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Gen. Cass. From an article in the Nam York Courier and Enquirer, taken (ron r'sw s ! lSatanai Portrait Gallery, we eather ga ,Is

 following particulars in relation to I,eu;, us

 Cass, the present Secretary of War. 9N

 He was born at Exeter, New H,m.

 shire, Oct. 9, 17S2. His father bore 2 ,,,p' sap spicuous pat ill the revolutionary war lS,- Ss ing participated in the battles of Ronp 'na''

 Hill, Saratoga, Trenton, Princeton Ias' MY

 mouth and Germantown. He removada ,pa,

 Marietta in l799, and subsequently s0 X .t

 neighborhood of Evansville, where bs Eas v's

 i'll August 1880. ' S''a

 Gen. Gass was educated at the academu ].

 of Exeter, and studied law at Marietta

 He was admitted to the bar in ls02

 1905 he was elected a member of tbo

 gislature of Ohio. In 1907 he was ~ ,s, : he1ted Marshal of the State, which ogsS. ed, and w:diI 1913. In 1872 he voluntess gimert of 0hlo. o.ed st,es colonel of the tlnrdj " join the army under aserrES, aaerES, called eaitt f, 5 5 the army under Gen. Hui e.a;.h, When 7 detachment under Col. McAfthnsr' 9lta 'as : he was serving, was included T " "A'ss I spring of 1913 he was exchanged and m sleI ' pointed colonel of the 27th miant,r r,'u T. I, ' was soon after promoted to the iao,' z sls E,

 Brigadier General. He joined Gan 'Sls u q z rison at Seneca, and was in tba baa lla, :. = the Thames. After the termination ',us aea 9 ,t campaign he was left in command og g' aF as1 2 2 chigan-his head quarters at Detro;t 4l' ' st 1913 he was appointed Governor of U U ,s Territory of Michigan, and in lsl1 mos5 Y, s5I 7 7 his family to Detroit. He coptmnad Igs'' ~ z vernon of Michigan until appointed Sss" 0s 7 tary of War by Gen. Jackson i, ,ss1Es = = Governor Cass has been the chief acert .s = the government, i'll concluding q m,mhs. ' Y treaties with different Indian tnbes Y ' ,s which the United States has aco,liirsd Y s = = immense amount of territory. which = sA1 i1 a pidly filling up with enigtants from tbe N = States. By his continued intercourse rS :, the Indian tfl5es for a period of seveOtssl ' ' O. eighteen years, Gov Cass has aca1,sg f a more extensive knowledge of their m,, 'N ners, customs, and condition, than nerb..,

 any other individual in the United Sttp, 7, z and that knowledge has been displayedn K v two admirable articles ill the North Ame.

 can Review; in one of which, he comples.

 ly exposed the imposture of John Dunn ;; Hunter, and ill the other very clearly pOfl. < ed out the advantages that would result t 7, the Indians from their emigration tofp k west of the Mississippi.

 = = In 1928, he was elected President ofh T ,d Historical Society of Michigan and n ~ ~ 1929 delivered before the Society ansl 'sS dress embodying the history of Michigan Y to the period when the United States cane n 1T, in possession of it. In l8s0. Hamilton ,d College conferred on him the degree ed ~ ~ L. l.. D. In 1881, on the breaking ud 'd President Jackson's first cabinet he was ,a 70 appointed Secretary of War, which oHs '9 he has filled with much credit to hmsa :, and advantage to his country.