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Saturday. September 25,1809
TheTelegrams of yesterday morn-
ing announced that thfi -Doble Peabo-
djT giro .four hundred thousand
dollar®,in additiont&bis former magni
ficent^feiiation, to the Peabody lost*;
tute of Bakimow- \
-ij^TPfew Boj shys James,
Peeler. * inventer of tbe Peeler
plffir and the originator of the
Peeler cotton, is now a citizen of
Texas A-half million dollars worth
of the Peeler plows have been sold.
ar —-—1—' T) *■<(&■) • /, i-T~
We were glad on yesterday to meet
Amos Morfell, Chief justice of our
Supreme Court.. The Judge has. spent
the summer ifi the Dorth, aud. re«
tHrna 'much improved in. vigor atd
health. His court will open ai Aus
tin on the first Monday in uexi
month.
Throughout our State schools have
very generally reopened, eome of them
quite promisingly .Bat there are rnul*
tiplied thousands of children in the
State whose parents are unable to den
fray the expense of educatiug thein.
Our school system is in chaos, aud our
school fund locked up, and will remain
so until a future Legislative shall es*
tablish a system of free public schools
We know a preacher .who is an
editor, and whose prinfefs got the
better of htm not long ago". A piece
of groaf was sent down for corxec-
tion and it was se^ badly taken that
be was not able to read it. He sent
. it back with An order to take and send
a better impression, and wrote on it,
''This proof is too dim and. pale to
read " Our friend writes one of the
most miserable scrawls of any man
in Texas, and the foreman receiving
the order tried*very Way to decipher
it, and, breaking out into a loud
laugh, called all hands, to come and
see. They did so, and all deciphered
• it to be: HThis proof is too damnech
pale to read." He bad so joined the
"dim" and the ''and" together, and
written them so badly, as to leave no
hope of making anything but damned
oat of i
TUB OANASS.
The Houston Union issued late last
ThiWuHtf evening, charges that the
Tklkorath had "discontinued the
publication of its own Platform."
Our pap or of Thursday was issued at
daylight, and it contained the Piat
form. Sometimes when a^J&?£r-
tisements have crowded us we have
omitted It. The Union is fond of
males' nests, and had It been very
anxious to find out about the Plats
form, it would have loked to the
latest issue of our paper, but the
omission of it was no evidence of
abandoning it, as the Ubiou well
knew.
The Bryan News Letter has hoisted
the names of the Radical candidates
for Governor and Land Office Commis-
sioner, repudiated Flanigan, and ran
up Dr. Boulds Baker for Lieutenant
Governor. It is the organ of the Rad-
ical Clark, and declares that Clark
and Baker coupled together are '* a
tower of. strength " It may be so, as
the Doctor looks like he is able to lift
a cotton bale with ease, and though
we never saw Clark, we infer that be
is a large, strong man, too, aud it so,
we doubt not that thetwocould man-
age a large number of peauds* But
all that does not signify that they
should be elected to office.
The canvass in Texas is fairly under
w*y, and wemfcy tegard reconstruc-
tive as a fixed fact. Arties we
ready for acUsgj^y(ib£i. Hamilton and
-his friends wanVa fair election. Gen.
Davis and his friends want a fair
election, v Gen. Reynolds s^tys the
people shall have a fair el action. Gen.
Sherman saj« we shall have four days
in Which to hold it. AH right.-
The Constitution will be adopted.
Generals Hamilton and Davis both
favor its adoption. There are four
candidates for Lieut. Governor; one
on each ticket and an independent
Republican and an independent Dem-
ocratic candidate. They are all in
favor of adopting the Constitution,
and so is every candidate in the field.
We may asfltose fheu that the* Cousti
tution will be adopted. * ■; *■
Congress will ratify our eleciion.
Davis lias hardly a ghost of a chance
of election,but if he should be by pos-
sibility .there is no question but Con-
gress would admit the State. Gen.
Davis admits that if Hamilton is
elected the State will be admitted.
We may safely assume then that in
tLe course Ofthe coming winter Texas
wiU be fully reconstructed, restored
to the Uirion,' add the functions ot
civil government resumed- With
this event we auqr expect the dawn
of an era of activity and prosperity
similar to that experienced in 1845,
after annexation took place.
The poatofficea at Wheeloek and
Braaoa I jttorn have been dtscontinu -
ft. The audi matter will be detained
at Bryan.
r Off Weflnesflay nigWf last Gen.
UE. J. Davis, the candidate of the
sunon pure ab initio, proscriptive,
Radical divisionists, opened the can-
jvass in Galveston* The GalveBton
papers represent that the attendance
'was large, but composed principally
ot negroes of both sexes. While bis
;speech was received with respectful
attention, it inspired no enthusiasm.
Placards in our city announced
that the renowned "soldier and states
man" would address the citizens of
Houston on Thursday Dight. This
announcement collected at our court
house about one hundred white men
and perhaps twice as many negroes,
counting both ?exes. The assembled
multitude listened with respectful at-
tention to Gen. Davit,' speech. The
most ot his speech was addressed to
the Democrats, with a view of con*
vincing them that Gen. Hamilton had
formerly been very proscriptive.
When Gen. Hamilton introduced the
clause in our proposed constitution
which enfranchises everybody, Gen.
Davis opposed it. The proposition
prevailed, and now Geo. Davis favor-
ed the clanne in that instrument.
Gen. Davis acknowledged that he
belonged to the ab initio wing of the
Republican party. He asserted that
that party bad never canied their
views of the absolute nullity ot laws
passed duting the war, as far as had
been charged by their enemies. He
did not avow any change of sentiment
on that subject.
He never touched the question of a
division of the State, leaving his cred
itors to infer that he was still in favor
of that measure.
We listened carefully for some spe-
cial reason why Gen. Davis should be
elected Governor of Texas in prefer
ence to Governor Hamilton. We
failed to bear any. At the eleventh
hour, and after the adoption of the
constitution was a foregone conclusion
Gen. Davia came out in favor of it,
He acknowledged in effect that he had
placed himself upon the Hamilton
platform. If he is the choice of the
people of Texas be declared that be
would administer the government to
the best of bis ability for the interest
of the State. So far as we are capa-
ble of judging, Gen. Davis failed to
make it appear that he had,and spe
oial claims to the office to which be
aspires.
We are glad to record that in Gen
Davis* speech he treated his opponent
wvitb respect,, indulging id ho bitter
personalities.
The canvass has now fairly operod
but. there is hardly any ground for a
seriouS political campaign. After
Gen, Hamilton announced his plat
form in the late Constitutional Con
vention, and succeeded in securing
the enfranchisement of ail our citi
zens, the people of Texas, from the
Red River to the Rio Grande, and
from the commercial cities ou the
Gulf to the hardy frontiersman on
the mountain**, spontaneously turned
to him . as the '-coming man" for
Texas, the man whose distinguished
abilities would reconstruct our State
the very man tfe place in the gnbema
torial chair.
There is no merit in the claims of
men Who at the very best can only
say, Hamilton lead, and at the last
hoar we followed. The people fully
understand why they did so. After
Gen. Hamilton had made the path to
success plain, they made a bold at
tempt to crowd bim out. They claim
that they hold an organization, and
base it upon the abortion of a Col
vention held at this city, composed of
delegates from 17 out of the 130 conn
ties ia the State, when not one of the
delegates had been so ccffifetituted by
a msjority of the voters of his county
Gen. Hamilton needed no Convention
to endorse him, as a very large man
jerky of the whole people, of ail par
ties* classes, faiths and colors, bad
called upon him to lead them back
into the Union, and he will do it
Heeling In the market — Judge Carp,
enter's Speech.
(From the Galveston News 24th.)
The speaker, after an exceedingly
happy exordium, proceeded to review
the political career of Gen. Davis.
Commencing with the canvass of the
General for election to the conven-
tion which passed the secession ordi-
nance, and for which he was defeated;
he followed up the rather extraordin-
ary and eccentric career of the Gen.
to his final withdrawal from the con-
stitutional convention of 1868.
Judge Carpenter declared and pros
posed to bring affidavit of responsible
parties in support of the daclaration.
that in the canvass for the convention
which passed the ordinance of seces9
ion, General Davis declared himself
heart and soul with the people of
Western Texas, and that he thought
those who oppo.-ed the movement
ought not to be permitted to reside
in the State.
After being defeated for the Con-
vention in the Brownsville district,
the feelings of the Goneral underwent
change j he crossed over into Mexi-
>, thence to the United States, and
attached himself to the Federal army.
The speaker did not believe the dis-
paraging reports which had been cir-
culated regarding the military career
of Gen. Davis. Personally be had
ExptMtou on gM OpelousanBoad
The locomotive St. Mary, takiDg
out the 8 o'clock. (Monday morning,)
passenger tr in of . the Opelouaas
lousas railroad, when at the twenty-
five rSlte post, one mile above Boutte
Station, taking on wood, exploded her
boiler, throwing the fragments in all
dilutions on either side of the track
The engine and driving machinery
were shivered to atoms. From a gen*
tleman who was on the train at the
time, we hear the explosion was tor
rible, lesembling the report of a heavy
piece of ordinance.
A piece of the shafting was driven
through a mule standing near. Yery
fortunately the engineer, although he
was on the locomotive, escaped un-
hurt, The fireman was wounded, but
not enough to disable bim. The con
duotor took a hand car to Boutte Sta
tion, accompanied by Mr. Flynn. As
sistant Superintendennt of the city
telegraph.
Luckily Mr. F. was provided with
a set of instruments, and cutting the
wire be telegraphed to Algiers. An
engine fortunately came up with a coal
train half an hour afterwards, and the
passenger train, after a delay of about
two honrs, occupied in clearing away
the"debris, piooeed to Brashear- The
damage caused by the oxplosioit is es-
timated at 116,000,—N. 0. Times.
nothing against the General, he re-1
garded him as an honorable man, and
only proposed to deal with him as a
politician.
Referiing to the fact of Gen. Davis
having been one of the framers of the
Constitution of 1866, and afterwards
discovering that it was all wrong, and
the work of the rebels, the speaker,
though perfectly courteous, was mer-
cilessly caustic. S< of the actions of
Gen. Davia with reference to the pro
visions of the Constitution to be sub-
mitted in November. After denounc-
ing it asa most iniquitous document,
and declaring uncompromising hos-
tility to its ratification, be was now
seeking the position of Governor
under that same instrument, and
manifested particular anxiety to have
the administration ot its provisions
Interlarding his discourse with apt
figures and mirth provokiDg 'ante*
dotes, Judge Carpenter enchained
the attention of his auditors from the
beginning to the and of his speech.
He is au easy and graceful speaker;
possesses many of the qualities of a
popular orator, and showed in a very
tew moments to the dullest compre-
hension that Gen. Davis acted wisely
in refusing to meet him on the stump.
Repeated^ rounds of applause greets
ed the happy lips of the speaker, and
he took his seat amidst acclamations
aud hurrahs for Hamilton.
Immediately calls were made-An-
other speakers, in response to which,
Colonel Donovan intiodnced Mr.Mo
Cormick oi Brazoria, who announced
himself a candidate for the State Sen-
ate, and proceed* d to review his
career as a representative in the Con*
veniion of 1JS56 and 1868 Mr. Mc
Cormick expressed himself fluently
and to the pnrpose, while we remain-
ed, but we were obliged to leave be
fore the conclusion o/ his addiess.
Calls tor Henderson brought the
Governor promptly to (he stand. A
very large part ot' G' v Henderson's
remarks was addressed to the negroes
present, who seemed to listen with
interest to what he had to say, and
will no doubt profit by the kindly ad-
vice so frankly given. There are few
people in Texas who are not familiar
with the force of Gov. Henderson's
logic. To say that he brought it to
bear last night would be according
feeble praise to the ponderous blows
he administered to the contemptible
faction which have assumed to legis-
late for the great State of Texas. The
speaker declared his intention to sup
port Gen. Hamilton for Governor, and
complimented the democracy upon
the wisdom of their course in retrain
ing from candidates for Congress; he
would, however, advise the election
of democrats to the State Legislature
and subordinate offices. The remarks
of the gallant old war horse were
cheered lustily and ofcen ; he took
his seat and the meeting then ad-
journed.
Marked Change at Niagara Falls.
(Prom the Lockport (N. T ) Journal)
The theory that has for eome time
been discussed with regard to the
caving in or wearing away of Niagara
has this season found new tuel to add
to the argumeut in its favor. Consi*
derable comment has been going the
rounds of the papers for a few weeks
with relation to the changed appear-
ance of the Falls from that of last
year. The Horse Shoe, it is stated,
has evidently given way some thirty
feet to that part of the cone where the
"green water'' is seen, so that the
horse shoe appearance is metamorp
hosed to that of a triangular shape.
It is thought that about one hundred
and fifty tons of rock must have fal-
len in on the Horse Shoe alone, and
old habitues are taking landmarks to
notice the recession that may take
place before another year. The
American Falls, also, has evidently
given way at points to a considerable
extent. There ia no donb.t but that
the Niagara is crumbling away and
falling back, but the present recession
is probably the greatest ever witness-
ed by any one generation. The heavy
ice fields which pass over in the spring
the strong currents and ceaseless
wear and tear of time, and the mighty
thundering cataract, must inevitably
tell heavily upon the rocky crest of
-tr ?.r.aD<* ahrine; but of course
its falling away must be so slow as
not to be observable to the eye, ex-
cept when, from time to time, some
of the immense boulders give way.
A planter from near Henderson,
j*' / 8°ne to California with large
orders for Chinamen to work on plan-
tations In that region. A late San
r rancisco paper says a contract has
been made in that city to supply 20,000
Chinamen for plantations in Tennes-
see. They are to receive their rail
road fare to the State and $20 per
month thereafter.
LATEST BY MAIL,
St. Louis, Sept. 20.—Four dredge*
boats recently ordered to New Or-
leans passed down Saturday night on
their way to assist in cutting the
canal from the Mississippi to Lake
Borgne.
Virginia.
Governor elect Walker, of Virginia,
has in a letter to Gen. Can by accepted
the appoiatment of Provisional Gov
ernor. and will enter upon the duties
of his office on Tuesday next.
The New Yoik Herald's special
Washington dispatch ot the J7th,
contains the following:
I learn from very good source that
it is not the intention of the adminis-
tration to push tha settlement of the
Cuban difficulties for the present, nor
to do anything that, would be likely
to irritate Spain and provoke a war
with her.' Matters will probably be
allowed to drift along as they have
been doing, in the hope that -the
Spanish Government will finally ao
cept the proposition.
Incre<«e of Government R."source*.
It is thought that the excess of rev-
enua for the fiscal year ending June
30,1870, will be more than $i00,000#00
over expenditureF. This is regarded
by the treasury and revenue officials
as the prospect jflst now. Since the
commencement of the present fiscal
yea.i the average receipts from cus-
toms alone have been over $4 000,000
per week.
The receipts from internal reveuue
are estimated at, $175 000,000 for the
liscal j ear, and $43,000,000 from oth«
sources, which with custom, will make
the receipts over $4,00,000.000, while
it is estimated that the . .expense of
the Government will be below $300,*
000 000.
From the Pacific-
San Francisco, Sept. 18—The Cin-
cinnati commercial party chartered a
steamer and went out to sea a short
distance, and afterwards visited tha
harbor fortifications.
The steamer Great.Republic has ar
rived from Yokobamaand Hong Kong
She reparts that in the foreign settle-
ments of Hiogo great alarm prevailed
on account of the nigbt attack made
by a party of fanatics, for the|purpo9e
of exterminating all foreigners.
The natives reported the American
ship Naples as wrecked three miles
from Yokohama, on the 20th August,
during a heavy gale. The Dutch
bark Jacma. also suffered, and iiad to
put back for re pairs.
San Francisco, Sept. 19 —The
Colfax partv returned from Oregon in
good health. They had a pleasant
trip,
Tbe Pullman car Orleans arrived
from Chicago, via the San Jose Road,
and will be exhibited at the Median*
ics's Institute Fair: Receipts from
tbe Fair for tbo past days are over
$20,000.4
Advices from China report Hart's
visit to the treaty ports postponed in
coos'quence of difficulties connected
with the Burlingamo mission.
Mr. Seward, Consul JJefleral of the
Uuited States, is expected to leave for
home Sept. 18tl|. — rx
TheOhinese burned a missionary
chapel and eome houses near Hankow.
The floods in Yangstec river are
subsiding; damage iuupense.
The mu.der of twenty missionaries
in the province of Zechuen is contra-
dicted.
The American steamer Fung Shuey
was totally wrecked in the harbor of
Hong Kong.
A memorial against Christianity
was presented to the Japanese by
three priests of high rank There is
considerable opposition to foreigners
in the Japanese Parliament,
IVewa from Mexico,
City of Mexico, September 10. via
Havana, Sept 17—At a preliminary
meetiog of Congress, held on tbe 8ih
inst., Senor MoLtese was elected
Speaker.
A revolution at Puebla was feared.
Search had been made for Negrete,
who is supposed to have entered the
city in disguise.
Yelez, who arranged the betrayal of
.Maximilian with Lopez, has been
appointed Governor of this distric^.
The opposition have become furi-
ous of late, owing tc the shooting of
Lieut. Yon Queeze and his two ser
geants, who conspired to capture the
conducta which contained the treas-
ure. Disturbances are anticipated
at Guirrero. Protestantism, is mak«
ing ra^id. st rides.- r v ,
It is expected that ex-Gov. Baez
will be voted out of Congress by the
administration majority. The villainy
of the Court of Judges has become
|bo notorious ,4haf several of them
have been removed.
Another Desertion—Hon. W. W
Gamble, as we see by the "Campaign
Express" has deserted the cause of
Davis atfd the entire : "awkwark
squad." Gamble is pretty sharp ; he
Bees which way the wind is blowing
and he is getting out of the way in
rime. It is reported around town that
Keucbler, who is now the tail of the
Davis ticket, will also decline run-
ping on the Davis ticket. Will won-
ders never cease? Like the joint
Snake this faction can reform, and we
certainly wish they would, at least so
far as to keep up appearances until
after the election,
! We suggest that Jimmy comes out
for Senate now, as he has no oppo-
sition, and then he may stand a
Chance for U. S. Senator. He is one
of the "original seven" that seceded
and formed the celebrated "Consti-
tution of West Texas." We predict
that soon this party will be razed
down to these seven, including can-
didates and voters. — San Antonio
Herald.
Notwithstanding the gre&t Flood,
the worm, and other evils that have
tended to curtail tbe cotton crop, we
are informed that a much largerquan-
tity of the staple will be gathered
than was at first supposed. We ben
lieve that Texas can suffer more ills
and at the same time fare better, than
any country in tbe world.—Plow Boy.
. FwtUi Ita—*.
Bnrlingame's Ehuwr.
A letter received from a member of
the Burlicgame embassy say§ Burl-
ingame had received, at St. Peters*
burg, an official letter from the £ekin
authorities fully indorsing his course
in the United States, and thos show-
ing the falbity of the report that the
Chinese government had rejected or
reedia^pd the treaty with this conn*
try.
Turker—The Snltnn'* Demand* upon
the Khedive.
Constantinople, Sept, 16 — The
Grand Vizier has dispatched a second
official letter, in the name of the Sul-
tan, to the Viceroy ofEgyp^in which
he expresses satisfaction at the re -
ceipt of the assurances of fidelity on
the part of His Highness, which his
note contained, as also his pleasure
at the compliact) with and -trie! ad*
ht rence to the conditions of the recent
firman manifested by the latter.
The Sultan, however, specially in
sists that the Viceroy shall in the fus
ture observe striciy the following
points of the royal missive, v z; Th t
the Egyptian army shall be rednewd;
that 30 000 needlti gun* aioiie shall be
ordered in Europe or elsewhere, and
that all small arms beyond that num-
ber, as well as any iron clad vessels
of war which may have been bargain-
ed for or are in course of construction
shall be countermanded; that the
public taxes of the territory shall be
levied and collected in the name of
the Sultan; that taxes shall be impos
ed in the name of the Sultan; that the
annual budget of finance shall be sub
mitted regularly to the Sultan for au-
thosizing previous to its promulga
tioil; that his approval be asked for
in all rases of contract of foreign
loans: that tha Viceroy shall not hold
direct official intercourse or communi
cation with foreign Governments, and
that be shall affoid, through his offi
cers, better treatment to Mussuman
pilgrims journeying to and from the
holy shrine. The Grand Vicar adds,
in conclusion, that in compliance
nith these terms, and an nndeiStand
ing as to a faithful executive observ
ance of them, the Sultan will be very
glad to see the Ticeroy of Constanti-
nople/
Constantinopel, Septembf* 17.—
The Khedive of E>{ypt raises difficult
ties respeq£ng the carrying put of
that portion of the second official let
ter at the Sultan relative to Budget
loans.
The Cincinnati Commercial has the
following:
Prim's Second Audience with Naptu
leoa
New York, Sept. 18. — A special
from Paris to the Herald says that
Gen. Prim's second aud latest audi
ance with Napoleon wasof one hour's
duration, the subject matter of con-
versation affording c±use for a very
considerable amount of anxious out
side speculation. It has been pretty
accurately ascertained to day that
the situation in Cuban affairs, tbe re-
volution, and cbances of its suppress
ion,, as well as the probable future of
the island, as regards its form of gov
eminent and right of rnle, were dis
cussed.
The Emperor ad viced and amicable
arrangement between tbe Spanish
authorities aud tbe Cabinet at Wash
ingtou, and the matter of the Ameri
can dt-siie for the acquisition of tbe
territory of Cuba by purchase, add
ing, toward tbe close of bis remarks,
bis opinion to the effect that if the
war continued with its present at-
tendant barbarities, President Grant
would be compelled to interfere be-
tween the contending parties, if only
m behalf of and for the canse of bun
inanity, v
Gen. Prime replied that be was
himself personally willing to negoti-
ate with the American authorities in
the direction indicated by tbe ruler
of Fiance, but that Spain and hi
fellow countrymen at large remained
opposed to such a course.
• Napoleon, in reply, adviced Gen
Prim and tbe Spaniards to imitate in
this case his own example and give
up Cuba just as he had given up
Mexico, before it was too late to dd so
with honor.
CITY ITEMS
1 Cotton continues to corns iu
town freely on wagons. We counted
thirty nine bales on seven wagous
from one plantation yesterday.
Houston Monet Market.—Gold
went up yesterday in New York to
132, but receded almost immediately
to 132. For the benefit of oar couni
try friends we will say that our deal-
ers were operating late yesterday
evening at, say buying gold, 133;
buying silver, 131 ; at which figure it .
will in all probability remain for
some time,
We are pained to learn the
death of our young friend Mr. Thomas
Lockhart, who we mentioned yester-
day as havjng been stabbed on his
way home from the Circus, on Wed*
nesday night last. He died yester-
day morning at 11:30 o'clock, mortifi-
cation having ensued. The untimely
death of this young man fills many
hearts with sorrow. He was a model
young man, and greatly beloved by
his friends both male and female. By
his parents he was idolized, and bis >
sudd?n death quite overwhelms them
with giief and sorrow. Bnt a few
short days ago we saw ,bim at tha
party given for the benefit of Bay-
land's orphans. He seemed to bs
the centre of attraction to his oom-
pauioDS, full of joy, gaity and pleast
ure. He possessed the rare gift of
infusing his happiness to tbose around
him. Alsas, "this is the state of man,
tonday be pnts forth the tender leaves
of rhope and to-morrow he dies 1"
To the parents of the deceased we
offer our tenderest sympathy. We
ourselves have drank of the bitter
cup. Scarcely two years have elaps*
ed since our dear and only son was
taken from ns to a. brighter aud better
world. Let us thpn mingle the tears
of sorrow with the tears of hope.
Again we take our pen to
ehrcniele the death of oue of Ho uston's
oldest citizens.' Col. T* B. J. ELeflsg:
died at his residence in this city yea*
terday morning at 8 o'clock, aged 68
years. The deceased was born ia
Sooth Carolina. His parents moved
to the State of Mississippi and settled
near Woodville, Wilkinson county, -
whefe Col. Had ley was raised a&d
educated- He" was by professioe a
lawyer, and enjoyed an extensive sad
lucrative practice ia, that State, and
at one time was dected to the IttpotM
tant office of Auditor of Public Ao
counts, the duties of which hedUed
with satisfaction to the State and
creoit to him&elf. We next find him
in Houston, whither he had removed
with his family as early 1840, nearly
tbirty years ago. His life wrnce that
is known to all as being a consistent
Christian, a peace loving, quiet, un^
obtrusive good citizen. Possessing a
genial happy disposition, he was
adored by bis family and beloved by
bis friends. Col. H. was elected to
several offices of honor and trnst by
oar citizens, and never failed to give
satisfaction. A good man has fall«B'
in Israel. He has died full of years
and honors. Col.* Hadley .leaves a
wife and several daughters to mourn
his loss. HU funeral will take place
ibis morning from tbe Baptist Church
at 12 o'clock, attended by the Ma-
sonic Fraternity, ot which the de-
ceased was an old and honored mem-
ber. Thus one by one the old citi-
zens are passiag away.
A Story of a Dream.
Rev. L. M. Lewis, in bis Remini-
scences of the War, published in tbe
Texas Christian Advocate, relates
(he annexed remarkable instance as
literally true. The battle referred to
Was that of Prairie Grove, in North
^rest Arkansas, fought Dec, 7, 1802:
—"A curious fulfilment of . a dream
Occurred at this battle under my own
eye. A man by tbe name of Joe Wila
Hams had told a dream to many of
his fellow soldiers, some oi wbom bad
related it to me months previous to
the occurrence^ which I now relate.
He dreamed that we crossed a river
marched over a mountain, and camps
ed near a church, located in a wood,
hear which a terriMe battle ensued;
and in a charge, just as we crossed
the ravine, he was shot in the breast.
On the ever memorable 7th of DecT
1862, as we moved at double quick to
take oar place iu the line of battle,
then already hotly engaged, we passed
Prarie Grove Church, a, small frame
bnildiog, belonging to tne Cumber--
land Presby terianB. I was riding on
tbe flank ot the command, and op-
posite Wiiliams as we came in sight
of the house. 'That is the church,
colonel, I saw in my dream,' said he,
I made no reply, and never thought
of the matter again until in the evens
ing, we had broken the enemy's line,
and were in full pursuit, when we
came upon a dry ravine in the wood,
and Williams said, 'Just on the other
side of the hollow I was shot in my
dream, and I will stick my hat nnder
my Bhirt.' Suiting the action to the
word, as he ran along he doubled it
up and crammed it in his bosom.
Scarcely had he adjusted it before -a
minnie ball knocked him out of the
line. Jumping np quickly, he pulled
out his hat, waved it over his head,
aod shouted, 'I'm all right!' The ball
had gone through four thicknesses of
his hat, raised a black spbt, about
the sizu of a man's hand just over
his heart, and dropped down into his
shoe."
A few moothsago an engineer of an
express train on the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad going west discover-
ed au engine approaching him at such
a rate of speed that he was at once
convinced that it was without an
engineer. He instantly whistled his
brakes down, at the same 4ime send-
ing bis fireman back to uncouple his
" tender'v from the train, while he at
tbe same moment uncoupled his hose
and engine, and opening Ids throttle
wide, with his red flag jumped back
on bis tender. He just looked back
and sawk his train nearly shopped aod, c
on dashed the two engines toward
each other, like very aemoof. He
broke up gently on his tender, and
finally stopped it, and in breathless -
silence watched for the collision.
The engines came together, throwing
each other clear off tbe track, and
smashed all to pieces. He left hist
tender, and with his flag ran pn^ to
meet the express going east. It being
two minutes behind, be had just time
to" flag it;" and it was brought to a
stop whihin a few feet of the wrecked
engines, and one of those terrible
accidents was avoided. Need we say
that for this heroic act tbe company
presented him with a checkfor $1000!
Cannot engineers on some of our
trunk lines take a lesson from thisf
The Toronto Christaia Guardian,,
after speaking of Mrs Vanderbiltas a,
worthy member of the Methodist
Chuach," observes that "it is a mat-
of especial gratfication when those
who move in the most distinguished
circles of society carry into those
circles a godly spirit and a Christain
example."
The work on the railroad is pro*
grossing finely.. They commenced
laying the iron last week, and the
engines go some distance above town.
The company seem to be confident of
getting to the new station by the re-
quired time.—Marshall Flag.
Capital punishment—stopping in
London in August.—Punch.
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