The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . JOHN W. GEARY. Bom near Mt. PUasunt, Pa., Dec. .3i1, 1819. Becamea civil engineer. VVent into the Mexican War 2d Pa. Vols., and commanded the regi-ment at Contrerae and Garila de Belen. Appointedfirst Postmaster of San Francisco, 1849. Mayor of thecity, ). Territorial Govfrnor of Kaneas, 1866. En-tered Union army, Jnne, 18til. April. I86-,>.Distingoished himself at Gettysburg. 1868. Maj. , 1S65, Elected Governor of Pennsylvania, 1866, Feb. 8,


The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . JOHN W. GEARY. Bom near Mt. PUasunt, Pa., Dec. .3i1, 1819. Becamea civil engineer. VVent into the Mexican War 2d Pa. Vols., and commanded the regi-ment at Contrerae and Garila de Belen. Appointedfirst Postmaster of San Francisco, 1849. Mayor of thecity, ). Territorial Govfrnor of Kaneas, 1866. En-tered Union army, Jnne, 18til. April. I86-,>.Distingoished himself at Gettysburg. 1868. Maj. , 1S65, Elected Governor of Pennsylvania, 1866, Feb. 8, REVERDY JOHNSON. Born in , Md., Mav 21, 17!>6. Admitfed tothe bar, Elected U. S. Senator. 1815, and was ap-pointed Attorney-Generai of the U. S. four years of the Peace Congress, 1861. Re-elected U. , 1S62. Appointed Umpire for the settlement of 3uestions which had arisen with foreign governmentsiiring the Civil War. Appointed Minister to GreatBritain, June, 1869. Negotiated a treaty for the settle-ment of the Alabama claims, which was rejected bythe Senate. Recalled 1869. Died Feb. 10, 1876.


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