Daily national Democrat., 1861-08-15
General Lander.


General formerly Colonel Lander was
thus spoken of through the columns of the
Cincinnati Commercial, in April, 1860, just
after the famous Pryor and Potter ducl in
which he figured so conspicuoasly,
VINO Is COLONEL LANDER2-We are permits
ted to make the following extract from
private letter Oft. d. Jones, the well known
sculptor to a friend in this city.
Bowie knives are "rizl' Northern plack
is above par, just at this writing | wish
knew all the facts in the case ! am afraid
the news is too good as published in yestcr-
days Commercial and Gazette Colonel T.
". Lander (for thatis his real namc)is an old
friend of mine, and he is no chicken. assure
you. His life has been an eyentful one lie
has far more Presidential material in him
than dozen Fremonts. Col, Z. W. Lander
Is IA native of salem, Massachusetts,, and is a
descendant of one of the Oldest and wealthiest
families in that town, IIestands six feet Two
inches in hight, and weighs over 200 pounds
lie is better made man. physically, than
John c lleenan, the Bcnca Boy When |
saw him last he had not an ounce of spare
flesh on him-all bone and muscle. He has
good education, and is a powerful writer in
prose or verse, for have seen both After
he graduated at - College he turned his
attention to civil engineering, and was en-
ployed in building, or rather laying ont and
experimenting most of the New England
railroads after which he went TO Washing
ton, where his services were secured by our
Government t0 accompany GOV. Stevens ex-
pedition from 81 Paul to Oregon. on what
wascalled the northern railroad lie acted
as engineer and advance-guard for that ex-
petition to the Pacific After their arrival
on the Pacific in Oregon, Governor Stevens
thought proper, for some trEing cause, to
pick quarrel with Lander which was final
ly settled without duel After which, Col
Lander selected seven men to accompany him
to the States. They struck, as near as they
could, a bee~line for Utah Territory On
reaching the chain of the Rocky Mountains
Colonel Lander encountered one of the largest
of the known grizzly bears and dispatched
him single handed with one of Colts six
shooters; in fact, he discharged twelve balls
into him before old grizzly surrendered
Colonel Lander escaped without receiving
even scratch, and from that day to this he
has been familiarity known among lis friends
as "Old Grizzly" He reached Utah Terri
tory with only three men of the seven he
started with from Oregon From Utah, he
came to the States where he remained, and
much of his time in Washington. until our
army We're ordered to march for the home of
Brigham Young
Colonel Lander was engaged to construct
the wagon road in advance of our army, aud
it is needless to add that a more arduous aud
hazardous undertaking could not well be i'm
posed upon any man. His railroad surye
to the Pacific, | believe, have not been pub
lished by or at the expense of the National
Government. because. forsooth he never
learned the humiliating art of blending the
pregnant hinges of the knee, that thrift may
follow .fawning" Such are the brief, too
brief, outlines of the man who has so recent
ly come forward to yindicate the manhood of
the North.
Colonel Lander has sister in Rome, who
is the first Of American sculptors among her
seX-for there are three American ladies in
Rome at present engaged sculptors Miss
ilosmer went there first, Miss Lander next,
then a Miss Stebbns.
Col Lander is about forty-f,e years Of
age.