LEWIS CAss, the new Secretary of
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1tE W iS AASS3 tfie bcW fScCfelstTy 0i War, was n distinguished officer in the army during the late war, and com manded the Sd regiment of Ohio volun- teers under General Hull at the sur render of Detroit.-His conduct on that occasion elicited the warmest praise from all quarters, and his letter to Governor Eustis then Secretary of

 War-detaiiing the. circumstances of the capture--was much admired for it's beauty of composition and elegant and chivairous feeling. The following sentence which We extract, at random. will serve as specimen of his spirit:-

 e'ifw had been defeated, we had nothing to do but 10 retreat to the fort and make the best defence which cir edmstances and our situation rendered practicable. But basely to surrender without firing gun-tamely to submit without raising bayonet-disgraceful- ly to pass in review before an enemy as inferior to the number as in the quaHti- ty of his force. were circumstances, which excited feelings of indignation more easily felt than described. To see the whole of our men flushed with the hope ofvictory, eagerly waiting the approaching contest, to see thensafter. wards dispirited, hopeless and despond- ing,.at least 500 shedding tears because they were not allowed to meet their. countryside, and to fight their coun- try's battles, excited sensations. which no American hase before had cause to feel; and which, trust in God, will never again be felt, while one man re- mains to defend the standard of tue union."

 Such a man is fit to become the as- soeiate and counsellor in peace, of the hero whose spirit he emulated in war.

 His services were duly appreciated by the nation, and in ISl2, he was made Major General in the Ohio mli- tia, and in lSi3, Brigadier General in the United States Army. He was shortly after appointed by Mir. Madi- son, Governor of the Territory of Mich igan, which office he held at the time of his appointment to q seatin the present Cabinet. He has distinguished himself by his negotiations with the Indian tribes, and to his jabors most of the trea- ties made with the N. ". Indians. owe their origin. No man in the country is so thoroughly acquainted with the ori- gin, history and genius of the Indian tribes--or better fit by those qualfea- tions, and his military experience, to perform with distinguished success the duties ofthe War office. He is moreo- yer scholar-and a man of letters whose compositions will do the country honor. An article in late number of the North American Review, on the subject of Indian Removal. attributed to his pen, has been justly esteemed as one of the most powerful productions which that Review. celebrated as 1t is, has ever produced.

 In peace as in war, he has always been ofthe school of patriots and pollti- cians, of which Jackson is glorious il lustration.-Bqhimore Republicaa.