Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-02-23

! From the Golden Rule.
FUNERAL H0NORS TO CAPT. WALKER AT
s. GALVESTON. ia Ill.,. +
ADDRESS OF CAPT. Il. HOWARD.
We are under obligations to P. G. VI. l..
p. SUNDBERa, OF Galveston, for the manu-
script Of the Address of Capt. RoBERT How
ARD, delivered at Galveston, Dec. III, in
honor of our late Brother, Capt. SAMUEL. Fl.
WALKER, of the Texas Rangers. 1t will be
remembered that Capt. w. fell at the battle
of Huamantla, near Puebla, Mexico, while
lnob!y repulsing far superior force. His
remains were conveycdto Galveston, where
JOINT committee Of citizens and the Lodg-
! es of the 10. of OF, of which Fraternity
Capt. WALKER was an esteemed member,
had made suitable arrangements for their
1 reception. On the arrival Of the body OF
Galveston, it was taken to Odd Fellows
Hall, " here it was laid in state, on Friday
the tenth Of December, nnd was visited by
q large portion of the most respectable citi.
zens of Galveston. sit Was," says the
News, "pleasing to observe so many ladies
to testify by their presence their respect fol
the deceased--particu!nrly in the evening,
when the Hall was filled to overfiowing I'm.
til a late hour. The arrangement OF the
corpse, the decorations and badges ofmourn.
ling, made display At once solemn aud im-
pressive."
On Saturday, Dec. H., at 10 A. M, the
procession WAS formed in front of Odd Fol.
lows Hall, Market street, and passed thence
| n
Church. Here the ceremonies were COM
menccd with prayer by Bro. J.. Huckins;
singing appropriate pieces by the chair, az
ter which Bro. Capt. r. Howard delivered
the following
FUNERAL GRAFTON.
| We come to ofler no unmeaning ceremo-
MES over the dead--we come with no idle
pomp for curious eyes--with no dissem5led
phrase to swell the funeral wall, nor to bla.
zon forth the virtues or deeds of the illus
trous dead; they ore known and revered by
all, But we come to offer the tribute of
greatful hearts to him whose deeds, while
living, we admired, and whose memory,
while dead, we esteem treasure to be guar
ded by US. In thus testifying our respect,
| and giving honor to whom honor is due. we
are but following the dictates of every gen.
erous bosom, and in pursuance of custom
| handed down from remotest antiquity. Hon
or, honor to the brave IS the language of all
! past time, and is every where to be read in
the solemn procession--the sacred temple,
and the towering monument. We have in
our midst the remains ofone known to most
of US as citizen, to all of us as q soldier.
When last among US we welcomed him with
the song, the banquet, and the dance, and
he went forth cheered by the remembrance
of fond wishes behind, and animated to the
discharge of every duty. Changed now is
the scene. Kentucky, Carolina, Maryland,
and Mississippi, have been called upon to
weep over the graves Of their departed he
roes; the knell has here sounded, and Texas
| is summoned to join the funeral procession
of her Sister States. The habiliment of
mourning are here, the cypress is interwo-
ven with the laurel, for Walker, the flower
of Texan chivalry, has been cut down? The
soldier of diversified fortune, the hero Of ma
ny battles, is again in our midst. AS an
American, am proud, thot we can hold
him up to the admiration Of the world; as
Texan, am proud that he was Of us; and
M an Odd Fellow, rejoice in the fact. he
happily exempliied the principles Of that
Order, upon whose banner is inscribed,
"Friendship, Love, und Truth" In pri.
vote life none would recognize, in his mild :,
modest, and unassuming department., the
man whose form diiatod in battle, and whose
kindling eve and iron will marked him the
genius of the storm. He who would know
more of his character must see him at the
head of his column, now motiCnless as ada
mant, amid the shower ofballs, and now with
upliftcd sabre sounding the charge--then
lances were shivered, riders overthrown,
and lines wavered, as he, foremost of his
band, fell scatbing thunderbolt upon the
foe. In the dark and troublous times Of our
Republic, when the threatening cloud low
cred upon our frontier, and the heart of the
Patriot sunk within him, when dismay flied
the land, and no help was near, he came to
our relief, IL child Of poverty, with no hertz
age but his worth, aud made his bosom the
shield of our defence. With generous en-
thusiasn which knew no limit, and an ar
dent devotion to liberty, he placed himself
between the opprossor and the oppressed.
and checked the tide of tyranny which
threatened to overwAelm US. In the immor
tai conflict ut Mier, he was ever foremost in
the fight and the last TO surrender;i it was his
iron heart that sustained him under the cru
peri.nced OF the hands of their captors, to
endure the hunger and thirst of the horrible
desert of Salado, and to break through the
walls and bars of the Mexican Bastile: the
castle of Perote. But it was in the valley
of the Rio Grande, that his brilliant fcats
and high daring were most conspicuous, APP
pearng rather the creations offancy than We
ritable history: Those Splendid deeds by
which, at the greatest hazard, he kept open
the correspondence between detached por-
tons of the American army, while they con-
ferred immortal honor upon him, were emf
nently useful, and have been warmly ac-
|knowledged by the veteran commander.
In whatever position he was placed, by
whatever dangers or difficulties surrounded,
his energies rose equal to the occasion. and
he rushed impetuously onward to his object,
fearless OF danger and regardless of OPPOSE
ton. In the brilliant battle Of ola Hoza,"
which Immediately preceded the one Of HUI
amantIy, with ffty-one men he routed the
enemv numbering more than three hundred,