Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-12-26
BIOGRAPHICAL.
THE WIG CANDIDATE FOR TUE
PRESIDENCY.

For die information ol large class Of eilizen.
"ho have more Recently than oihes arrived at ~
age To Take patl IA the al aetne he. aud nay
be inclined 10 ask =" N la Is General llARR1soN -
VIC subufo bf,el sk eleh OF his character aud ser
wees. which We derive rum CONT nfpoiats journal
Few living patIiats pfodueca titlr 80 st,ung Ia
The efatnu de AID affections Il then le low ciuzens
Ma. Int.
Genct4l WILLIAM lifNnY iIARRlsoS was horn on
the ninth day at Eel rlats, 1913, ~ CHARLES CT,
IooontY, Virginia, at the family seal on the James
| River, called Beikely. shout seventy niles b,low
Rich ond. HIS iaher.as BfNJAmlS DAnRfson
hneal defendsnt uf tic celebrated General oil tai
name. ho held commission IN liie parnon a,y
arnies dufing The English civil wars, and who, lor
his devon II 10 Republican principles, pctlshed on
the seailoId. BATJAN1S IlAnnIsoN was a distip-
rulshed CT zen ot Virginia. much honored and
highly trusted by his tellpw-citizcus lie was bro.
thrr-a law 10 PErToN HANpoLru. The hrst Plesl-
dent oil Congress, and WIS himself member OF fbnl
body dn'ne the Years ia, 1873 aud 1875. It vas
! principally through ms Influence that JoHH Has
cock was chosen 10 preside over the Congress. as
1 successor TO PrY1nN RANDoLn. lie was Char
man OF the COMMITTEE OF HE Whole House when
I the DrCLAnATtoN OF lNntPfNpENcE aas fnhlly a.
greed 10 aud lis signature Is borne upon hat
cclebtard document Having retired Gom Con.
etcss, he vas eleted member Of The Virginia
House II Delegates, over which body he presided
- Sneaker, nnul 1883, when he waseecled Gopern-
OF q le State.
BrsJAMIN llARnisoN died poor. leaving three
sons, 81 w8om WILLIAM HrNnY iiARnIsor WAS The
souaeesI his fathers death lie VIVA niino, and
was left by his fathers will to the guardianship of
RoBtnr MoHhis, the celebrated fpaneiet He had
selected The pracuce al medicine as u profession
aud was diligently pursuing his studies with thar
ellecl, at llamrlea Sydney College. when the dis
astets OF the Ildiap War on the North Western
Ffoniier. aud the call fur aud officers for the
defence Of the settlers induced HIM 10 enter INTO the
mtllHfy sewer. HIS guardian Wobld have dis
suaded hm from tins determination, but Washing.
ton, his I"thef trend, approved ol H. aud gave linn
mission OF ensign IN the frs Regiment of L.
niled States Artillery, then stationed al Fort Wash
neton. on tie present SITE OF the cay Of Cincinnati
and nhdtr the command OF G., neal ST. CLAIR
Governor oi The North West Territory. aud Com
maudcr ehlc Of the iluofy forces IN thai section
i OF the couuiry
i As s0un lac received his commission, vounr
HARRISON, Who was At Ihl time bat 10 yeats Of are
hasiened 10 join hls regiment. aud a,r,yed AT Fan
Warrington shortly after the disastrous defeat Of ST.
+ Clan nrar the head waters OF the Wabash. THIS
wasa time 81 great dagger aid alarn Slio,iy gl.
lei lis arrival at Fort Washington, he WAS appointed
/ 40 command the escort OF unln oil pack horses,
bound 10 Fort Hamilton, some 90 OF 30 miles north
OF Fort " Arlington, winch Difficult, service he per
formed With such oredlt AZ 10 attract The particular
notice ollhe Commander-in-eh,G
/ In 1872, HARRISON WAS promoted TO The rank oil
Lientcnant, aud ~ 1893 lac jolned the new amy I'M
]
saeaeity soon attracted the notice OF thar able
mander who appointed him ol his aids de amp,
IN which dhht ult and responsible post lie served
dunng the wal. Ills selyIens especially at The bat
tie Of tue Maumee Rapids, by vii ell the contest was
brought To n tlose mentioned wilh emphasis IN
General Nayucs Official account OF the victory.
After the close OF The wat, Hanson was promoted
10 The ralk OF Captain, and was placed IN command
at Fort Washington, the most important post IN The
Western county. Whlle IN this conmand he mar
RED daughfc OF John Cleyes Symmrs, the found.
er Of the Mann seulements--a LADY IN whom
he has ever found faithful aud alleelonale com.
panion,
In 1897, Harrison resigned his commission IN
the amy, and was appointed Secretary ofthe North
western Territory, aud cx-oiielo Lieutenant Gov
ctaor. The next year the NotIhw esiern Ternoty
entered the second grade OF TtniouH Govern
ment, aud became entitled 10 u Congiessiona dele
gate, General Harrison was chosen 10 Ga this I'M
pottant station. lie remained In Congtess onl, one
year. but during that time he rendered very nal
service to ms constituents. As the law then STOOD
the public lands could only be purchased IN tracts
4 OF 12nr thousand acres avery great hardship upon
the poor settlers, who we're ihus Obliged TO pur-
chast d at second-haud and an enhanced pnec.
Ian sou br ught lhis sal Jeel before Congress, aud
apycd a committee to consider. Ofthat eommille C
/ newls himself appointed chairman the only IN
stance, il Is believed, IN which such au honor has
been coltened upon Territorial delegate. lie
made q report, accompanied by bill, authorizing
The public lands to be sold ~ alternate half and
quarter seoons; that IN alternate tracts Of three
hundred x twcay, aud one hundred x sixty, atres
The report attracted great attento2, as did Ham
sons speech IN support of ii, but The bl, VAS rei,
vehencnty opposed. 1t assed the HOUSE
howevefh by u large majority. In the Senate the re
sstanee was so great mat at length a committee
aud finally COMPROMISE was agreed to, by Mhici
the public lands were to be sold IN alternate whnl,
aud half sections; that is, IN alternate tracts OF ST,
hundred and forty, aud Ihree huadIed aud twenty
acres. This a great Improvement ppon III,
former law; and as, this Time. settlers began :,
flow rapidly into OHIO, its beneficial results were in
stautiy fell
At Tins session of Congress a bill was passed 70
dividing The Northwestern Terriioy. Ohio becam,
Territory by Itseli; while all the test OF the Mort
western country, including the existing States o
lndiany, Illinois and Michigan, aud the Territory q
Wisconsin, was created Iuto a new Terutory b,
The name OF Igdiand. After lie purchase of .ou
siana, that vast country annexed TO the Indian
Territory * SO remain, Tor some time. OF thjs ne,
Territory General Hanson appointed Governor
He became by ylrlue OF his appointment, Supepin
tender, Of iadnD Afits ~i1h'n his jurisdiction. an,
IN addition lie was appointed sole Commissioner TO
ueatlng with The Indians. We have not room Il
go into detail Of his territorial administration
Suffice IT to say tina, lie e-apponed, from i'm,
10 time, fourteen Yeas always at ihe express reques
OF the inhabitants llls STATION as Superintendent
OF Indian Aiiirs, and Indian Contl T. invov
him IN complicated negotiations and disputes vii
The celebrated Tecumseh, and his brother, tn
Prophet, the details OF which. IT we hat. room 10
them,u ouiJ be highly interesting. Those ito ubles
length resulted in the expedition 10 rippecan.e e. b
winch the schemes OF the Shawnee chiefs were bro
ken up, and their forces dissipacd.