Daily Alta California, Volume 21, Number 7100, 28 August 1869 — HON. SIDNEY BREESE. [ARTICLE]

HON. SIDNEY BREESE.

A correspondent sends us the following notioe of a dutiuguish*<l slrauger now aiaoag a*:

Trim great a Is always modimt. Many dis titguishti) Individuals have recently vinlted car shares, I in In eanh lnstanoe th* telegraph or th* letter-writer b ik announced their oon< ln sr. Mot so with the g«ntl*cnan whos* iiatne h«».l- this article. Notwithstanding hi <» Is at present the Chief . I notice of th* riui>ren<e Court nf Illinois, and ms a Henator in Conitr*»g Irom that State mall" tbe *> r*port Id lavur of a Paotfta RallroaJ, he visits us a privets cititen, unheralded, and records hi* name «l the Occidental Hot«l, "Mnnv Hhkkrk. IllinoW." Of all the prominent in"n who have recently visited oar M*:» r.'.iK ma mete entitled to an ovation than Judge llr«e»e. As our early friend on the floor of th* itin, he snw th* ooming great ru nf th* Paoiflo Coast, ' like an unborn forest In an aoorn cup." The compeer of Clay, Web llenion. < iliiotin, Wrlaht and others, he and his oollesgue in tho Senate from Illinois, General Hcraple, stood firm for all the interests of our coast, including railroads, steamship lines, and what Mr. Polk declared to be our "clear and unquestionable title to all of Oregon up to M 40," and as such they and a few nth ri 1 I the minority earned the nam* of 'nan*." Mr. Uenton heading the majority In favor oi onmpromlving on the parallel of 49. llad the opponents of Mr. Benton bten successful In fnl il lining our northern boundary line at M 40, the halanoo of Uritlth Columbia, between us and Alaska, would have fallen to us an a matter of course. Hut as one of tb« most distinguished Judges of our I <nd, Illlnoians delights to honor liim, and as such (the writer of this who has) not seen Mm for over *> yarn is confidant) will extend to him the hearty welcome which bis services to the wholaoountry anil his more than three sooiennd teu years entitle him. M.