The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-12-05
Cor. Of the Chicago Tribune. !
Gen. Jim. Lane.

There has always been degree of ro
nance and danger attached to Gen. Jim
Lanes trips through Missouri. The
"buttornut' geatry don It like the Gencr-
al. They will persist in believing him
to be horucd aud hoofed after the man
ner Of the lveliest devil, and that his
hearts desire is to sweep Missouri indis.
caimlnately with the besom of distruc-
ton, and it is hundred to one that if
the redoubtable kansa, General ever fell
into the clutches Of the one eyed, stray
whiskcred, tow haired, slab sided Mis-
souri, gucrrllas, his career would be sud
denly brought to close. In the early
part of the Kansas history We find Gen.
Lane leading the gallant sons of freedom
across the long prairies of Nebraska and
Iowa, or taking stcerage passage Oh the
Missouri steamers At no time since
his Identification with Kansas has it been
safe for her foremost General to tread his
way through her sister " State of Mis-
souri,
On Sunday last, Nov. II, several sta
yes left Leavenworth, crossed the Mis-
souri, river, and in the course of an hour
or two, reached the pro slavery town of
Weston. As we noared, the place was
discovered to be full of miscellaneous
assortment Of troops--the picture for
all the world Of Missouri rebels There
they Were, the inevitable shot guns, but
turn back, aud it looked very much as
though we had driven our General into
very nest of outlaws But we soon
discovered the army to be Missouri six
months volunteers-O X 'on the goose
We drew long breath of satisfaction,
and even the d:uut,ess General was
pleased to say, We'll, I'm very well pleas,
ed to know that these are Union troops
We were travelling iacny, remember,
or that was the design, but you might as
we'll undertake to carry an elephant in
band box as to keep Jim Lane from be-
ing discovered by the people, 1t was not
more than an hour before the whole pop
ulaticn Of Weston was arouned the cars.
They crowded and checred with a vim,
and the General was obliged to come
forth
His appearance was the signal for an
universal outburst, after which he thank
cd the people for the maif.station of
their endorsements, and told them that
he trusted the time was nj gh at hand
when this internal rebellion would be
crushed, and peace and prosperity be re.
established l. Union that should for all
time hereafter be FREE, 10 the full mean
ing Of the word.
At the conclusion of the orerars re
marks an old man, standing in the crowd,
pressed back those around, and said -
Stand away, men, aud let me keep my
eyes on that blessed man as long as he
stays And just as the cars were about
to start ii gentleman Of ebony pcrSua-
sion,' made his way earnestly 70 the Gen
eral, took his hand, deposited therein a
splendid apple, then rushed away with.
out a word, evidently unable to control
! his emotions.
We arrived in St. Joseph about dark
aud took quarters at the Patee House,
where we were happy to meet Gen. Hun
ter.
Supper was not over before the halls
and corridors of the hotel began to be
! iilled with an anxious crowd. and Lane
was upon every ijp. 40 o'clock a band
came UP and sercnadcd the General, a
he was being introduced to scores of eit
izenS.
The formal ceremony over, speech
was demanded with a universal acclaim
The General was escorted to a table, from
which he delivered such speech as VA
never before spoken iu tha: city.