he gave his consent, and Campbell left the fort, accompanied by Lieutenant McDougal, La Butte, and several Canadians. When they reached the Indian camp, Pontiac came forward and shook them by the hand, and led them to his camp, where, mats being spread for the purpose, he ordered them to be seated. Instantly, the lodge was thronged with savages. Pontiac spoke a few words, when the usual pause ensued. This was ended by Campbell, who addressed the Indians in a short speech. It was heard in perfect silence, and fully an hour passed before the Indians made any reply, or turned their scrutinizing gaze from the officers. At length, Captain Campbell, conscious of the danger which threatened him, and being determined to fully ascertain his true position, rose, and signified his intention of returning to the camp. At this, Pontiac made a sign that he should resume his seat, and said, "My father will sleep to-night in the lodges of his red children." The Indians were resolved to kill Campbell and his English companions on the spot, but Pontiac would not allow them to do so. He protected them from injury and insult, and conducted them to the house of M. Meloche, near Parent's Creek, where decent jurisprudence, is worthy of a more extended notice than is admissible in this brief memoir. The revised statutes of 1846 have remained now for a quarter of a century, and no effort has been made to supersede it by another. Two compilations have been made to bring together in convenient form the numerous changes made necessary by national events, by the expanding enterprise of the times, and the rapid development of our local resources, but the general features of that revision remain. His judicial record, for over twenty years as a nisi prius judge, and for ten years in the court of last resort, is creditable alike to the State and to him. The opinions of the court prepared and read by him, published in the first four volumes of the Michigan Reports, are clear and forcible in style; they show a thorough acquaintance with the subjects involved, a modest deference to the current of decisions by other courts, a clear perception of the ethical philosophy of the law, a constant appreciation of its great purpose, and a bold adherence to recognized principles. These contain the results of his mature judgment after deliberate consideration. But he has exhibited, in his long service at the circuit, a wider range of judicial qualities than can be called into exercise in a purely appellate court. He possesses quarters were assigned them. Their danger was diminished by the fact that Gladwyn, at the same time, detained two Indians, for some offense, as prisoners in the fort. When La Butte returned to the fort, and informed the commandant of the detention of the officers, a sadness and melancholy pervaded the whole garrison. Pontiac now began operations with greater vigor than ever. Receiving additional reinforcements, he made several changes in the disposition of his forces. A band of warriors were ordered to lie in wait along the river bank, below the fort, while others concealed themselves in the woods. Another band was stationed in the neighborhood of the fort. These were ordered to conceal themselves, and shoot down any soldier or trader who might happen to expose his person, when no general attack was in progress. These arrangements were completed on the eleventh of May, 1763, when a number of Canadians visited the fort, and advised the commandant to abandon the post, saying that it would be stormed, in less than an hour, by fifteen hundred Indians. Gladwyn refused, and, in half an hour afterward, the savages renewed the attack on the fort. This was kept up till evening, when the rare qualifications for the nisi prius bench, for the trial of questions of fact. His analytical mind enables him at once to put aside what is foreign to the subject of inquiry, and to so classify the material evidentiary facts, as to disentangle the most intricate case, and bring order out of apparent chaos. His knowledge of the law is profound; he has mastered and digested it as a great moral science. In the administration of it, he is ready without being precipitate, dignified without austerity, patient and attentive to arguments, and independent and uniformly impartial in his decisions. He is ever serene and self-possessed, however the bustle and excitement of important trials may affect parties, counsel or the public. He is popular with the profession, and enjoys the fullest confidence of the public. On his retirement from the bench, in 1867, he was ten-, dered a public dinner at Pontiac, and the festive occasion was emphasized by the presentation of a beautiful silver service, with toasts and speeches abounding in compliments, well merited, and which had the ring of "well done, good and faithful servant." Nor is Judge Green a mere judge or jurist; his reading has been extensive. He is, in short, a man of refinement and general culture, of broad and liberal views, social, public spirited-a just and good man. S. Indians retired. Soon after, a Canadian visited the fort, with a summons from Pontiac, demanding Gladwyn to surrender the post at once, and promising that, in case of compliance, the English should be allowed to go on board of their vessels unmolested, leaving their arms and effects behind. To this the commandant gave a flat refusal. CHAPTER XVII. CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC CONTINUED-A COUNCIL AMONG THE OFFICERS THE officers of the fort of Detroit now assembled to consider what measures would be most advisable in the emergency. It is recorded that Gladwyn was alone in the opinion that the defense of the place should be continued-the others urging the policy of an immediate surrender and embarkation for Niagara. Their condition was, indeed, a deplorable one. The provisions on hand would not sustain the garrison more than three weeks, within which time it was madness to hope for succor. But this was not their only source of fear. The wooden houses of the fort were thatched with straw, and might be set on fire, and the enemy might make a general onset, and cut or burn their way through the pickets. Resistance would then be useless. “Day after day," says Parkman, "the Indians continued their attacks, until their war cries and the rattle of their guns became familiar sounds. For many weeks no man lay down to sleep, except in his clothes, and with his weapons by his side. Parties of volunteers sallied, from time to time, to burn the out-buildings, which gave shelter to the enemy. They cut down orchard trees and leveled fences, until the ground about the fort was clear and open, and the enemy had no cover left from whence to fire. The two vessels in the river, sweeping the northern and southern curtains of the works with their fire, deterred the Indians from approaching those points, and gave material aid to the garrison. Still, worming their way through the grass, the pertinacious savages would crawl close to the palisades, and shoot arrows, tipped with burning tow, upon the roofs of the houses; but water was everywhere provided against such an emergency, and these attempts proved abortive. The little church, which stood near the palisades, was particularly exposed, and would probably have MOSES B. HESS, an enterprising citizen of East Saginaw, was born in the town of Verona, Oneida county, New York, July 3, 1821. At ten years of age, he emigrated to Michigan and took up his residence at Hartland, Livingston county, where he worked on a farm until he removed to Brighton, in the same county. Here he served two years in the copper, tin and sheet-iron business. In 1847, and before the State buildings were erected, he moved to Lansing, where he was assistant postmaster and State librarian until |