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Wmdnksdav. January 17, hHH>.
MITCHELL, AND ANOTHER.
It i- strange, now that S -tut tor Mitch
ell of Oregon has passed to his final ac
count. that that darker chapter in his
earlier life will keep intruding itself on
one who knew nothing of his private and
but little of his public career and who
until after his death felt no keen interest
in either. But so it does: and in cast
ing alsuit fora reason for it a somewhat
similar ease, that had to do with the
f mines ».f a very remarkable tnan in
deed. iseonjnred from its few more years
of ohseuring time and stands out as
vivid as when it called forth the bitter
est and most undeserved censure that
tougui s could give utterance To. And
now it i« plain why "to know all might
he to forgive all** is suggested regarding
.M dehell.
Kor I lie* >tate of |Vnn«v Ivania and
the year 1 h*;o substitute Tent * s*ee and
IHJH. in tin- place «»i tin olwun* young
Mitchell put a man do year* old w ho had
already served a term in c* ingres* and
liven governor of hi** stale ; «b*s- » har
Ot'trr was without ;* pr*«teli at a titne
and tua rmitilry nr In* re character was
e*t* «*ut« d alsor all rb* —,di‘'s* political
proejsa ts and p rs tint }«*|*»iiarity r**se
bister than any **ther’s had done. Take
up this young man’s history ••n tin* day
he a kututlkt! wmmm■■■ krfwtM
the duughi* r »*f an n governor ami **|
great sfuil renown ami Ml»*vi it as kr
<|nMly m*-unfed a k r-tr ami r»*le aaay
just before tin- next (lawn; stay with it
till tlic record of his life was closed, and
you will know the strangest romance
that ever excited the pity and the ad
miration of any man.
The bridegroom and the popular hero
of the day before journeyed westward to
ward the land of the C'herokees; the
bride wept; and not one of his former
friends hut would have shot the believed
to-heof her trust.
lie was next heard of in 1832, when
he went to Washington on business
connected w ith the Cherokee Indians, of
whose tribe he had become a member.
The odium that followed him from Ten
nessee made his visit to Washington a
friendless one; but he returned to his
Indian tribe uttering no word of com
plaint. The Texas war for independ
ence enlisted his sympathy and gave
scope to his ambition. April 21, 1836,
Sam Houston—the same w ho had aban
doned the weeping bride and his honor
able past in Tennessee eight years be
fore—as commander in chief, after re
treating 300 miles, suddenly turned and
hurled his worn and wasted force full
into tlie face of Santa Ana's army, anni
hilated it, and achieved the independ
ence of Texas. He had lived to see the
day when the mention of his name
again called forth applause more enthu
siastic than before. Political honors
crowded upon him. President of the
Republic of Texas, member of congress
w in n it became a state, governor, and
idolized as a hero: fate still reserved its
eruelest arrows for the last and he died
estranged from and unappreciated, mis
understootl and hated by a |H‘ople whose
love he craved, even as he had craved
tile l,,ve tif the win,him ill Ten ni,ss,u>
Houston opposed secession. To the
very last many thought lit- would give
way to the unanimous desire of his
people at the decisive moment. The
threat convention met and Houston was
to -peak. I’inter the spreading trees,
where was room enough for all. lie was
to say the decisive word, where all the
multitude might hear. He arose very
pale, hut his strong V ice never qun
vered. lie had not s|mken a dozen
wools before every one in that vast
audience knew that Houston ami seces
sion would never hold anything in com
mon. “Shame, Houston !" cried a voice.
The s|*aker trembled, and si elms I al
most on tin verge of utter collapse. "See
thi* traitor tremble!" said some one.
"When the rabble hisses well may pa
triots tremble,'' said the strong voice of
the spaker. “.■■•Iiont the traitor!" said
another. Houston turned in the direc
tion whence tin- words cam**, all signs of
weakness gone in an instant, baring
hi- Iwisotil. "J*h*»ll, f*s.|," he said. The
man «e**tne*l alsmt to tire brave Units
ton!" came from some on** an*l was
eelnssl by the on** who had pie {si red to
lire. These were ihe kin*l«*st worsts the
s|s*ak* r heard *lnrtng lb* three hours'
speech that f*»ll*iwe*t. Whether or not
any sttem|*t has tss-n inn«le to pr* serve
even an outline *d the speech is
unknown. This p*s*r ehronleter .*i»e
knew a man wh**e*sti*l r* |*st great por
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timis of it from memory. To liis young
mind they were the most eloquent words
he hud ever seen or heard, and they re
main so to this day. When Houston
finished he rode northward across the
broad prairie and east no look behind.
He died in IStiL’. Years after, former
friends who had learned the secret of
the desertion of the Tennessee wife, in
justice to his memory, made it known,
and it is now well authenticated history.
The circumstances were these; On the
wedding night w hen he and his bride
had retired to their apartment the lady
burst into an uncontrollable fit of weep
ing. Every soothing wonl he spoke
seemed to rend her heart the more, till
finally lie sternly demanded that she
explain the cause of her grief. Then
she told all. She loved a man in humble
position, but had listened to the advice
of her parents and to her own desire for
social prestige, and married himself. At
once Houston's mind was made up, and
when the house was quiet and he slipped
out into the darkness there was an un
derstanding that he should pay the
penalty for her awful mistake.
fan truth ever remove the stigma
from Mitchell - name?
Ma.iok .Ioiin I’, (’lcm, the newly ap
imintcd |Histmaster for Fairbanks, is
said to have been in love with Alaska
for a long time. Last summer w hen he
toured the territory as ins|icctor for the
|s>stottice department lie wanted to re
sign and rc-ide in the north. Those
who know him say he likes the exeiti •
men! |sTtaining to mining communities.
J. RINGLET GREEN,
Lawyer.
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