Mr. HENDRICKS. Mr. President, Amos Lane, the father of JAMES H. Lane, was a distinguished citizen of the State of Indiana. His professional learning and force as a public speaker placed him among the able lawyers of the State. He was prominently connected with the early legislation of the State, and contributed to the establishment of our system of laws. For 4 years he was a Representative in Congress, and took rank as an able debater in that body. Janus H. LANE was born in the county of Dearborn, in the State of Indiana, on the 22d day of June, 1814, and that continued to be his home until 1855, when he identified his for tunes with the people of Kansas. He was ed ucated for the bar. but did not long devote himself to the labors or pursue the honors of the profession. When the country became involved in the war with Mexico, he was among the 1st to respond to the call for troops. His rare energy of character was displayed in the rest less zcal with which be prosecuted the work of raising and organizing the 3rd regiment of Indiana volunteers. By the choice of the companies he was made the colonel and placed in command of the regiment. That regiment was made up of the young men of southeastern Indiana, and was composed largely of the sons of the farmers; and in it were many of my youthful associates and friends, many whose friendship and esteem I et cherish; and I think I am justified in saying that in every soldierly quality it was entitled to rank with the 1st and the proudest. Its fortunes become to me a subject of great interest, and from the day of the enrollment to the day of discharge I listened for every report of its gallant achievements, and was very proud of the great name with which it came out of the service. The part and science of war had been neglected in the State of Indiana, and the officers and men looked to the colonel for the care necessary to their comfort and safety and the discipline which made them formi dable to the enemy. Under his command the regiment soon attained ahigh rank for its skill and discipline. I need not speak of the battle ofBuena Vista; of the great disparity in the numbers engaged; of the importance of its results, not only in holding the line of the Rio Grande, but perhaps in saving the army; of its decisive influence upon the fortunes of the war, and of the glory it shed upon our arms, for these are all known; but I cannot omit saying that, upon that rough field, the 3rd Indiana occupied positions of greatest difficulty and res usi bility, that it was borne upon by heavy orces of infantry, and dashed against by long lines of cavalry, and that in all the changing for tunes of the day it was neither broken or bent. Colonel LANE and the regiment were honora bly mentioned in the report of the commanding general. After the discharge of the 3rd, Colonel LANE organized and commanded the 5th Indiana regiment, which was composed largely of his discharged veterans. That regiment rendered valuable service, and was discharged with a character highly honorable and gratifying to its commander. Colonel LANE was kind toward his men, careful of their wants, generous to ward his subordinate officei‘s, yet strict in his discipline, and enjoyed both the affection and confidence of his command. In the enemy’s country he was vigilant and active, and upon the field of battle cool, sagacious, and brave. Upon his return home, Colonel Lass was chosen, by a large vote, Lieutenant Governor of the State, and in 1852 was elected to congress from the some district which his father had represented nearly 20 years before. He did not participate largely in the debates, and his service in the House was not specially marked. He supported the Administration of President Pierce, and iipou its iassage voted for the Kansas Nebraska bill. will not add to what the Senator, lately his colleague, has said of his eventful life after he left the State of Indiana. The estimate that may be put upon much of his conduct while he was connected with the border strife must depend upon the stand point from which it is viewed. His character was not obscure, nor his conduct concealed. His virtues and his faults were alike conspicuous, and will now remain as models for imitation or beacons of dangers to be avoided. His ambition and passions were imperious, and his will dominant, so that, defiant of opposition and popular Opinion, he pursued his objects with an energy and force that wrung success from adverse circumstances and reluc tant fortune. He was not endowed with high powers of argument, nor with a cultivated imagination of elevated sentiment, nor did he possessin a high degree the command of our auguage, yet the force and impulse of his na ture, sometimes carrying him to the verge of frenzy, made him a public speaker of great wer and a formidable revolutionary leader. mplacable toward his foes, he was generous toward his friends and untiring in his efforts to serve them. I think it proper on this occasion to say that on.he evening cfore leaving this city for his home he sent for me to examine some docu ments which he had obtained for his defense against a recent charge that he had received money for his servicesin connection with some Indian business. Upon examination of the opera, and as Iunderstood the case, I thought his vindication complete. I have understood that n on a like examination my colleague arrive at the same opinion. It was a sad communication to each one of us when we were told that one of our number was in the hands of death. In whatever form that messenger from anotherworld may come, he strikes us with awe and terror; but his presence is never so appalling as when he lays is destroying hand upon the human intellect, enthrones distraction, sets the faculties at war, and proclaims “ Mischief. thou art afoot. Take thou what coursethou wilt!" An active, (perturbed spirit has gone from our midst, an from this saddest permission of Providence we are admonished of the frailty of the human intellect, of its inability to preserve itself, and of its strange and most urinat ural action when broken loose from the lines prescribed for its government. Mr. President, 2nd the resolutions.