Senator James H. Lane

The Death of Senator James H. Lane.

A BRIEF telegraphic despatch published in yesterday's afternoon papers announced the tragic termination of the mortal career of the individual whose name stands at the head of this article. "JIM LANE," as he was familiarly called, was one of the most singular characters that has ever figured in American politics. He was the son of an Indiana politician, and embraced his father's profession at an early day. Figuring some in the local politics of his native State, and participating in the Mexican war, where he held the rank of Colonel, he was finally elected to the House of Representatives, [...]

[...] holding at nearly the same time, as he used to delight to tell, the three offices of Lieutenant-Governor of his State, elector at large for Indiana, and member of Congress. The Congress of which he was a member was that notorious body which, under the lead of STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, repealed the Missouri Compromise and passed the Kansas-Nebraska bill—LANE, in common with the other Democratic members, voting for it. The tremendous popular reaction which followed that infamous measure reached even to Indiana, and left LANE's political barque stranded high and dry upon the banks of defeat. The excitement attending the early settlement of Kansas followed. It was something that suited LANE's temperament, and he "pulled up stakes" in Indiana and went to Kansas. He always said himself that he went there at the instance of [...]