E. CARSON, Postmaster.--Among those who have been actively identified with public affairs, both in this and his native county, we refer to Mr. E. Carson, our present postmaster. Mr. Carson is a native of Chillicothe, in this State, where he was born in 1838. After completing his literary education in his native place, he became identified with railroad work, from 1856 to the breaking out of the war of the rebellion was in the employ of the Marietta and Cincinnati railroad. The toxin of war and the threatened disruption of the Union, led his in Oct. 1861, to forsake the quiet walks of life and enter the army in the defense of our national integrity and honor. Becoming a member of of Co. I, 73rd  O. V. I., he served with credit and distinction through battle bivouac and march until disabled by a gunshot wound received at the second battle of “Bull Run,” receiving his honorable discharge Oct. 21, 1862. Few persons have carried with them, every day, a wound which was a constant reminder of our national conflict. Ever since receiving this wound, Mr. Carson has been obliged to have it dressed three times each day. In 1863 he was called upon by his fellow citizens of Ross county to fill the position of clerk of courts, after which he again engaged in railroad work, and previous to receiving the appointment of postmaster of this place, April 18th, 1890, he filled the position of station agent here for the C., W. & V railroad, now the B. & O. S. W. R'y. As a matter of public record and history, we may be permitted to recall an incident in which Mr. Carson was incidentally the means of breaking out the famous reply of Gov. Foraker, in the matter of returning “Rebel Flags.” The proposition incited comments in all sections, and the following correspondence fully explains, itself:

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