Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-28
MISCELLANEOUS READING
A REMARKABLE LIFE

A REMARKABLE LIFE
late number of the New Orleans C'rs.
tian Advocate contains an Interesting sketch
Of aman. who came in boyhood from Scot.
land to Galveston Island; studied law; be-
came successful practitioner; served 10 the
war against the Mex,csns and Indians, as
a comrade of Samuel Walker and Addison
Gillespie; was taken prisoner by the Mcx.
cans and narrowly escaped perishing; became
a leader of the public affairs Of his S'ate,
while at the same time be was an active
"exborter" 10 the Methodist Church; and
finally, in the year 1857, was generally de-
signated 10 all parts of the State as first
choice of his party TO succeed General llOus-
! ton in the Senate of the United States. Dur
! ing all this time, be had frequently felt is his
/ duty to enter the ministry, but was restrain
! ed from doing so, chiefly by the opposition
of his wife, who although IAN excellent and
pious lady," had no fancy for the life of an
| itinersnt preachers wife. Finally, the crisis
10 his history arrived, when he was on the
eve OF being seat to the Senate. We copy the
dramatic account Of what followed, as given
by the Advocate:
Taking the letters aud papers from all
parts of the State, giving BIN assurance OF
election, be went to his wife, and said: 81
cen 90 to the United States Senate. Here
is the evidence If you wish it, will go.
But if CO. bell is my doom. l shall die
drunkard as certain rs 60 to Washington.
| can yet escape. If pass this poirt,
never can. can enter the ministry, which
ought to have done long sgo, and save my
self from drunkard's grave, my soul from
hell. Blu: you shall decide" His poor wife,
unwilling to relinquish the glittering prize
10 view, replied, weeping, that she could not
see why he could not be great man and
Christian too.
Bot after prsyerful reflection, she would
not incur the fearful responsibility of decid-
ing against his conscience. and told him to
go into the itinerancy. and she would 20 with
| him. To the astonishment of the whole State,
letter from him appeared in the papers.
just before the meeting Of the Legislature,
declining the nomination, and announcing
bis retirement from political life. The next
thing that was heard of him was that be was
preaching.
The Editor (who vouches for the truth of
the nsrrative) says that the hopes entertained
| of his success as preacher have been more
than realized. 1t adds
"What renders the case more remarkable,
is the fact, that before he declined the United
States Senatorship, by . legacy left him in
England, be became possessed OF an ample
fortune. Wealth, and the hope Of high posi-
ton, have kept many cut Of the itinerancy
but few, very few. are those who have declin.
ed eminent earthly advantages for it, or rath
er, brought them as additional forces into it
that they might be the more largely useful"
No name is given in the narrative, butwe
presume that those familiar with the political
history of Texas will have no difficulty in fill.
ing tho blank.
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