Show MEN OF THE HOUR some arc are born great some achieve greatness and some have great greatness thrust upon them shakespeare 11 E BENJAMIN HARRIS BREWSTER R THE NEW ATTORNEY among the latest nominations confirmed by the senate that of benjamin harris brewster Brewst cr is the gost most important because of the dia dignity of the office for which lie is chosen and his remarkable fitness for it mr brewster is eminent for his knowl knowledge edme z of law he ile is is recognized in lite literature ra as a graceful and versatile writer As a speaker too he be is most forcible and eloquent these g great r eat attainments added to experience and unflinching integrity t y have long marked him out tor for high lil i distinction among the citizens of t the he republic his incumbency of the attorney generalship in the cabinet of afie tl ie united states is universally regarded ded as a proper reward for eminent character learning in and natural greatness of mind 1111 mr brewster is like his predecessor a resident of pennsylvania ho was born in salem county N J october 13 1816 where his forefathers had bad for a long period largo large landed interests after the closest and most successful application to various preliminary stu studio dias ho graduated at princeton college in the class of 1834 receiving the degrees of A B A 31 and L L L D in ili the i ame frame year lio lie entered the office of odeli eli A price of philadelphia as a student of law and was admitted to practice in 1838 even at this early date EO so generally recognized were his big abili abilities tim he be was appointed by president polk polka a commissioner to adjudicate the claims of the cherokee indians against alio united states government As a lawyer mr brewster has been very slice successful he ile was originally a democrat in politic politics but at the close ef of the war lie became a republican in 1867 he lie was appointed attorney general of pennsylvania by bv governor geary ten years previously revius ly he lie had bad married elisabeth von von My mayerbach erbach de ts a prussian lady who died in 1868 in 1870 he lie married his present wife ala mary ry daughter of robert J walker b by whom he has one child a s son on his connection as leading counsel in the star route prosecution i recently gave him national prominence in his profession ion luid and now he has before him jim the opportunity of surpassing all his previous achievements the portrait at the bead of this I article bicle gives an excellent representation of its subject whose features indicate great mental strength alx lx x ability and force and a straightforward disposition traces of a burn which greatly injured his facente face are v visible is ibl C in i 11 t the C ell engraving graving he lie is however a large portly man of striking striking appearance in dress lie is becu peculiar jr his coats the philadelphia times timm tire almost invariably light colored his vests arc are of velvet an and being cut t low expose a shirt front of the f I n st cambric mules ruffles his pantaloons be they neutral tinted checks or r sombre blacks are tire models of the tailors art and his gaiter tops are invariably the whitest of the white he ile wears standing collar collars a black stock ruffled cuffs and an old fash boned fob chain with a heavy gold seal ilia his white fur beaver hats made on oil a modification of the old bell bel I style are worn alike winter and summer his hats clothes and shoes are tire made in london in his study mr wears a blue cloth cutaway coat but he oftener appears in a fancily embroidered velvet jacket out of the short sleeves of which protrude his ruffled cuffs |