This distinguished gentleman arrived in our city last evening, from the camp of
General Marshall, near
Abingdon, where he has been acting as Brigade Commissary for that division of our army for the last six months.
Major Hawes is a Virginian by birth, but for many years has been a resident of the
State of Kentucky, where he has filled many positions of high public trust.
For three terms he represented the Lexington district in the Congress of the United States; was an intimate friend and earnest supporter of
Mr. Clay, and one of the most prominent politicians of the old Whig party.
Being true to the land of his birth, and with a heart ever loyal to every manly impulse, in his old age he has left his home and family to perform his part in the noble struggle in which we are now engaged.
His noble example is worthy of imitation by men of fewer years.
He has been elected
Provisional Governor of the
State of Kentucky by the
Legislative Council, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the lamented
Governor Johnson, who fell gallantly fighting in the ranks at
Corinth.
The Legislative Council could have selected no citizen of their States more eminently qualified for the position — none who will discharge its duties with more fidelity, and none whose pure and unsullied life could furnish a higher guaranty to the public, that the highest interest of the
State in this movable struggle will be safe in his hands.
Major Hawes has four sons now in the Confederate army--one a
Brigadier General, two
Lieutenants, and one a
Regimental Surgeon--all accomplished officers and gentlemen.
