Mississippi Democrat

Gen. Sam Houston.—The return of this gentleman as a member of Congress, will create a sensation on his appearance at Washington, and present to the world a spectacle of singular interest. A few years since he left the United States, and mingled his fortunes with a country comparatively unknown, and struggling for national existence. He distinguished himself by his patriotism in the revolution which resulted in the independence of Texas, and the wreath of victory was accorded to him on the plains of San Jacinto. He is next elevated to the Presidency of the new Republic, and having served his adopted country as a Chief Magistrate for the allotted time, again returns to private life. A new spirit seizes his native land—the country of his adoption is received into the union of the States, and he becomes a citizen where he had supposed himself disfranchised forever. He will now present himself at the Capitol in the dignified character of Representative of the State he so ably defended by his talents, and by his sword. There is a romance in all this, compared with the slow development of events in the old world, but in our own favored land a "nation is born in a day," and events which, under old systems, would have been the work of centuries, are crowded into a passing year.—N. O. Times.