Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-15

s,s. came to the surface in Con-
Lsne Indiana. He next yolnn-
P "a private soldier IN the mes.
seefea war with our neighbosing
nnosS. We soon hear OF him as
esSe after returning from this war
Iane vas sent out to Us ~ tue
9us,.orv of Oregon as It's Governor.
Tered and settled on a ranch IN the
ne 49, galley. in the central part of
Cmps row the State Of Oregon. bIik
vnas v;n and With his own hands piosed
Ianssd and reaped his new teies
anu - other farmer and settler ia tie
NE and ia yemote west. Here II WAS, !
VIZ v,a sav. his soul was born an began
nou's Ia this vast solitude, this iso-
nd sn,emnity of his cabin hoins,
ia.a r;Ss and children only for weeks
"a months 1T a time, going 10 tue iii.is
s;'s.gs III called the capital oniy once eooat
sssry two years, this germ oil greatness,
- .s,ul that WAS 10 him, begaa 70 groa
usa Glow and to be beautiful. And u
- from this date ON steadily ana up
- az a growing flower to the date of
s;s death. more than quarter OF a cefi-
.s,v ixtsr, near this same Is ,iated spot.
~ - great Indian war that sxep. ttie
Ia - trom northern California to British
49, ,a,;s, this man, Who had come to alb
-, rsr was compelled ~ leave his little
scms and lead Us in bastie.
v.s a desperate time. Even my
nnstsr pesce-loving father. whs had
-, fi,ed gun in his life, believe,
.ssnyolled as a soldier and shoaidered,
-. 4 gun bat an oxwhip, and drove
- lar the war. /, a mere lad, lay
..a,dad uuder the trees when an ex-
..ss~s rode t,y I'd gave tue glad news
ssat General Lane WAS coming at the
S.ad Of all Oregon III arms. 1 never
- snch enthusiasm. lie was loved,
sd.,sd. deified. Battle Rock, the most
,rsgni6ceut natural fortress ever seen
s.sfural castie--was another lava beds.
Rnt Il vas carried by storm, aud tbs
rluctv Oreoonians soon fioated the stars
srd stripes ON the summit of tLis won
ds,sui batt.emeat, and General Lane
-sut hack 20 his plow. But the mature
sad entirely thoughtful Ean had even
more time TO read, reflect aud piiioso-
nhize now than before. For, besides
o1her wounds, his right arm had been
badly shot, and for a long time he could
neither swing his axe nor follow tho
plOs.
ssa matter of course, was sent back 10
a. Federal capital as Senator.
hvould open the floOdgates OF con
tsntiou TOO widely to more than refer to
Innes position on the great issue of his
fime. ! can only insist that it WAS for
n1sce peace, all the time peace, and yet
II tbs lime the belligerent and, regret
70 AZ, even offensive South kept posing
him 10. q hero Of war; this man, VINO
~ the time offered peace and love and
amity for all, who all the time wanted
10 got back to his plow and his pine
woods Of Oregon. My letters from him
ct this time breathcd but this one
thought. He wanted to get back, get
Out OF it all and sit under the oaks and
read Plutsrch aud Marcus Auralius.
This WAS the ambition, the desire of
General Joseph Lane at the time he was
q candidate for Vic, President OF tho
United States, being deiiied by one party,
by tho other.
In the spring Of lSG2 l returned from
Idaho 10 my parents In Lsne county,
Oregon, with fcw thousand dollars,
and found my old friend had not m
advocate In all his State. Inever know
such unpopulsrity. They were even
TO change the name of Lane
county. An enterprIsing young man,
Anthony Noltner. had started a little
paper here, and into this | threw my
became its editor, and Was at
once daboed by the press as Joe Lanes
boy
General L,ns msansime. hated, boot
ID ut, desplsed, returned to Oregon, aud,
while crossing tho California; mountains
On his way home. was accidentally shot
tho breast. He reached home,
however. and lay nearly n year ON his
back. The roar Of war filled the ears of
the world at the time, and bigger events
overshadowed him and his troubles.
But he did not Care greatly for himself
at any time. His letters of this period
are full Of pity for the North and for
ths South; large and human pity, such
a. you find in Plutarch or Virgil when
they speak of another age than their
own.
visited him when again ON his feet,
and recall with pleasure the fact that
the now old man was full Of strength
and content. Tn the day hs was o. he
and his son, since member Of Congress,
vent out shooting, aud l saw the old
senator bring In q seven -pronged buck
% his shoulders.
Ten years later, on my return from
Europe, ] sought him out. he lives
three miles east and four miles perpen-
dicular pow," said one Of his sons,
pointing up the mountains. Poverty
had driven him from bis ranch In the
valley.
found this old man, nov approach
in9 20 years, telling tree IN front OF
his. little log cabin. He came forward.
axe IN hand, to meet mo, his aged wife
snAding her eyes with a lifted hand as
shs looked from thacabin door, wonder.
ing what stranger could possibly have
climbed this mountain to their humble
hermitage.
And what a talk we had! how he want
q % know ell about Europe, a world he
bad never seen, but which he knew 50
vsu. How interested he was in my work.
pestina me ON the head and calling me
~ own boy, believing in me entirely,
ceooing me to 90 with Gods blessing:
oos good, TO bs great If could, but to
bseood always.
And here on this mountain top, with
- companion of his bosom for more
man nifty years, the sun Of this Old Ro-
maA senator's life went down. Nothing
80 s.ad OF him at his death, for no one
nv MN IN his life. l lay this handful
@ leaves on my dear dead. II Is all |
nave 70 give; |, a robin, bring leaves for
eoe vho vas lost in the woods, one who
oown alone and unknown and died
Me wilderness of this life. He lived
Wy and died poor, while others lived
ssyagantly and grew rich. Not a
anf Of this nations money ever found
1ay 70 this simple aud sincere mans
eSss@ he died not in want, for his
lfen are we'll to do, but poor; very
- and very pure. IS he had lived
lsoeqain Miller in 5. r. Chronicle.
ClD Dnowxrp. - Last Saturday
eoon Della, the little three-year-old
01U00k0f NJ w n Vah..~,.