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attained his majority. In 1854 he retired from 

 his profession, and was never after occupied 

 with any private business, except his interest 

 in a banking-house. He was elected to the 

 Legislature of Indiana in 1837, and to the low- 

 er House of Congress in 1840, and re-elected 

 in 1842. In 1844 he advocated the claims of 

 Clay for the presidency with great energy. 

 Clay was his ideal statesman and the idol of 

 his partisan adoration, and his defeat put an 

 end to the political career of Mr. Lane for six- 

 teen years. Two years after his retirement 

 from Congress the Mexican War broke out, 

 and he at once organized a company which 

 formed part of the First Indiana Regiment, of 

 which Lane was first major, then lieutenant- 

 colonel. After his return from Mexico, he ap- 

 peared occasionally to make campaign speech- 

 es for General Taylor in 1848, for General Scott 

 in 1852, and for the People's party in 1854. 

 He was at one time at the head of the Repub- 

 lican party in Indiana. The election of 1858 

 gave the Republicans the majority of both 

 Houses of the Indiana Legislature in 1859. 

 "With the help of the " Americans," or " Old 

 Whigs," they elected Henry S. Lane and Mon- 

 roe McCarty Senators in Congress, hoping to 

 annul the informal election of 1857. The case 

 went to the Committee on Elections, of which 

 Judge Butler, of South Carolina, was chairman. 

 He reported in favor of the validity of the 

 election of 1857, and the report was sustained. 

 This was the first appearance of Mr. Lane as a 

 candidate for office since 1842. At the first 

 National Republican Convention he made a 

 speech so admirably effective as to attract 

 general notice ; and he was made permanent 

 president of the convention at Philadelphia, 

 June 17, 1856, which nominated John C. Fre- 

 mont for President, and William L. Dayton for 

 Vice-President. He was nominated for Gov- 

 ernor, February 22, 1860, and subsequently 

 elected. On January 16th, as governor, he 

 was elected to the United States Senate to fill 

 a vacancy. The Senate was an indifferent field 

 for the exercise of his peculiar talents, and he 

 never made a figure there commensurate with 

 his popular reputation and real ability. After 

 the expiration of his senatorial term he retired 

 from political life and never undertook any 

 public service, except as Indian .peace commis- 

 sioner appointed by General Grant. Colonel 

 Lane leaves to his survivors the record of a 

 pure and genial gentleman, whose life was mel- 

 lowed by the kindliest charity and readiest 

 sympathy with every phase of human suffer- 

 ing. 



LANIER, SIDNEY, died at Lynn, North Car- 

 olina, September 8, 1881. As poet, scholar, 

 and litterateur, Mr. Lanier was among the most 

 promising of our writers. His verse was dis- 

 tinguished for grace, richness of diction, and 

 rare depth of sentiment. It was as a student 

 of English verse, however, that he excelled, 

 and his investigations in this direction have 

 been of great value. About a year and a half 



before his death he published a little work on 

 " The Science of English Verse," which will 

 be of much help to students. He was also the 

 author of editions of old legends, including 

 " The Boy's Froissart," and "The Boy's King 

 Arthur." " The Boy's Mabinogion " was in 

 press when he diet!. In 1867 be published a 

 novel entitled " Tiger Lilies." He came into 

 prominence as the author of the ode written 

 for the Centennial celebration at Philadelphia. 

 At the time of his death he was connected 

 as Professor of Literature with the Johns Hop- 

 kins University at Baltimore, where he lect- 

 ured for some time. Through the war of the 

 States Mr. Lanier was in the Confederate serv- 

 ice, and at its close he was for several years 

 principal of a school at Prattville, Alabama. 

 His last years were passed in Baltimore. 



LAVEATT, MABIE, died in New Orleans, June 

 15th, at the age of ninety-eight years. She was 

 descended from distinguished parents, and was 

 one of the most noted women of her day, 

 celebrated alike for her beauty and accom- 

 plishments. At the age of twenty-five years 

 she married Jacques Paris, a carpenter, who 

 disappeared a year afterward, and was never 

 heard from. After waiting a year for his re- 

 turn, Marie married Captain Christophe Gla- 

 pion, a prominent man, who served with dis- 

 tinction in the War of 1812. Fifteen children 

 were the result of this marriage. Five years 

 after the death of Captain Glapion, which was 

 in 1865, Marie became a confirmed invalid, her 

 sufferings increasing with her years. She was 

 remarkable for her skill in the practice of med- 

 icine, and possessed great knowledge of the 

 healing qualities of indigenous herbs. She was 

 a most efficient nurse, and untiring in her de- 

 votion to the sick, never flinching from the 

 most malignant diseases. In yellow fever and 

 cholera epidemics she was always called upon 

 to minister to the stricken, and in every in- 

 stance responded promptly. While her serv- 

 ices were gratefully received by intelligent 

 and cultivated people, the ignorant attributed 

 her success as a nurse to unnatural means, and 

 held her in constant dread. In 1853 a com- 

 mittee of gentlemen, appointed at a mass-meet- 

 ing, waited on Marie, and requested her to 

 nurse the fever-patients. She went and fought 

 the pestilence where it was thickest, and many 

 owed their recovery to her devotion. She was 

 always kind and generous to the needy. IK r 

 great piety was one of her highest possessions. 

 She would sit with the condemned persons in 

 their last moments, endeavoring to turn their 

 thoughts to the Saviour, and was often success- 

 ful in obtaining a commutation of their sen- 

 tences, and even a pardon for them. Up to a 

 recent period, when she lost her memory, she 

 was rich in interesting reminiscences of the 

 early history of New Orleans. Her intimate 

 acquaintance with many distinguished men of 

 her day, the young Governor Claiborne, Aaron 

 Burr, and others, rendered her conversation 

 both valuable and entertaining. She loved to 



