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- , . ' . ' . ^ ^ _ ? _ i_i | _ i 0 & 17 fr1 fn\ Wf\l n3 FP r": m - ffil frTl 111 fr) fl ft? b5) W f ill \ V i V S S ?... ' * ; I I _ C I _J n % [{ J ? ? ! ! gJ H r. II II rl l rl n jfA JLi LrJ \j\J Jj J[j v^J \?/ LI Li J Lj JJi Ul KimiT THE 1>AV, Tllof CAN ST NOT TUBS lit: I'Al.si: TO ANY MAN." "TO THINK OWN SKliF UK TUCK, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS TUB " .": ' '- - ' _ n ./. BY ROBT \ THOMPSON PICKENS COl III' 1IOIJSK, S. C. SAIL IIDA\, .JAM AUV 1 1, IM>0. m i utumrnmm uiuHHii^wn? ?mmmmmm 11 i ?> wmmmim mm i mt i i win i n ' " * '' ?- - ' m """ ? ?m ' tL -in i WW ' ^j.LiSOTE? IPOETRVAn Hour at the 01(1 Play Ground. IIY HI'.SUY .MOIU'OUI). I nn limn- to-dny, .lolui, I5eside I lie old brook stream. AVhere we were Foliool-boy? in old time, When nisinliool was a drenin'; Tito brook is clnjkcd with fallen iouves, Tlie prtlid in Iriiid a way-? 1 scarce believe- that you would know Tlie dour oltl nUm iii-iim - x J Tlic school-house, is no more, John, HcnoaMi our locust trees ; Tin' wild rose by tIn* window side No more waves in flic* breeze ; The so.Kterod stones look desolate, TI.e soil lliey rested on l!;is been plowed u In- stranger bunds Since you iiuil 1 were gone. Tlio <*licslmil tree is dead, Jolin, And what, is sadder now ? The broken gmpe-vino of our swing Hangs on the withered bough ; I read our names upon the bark And I'uK&S&hc nebblcs run* Laid upHlCTionih ilie hollow sido As \vc had them I here. Uenoath the grass-grown brink, John. I looked lor our <>M .firing, That huhhled down tlie older path, 'l'lircfl puces from the swing; The rushes grow upon the brink, The pool is Mack mill bare. And noi n foot, this many a day, It Hceiuj), has trodden there. 1 look the old hlind rood, John, That wnndcrod up the hill; 'Tip darker thnn it used to he. And seems so lono and still! M no. itirtls sing vot among tl?o boughs Where once the swoct ^rnpcs hung, Kilt not a voice of ItiiiiKin kind Where all our voices rung. I sit moon tin; fence, .lolm, TliiU lies in oliI tiino, The samehilf panel in the p:i'tll We ucevi so ot't to climb? .Ait'l tiwiu|,!il how o'er the liars of lifo Our playmate* had passion. And Icl'i iik; counting on this spot The luces th.it nre gone. ! amimwi j?tmtzmtm h'?iihi:h'iiiiiwio wnmia Correspondence of the Xeowce Courier. 1'mvkbsitv or Yiiu;im.\, Doc. -0, 18f>9. Mr. Editor: Perhaps it will not he altogether uninteresting to some of your renders to sec mi account of :t trip which we have just made ( to Washington City : III III11IIII.1IU' Will' nf' " - ' * J , ?UI lUllHWXIMdClll.S Ave stepped aboard the curs for Washington? j distant about 120 miles. After some tlnee or four hours ride wo arrived at tha city of Alex audi ta, with a population of about. 2;~>,000. Soon wc were on board the George Pago and the noble steamer ploughing the waves on the bosom of the broad Potomac. Washington, with its ' spire.* and minarets and domes, was in sight, and j tioctnou to bo "just ahead." and vet at the same time about eight miles off. llut it was only a ' little wldle until wo woro there, when we took ( an omnibus and drovo, not rapidly, but slowly, I to "Brown's Hotel, where nearly all of the Southern members of Congress have rooms. Wc arrived about '>} oV.lotjk, and immediately proefcedi>d to see that far-fumed body, the American ? Congress, in session. The. forenoon of tlie next day we spent in visiting the Patent Office and the Capitol. One could spend a week in the Patent Offiee and never tire of seeing the beautiful models of all the inventions f.ir wh5..l? ?.< touts Imvo been obtained (since tlie foundation i of the (lovernmeut. They have there tlio coat j and pants in which Washington delivered up i his ominUsion to Congress?the original com- ! mission itself, and als the original draft of the J 1 Velavution of Independence. The Capitol is | nil id to ho one of tho tiriesl buildings in the ( world, and indeed after looking at it, one could | liardlv conceive how any finer or any grander j could be built. Through tho kindness of Col. I A^iimouk, wo wcro shown the various apart- ' ments in tho Capitol?-the .Speaker's room which j contains the celebrated lilOO dollar mirror which tho Southern Opposition last year nmdc so much foss over?the Committee rooms and the VicePi os'nlont's ro<>m. It is true that thev are all I litted iip in it very cosily Dimmer, hot not more t h? than becomes tho Capitol of a ^roat nation fcike our*. The Capitol is built nlmo?t entirely <*f marble. ft great portion of which in obtained in ToniiCHMOo. AVe fiaw the old Senate Chamber .consecrated bv the mitnjr recollections of our own great Calhoun which cluster around it. Wo 8ftw nnd ntood upon tho very place wheno the bravo and noblydioartpd lirookn caned that burlesque up >n Senator, Charles Sumner, j and wlioro lie exclaimed, "Oh ! I'm most dead. I'm most dead," and for which he has abandoned j himself from tho Seriate for nearly two year*. It it< a great pity that he did not die. It would I nave twon a political hles?ing if not n social and moral one, to iliu whole country. In the old House of Kopreseutativcs stands the statue of " Freedom,rvhioh is to surmount tho dome of the Capitol when completed. It was tl(C Inst work of the American Bcultor, Crawford. It i* <&:ie of the n\ost beautiful pieces of .statuary wo have 01 or hud tho goo.! fortune to behold. one side is a shield,' wltilo in tho right hand is a sword, and in tho left on olive wroath. istanding upon tliO dome of tho Capitol tho oyo commands a vV-w of Washington and Georgetown ?nd several-miles of country around. 1'irectly 411 front of tho Capitol stands tho unfinished j Waxhingtyn National Monument, while a littlo j to the left stands isolated and grand tho Smith- | fMinien Institute, with grounds very beautifully | jinn lUMuiiiiiy arranged. with gravelled walks lined witli various kindo of shrubbery. A liltSe farther on rolls in silent majesty tlio broiid l'ototnric, hearing in its bosom both tlio Waters of tlio little brook tlmt comes trickling down from <ho rocky slope"? of tlio Hloe Kidge, and still larger writer* coming from almost every direction, until they find themselves united in tlio mighty PotointfQ. While Mtnnding upon tlio dome wo wore reminded of tho romark of Mr. IjROARK, about Washington: , "That it wn* \ city of magnificent distances, boarding-houso keepers and Government cierks." Tho Smith. Honlan Institute in an objfcct of groat attraction to visitors. Wo spent several hours thora, and while there saw a groat many things to gratify the oyo and. pUaso the t?Htd. Wo Rpout so mo time in the Stanley Oallerv of Iudiatv paintings, which contain pome l.V) splendid pnintincs. ren ropftnting the m?*fc noted Indian chnrtcttfrA ut' tliiu country, i\nd aome of tho most prominent | character* of Indian lifo. Frtfp thi? we worn j Into another Gallery containing unocinienn df t)io rar?fjt birds ?i"l animals from almost overy pnrt of tljc'Vforbl. Inonopprtof the Gallery ' v. is ? C41 n yootflifung the egg* ol* all tho dift'?roi|t epooics of birds, from the brij;ht-plumn;;cd limitniing-bird to a very larjjo species of bird that is supposed to bo. ti'v.v extinct. There is but one { fin of this species. we bcliovo, now in the world, ni?il tliat is in Loudon, ami from which a cut in I'lastor of Paris has boon taken fur tin; Smithsimian Institute. Wo saw there also the identical suit of clothes worn by Dr. Kane in his Arctic I'lxploritig Expedition iu search of the ill-fated .lohn Franklin. It is n very odddooking a Hair, lmt very well adapted to such cold climate". being made of skins and furs, 'l'urouirh tlie km<lnos8;of Asiimokk wc obtained a seat mi the lloorof tlic House, and by him Intro'1 need to several of tlio most prominent members )>t 11 t?f the llmiKO and >>f the Senate. We were |iro<cnt when (Icn'i Mn.r.sov, of Virginia, received the highest number of votes tlint- lias yet been east for (he iVmoertttic candidate for Speaker. One cannot but lie impressed with the belief that a crisis is impending over tlio country after listening to tlie debates that are going mi in ('ongross from day to day. It is a crisis too that is to decide the fate of tlie South, whether she will remain in the I'nion o?* out of ii?wnerner sue will submit to the rulo of a party vhofse creed it death to the retribution of slavery, or whether sho will rise in her might and majesty and roll hack tho fierce tide of fanaticism and aggression, and say to it " thus far shalt thou come and no farther.'' The South has forborne and forhortio until forhcaranco lias ceased to he iv virtue," and it is now time for her to rouse herself to action when Black UepublicanF got up on the floor of Congress and say "they hope to live to see the day when tin? trace of no slave, shall curse this land," and that "they would not hesitate themselves to violate the Positive Slave Law nor advise others to do it." When these sentiments can find utterance on the floor of Congress the time ha.t pa.<f when we can have < piality in the Union, and the time h<in nunc vhon we !.wi?n?. .i enec out of it. jbit it is nut a little remarkable that oven now after J >lin I'rown's raid into Virginia and the almost universal sympathy manifested for him throughout the N-trth tluvc should be men in the South ready to stand ir> and sing hosuunnft to tho "glorious 1'nion. When would such men ever bo willing to stof their scduloney of " Union ?" Why they woul< submit to a Hogging and turn around and kiss the hand that flogged them. Why cannot wo now after such plain and unmistakable evidences <>f what we are to expect from these archenemies ot tho South have nn united. South ? Why is it that some men will dig up long-buried issues and refuse to make common council with tlx; rest of the South against a common enemy ? We cannot answer it. unless it is because of their implioable hatred of the Democracy nn?I everything Peinocratie. It is plain that the I'iauk Republicans are gaining ground, while wo are torn anil distracted, quarreling and fighting over issues that are long since buried or that are not of vital importance to us. We should eeuso this wrangling and quarrelling anil unite to meet the one great issue nov before the country?wo should overlook all minor differences between us and rally around one common standard and unfurl to the breeze one common banner, and that the banner of " Ivjuality in the Cn'nm or Independence out of it." KltllOSO. Kl'I.ICIOVS OP THE Wo.,.., 'I'T.n "P and tearless in his principles?-undisguised in his actions?kitid in his deportment?hospitable ?soe:al, with strong common sense, and imbued with ;i patriotic devolien to bis native Stuto.? I In would undnuhtably lill tlio position nobl v, and relleut honor Upon South Carolina. We bono to boo himour next governor. | .\'"u:!>trr>/ (S. Sun. Hon. Thomas (J. Oj.kmson (a son-in-law of the great South Carolina statesman ), in to bo appointed " Agriculturist of the Patent Office," whiuh will virtually placc him at the head of the Agricultural Bureau?Mr. Brown having had leave to step out some months tdnoc. Mr. Clcmxon is admirably fitted for this position, having a justly high reputation as a scientific agriculturist, backed by practical experience. Since his return from Belgium, whore he resided some years as Charge d'Affairm, he has resided on a plantation at IJladonsburg, in this vicinity. Ou several occasions, when ho has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution, or participated in the dobates of the United States Agricultural Society, he has been listened to with deep interest. The appointment is an excellent one. DtFCHAROF. OK Ot'RRATI VK8.?Wo understand that over one hundred hands have recently bocn discharged from one of our largest manufacto* ries, in consequence of ordefs from the South unving oeen counterinaurtoil. Tho factory has boon in very Miifioosfcful operation f>r six droigHt j'Oftrfl pant, doing ft vory extensive businoss, the major portion of whiufi is with tho South. It is hIho vory p.obnblo *on?e fifty men will have to bo discharged shortly, if thoro is not nn ond. to tho slavery agitation now going on, both North and South, thoro not being work enough U> keep them employed, oven at redueod wagon. Thin factory, when in full operation, furnl?lie? employment for somo four or fivo hundrodjnon. ( PhUaditbh in Pen n.tiilvhn in ir. .?i Is/ ? . A %s t Wmy i? a oat't tail like a swan'a bosom ? Bceause it grows do*to. 5 * , * r ?# ? * " V 1 " * tlio Statistical Unrcaii of Berlin (Prussia) furnishes the following religions statistics : The followers of various Asiatic religions aro estimated at 000.000.000, Muhon>me<lans at. 1 (?0.~ (it>0,000, ami ' Heathens" (the Gentiles proper) at 200.000,000. In the several nntions of the earth there are ,"?;ir?,tl(i0,0tl0 Christians: of whom 170,000.1)00 are (,'atholies, J50.0! )0,000 Protestants, and 7 >.000,00(1 followers of tlicj (I reek Church. The number of Jews amount to .0,000,0Q0: of these 2,8',I0,7*>0 are in Kur.opo?-namely : 1.250,000 in Kuropean llussia. 7 ") >,I'Ol in Austria. 234,24K, 'in tiw i?r. ? .hip ..I .11111:1 |>misui \tormany. 02,170 in the Netherlands, ,13,053 in Italy, 73,in France, '20,000 in Great IJntain and 70,OOll in Turkey. The Isare'.ite population in tin- I'uitcd States is estimated at about 200,0(10 souls who have estnl>1 islictl 17H -ynagnK?cH. (If those, -10,000 <l\vcll in the city of Now York, anil alone outnumber the entire Hebrew population resilient in the Hritish Isles'. Of this a^^re?ate ahout threefourths are derived from the immigration of the preceding twenty yearn. I[ov. J. Dun-can Am.kn*.?Wo have n vtglit, wo Ix-iiove, to express our views on the man would like to see get the tluhernatorial chair during the nest term. A good many gentlomOn have been nominated?worthy?deserving?.and eminently qualified?wedon'tdeny it. Thin is a tact. Amongst the number of worthy gcntlemen presented, wo would very respectfully suggest the Hon. J. Duncan Allen. We don't know a man that would till the post better.? P ain and unostentatious in his manners?firm Biography of Gen. Joseph Lane, or OKKCON. Tho advent of Oregon into the I'nion placed in the Senate of tho l ulled States, ns nne of her representatives; (Joneral .Joseph 1 ,:ine. OIK1 (if till' innsf nmi'ir'.- il>ln i...... ?l... age, whose career is a fine illustration of the genius of our institutions, au<l demonstrates . that the high places of honor ami distinction J are noeess'.lde to all who possess ability, eneri gy, and proseveranee. I (tcneral [jane descended fro:n revolntionn; ry ancestors, was horn in the State of North ! Carolina, was reared find educat<M.l in Ken| lucky, emigrated to Indiana nml settled on I the banks of the Ohio, in the county of \'anl.i ..i i - - * i ui iuhwlt; wnero wmiuut life adventitious aid ! ut' fainc, I'm mi ly or fortune, lie \vorkc?l lii.s way from an humble plough boy and il.it boat| man on the Mississippi, to tlio high position of a distinguished soldier anil statesman. Al I tlic ngc of twenty-one, whon barely eligible, lie was clcctcl a representative in the I jOj^islatureof Indiana, ami continued io represent his people, at i?itorvals of one or two years, either in the House or Senate, for about a I quartei" of a century. Possessing a clear, 1 strong practical mind, h - took a liberal an 1 correet view of all questions affecting State or National interests, which lie enforced with an eloquence and power, which placed him in the front of the ablest nu n in the lioislatui'C. | His name is indissoluhly connected with , some of the most important measures, which ' developed the resources, advanced the pros' perity and improved the finances of the State, ] especially his successful ellbrts to preserve un ! tarnished tlio publicfaitli, and to prevent tho I repudiation of the public debt, whioh was I boldly advocated by some of tbo strongest j men in Indiana. , When the Mexinn war broke out, (!on. | l<ano was a nieinbor of tbc State. Senate j and ! when a call was niailc upon Indiana, to fnrI nisb volunteers for the war, with that dovo! ted patriotism which has ever characterized I him, lie immediately resigned his prat, and 1 volunteered as a private in Captain "Walker's i company. When tho^comp'intes rendezvous?,1 ..i \l' KM 1 ? 1 i <_-u iu .>cv. yMuanv, no was cicctetl from (1 ! ranks as tlioir Colonel ; lint he was permitted I t<? hold the commission but a very few day*. I That sagacious Statesman, Jamas K. I'olk, | (hen President of tho I'nitcd States, disoerj ninir in (leneral l.ano .the <| Miotics uiuko a successf ul warrior,sent hiiu a co'.nuwHBion of Ihiiradier (leneral, a compliment as unexpected as it was unsolicited hy him. The opponents of the Administration and of the war, throughout the State, denounced and ridieul <1 the appointment; declaring that he mijrl.t make i. f?oood (leneral of flic (lat-hoatmen on the .Mississippi, hut that tho idea of .Joseph Lane, who had never commanded a company in s life, taking command of a Britrado iu \V. was simply ridiculous; that he would ili^tri .ee himself, his St ate and the nation.? N ever did a man's achievements in war. more completely falsify the predictions of his cue 111 ios and realize* the most sanguine expectations of 11is friends or more triumph fitly vindicate the wisdom of the appointment. Tn less than three weeks after the receipt of his commission, he was at the seat of war. ! with all his troops. In communicating his arrival to Cicneral Taylor he wrote thus? " The brigade I have the honor to command is generally in good health and line spirits, anxious to engage in active service." The indomitable energy, theseU'-saorificing spirit, the sound judgment, and linn purpose ! which he displayed in the active service of i civil life, wcro eminently conspicuous in the 1 .stirringscenes of buttle, bloOd and carnage, f tJllVllK'll \vlk?/*ll !??? "'iCO/wl i 11 i 1 1 ' - .. J/.. II.U'U.IUH vy il Uilring bravorj' ami heroism, which placed hint among the most distinguished heroo.s of that memorable war. To recount the battles in which (ieneral Lane was engaged, the dant gorn to which he w;ts exposed, the brave deeds ! he perfovmed, the skill and judgment with ! which h" planned his batih^, and the uuvary ing success with which he fought them, would consume more space than we have to spare. >ucli was the celerity of his movements, the skill and stratagem of his plans, the holducss nml rapidity of their execution, and the enthusiasm ami courage with vhich lie inspired his men, by his impassioned appeals to their valor, as they visited "the most tearful slaughter upon the enemy, thaname of Lano struck terror to the Mexican heart, and by common consent lie was styled " the MLiribn of the Mexican War." < )f all battlffi fought in Mexico, the battle of Hucna Yistn was the severest and m >st hotly contested, and one of the most remarkable in the anpals of the world. There the American army, consisting of about five thousand, ^^>stly raw | militia, met twenty thousand of too chosen I troODS of Santa Anrm in <l<'rnllu i nftor a protrai od struggle of two days, achieved a glorious triumph. In that battle General T/inc performed a most important part. No o Hi cor contributed more by his gallantry and generalship to win the fortunes of the day. Upon the left wing of the American army which General Jiane commanded, .Santa Anna directed the most obstinate and de; dly assaults. With but 100 meu General, J'fine repulsed a large body of Mexicans, 6?x thousand strong. While nothing could exceed the fearful array of the as-' V liluilfQ IK fllAV tiu?v/ul - 1 1 .I.vj tvnuiuo nil- HULH' IJilMU of Lane, with tlicir long line of Infantry, presenting a continued sheet of tiro ; nothing could surpass the undaunted firmness and bravery with which Lane and his men maintained their position and poured their volleys of musketry into tho advancing columns of the onomy, which made them broal* and fall bick. Throughout the varying fortunes of that trying day, (lonoral Lano, with his little band of heroes, maintained his position and repulsed tho enemy at every point. On tho second tl.A l-o4?l,v A ! ....J v. ?IU Iiunvitj k-wuiLa ivnilil lllHllllg lll.i .strength defined and Ins mont skillful inanconvrcs dofontcd, as tha day was drawing to a olose, >lot.crminod to mako a most desperado effort to tk?ru the tide of battle iu Uia favor.? ' Collet in;; nil hn infantry. lie Made a clnvtri' J mi the 1 llinniri ami K-ntuoky regiments.? I (iallantly did thope bt'avG troops resist t!u: oji- j s<'t until s.'ciu : tln'ir leaders lall, and over- > l-owered by numbers, they In- - in t ? waver j and Call bnck. At this c*ritical moment, the ea^le-eye of (ienera! Lane observed t'.i movement, when lie hastened with his brigade to | 4 1 ' * * 1 l11*_* !i.x im in nine io oiiaiilu llio i triatin;* | regiments to form and return to tin- contest J nml ilrivo back with gfoat lass the advancing , cohtum of tlio enemy. This was Santa Anna's struggle. <)n that bloody and hotly contorted field, night soon closed over the sanguinary seene, and when tlie morning sun ( arose, it fclione upon the batlle-lield, deserted bv Santa Anna with his shattered legions, while the Star Spangled lianner waved in triuuiph over I he Auu'riean urmv. X* iV >n oniecr wont into tin: .Mexican war with ' l.-is pivtoiisioux, than (ieiieriil Lane, none o:? 1110 nut of it with :i brighter fame?the tex- : titnony of eyc-wi tne.ssc.-", historians and olli-j 1 oial records at tcM tho ict. Tin' Now Orleans | Delta uf May 1^17, recorded the popular ' I ostitiiat:on in whie.h (lentTa! Land's conduct j I was held in t!a' battle of Duetia Vista, as i'ul- ! lows : ! 1 >uk;a;>ii.ix fiuNKKAi. Lam:.--Tho benr\ iiv; of tlii gallant olliccr in tin- battle of 15tt- j i fiia \ ist t, as (lc.#iilml. In- J)i!ts'>n.s who were present, wli^ln "flie^ntiisliest dci-ee eillnit i noble, n i??l soldier-like. Y> lien It is brigade, ! composed of tho two Indiana regiments, was J exposed to a murderous (in: front the ,\Jexiean , batteries on tlv ir Hanks, and a fro;tt fire from a large body of the enemy's infantry?when! tho grape and musket shot flew thick as hail ! ! over and through the lines of our volunteers, 1 I who beuan to waver before the li ry storm, j . their brave (ieneral could he seen fifty yards j ( in advance of the line, waving hi.s sword with j i an arm already shattered by a musket bull, | streaming with blood, and mounted on a noble ! ' charger, whieb wa; gradually sinking under , the loss of blood from five distinct wounds. A brave si _ 1*1, indeed, was this ! I This br ivc titan, whoso cheek never blanch- ' | ed with fear, or eye fjuailed amidst the hottest j conflicts of battle, has a heart of tenderness i which melts at human woe. ili.i Viioitndo md euro of tlio ;Udc, the wownd'd and l!.o <>yinjr, was manifest *d on many oeea.Mitns. Mr,. ! mci'iu.s incidents and anecdote.^ are narrated, j illu-1 r.itin*_r his Icinflfhjss und tond':nn s, jn ; j rcliovinjr their milTeriinvs and ndnnnist^riinrtoq he'.r eomfovt, in (in1 hospitals and on thenat- | I lie lli lds, whieh so endeared itiill to I:is troops j ] Tii.-ii u ninuo in in always invin :ilde when their j j load or. On his return home, wbcrevor ho j j stopped. citizens of all classes vied to do honor I to tho distinguished hero. Whilst in the city : of (!in< innati, the guest of (ion. .Moore, an in* ! eidont occurred illustrative of his native kind' ness and tenderness, and the platitude of the j I recipient. "A ('{ennau citi/en ptttliod him- j j self into the presence of <!uii. I/ino, :imid.t t i the guests in the parlor, l! asked it' (Jon. ( . Krsne was in. Tho (-citcral arose and an-, j swered that lie was. The (ierman, with eino- } tion, asked : "Do you know me, (loner-; j al " I do not," said the (Icncral." Gov- j I man?" Well, sir, T recollect and thank you, ' and avill recollect and th ink you to the last I day of my life. I>o you remember, after the j J tight w'th the (iuerrillas ::t. Mango do Clavo, I in which wo routed the scoundrel.; so finely> j you found a soldier dying by the way side, \ exhausted by the heat of tho sun and the exertions of the day, and dismounted from your horse and placed liini on it, walking by his side until you reached the camp, where you did not rest until you saw him well taken c:we of?" The (Jeneial replied that he recoil,?ctf 1 fl.n nin.iiiiKM.iMA/. O u W 11 >> ' ' I ...? V.UI.UMI.TKIIIVU V<!> W?ll. \T l'?i, Silll! j | t!u> tiorman, 4 I :im the boy, and hy that sift I of kindness you saved my life. I am horn to [ : thank you. Mow can I over forget t> cease ' tV pray for yQtt i (7 0.1 I loss )-ou, you were ! indeed the soldier's friend.' " ' In bis own State of Indiana, it was a pcr! feet ovation wherever he wont. The masses j ?the hardy sons of toil?turned out from all ' the country, and from every hamh f and village, to welcome and do honor t>> the in >1 of the people. He was feasted and toasted, a-ul ' congratulatory addresses were mode to liim in t ! the. iur.no of the people, by the most distin- ' uuislied men of t!io ?St 11?. . lie bore :i!i tr^ honors and compliments showered upon him j nieoklv, and with characteristic modesty, claimed for hitu$clf nothing more than having tried to do his duty. In his emphatic language ho said, " To tho brave volunteers under my command 1 feel that the honor is justly ; due ; without their aid 1 could have done | nothing. 1 Peace lintli lier victories no less j iii u i iinn w nr. | A few days after (Ion. I. .no readied his . home lu' was culled to ;t differentfcene of dutvW | whore he could exerei.se his sound judgment i and practiced knowledge in organizing and putting in operation a civil (iovernment, 011 the shores <?f the Pacific, fur a remote people, I who had been long neglected ai:'t "ncared for. ' In August, 1v lie received a oommiision !ih (Jovernor of Oregon Territory, another compliment as unexpectedly it was unsolieit i od irom .Mr. ro!K. in leys than one month j from the time he returned to the bosom of his j family, from the 'Qtirring scones of War, he! was en route for the distant shore* of the I\i- ) cilie, with hardship1-', perils and privations to encounter, in crossing the Rocky Mountains j i at that season of the year, to reach his post of j : duty ; whieh required an energy, hardihood! 1 and s? If-reliancc to overcome, which hut few ; MUCH poSBCHH. *;0I. L' 1'cmont, who followed him a few weeks afterwards, taking a different j route across iho mountains, lost almost his entire party moid the cold and snows in the gorges and delilcs of the mountains, and nearly perished himself. ? A narrative of the liufdsbips nnd suffering? endured, and the porils%ncoun?ered, l>y Gov, hnne and his party in crossing the Rocky Mountains, would fill a volume. We can now no more than quote from A speech made by Mr. Voorhinos, of Indiana, last winter, to the citizen* of Washington, who bad assembled to i A . c\ congratulate (!en. l/mc u]>oi) tlx' sulinUsloii of Oregon into tho Iniou, ami hitiV.solf into the I uited States (Senate, as one of hei Senators. l(oh;ii<l: " There is a history of events connected with the Pioneer movements of < !en. Lane to i .. .? ii.- i * ? ? --.Vjv'ii, i'" v nvi in i^v iwnnvil l<> I OC . \ lliericail people. ()n tlie llth of 8eptoinhcr, 1S-H, :<t the loot "1* tlio eastern slope of tlie ltocky Mountains, with a commission from President l'olk as (luvernor of Oregon Territory in his pocket, he, to whom you tender the honor of this demonstration, gave evidence to his country and to the world, of a will and a courage, in the discharge of duly, surpassing that which Napoleon displayed in his immortal passage of the Alps. Tiio great hero of Ansterlitz and Marengo was told hy hisjiuide that the rout i' was ha rely passable, and t he order eamo from that bold spirit toset forward immediately. Lane, in consultation with Col. Dougherty, a mountaineer of twenty years experience, was told that tin4 passage of the 1'ocky Mountains at this season of the year, with the certainty of spending the winter in their midst, was a human impossibility. " We will set forward in the morning," was the reply <>f the American hero and patriot, who never knew fear in the. achievement of public duty, lie and his little UitiTl moved in the morning, and for live weary aiwKdi solatc months were lost and buried amid the gorges and defiles and snows of the mountains. Fancy may paint, but the fnmvno c-!. >*/?!? * \ c - * . .-.XV I. ii vm:ii i hi; l.lllll tHlUIIICS o^that erudition. On the !Jd of March I li), General Lane reached the capitol of Oregon, and before lie slept, put (ho territorial Government in operation and started a communication to the President info ruling him of the fact. In th. discharge of the duties of Governor of the Territory of Oregon, and cx-oliiuio superintend:. nt Oi" Indian affairs, General Lane evinced the highest order of ability. His messages to the Territorial Legislature, abound in sound and practical views relative to the wants and interests of the Territory, and in recommendation of wholesome and judicious measures, calculated to develop the resources, and promote the prosperity of the people.? 1 le found the 1 nuian a Hairs in a most troubled < ondition?the. troons (lisli:uuli>il flu tribes in n hostiio attitude to thu citizenshad committed depredafcidRs uf>on their property, and'murd^ed several families?inurdCTcrs unpunishod, and no restitution of property^ As soon as ho put the u'ovcriiine.nt in operati m, without any troops, he proceeded to the se.Mies of depredations, robbery and murder, and by lii.s superior address, tact, and jndgement, he (fuelled all disturbances, bad the murderers am tod and punished, and without wav or bloodshed accomplished what both had failed :o effec t. An incident occurred in Lane's " U 11c with the Ituii^uo Uivcr Indians, a wHiiiAi: .urn pieuaiorv tune, winch lllustratoM hia rcumrkuhh; .self-possession, coolness and judgment, iu imminent peril. JIo entered their country with twelve or fifteen men ; those Indians had fiercely rejected all attempts hy the whites at conciliating terms of war ami peace. (leneral Lane cliu.so the latter ; with difficulty he succeeded in assembling four or live hundred warriors in eonneil. During his interview, one of his company recognized u couple of horses stolen from him, iu possession of tho Indians, and two pistols thou in Iho bolts <?f the two chiefs. The (.inventor demanded restitution of the property, \rmon restored, no said, would evince their willingness to treat and preserve peace.? Tlio head chief ordered restitution, hut the possessors ^t'uset 1. Tlio tiovernor then steped forward 3fld took one of the stolen pistols from the Indian's holt and gave it to the owner, and was about to take the other pistol, when the Indian who had it, presented his uun and raised the war whoop. Instantly four or live hundred ^uns were pointed at (ieneral Lano and his small party. A single false step would have led to the most disastrous results, but#ei. I,tine's cool and promptness, was''espial to the crisis, lie said, 1 have come ItCro to iViko a treaty of peaee. not^ohavo a li.uht, and promptlysteppintr to the side of the principal chief, with hi* linn eve fixed on him, pistol in hand, he, told him, if a drop of bin , of any of the whites was shed, it should be avcnired by the destruction of the entire tribe. This welltimed move had the desired effect. The Chief tohl his warriors to cease their demonstra i us*. The fJovernor then advanced nmonj; the foremost, took their arrows from their bows and returned them to their qui solutions by clcrtim?i him by an almost unanimous vote, tho delegate to reprebout thom in tho Congress of (lie 1 nited States. lTpon the ove of (Ion. line's departure from Oregon to tho National Capitol, as their delegate to Congress, the people without distinction of party, hold a mass meeting to ten do.r "him a public expression of opinion in regard to his distinguished talents and ncrvii iiuiii ii J'T * i vers, and uncorked their guns, and knocked the ].riniiH|; from thei^pnns. (Jen'l Lane did not ho! ' the <?!Tie of CIovomorof < wgcn^ioro tlian about fifteen months before lie was removed by President Taylor ?-1 fe, " who had no friends to reward or cn inies to punish " as lie declared before lie was elocted President, signalized his administration by proscribing his former companion in arms, who stood by bim so firmly onvthe field of battle, and contributed so lar r>>ly by his gallantry and generalship to win tlie battle of i?t*''iia Vista, which placed h:m in tho Presidential Chair. Whereupon tlie Legislature i>i * M passeu resolutions expressive ot their hiuh senso ??t" the enci^rv, ability, and succcss, which characterized his administration a.s (lovernor of Oregon, and superintendent of Indian affairs, and their, "sincere regret that the President of the L'nitcd States has deprived the Territory of Oregon of the future services of one so eminently nsefu), and whose usefulness was enhanced by the unbounded confidence of the people over whom he was placed." The people whose representatives they were, seconded those re c-c.s." A'.uuiijr other tliinirs, they resolved, " that as friends of Jos. Line without distinction of party, wo tender him our hearty and | t.: ? ' ? ? . - ..|>|vi/.n i"n > ! 111^ ?iuis ;i? \jrovcrnor ot ~ < )iv;_ on Tcrrit"i"V," ai:?1 that from " the ability, energy, fidelity, and parity of purpose, which. f have characterized all his public acts among ( us. it. is but fitting that we express our ap-' probation and admiration of his course," and' "that (Jen. I.ano came to us covered witlii military glory, and leaves us, upon the business of the Territory, clothed with our cotifi-i deuce and attachment. ' That confidence and attachment, the people of Oregon, have ever since manifested towards him, by continuing liiin as their delegate in Congress until tho Territory was admitted as one of the 8tat<y?. into the I'nion last winter, when, in obedience to (ho unanimous vote of his parly, ho be- I came one of the senators from that State. I All the responsible positions to which Gen. \ I.ane lias been called were unsolicited and unexpected by him, what hut few public men ' can say, and he has filled them with signal ability and success Endowed with n strong and practical mind, stored with the most useful knowlcdge acquired by extensive reading and accurate observation, sound, liberal ami conservative in his views of the policy and principles of our government, he combines personal traits of character eminently calculated to win the popular heart, with a warm, j generous and manly spirit, with a kind, frank V and social disposition, with a demeanor so \ , modest and unpretending that he excites no I one's envy ; he has acquired an influence and popularity which but few men attain. In Indiana, in the Legislature, and with the people, he was universally popular and one of the leading men of the State, and styled "her favorite son." On the battlefilds of Mexico the soldiers viewed him as invincible and lie was liio pride of tho officers of tho army. In Oregon his name is a tower of strength. In the halls of Congress his popularity ami influence are unsurpassed ; indeed, it was chiefly owing to his inflence and exertions that the hill to admit Oregon into tho t 'nion passed tlxr House at the last session.? Tho passage of that bill was attended by great excitement. It was violently opposed by tho ultra men North and South?the Abolitionists and Fire-Haters. / Wild.. - - ' , ,, ..x .? iiiiiu >v/tv; i*rs uikciI) ii urcm.il- / less silence reigned through the Hall and / , Ftho crowded galleries, broken only by the cm- / 1 phatic answer of yea and nay. as tho lijipin- _v L ( bers answered to tin; call of tin; clerk for fnoi'r fbte; as the wtc was being taken, members j were to be. seen, in all parts of the Hall keep. ing count of the vote, atul when Felix K. ZollicofFer, responded to th > last call, parties 1 from all parts of the Hall, surrounded (!encI oral Hane with their warm and hearty con: grntulations, which indicated the result and ; when formally announced by t!io speaker from the chair, round after round of applause arose from the members in the Hall, which was caught and repented by the crowded galleries of anxious spectators, with waving of handkerchiefs by the ladies and clapping of ; hands by the sterner sex, which showed 1 that " he lives in the hearts of his country! men." When the news of the passage of the bill I mm mat a seal in me Senate was thereby se1 cured to (Icneral Lane, spread tlirough tlio ' city, there was a general rejoicing by the citj i/.ens, ami the demonstrations of honor paid to j (Scnernl Lane at his lodgings that, night, wcrrw j of tho most enthusiastic character. A band of musicians seeretiaded him with the tno&t i delightful music, the people assembled in crowds; the strong men of the nation wcro | there, and made congratulatory speeches from the portico of Mrown's Hotel, which were re ccive I with tho enthusiastic cheers of the as} sombl.'d masses, which made the welkin rimj. (ieuaral Lane appeared and responded to the ; unexpected compliment in a chaste, npproprij ate, and eloquent speech, then opened his ! rooms and his heart, to receive his friends, and jrave them the best cheer that could bo provided nt so short a notice. | The past history of (ron. Lane is a jruar! an toe that he will ably and faithfully vepre sent tho interests of his State in the Senate | of tho I nited States, and uphold and support, I bv his judicious counsels and cflcctive aid, I ? i Km- v (Hisiiiiuiou iina t!io i mon, the richest political blessings which lleavcu lias ever bcI stowed upon any nation." I Tin- lite of tJeneral I/toc will stand out prominently in history as that of a reuiarknblo I man, illustrating the fact that the humblest ; individual may, under free and liberal ilist 1| tutions, attain the highest point of distinction i by perseverance, zeal and industry, and will furniidi an example to incite anient and ain1 bilious minds to the cultivation of their noblest faculties, with the confident assurance of the most triumpanO success. 1'i.nnv " Encorf. " ov a Courts ti11*.?Phv8t? oli /ists tell ns tliat every particle of the hotly + ! is cliungcd every seven yours. Is it not right, <1 ~r .i ... - i mi i; in it:, io unve a ro-wcillock whore tho husi bond return?, alter being absent that length cf | time? The following paragraph suggests tho i enquiry: | " lu November. 1850. Erastus Salisbury wns | married at Liverpool, Ohio, to Helen I'ritchnrd. j The parses lived together ntiont a year and a ! half, when the husband went to California. Ilis I wife waited anxiously for hi? return, but ho 1 came nut, and she pr vured a divorce from him on the ground of nefgleef. This was a ; oar since. A short time afterward lie ro-nppearo<l, a second I vuiii i>iu|) whs t'onimeiicGO, and resulted in a rcI marriage on Tlmnl;sgiving-I>rttv, nt tlio saino jdaee whore the nuptial bond was fiiet tied nine I years l/cfore." Washington, -Ian. 4.?Mr. Wigfnll, the newly elected Senator from Texae, took hin seat to ilnv. Mr. Mason appeared in an entire suit of Virginia grey. The message lias been republished with the speeches. A bill wr? introduced for tho abolition of the franking privilego. Pay nothing respecting yourself, either 4 good, baa, or indifferent: nothing good, for I that is vanity; nothing had, for tlyit ir? r.ffeo- % I tation ; nothing indifferent,