Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-07-31

GEN. JOSEPH LANE.-Receutly par
ty of Oregonians organized an excur.
sion for trip TO Victoria, B. c., and
around Puget SQUAD. Among the ex-
cursionists was the venerable Gen. Joe.
Lane. One Of the places visited was
Seattle, where formal reception was
rendered the party, and Gen. Lane was
called on for speech. His response,
though gwen in tones feeble from age,
showed that the spirit of the gallant We
teran was as strong as when, third of
century ago he SO bravely led his COM
mand on Mexican soil. Among other
things he sand:
al come not as celebrated man or
distinguished soldier, but as an hum
BILE citizen of Oregon. True, / have
been accorded some fame as a soldier,
and am credited with having served
my country faithfully and well. These
laurels were not won by myself, how
ever. My command won them for me.
ANY man with such a command could
not help achieving fame. / came to
the Northwest in 1S49 as Governor Of
what as then Oregon Territory en-
bracIng all The country lying between
the fortieth and io.ty-second parallels.
including what are now Washington and
Idaho Territories and the State Of Ore
gon. Only once during my term of of
fee did have occasion to visit this por-
ton OF the Territory. 1t was on the lst
OF July, now about 80 years ago, that a
courier arrived at Oregon City, bearing
the news that Mr.. Wallace, living on
Budd's Inlet. where Olympia is now
situated, had been murdered by the In
dams. With an army % Of six men,
tried and true comrades in arms with
me in the conflict with Mexico, we pro-
ceeded down the willamette River in
canoe to The Columbia, down the COL
umbia, and thence up the Cowlisz to
the Catholic Mission. Here We pro-
cured mules and horses and added these
fresh recruits to our force. We took
the Indians BY surprise, and demanded
a surrender Of the murderers. The old
chief, after viewing our force and look
ing me in the eyes, concluded to accede
to this demand, and the murderers were
accordingly delivered up, tried, and ex-
ecuted.> This made good Indians ofthem.
al was then Governor Of a vast ter
rltory, but of not many people. Atthat
time there were only nine families on
the whole Sound.
"My head has been whitened by the
frosts of many winters and nv form
bent by the weight ofaccumulated years:
INV dice has grown feeble and weak from
the service OF thiee-quartcrs Of cen
tury, and Fs0on expect TO Be called
upon to answer the final rOll-call. i
am fully prepared, friends, 10 obey the
summons checrfuIly. Two years ago
I looked over the old Army Register,
and I found there only Eve Of the sew,
enteen Americaif Generals who entered
the Mexican War surviving. OF The
seventeen who entered that struggle,
fourteen were younger than myself
One By one these men have answered
10 the last r0ll-call Since last looked
over the Registers, Pillow has been called
away, CadwaIader and Cushing follow
ed, and on the 1st Of the pFesent month
Shields answered the summons and
passed over the dark river across the
valley and shadow of death. During
the last four years the ron has been
called once in SIN months, and one BY
one these gallant men have responded"
eS-The feeling Of many Republican
papers against the South ~ so strong,
that they cannot refrain from casting
their slurs upon Memphis in her dis
tress, and calling her citizeEs "buIl-
dozers," and shotgun" mur6erers.-
The sooner the people overturn the Re