Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-03-14
DR., Kane

/ DR. Kane was born in Philadelphia in tit
year 1872, and had accordingly just entered
upon his thirty-ffth year. He received hi.
academic education at the University of Viz
ginia, and graduated as Doctor of Medicine
at the University Of Pennsylvania in 1913
soon after that date he entered the United
States Navy as assistant surgeon, and &c.
companied the first American embassy to
China. With his native thirst for obsery-
! ing the manners and customs of strange
countries, be visited different parts of China.
the Philippines, Ceyion, aud the interior Of
India. lie was the first white person who
descended into the crater Of the Tail Of Luz
zen, accomplishing the enterprise At the
hazard of bis life. He was suspended " q
bamboo rope around bis body, from pro-
jecting erag, more than two hundred feet
above the remains Of volcanic eruptions.
With bottles of sulphurons acid and other
specimens from the mouth Of the crater he
was dragged up scnseless through the acorso
| tpou this expedition, he was attacked hv
the Ladrones and savaees of the Negrito
race, and exposed to other hardships which
| proved fatal to his travelling companion,
Baron Loe, Of Prussia After this, he
travelled considerable portion Of India,
visited Ceylon, assembled the Nile to the
confines of Nubia, aud passed season in
Egypt. lie travelled through Greece on foot
and returned in 1916 to the United States.
He was immediately ordered to the Coast 81
Africa, and sailing in the ffirate United
States, visited the slave factories fron Cape
Mount to the River Bonnv, aud obtain d
fee access to the haracoous eff Dahouey
Returning home in a prceari8us state o
health, he recovered sufficiently to Esi
Mexico during the war as volunteer. He
succeeded in delivering dispatches from Ia,
President 10 the Commander in-Chief. 6.
cogted by the notorious spy COMPANY 81 q,
brigand Dominsuez, and alter getting tn.
better Of detachment of Mexican soldier,
whom they encountered at Nopauca, h,
was forced to combat his companions single
handed ia ORDER 10 save the lives of his pris
oners, General Tofraon. General Gano;
aud others, from their fury. On the return
OF peace, be vas ordered upon the Goas
Survey under Prof bache and was tim
employed in the Gulf Of Mexico, when h.
volunteered his services to the first irinnel
Expedition IN 1850. lie was accepted a
senior surgeon and naturalist eff the squad
ron. and entered upon his duties with al
enthusiasm, sagacity, and power Of eudur-
anee which admirably prepared him for III
most afdpous responsibilities Of the Expedi
ton; the results of which are before IL
world.
IN his private character, pr. Kane dis
played singplarly lovely and attraeiis,
union Of qualities in striking contrast wit
the belaness and resolution which impalll
him on his career nf adventure. IT, mar
raiive Of his expeditions presents 4 delight
'ful illustration Of his personal traits. I
this respect they possess the charm Of nm.
conscious autobiography His modest sim
plicity, his refined tastes, his tenderness a
feeling, aud his almost feminine sYmnathjss
arc pcrpetually revealed in connection Wit
as dauntess courage and consistency as ever
neryed heroic heart to lofty prowess. IIenee
the magnetic power which he exerted over
the companions Of his enterprise, winnine
their romantic attachment and milking him
self center of light and encouragement
amid the darkest moments Of the totloa
hope in the Arctic seas, Whatever the sci,
entiiic results Of his periloas voyages, they
arc of still higher significance III the exam
pie they have presented ofnohle. persistent
disiuterested and nndismayed manhood.