The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-07-14


county, Virginia. Ifc lost bis father
uheppiite yenllg, and bis mother reinnsed I
with her fanil III thu bark i gf the Ten. /
ncssee river, Dit hat time tile limit ot civil
lfzatieu Gre Ike received d limited sttist
teltion, aiid passed several geafs among
the GhtFokee Indians. After hayiliyl
served iof y time as clerk To X county tr,l-
der and Kept d school iii 1878 he enlisted
hi the army, nntler q enur&l o nekaaH, Lii |
StlteNaf .Ntttftiie C'reek Indians. lIetlistiuF
guishcd himself 5oa several orcasivis, aud /
at3 the CONCLUSION of tbe@mnr he had risen
toe the rank of lieutenant, but SOL re-1
siEiled IFS comm ssioii aid commenced the
Study law at Nashville. iii june, sac
after d few months Of severe study, he
was admitted TO tile BARI Id Oetoher,
EISl9. he was elected District Attarpry
for Davidson District; iii 1921 he Was
elected Major General of Tennessee; I'M
1929 he offered himself as d candidate
for Congress and was elected without OPP
I position; in IS2 8 he was retarneda second
/ time To Congress; almost BIZ exclamation,
50 well satisfied were. his constituents with
/ tliseolrseinth e House Of Representatives,.
Hin j So he was elected Governor Of Ten.
| llessee III an Overwhelming majority fe-
signed Ills Office after serving Two years,
and rcn9oycdto arkansas, AGO miles north.
West az Little Rock. Iii 1892 he re-
I paircd to IN ashfngtpiI md laid bRfore the.
president the elearest md most over
iwiielming evidence of tile coninet of the
I. government agents hi their dealings with
Ithe Indians, and the result was the dis.
Inissnl Of d large number of principals
4 and accessories. During /; subsequent.
fyisit 10 Texas, lie was requested Co allow
Ehis name to be used In tho canvas Tor d
i collyention 70 form d constitution for Tex
1 as prior 70 IFS admission into the Mexican
4 Union. lie consented, and was uliant.
t.lnousiy ELECTED Tie constitution WIS
\, submitted to President Santa Anna for
EapproyfI. liz wasz rejected, with il dc;
Il I1alid for the Texans to give up their
arms. They determined upon resistance
d militia was rganized and Austin, the
founder Of tile COLONY, was elected Com
Il niaaaer.in-chief, lid which Office die wal
n shortly after sNcceetlcd liy Gen. Ilabgioil
4 He conducted the isar wit igor. and
1 finally brought ii to d successful tcrfnina
I ton bg,; tho battle Of san JAainIO, II
q 51Auril, 1856 iii May, j 80 = gaed
!. treaty acknowledging the independence o
!, Texas aid in 0ctoBereE the same yeai
4 he WAS iliaug The iifst IL residents
, EEthe republic AT The end III his term o
!. otliee, as The same plFsnn eolild not n
J constitutionalEy elected Presiaant twice il
succession, he became member Of nh
81 Texas Congress In lsAl lie was agaii
! elevated to tile Presidential chair Dur
! ling the whole time TINT he l.eld TINT 81
fee his fArorite policy was the annexation
{ Euf Texas to the United States, but hi
/ retired before the eoasufnmatfoH of Jill
I. E5wishes. In 1874 Texas became one Of tii
i States Of tie Union, and Gen. Houston
was elected to the Senate. His Who'll
!, EpnbIie career has been that 9f an oh
! fashioned Jackson democrat. He is on
] i Of the few Remaining personal friends .an,
{ supporters Of Old Hickory" his life: In
/ been q life Of romantic and heroic atlYef
Y I lures; more remarkable than those -Wlticl
!, Feoatribnted somuch iii 1866 10 tile pbpt
Eiarify of: Fremont. He has always bee
. an inhextble champion: Of the Union an
: the peace Of the Union. He is oppose
= to opening the slave traffic; .lBa he pol
:, . stands upon the broad Union platform &
= Mr. Buchanan's administration, with
y slight spread southwark. .=.. =. =. {
re feANnIpATEs NOMINATED BY III
10 DOUGLAS Dfsstoe AIS on JUNE a8Ispi
$. sTErHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS or lILIEei
Y y The subject Of this paragraph was Dor
y III the town OF BrnDdoui Id Che State /
g Vermont, on the 23d Of April, 1873, an
g lis now in the forty-eiglfh year, Of his ag
y. His father, whose name he bears, was
% native DC Rensselaer, County. New Yorl
le where he was a praeticiug physician. II
te died leaving two children, one Of thenttl
u subject of this notice, who was but tY
Is, months old at that time. Stephcn ArnqI
Il, Douglas, at the. age of fourteen year
70 apIiTentieed himself to learn the trade oil
~ eahtuet.makers at, Mibury. At thiStrae
Te he wrought for two years, aud gettit
'a q. WeaTldd Of il, he sought the facaAsof pr
tis curing ain education, He was Gtlmitt'
ag as d pupil in the Canandaigua Academ
at and entered upon a course of classic
as, studies, and ii the same time studied Ia
e en With: an attorney of thai village, Al
hg while there eyiRced fondacss forpoiiti'
Y, In 1889 be moved to Illinois, and i
NJ some time taught school in tho village
'et Winchester, fas that State. While I
gagged in teaching school he still eoRtiHu
=. his legal studies. and was admitted TO
), bar III 1884. in the following year,
/ the age Of twenty-five years, be was
pointed State Attorney by the Legis
we tufe, which office he resigned in 1886
eat take his seat IN the Legislature. He Y
IS the youngest member Of the House,
no sooH was remarked for his industry in
nts gislatiye matters. The first position
Importance which be took 10. iegislaL