The Washington union., 1857-05-23
LOCAL NEW s.

LOCAL NEWS.
PRESENTATION OF THE BucK-IIoRN CHAIn.--The hand
buck horn chair which brought from California
by Seth Kinman of Humboldt county, "a real Rocky
mountain hunter) presented this afternoon to the
President of the United States in the presence of large
number of delighted spectators, not few Of whom
ladies.
few minutes past two clock the company began to
throng the East Room Of the white House" Mr.. Kin
the observed Of all Observers, and many were
the complimentary remarks that were made of him.
While waiting for tho President to make his appear
ance the company eager to get full view of the hunter
and his novel chair, began to press around him. Mr.
Kinman perfectly at home, took part in the efforts that
were made TO clear a small place. and in his blandest
tones requested the audience 'to form circle, and not
crowd up" This request Immediately acceded to-
Mr.. Kinman is gentleman Notwithstanding his dress
of buckskn. As evidence of his skill hunter it
may be said that with the assistance Of his partner, he
furnished Col Buchanan, who commanded post ON Hum
bod Bay, for nine months with deer meat and faithfully
fulfilled the conditions of his contract.
Immediately after the entrance of the President Mr.
Kinman was Introduced TO him by General Denver Mr.
Kinman thereupon addressed the President briefly and
eelingly audng to the in which he held him
a statesman, and expressing the pleasure with which
he hailed him Chief Magistrate OF the Union He
himself was Pennsylvania, and was born at Union
town. When quite youth he had gone to the s'great
West, I" since which time no had been pioneer He
had twice crossed the Rocky mountains and had
the city of Washington with that chair ponting to the
curiously fashioned massive anters at his side) which
securely boted with iron-the iron of their own
State, Pennsylvania He had brought it here to pre-
sent to the President and he hoped that he would accept
it,
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which he is SO distinguished and said that he had no
doubt that Mr., Kinman honest sincere and brave
like the people of the frontier which he belonged who
could bc led by kindness but could be driven by
force He would accept the chair with great deal of
pleasure and would keep memento of the occasion
He would now sit down in it, II is needless to add that
in the act of sitting he was loudly applauded
General Denver then introduced to the President Dr.
o. NJ Wozencraft of California, who spoke on behalf Of
the Californans as follows:
Mr. President; in presenting this chair for your ac
coptance you will concur with that it is not of suh
cent intrinsic value to place it under the constitutional
prohibition and yet it may have relative valuea value
which would be difficult to compute by any ordinary
rules of apprnisement as work Of ingenuity and nau-
raj art we may ase the expression, it must claim your
admiration. In its coapation and symmetrical proper
tons, with all its wild inegularesin those innrmer-
able lines of grace with which Nature delights to cothe
her works and with all the originality of conception and
the successful completion of this truly beautiful and
tonal workit must claim your admiration Yet, aside
from this It is to be hoped that you will accord with
in attribung to it peculiat value value proportional
to the interesting incidents connected Herewith and
relative significance which may attach to it.
Mr. Kimlnan who has placed those antlers in their
present peculiar and beautiful coapation of that
class of men who engaged in opening the way for the
advancing tide of civilization and republican nsttu-
tions His labors however, have been terminated by
natural baierhe Pacific has interviewed to check
his progress and terminate his labors and he has
returned by the much-dreadcd route in order to
present the final fruits Of his abo in this his handiwork
which may Justly be received additional evidence of the
fact that necessity is the parent Of invention and as IL
Illustrative OF the life of the pioneer but scal Of our
past present, and future national hitory.
II must have been Divine intuition, the control
ing hand Of Providence which led him IN the chase until
thirteen bucks afforded him their of defence, by
which he finally combined and formed this appropriate seat
for you Mr. President and after having placed them to-
gether he then discovered that there were hiryone
points IN 'he new coucue Jay. In this you per-
Give significance Of design and the peculiar adapta-
ton and appropriateness of the present
Again Il was found that those several parts could only
be retained together by using iron bands by which the
integral parts securely bound together secure
ly, indeed, that KAnaa ''and countryman is san
guine that they cannot be ren dsiHdtr.
Permit me to say, in conclusion, Mr. President that
you have allowed the Pacific slope of the continent
to indulge in the hopean il has been the subject of
general rejoicing from your declarations as well as
from knowledge of your ample experience Just and
broad perceptions that You have been led TO form similar
conclusions IN reereAee 70 tine Union OF the Stacs which
the experiments Tie pioneer have taught in the structure
before You that Il would require iron bands travesn
through from one extreme Of our conctesasy 10 the
other in order to hold and bad them together and in
aslnuah a. You have allowed 10 indulge the hope we
but express the wish that those bands may be speed
lily placed in order that part may fall OF be lost We
win then feel confidence Nc rr,sident, when those
iron bands are properly placed ha rs cdt b yela dsga-
dy, and that The Executive Of glorious Union may
then repose in happy and conscious security within the