The Washington union., 1857-11-22
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DEATH OF JAMES HAMILTON .ffl3 .t

The thunder from the cloudess sky which startled the
epcurean poet of old was not abrupt sudden over
whelnng in its effects the mind as was the announce
ment of the demise and removal from earthly activity
the gallant and admired Hamilton.
Suddenly, and with startling shock the sad tidngs
reached at early hour Of yesterday that this bright
and gallant spirit had been quenched in the unspang
wavesanother victim of disaster sea- occasioned by
the reckless indifference to life which marks our facilities
and Of accommodation, OF by unavoidable acci-
dent may be indicated by full details yet to reach
The accident occurred we are advised about mid
night of the 18th inst and resulted from collision be-
tween the steam packets the New Orleans and Texas
line. ,.H-saas fsHe8- t . ..s
The startling horror of the announcement the paucity
Of details beyond the sad result in this respect with re-
ported loss in all of twenty-v persons and the nature
of the communication that has informed u.s. render it inn
possible for to express the reflections and utter the
feelings that suggested sa.gtf H E.t4zse&ygss a.
In all the losses which South Carolina has sustained
the removal of gifted and gallant spirits we can recall
Of late history that equals approaches this in its
unexpected and startling horror and its sudden shock
a community not prepared by any Indications RI
The death of James Hamilton quenches almost the
last brilliant light of constellation that adorned and
ilumined our political zenith quarter of q century
ago. stoftA meliA 'ssstsa1a hs'a 5esai y n
Calhoun, Cheves, McDuffe, Miller, Haynes, Legare
Smith, and others, whose will live before students
and admirng readers of hstory--these furnish a
catalogue Of coemporary greatness such has never
been surpassed if equaed in any State OF community Of
equal territory In the last published letter of James
Hamilton which appeared the columns of the Mercury
of the 7h ult he paid tribute glowing with character-
stic aror and mpulsiye appreciation to of these
his former compees in place and power and his piede
cessors in the dark passage to the tomb ssa NJ t
We have left Preson, who younger than the eldest
of this glorious group yet worthy associate and
to some degree contemporary, in service he has the
mounul honor Of wreating the laurel for the image Of
Hamilton 80 u i9ljsiao AGR 3aAasEts3 7HiR hiaL4o (
tribute on early opportunity favorable to the in
dulgence and utterance of out feelings hfe1A e
IMPORTATION OF srocK.-In the ship Baltic from Liver
pool among other animals brought into this country
the purpose of making profit for their owners and If pos
sbe of improving native stock Thoroughbred bay
stallion called q Bonnie Scotland He is blood bay
black legged horse without spot of white about him
except his forehead richest coored bay
have ever seen He stands full sixteen hands high has
the longest shoulder deepest heartcc best forehead
shortest saddle place and most powerful quarters of any
horse now before the public, in opinion. g Bonnie
Scotland is half brother of Blink Bonny," the only
winner of the Derby and the Oaks since Sir Charles Bur-
bury's Eleanor" which won on those two % great
events in 1901 g Bonnie Scotland is now in New
Jersey He is the biggest mce-horse the best walker
and the best roter have yet laid eyes upon in the
shape of an importation and 1t worth observing that
he back four five times into the Herod, Machem
Partner and Regius blood which invariably nic with
our own nearly identical early Sir Archy strain There is
no richer or purer blood than this in England Bonnie
Scotland is held by his owner at $40, 600. Tribune
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