Mountain Democrat., 1857-08-08

that was then about being raised to pros
ecute the war of 1912. Wool immedi-
ately procured the requisite recommen-
dations and was made captain in one Of
the regiments.
1t was remarked as being somewhat
singular that two men commencing so
slenderly in life, in the same town, should
contemporaneously rise to eminent pub
lie position in the service of the nation.
The ex-SecretAry told q story of old
James Dole, who, in the early days was
the very head and front of the federalists
Eerc, who asserted that he always laid
his hand upon his pocket book when he
passed by Democrat The story illus
tratcs the depth and bitterness of party
rancor. John WoOdworth, one Of the
early settlers of Troy, and a prominent
Republican, had endorsed note for GER
tain party, to pay for Pennsylvania lands,
| and therefore became liable. He found
it necessary to protect himself from the
fact that an allegation OF fraud in the sale
Of the lands WAS made. An Injunction
was obtained, and dismissed by the court
in New York, and awrit of Gd c0pi0s eat
| GsTacieHdum was taken out unbeknOwn to
Woodwork for the sum Of fourteen hun
drcd dollars. Sheriff Dole sought to serve
the writ upon WOodwOrth on a Saturday
night, supposing that he would not have
that amount of money about him, and
thinking that he would have no means of
raising it at that late and unreasonable
hour. Woodwork, however, had the
money, and thus stole d march upon his
political enemy.
Mr.. Marcy on his retiring from Office
was in the enjoyment of excellent health,
and up to the time Of his death manifest
ed no symptoms Of decaying constitu-
ton, His demise, therefore, was wholly
unexpected.
A Veteran Pioneer IF the West.-A
late number of the Chicago IriJWne con-
tains report of the speech of veteran
Of one hundI'cd 0nd sCcenteeM years, made
at q Pioneers Festival, at Madison, Wis
consin, few weeks sine His name is
Joseph Crelie, who stated that he was
born in Detroit, and subsequently became
an inhabitant Of st. Louis, when under
Spanish rule. 1t had fallen to his lot to
liVe in the western country under French,
British, Spanish and American Govern
! incnts. The Tribune remarks:
"Mhat events have been crowded into
this mans life When hc was born,
Frederick the Great, now historical
| character, was on the throne; Austria
was engaged in a furious war, and Anson
was making hisremarkable voyage around
the world. lie was "a chunk Of boy, "
when Franklin made his great discoveries
in electricity, of which the electric tele-
graph is the result. At the time of Brad
docks defeat, he was as old as many q
lad who carried u lnusket under tho lead
Of Washington, twenty years later. lie
was twenty-five years of age when resist
ance to the Stamp Act in Massachusetts,
began and was qualified by his years to
have occupied seat in the first Colonial
Congress, in 1875. lie might have &C.
companied Boone in his exploration oi
Kcntucky-a tate that now contains
moro than million of people. Had he
gone to Europe when he WIS thirty years
Of age, he might have seen and heard
Hume, Burke, johnson, Pitt, Goldsmith,
VOltaire, KlopstOck and Lessing-all long
since dead and historically valued by their
! successors. He was middle aged man.
In the full vigOr Of life, when the war Of
Indcdendence closed, and Washington
was President of the United States. He
saw the rise and the opening Of the French
Revolution; he was q witness of the
whole career of Napoleon. He was old
more than three score and ten--when
Hull surrendered at Detroit; yet, how
few who were there then live to tell the
story nowl He has seen this country
grow from collection of English, French
and Spanish colonies, containing popu.
lation of less than two millions, to the
rank of first class Power. But in one
hundred and seventeen years what has
he not seen 7"