Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08
80 nfARYaAND NrLANMs.
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Ahnut Them.

r,3,i the Cincinnati ERQuirsr.
1or was coDversing with 4 former
Ie,rni9n about the McLane family Of
C.r,rrl.rd. Thegentlemen are entitled to
'+to credit Of sustaining good ances-
l name with fortitude and strong
,,lrv. and GOV. McLaue, who is now
aso1t to go to France, has the good opin-
If all VINO have ever spoken with him.
ocquaiutance essaye1 to give me some
,s,,mat,on about his family, which put
I'm for what it may be worth. He said:
srbere are three brothers in this family
a.,l know Of and one sister whom !
.rol.r0vn, Mrs. Gen. Joe Johnston. In
c.itorrfa we had two of the McLanes;
;o.aad three, for Robert McLane, the cid
~ 49, brotbar, who has just been sent 10
Er.snce. went out t. ere to study law. lie
,5law with Phil Hamilton. He had
., in the Mexican war and got tired of
H. commission. aud wanted TO be a law
VMS Phil Hamilton was . grandson
the great Alexander Hamilton. lie and
tbaNcIaue boys took a fancy tor each
IN ot9or and ut an carry date came to Call
T. f,~eia Robert McLane had baea in the
o~,n9 and he and WoOdWdi tn, sos Of the
ant6or Of the 'Old Oaken Bucket were
r. an4 When the Mexican war began
e.v oot up an artillery company, which
In consisted Of one old brass gun mounted
oo euair of wheels, which wheels had
81 I.,r emf out of solid wood. and the can.
you was hauled by oxen. They went
M fr+b TO i0n Fremont. When they had
~ baou out somewhere m South California,
md Commodore Bddle came along from
III Philadelphia in ship, with Instructions
III Duke command OF such trOpps and
H ayas 1f ali Kinds as he could find in the
81, fsaff "a To- or
III er},cLane figuring as Major, and young
We5lW3lth as, perhaps, Captain. He
IN teIasqueaky voice, and when McLaue
M came aboard The Commodore said 'Mai.
III vI.np. are YOU? l never heard Of any
f.i. McLane.' With this the Comm1-
epuled ont the Aray and NdUg be-
ra and says he: There is no Maj. Nc
Lane iu TINS book. You must be DIIdship-
man McLane' Then turning TO Wood
n W5rtl who had very long hair, i'm the
svle OF Buffalo Bill, he said: 'IOurraok
is too high and your hair is too long. You
want barber first thing. Send the ships
81 barber here.' OtheV shaved WOOdwOrth's
hair Gill; and Old Biddle made those men
stay with him as long as he was on the
coast and at the conclusion Of things
Robert NcLane wanted to remain in Cali
arua No, no. said old Biddle, your
father wants me to bring you back, /
know and he made them 20 home with
SaidI: "Don't you suppose all that
auec3ote is the usual cOCk-and-bull story
in California about every man who has
IN been THEREOF
.Neyer mind, said my indefatigable in
formant. You just sit there and L viii
IN tell YOU more"
said L: 81 think you have mixed up
Robert McLane with Louis McLane, his
III bf0therF
"Weu.o said the old man, 81 will give
n yousOme Of him, too, if you want it. Louis
N cane twice TO California. and the second
time he had married Miss Hoffman, OF
II Baltimore, whose father had been in trade
n and business there, and had left some
money. lie took her money and some lit
H tie that ne had and bought a small steam
" boat, with which he used to run up the
KrlYers to stockton. He worked this
steamboat for all she was worth, and as
prices were very high in those days both |
for passage and for freight he made
money. Then Wells 81 Fargo, who ran the
express business, got out OF boss, and
n they were very much in want of presi- !
n dent, or somebody with executive expert |
ence. Louis McLane was named to them
as a ft person for the work. and they
gave him a salary of $4,000 a year. !
About that time the mines began to de- |
Yel0p in CalIfOrnia-up in what is called |
the Washoe, or the first mines known. |
There was an immense rush for the mines |
and consequent expectation of bullion. |
A stage company was organized to 90 up |
there, and McLane got an interest in that, /
and there he made pretty much all his |
money. He accumulated about $6000 600 be- |
n fore he got through. His last adventure /
was to be taken up by Flood q O'Brien on /
his return to California from Baltimore, |
where he bad gone to settle, 4nG they
gave him 100000 under a contract Of five
years to be President Of the Bank Of Ne
e yada He took that money and finally re-
Ia turned to Baltimore with mis- respectable
. # iQruue. at one time he lost his money by
# Investing in lots in California when prop
81 9ry had begun to go down, and he came,
ht Gen. Grant, to be q real estate agent
ID Jhe city vita not much to do. From
uat position he was eXtricated by the
Wells a. Fargo Express Company"
said |; Now 20 on with your lies
about the next McLane."
Stake them for all they are WORTH
saii my old friend, smiling. "Allan Nc
Lane who was the youngest son, had been
1aQected with the Pacific Mail Steam
ID Company in its infancy. He incurred
hostility in some way Of a man named
1-t0ck, who was its Vice President. /
; umel0ck would not let him have snip
! Wien he was entitled to one by rank and
lccesslOn. This made Allan McLane so
tnat he sWOre he would challenge
stock to fight duel when he got near
But in the meantime" said my
there was a superintendent of the
WHO thought well of McLane, and |
Time q Captain died and there was a
amer TO be taken up from Panama TO |
california. This man put McLane in
charge Of her. He was quite IA capable |
Ban, and in that way be got on deck and |
Ae passengers gave him a watch, which /
carries u this moment; and some time |
trWard a mob started IN Panama and !
ureateeed to .estroy the cOmpany's prop |
cry. Allan McLlne, who had plenty of
hi AIRY capac (and so have they all, |
cefvmg 1t from their grandfather), got
N5fhmen ana others together, charged the
po"element and put them down, and he
e.'Wen himself stronr i'm the Pacific Mail
company. He saved his NJ ney and also
iellfed TO BALTIMORE