Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-21
GEN. JOSEPH LANE.
An AutObiographical Sketch of the Veteran
Soldier and Senator.

An AutObiographical Sketch of the Veteran
Soldier and Senator.
The following letter from Gen. Joseph
Lane appears in the Charlotte, N. c., Oh
serVer. It's dated at Rosenberg, Oregon,
July II, 1879, and is addressed to lady
friend and relative at Charlotte.
DEAR MADAM-Your letter of the Dist
ult. has been received. 1 thank you for
it, and would have ans Wered ere this but
for press of business that could not be
delayed.
am the grandson of Jesse Lane, one
of the three brothers mentioned in your
letter, who lived where Raleigh now
stands. The three brothers were born
near where they lived away back IN colo
NAL times; were clever, intelligent, old
style gentlemen, and did good service in
the war Of the Revolution. MY father,
John Lane, entered the army while quite
young, just in time to be in the battle
of Kings Mountain, and remained in the
army until the surrender of CORVALLIS at
Yorktown. He voted Tor George Wash
ington the second term, North Carolina
having adopted the constitution after his
first election; he then voted for John Adj
ans, first and only term, then for Jetfer
son, two terms, then for Madison, for
Monroe, Jackson, etc.
My father and uncle, Charles Lane, set
tied in Buncombe in 1895, where they
spent money, time and much labor in an
effort to establish iron-works near where
Asheville now stands, but failed to &C.
complish their object.
In 1893 my father, then about 40
years old, married my mother, Elizabeth
Street. | am the second son, and was
born III Buncombe, wi thin four miles of
Ashevllle, on the 18th of December, 1901.
In 1904 my father left Buncombe for
Henderson county, Ky, where was rails
ed. l married young, raised ten children
SIX sons aud four daughters-all now
living but one, son, who died of cholera
In New Orleans, III December, 1913. The
others are living in this state, all married
but one, to-wit: COL John Lane, a grad
uate of West Point, who resigned at the
commencement Of the late civil war,
foined the Southern army, came out at
the end of the war badly whipped, and
returned to Oregon.
My life has been an eventful one. T
was elected to the legislature OF Indiana
IN 1928 from the counties of Wander burg
and Warw ok, where had settled some
years before, and continued to serve in
the State Legislature of and on until
AS, when resigned a seat in the Senate
and entered the army then being organ
lied for the war with Mexico; soon
raised from the position OF private to that
Of birgadier, and came out Of service at the
close of the war major-general My first
battle, Buena With, was under Taylor, then
transferred to SCOTS line, and saw and
helped to fight as many, if not more, bat.
ties than any officer of that war. Very
soon after peace was made with Mexico
| was appointed by Mr.. Polk, then
President, governor Of Oregon ter
ritory and ex-officio superintendent of In
dian affairs. The trip to reach nv post
OF duty had to be made across the plains
in the winter. feat that had not before
then been accomplished. But had at
the request Of Mr.. Polk undertaken the
journey, and with hurried preparations an
escort of twenty men, under Lieut.. Haw-
klns, left Fort Leavenworth on the 10th
day of September, 1S4s, and after a hard
struggle arrived at Oregon City on the Cd
Of March, 1s49, and on that day issued a
proclamation making known that the
laws of the United States, by act of Con-
gress, had been extended over the terri
tory OF Oregon; that I had been duly el-
ected governor, had taken the oath Of Of
nee and had entered upon the duties
thereof Well, I continued in Office, at
tended to the interests Of the good people,
and also to the Indian affairs, brought
the murderers of our people, Chief Tilo-
Kite and four Of his braves To trial