity. The best evidence of it is the fact that in twenty-five years of aggressive political life, while occupying positions of temptation, and criticising freely the action of men who forgot their moral obligations, or were shirking their official duties to the detriment of the public good, no one of them has been able to connect him with personal dishonesty, corrupt practice in official life, or political treachery or doubledealing. His methods are correct, positive, systematic, exact, and logical. The positions he has held have all come to him in recognition of his ability and earnest efforts in serving the cause he espouses." with the enthusiasm of a friend, per- Hon. Henry Robinson, of Concord, cernment, a remarkable clearness of judgment, a conciseness of statement, and an almost supernatural aptitude for leadership, that have at once pressed him into the front ranks of those with whom he has been associated. "With unflinching integrity and surpassing ability Mr. Chandler has combined the very best practical sense, and a thorough knowledge of human nature in all its different phases. His circle of acquaintances is very extensive; he has friends in every clime, and knows more men personally, probably, than any other man in America. "Mr. Chandler has made mistakes. Who has not? But they did not crush him, nor subdue his enthusiasm. He rose triumphant above them, and profited by their experience. He has faults. Who has not? But he wears them all upon his sleeve. His private character is unassailable and above reproach. There is no shade of suspicion upon the sterling qualities of his high manhood, and the detractors of his public career have been few, and quickly discredited, even without the pretence of a denial. "He is a contentious man,-contentious for what he believes to be right. If you have him with you, he is a host in himself; but if he is arrayed against your cause, he is sure to be the central figure of the opposition, and you must beware of his bold, rapid advances. Such is the vehemence of his impulsive nature and the ardor of his temperament that he is a partisan to any cause that wins his sympathy; but no man is quicker to bury the hatchet, and to forgive and forget when the contest is over. He is a splendid fighter, but is supreme at reconciliation. "His characteristic frankness is a charm that contributes more than a little to his personal popularity. He . has a directness of purpose and a firmness of execution that does not mislead you as to his objects. He is not politic, he never strove to bask in the sunshine of popular favor, he is not easily swayed by the clamor of a crowd: but he has kept steadily on in the straight path of his own convictions of duty. More than once he has seemed to stand in his own light, and more than once the people have returned to his leadership, after wandering from what he had defined to be the right course. He is no mere place-hunter. Whenever he has held offices, it was the offices that sought the man. He never was enamored of sounding titles and official positions, and has held only few, and solicited none. As a public man only, his wide-reaching influence has been felt, and his present elevation was attained by force of sheer ability and by acknowledged integrity, rather than by the regular course of promotion, round by round, up the ladder of political eminence." We quote the following from Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Eiography: "Chandler, William Eaton, cabinet minister, born in Concord, N. H., 28 Dec., 1835. He studied law in Concord, and at the Harvard Law School, where he was graduated in 1855. For several years after his admission to the bar in 1856 he practised in Concord, and in 1859 was appointed reporter of the New Hampshire supreme court, and published five vol umes of reports. tion, which was adopted by the convention. During the subsequent campaign he was a member of the national committee. On 23 March, 1881, he was nominated for U. S. solicitor-general, but the senate refused to confirm, the vote being nearly upon party lines. In that year he was again a member of the New Hampshire legislature. On 7 April, 1882, he was appointed secretary of the navy. Among the important measures carried out by him were From the time of his coming of age Mr. Chandler was actively connected with the Republican party, serving first as secretary, and afterward as chairman of the state committee. In 1862 he was elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives, of which he was speaker for two successive terms, in 1863-'64. In November, 1864, he was employed by the navy department as special counsel to prosecute the Philadelphia navy-yard frauds, and on 9 March, 1865, was appointed the simplification and reduction of first solicitor and judge-advocate- the unwieldy navy-yard establishgeneral of that department. On 17 June, 1865, he became first assistant secretary of the treasury. On 30 Nov., 1867, he resigned this place and resumed law practice. During the next thirteen years, although occupying no official position except that of member of the constitutional convention of New Hampshire in 1876, he continued to take an active part in politics. He was a delegate from his state to the Republican national convention in 1868, and was secretary of the national committee from that time until 1876. In that year he advocated the claims of the Hayes electors in Florida before the canvassing board of the state, and later was one of the counsel to prepare the case submitted by the Republican side to the electoral commission. Mr. Chandler afterward became an especially outspoken opponent of the Southern policy of the Hayes administration. In 1880 he was a delegate to the Republican national convention, and served as a member of the committee on credentials, in which place he was active in securing the report in favor of district representa ment; the limitation of the number of annual appointments to the actual wants of the naval service; the discontinuance of the extravagant policy of repairing worthless vessels; and the beginning of a modern navy in the construction of the four new cruisers recommended by the advisory board. The organization and successful voyage of the Greely relief expedition in 1884 were largely due to his personal efforts. Mr. Chandler was a strenuous advocate of uniting with the navy the other nautical branches of the federal administration, including the light-house establishment, the coast survey, and the revenue marine, upon the principle, first distinctly set forth by him, that 'the officers and seamen of the navy should be employed to perform all the work of the national government upon or in direct connection with the ocean.' 999 In the sketch of the life of President Arthur, contained in the same volume of the Cyclopædia, the work of the navy department for the above period is stated as follows: "A new naval policy was adopted, |